I suppose this (Wilma Advisory #35) is what the folks at RSMAS knew was coming:
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH…185 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED UNTIL LANDFALL OCCURS …AND WILMA WILL LIKELY MAKE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE. SOME SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS WILMA CROSSES THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA… BUT THE HURRICANE IS FORECAST TO STILL BE A SIGNIFICANT CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE BY THE TIME THE CENTER REACHES THE FLORIDA EAST COAST EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES…140 KM… FROM THE CENTER…
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THE TORNADO THREAT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA … AND THE FLORIDA KEYS… HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. SCATTERED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
So someone, somewhere is going to get battered. Here, it could be ok, it could be inconvenient for several days, it could be worse than that….
Mind you, at present it’s not raining here just south of Miami, and only a bit gusty. Well, actually, quite gusty…
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