It could intensify a bit more. |
It looks like it's going to impact a little bit further north than Katrina did. |
It will start to make a gradual turn to the north and then to the northeast, impacting the Florida peninsula possibly on Saturday. |
It's going to soak us. |
It's moving so slow that we see it meandering around for days. We do think it will continue on a north-northwest track, hugging the coast of Florida, so it's something that people need to keep an eye on. |
The rainfall is going to be a major major issue and it could intensify because it is moving so slow. |
We do expect Wilma to make landfall somewhere in the Florida peninsula, possibly on Saturday into Sunday, as a Category 3 hurricane. |
We're not good at predicting rapid intensification, but that's a real possibility. There's not a lot of wind shear, and it's going over real warm waters, so people need to pay attention and prepare. Not panic. |