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By afternoon, Wilma was being disrupted by upper atmosphere wind in the
Gulf of Mexico, forecasters said. As the storm moves north into the
gulf, it will encounter water temperatures that are 1 or 2 degrees lower
than those in the Caribbean, which should inhibit its strength more,
Cobb said.
Still, it's forecast to be a potentially devastating Category 3 or 4
hurricane when it makes landfall in Florida, although experts
acknowledge they have little skill in making strength forecasts. A
Category 3 storm has wind of at least 111 mph, a Category 4 has wind of
131 to 155 mph, and a Category 5 is anything above that.
At 2 p.m. Wednesday, Wilma was still in the western Caribbean, about 520
miles south of Key West and wobbling toward the west-northwest at 7 mph.
However, the storm should eventually make a sharp right turn toward
Florida and pick up forward speed in the Gulf of Mexico because it will
get caught in the westerlies, the strong wind current that generally
blows toward the east, forecasters said.
The White House promised to remain on top of the situation. "We are
closely monitoring what is an extremely dangerous storm," said Scott
McClellan, spokesman for
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