NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations

Images of Hurricane Wilma

Hurricane Wilma, 12:45Z October 19, 2005

Hurricane Wilma, 12:45Z, October 19, 2005 – About 340 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico with maximum sustained winds are near 175 MPH. This makes Wilma a potentially catastrophic category five hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Dropsonde and flight-level data from an Air Force plane estimated the minimum central pressure to be 882 MB or 26.05 inches just edging out Hurricane Gilbert (estimated 882-885 Mb) for the lowest pressure on record for a hurricane in the Atlantic Basin.

 

Hurricane Wilma, 14:15Z October 24, 2005

Hurricane Wilma, 14:15Z, October 24, 2005 – Just northeast of West Palm Beach Florida. Maximum sustained winds were near 105 MPH with higher gusts making Wilma a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The eye was estimated at 55 Nautical Miles wide.

Hurricane Wilma Operational Significant Event Images

October Satellite "preview" Full Size
25 GOES 12 TRCwilma298_G12L.jpg TRCwilma298_G12.jpg
24 GOES 12 TRCwilma297_G12L.jpg TRCwilma297_G12.jpg
23 GOES 12 TRCWilma296_G12L.jpg TRCWilma296_G12.jpg
21 GOES 12 TRCwilma294_G12L.jpg TRCwilma294_G12.jpg
20 GOES 12 TRCwilma293_G12L.jpg TRCwilma293_G12.jpg
19 NOAA-16 TRCWilma292_N6L.jpg TRCWilma292_N6.jpg
GOES 12 TRCwilma292_G12L.jpg TRCwilma292_G12.jpg
18 GOES 12 TRCwilma291_G12L.jpg TRCwilma291_G12.jpg
17 GOES 12 TRCwilma290_G12L.jpg TRCwilma290_G12.jpg

 

National Hurricane Center Tropical Cyclone Report and Advisory Archive.

 


Floater Imagery
October  24/0715Z to 24/1415Z:
Image:
AVN  |  BD  |  FT  |  IR  |  IR2  |  JSL  |  RB  |  RGB  |  VIS  |  WV
Image (w/ Latitude & Longitude):
AVN  |  BD  |  FT  |  IR  |  IR2  |  JSL  |  RB  |  RGB  |  VIS  |  WV
Loop:
AVN  |  BD  |  FT  |  IR  |  IR2  |  JSL  |  RB  |  RGB  |  VIS  |  WV

Gulf Of Mexico Imagery
October  24/0715Z to 24/1845Z:
Image:
AVN  |  BD  |  FT  |  IR  |  IR2  |  JSL  |  RB  |  RGB  |  VIS  |  WV
Image (w/ Latitude & Longitude):
AVN  |  BD  |  FT  |  IR  |  IR2  |  JSL  |  RB  |  RGB  |  VIS  |  WV
Loop:
AVN  |  BD  |  FT  |  IR  |  IR2  |  JSL  |  RB  |  RGB  |  VIS  |  WV

Western Atlantic Imagery
October  24/0715Z to 24/1845Z:
Image:
AVN  |  BD  |  FT  |  IR  |  IR2  |  JSL  |  RB  |  RGB  |  VIS  |  WV
Loop:
AVN  |  BD  |  FT  |  IR  |  IR2  |  JSL  |  RB  |  RGB  |  VIS  |  WV


Downloadable AVI Files
Wilma Floaters
23/2215Z to 25/0645Z ( ~6 Mb ):   AVN  |  BD  |  RB
17/0715Z to 19/1345Z ( ~9.5 Mb ):   AVN  |  BD  |  RB  |  RGB

Tropical Rainfall Potential (TRaP)
October 24:   09:15:16.GIF  |  04:22:03.GIF
October 23:   17:59:00.GIF  |  09:14:31.GIF
October 22:   19:15:46.GIF  |  10:43:37.GIF
October 21:   16:24:27.GIF  |  09:46:16.GIF  |  06:10:39.GIF
    01:32:32.GIF
October 20:   20:14:38.GIF
October 19:   15:06:01.GIF  |  00:30:36.GIF

Rain Rate
October 24:   09:15:16.GIF  |  04:22:03.GIF
October 23:   17:59:00.GIF  |  09:14:31.GIF
October 22:   19:15:46.GIF  |  10:43:37.GIF
October 21:   16:24:27.GIF  |  09:46:16.GIF  |  06:10:39.GIF
    01:32:32.GIF
October 20:   20:14:38.GIF
October 19:   15:06:01.GIF  |  00:30:36.GIF