Hurricane Wilma was not only measured as a category5, but also asone of

the most intense hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic basin [1].Wilma

happened in October 2005. The hurricane reachedwind speedsof 173 mph

in 24 hours and a storm eye of only two miles [2]. This was measured as one

of the smallest eye storms ever recorded [2]. The highest over all wind

speed was 184 mph [1].This is cool on it's own, but why is it considered the

most intense? Wilma went through rapid intensi+cation, causing the

minimum central pressure to drop rapidly."The 882 mbpressure reported

in Wilma is the lowest central pressure on record in an Atlantic hurricane,

breaking the old record of 888 mbset by Hurricane Gilbert in September

1988. The central pressure fell 88 mbin 12 hours, which shatters the record

of 48 mbin 12 hours held by Hurricane Allen in August 1980 [3]." Wilma

continued to hold this title as of 2010's hurricane season [2].It's crazy to

think that 24 hours prior to Hurricane Wilma being identi+ed as a

category5 hurricane, it was identi+ed as a common tropical storm [1]. Have

a nice weekend.

[1] Williams, Jack. Ten Years Ago, Hurricane Wilma Underwent Most

ExtremeIntensi+cation In Atlantic History, October 2015.

www.washingtonpost.com

[2] Hurricanes: Science and Society, 2005- Hurricane Wilma, n.a.,

http://hurricanescience.org/history/storms/2000s/wilma/

[3] National Hurricane Center, Hurricanes in History: Hurricane Wilma

2005, n.a., http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/outreach/history/#wilma