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SPEC is meeting now and has issued a message to all boat owners to remove their boats from the beach and the eastern (reef) side to the backside. Also, if you know of anyone at sea, please get in touch with them and tell them to come ashore. The seas are expected to increase in size very soon The SPEC can be reached at 226-2198

NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION (NEMO) BELIZE
ADVISORY NO. 2 19 OCT 2005 MIDDAY
THE GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR COASTAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BELIZE FROM BELIZE CITY NORTH TO THE BELIZE/MEXICO BORDER. THIS MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

AT 9:00 AM THE CENTRE OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 83.2 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 330 MILES EAST OF BELIZE CITY AND 316 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAN PEDRO, AMBERGRIS.

WILMA IS MOVING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 7 MILES PER HOUR (MPH). HOWEVER, THE HURRICANE IS MAKING SMALL LOOPS AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWEST. WILMA IS EXPECTED TO PASS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE COUNTRY OF BELIZE.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 175 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 882 MILLIBARS OR 26.05 INCHES THIS IS THE MOST INTENSE HURRICANE IN HISTORY IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND 50 MILES FROM THE CENTRE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS 160 MILES FROM THE CENTRE.

RESIDENTS IN BELIZE ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF WILMA VERY CLOSELY.

NEMO ADVISES THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE IN THE OUTER ATOLLS AND ISLANDS BEYOND THE BARRIER REEF TO BEGIN TO SEEK SAFE HARBOUR AS WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD UP TO 6 TO 9 FEET.

SKIES WILL BECOME CLOUDY AS A FEEDER BANDS CROSS THE COUNTRY PRODUCING INTENSE THUNDERSHOWERS AND 5 TO 1O INCHES OF RAIN. RIVERS ARE BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND FALLING. WINDS OVER THE SEA WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND THE SEA STATE WILL BE ROUGH. WAVES ON THE OPEN SEA WILL BE 6 TO 9 FEET.

THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION (NEMO) AT 4:00 PM TODAY.