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Hurricane Wilma has weakened slightly, but remains an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm. Wilma, after undergoing a stunning intensification last night, became the most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin when its pressure plunged to 882 mb (26.05" on your home barometer). The pressure has since risen slightly, but only to 894 mb (26.40")... still lower than Rita and Katrina ever attained. The eye of wild Wilma continues to follow a wobbling WNW track through the western Caribbean with a turn toward the NW expected during the next 24 hours.
Fluctuations in intensity are likely, but Wilma is forecast to remain an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane through Thursday. The projected track of the storm takes it through the Yucatan Channel into the extreme southern Gulf of Mexico Friday. After that, Wilma is expected to come under the influence of westerly winds aloft blowing across the Gulf. That should shift the hurricane toward the Florida Peninsula, probably the southern part of the peninsula, this weekend. Wilma is expected to be weakening by then, but weakening is a relative term and Wilma may still be a major hurricane (winds over 110 mph) when it makes landfall.

Meanwhile, in the Caribbean, Wilma's downpours will continue to lash Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Swan Island and areas from Honduras northward to Yucatan Peninsula. As much as 25 inches of rain may unload on the mountainous terrain of Cuba through Friday.

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