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 874 
 WTNT44 KNHC 242106
 TCDAT4
 HURRICANE WILMA DISCUSSION NUMBER  39
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 5 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005
  
 WILMA HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN SINCE PASSING OVER FLORIDA.  AN
 AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED 850 MB FLIGHT
 LEVEL WINDS OF 132 KT...CORRESPONDING TO ABOUT 105 KT SURFACE
 WINDS...PROVIDING THE BASIS FOR THE ADVISORY INTENSITY.  THE
 HURRICANE ALSO CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE AND IS NOW RACING
 NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 32 KT.  WHEN WILMA TRANSFORMS INTO AN
 EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE IS NOT CERTAIN.  IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP
 FROM BECOMING TOO ENTANGLED WITH THE STRONG BAROCLINIC TROUGH OVER
 THE EASTERN UNITED STATES FOR 24 HOURS OR MORE WHILE RUNNING
 ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE COASTLINE.  WILMA HAS BEEN RATHER RESISTANT
 TODAY IN ALLOWING ITS INNER CORE TO BE DISRUPTED...AND IT COULD
 MAINTAIN DEEP CONVECTION NEAR THE CIRCULATION CENTER AND HOLD ON TO
 HURRICANE STATUS WELL INTO TOMORROW.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER IT SHOULD
 MAKE THE TRANSITION TO EXTRATROPICAL...BUT REGARDLESS OF WHEN THAT
 DESIGNATION IS MADE...A LARGE AND STRONG CYCLONE WILL TRAVERSE THE
 WESTERN AND NORTHERN ATLANTIC FOR SEVERAL DAYS.  THE OFFICIAL
 FORECAST FOLLOWS MOST OF THE DYNAMICAL MODELS THAT FORECAST THE
 EXTRATROPICAL STORM TO TURN MORE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD NEAR THE
 CANADIAN MARITIMES.
  
  
 FORECASTER KNABB
  
  
 FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
  
 INITIAL      24/2100Z 29.0N  77.4W   105 KT
  12HR VT     25/0600Z 33.1N  72.6W    85 KT
  24HR VT     25/1800Z 39.4N  65.2W    70 KT
  36HR VT     26/0600Z 43.1N  58.2W    60 KT...EXTRATROPICAL
  48HR VT     26/1800Z 45.0N  53.0W    55 KT...EXTRATROPICAL
  72HR VT     27/1800Z 46.1N  42.5W    55 KT...EXTRATROPICAL
  96HR VT     28/1800Z 47.5N  33.0W    55 KT...EXTRATROPICAL
 120HR VT     29/1800Z 51.5N  22.5W    55 KT...EXTRATROPICAL
  
  
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