She grew out of a Tropical Depression; tropical depression number 24. At that time her winds were only 30-33 miles per hour and about she had a tropical organization of 60 miles or so across that was on October 15. Now she has better organized she has been named Wilma. Today she is still growing and many believe she will become a full-blown Hurricane as she continues to grow in the Caribbean. Normally Tropical Storms in October are not all that uncommon in the Tropics, but there is significance in that this Tropical Storm will tie the 2005 Hurricane Season with the all time high as the most number of named storms in the history of the recording storms. What started as an innocent circulation of tropical weather turned into Tropical Depression Number 24 and then into Tropical Storm Wilma and may now become Hurricane Wilma. Now matter what this storm will deliver rain to the Caribbean, which has already gotten its fair share this Hurricane Season. If she moves North, becomes a Hurricane she might run right over the Grand Cayman Islands. If she goes West she will cause more flooding in Central America. If and when Welma becomes a Hurricane she will be a force to reckon with because as a full-fledged Hurricane if she gets into the warm Gulf Waters it will not be pretty. |
