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[1] Originally, the hurricane was forecasted to re-intensify into a Category 5 hurricane,[20] with one forecast predicting it to make landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula with winds of 165 mph (265 km/h),[21] though Wilma remained a strong Category 4 hurricane as it tracked northwestward. Hurricane Wilma was a Category 5 major hurricane that began on October 15, 2005 and ended on October 29, 2005. Hurricane Wilma is the 21st named storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, and the third Category 5 storm to develop in the western Caribbean this year. At 0800 UTC, a Hurricane Hunters flight recorded a minimum central pressure of 884 mbar (26.10 inHg) in a dropsonde near the center of the extremely small eye. [1] Operationally, the peak intensity was estimated at 175 mph (280 km/h). [7] Although deep convection and banding features increased, mid-level dry air from the north prevented significant organization, and the convection was split into two primary areas. [23], On October 22, the mid-level ridge to the north of Wilma later dissipated, leaving the hurricane moving northward across the northeastern Yucatán Peninsula. The pressure continued to fall as the Hurricane Hunters left the hurricane, and it is possible the pressure was a little bit lower. javascript is enabled. Its first land fall was on October 21 in Cozumel. Wilma was able to retain its strength because large eyes in tropical cyclones are more stable and more resistant to vertical wind shear. [1] By October 13, a broad area of low pressure developed and persisted about 150 miles (240 km) southeast of Jamaica,[2] possibly aided by the passage of tropical waves through the area at the time. Hurricane Wilma developed on October 15, 2005 in the Caribbean Sea, and after initially organizing slowly it explosively deepened to reach peak winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) and a record-low pressure of 882 mbar (hPa). Hurricane Wilma was forming in October 15, 2005 and ended in October 26, 2005 When did hurricane Wilma hit? The system moved westward,[2] and early on October 14 the convection became more concentrated and a little better organized as upper-level wind shear lessened slightly. It weakened a little bit as it continued northwestward, and struck the Mexican mainland near Puerto Morelos at 0330 UTC on October 22, with winds of 135 mph (215 km/h)[1] and gusts of up to 170 mph (270 km/h). [22] At about 2145 UTC on October 21, Wilma made landfall on the island of Cozumel with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h). [1] The eye continued to contract to a diameter of about 3 miles (5 km), the smallest known eye in an Atlantic hurricane, and at 1200 UTC on October 19, Wilma reached peak winds of 185 mph (300 km/h). Early on October 19, Wilma attained major hurricane status while continuing to rapidly intensify, and by 0600 UTC, the storm's maximum sustained winds increased to 170 mph (275 km/h), making Wilma a dangerous Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. By late on October 15, the system was became strong for the National Hurricane Center to name it Tropical Depression Twenty-Four. It was then that the National Hurricane Center first said that it was possible for a tropical depression to develop in the area. Surface buoy reports indicated that, due to its large size, the system failed to strengthen beyond tropical depression status, even though it received tropical storm strength Dvorak classifications from The National Hurricane Center's Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Satellite Analysis Branch. In the beginning, development was slow because of its large size, although thunderstorms slowly organized. Shortly after exiting the Florida coastline, Wilma began to re-intensify,[1] believed to be due to a reduction of friction of the eyewall and warm waters of the Gulf Stream. [24] About 26 hours after making landfall on Cozumel, Wilma emerged into the southern Gulf of Mexico near Cabo Catoche with winds of about 100 mph (160 km/h). Hurricane Wilma had a complex beginning, and would go on to inflict extensive damage. The depression strengthened into a tropical storm on 17 October. However, the National Hurricane Center noted in the first advisory on the depression that there were "all indications that there could a dangerous hurricane in the northwestern Caribbean Sea in 3 to 5 days." Hurricane Wilma formed to the southwest of Jamaica on October 14. [14] It continued to strength, and at 1200 UTC on October 18, Wilma strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane while about 225 miles (360 km) south-southeast of Grand Cayman. [8] Continued reconnaissance flights reported peak winds of about 30 mph (50 km/h). Wilma weakened as it quickly crossed the state, and entered the Atlantic Ocean near Jupiter, Florida. [28] Despite wind shear values of about 30 mph (48 km/h), Wilma strengthened further to reach winds of 125 mph (200 km/h). Originally, the tropical depression was forecast to drift west-southwestward before turning to the north; within 120 hours of the forecast's issuance, the system was predicted to be about 80 miles (130 km) south of the Isle of Youth as a 105 mph (170 km/h) hurricane. Vertical wind shear increased as strong upper-level southwesterly flow increased, though in spite of the shear Wilma continued to intensify. Despite increasing amounts of wind shear, the hurricane re-strengthened to hit Cape Romano, Florida as a major hurricane. [6], As Tropical Depression Twenty-Four drifted southwestward, it steadily organized; by early on October 16, rainbands began to slowly consolidate with well-established outflow, and a large upper-level anticyclone developed over the depression. The National Hurricane Center began to track the system as it strengthened to a storm and then a hurricane. [5] By late on October 15, the surface circulation became defined well-enough, with enough organized deep convection, for the National Hurricane Center to designate the system as Tropical Depression Twenty-Four while it was about 220 miles (345 km) east-southeast of Grand Cayman. [25] After reaching open waters, Reconnaissance Aircraft reported the remains of an inner eyewall and an outer eyewall measuring between 70 and 90 miles (110 to 145 km) in diameter. [1] The system continued to organize, with the National Hurricane Center remarking the system could ultimately become a hurricane. The hurricane again re-intensified before cold air and wind shear penetrated the inner core of convection. [11] The storm continued to the southwest while deep convection laid near the center. Wilma underwent extremely rapid intensification commencing late on October 18, 2005 deepening 95 millibars in 24 hours (at a rate of 8 millibars/hr for several hours). [27], A powerful eastward-moving mid-level trough across the central United States turned the hurricane northeastward and caused it to gradually speed up. It was responsible for over $29 billion in damage. At first, the depression moved erratically and slowly in the waters between Jamaica and Central America. Of the intensity models, the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory predicted an intensity of 135 mph (215 km/h) within 36 hours, with other forecasts being more conservative in their predictions.