IN THE END...

This weather event known as Hurricane Wilma has almost ended here in Lakeland. We had sustained winds of near 30 MPH across much of northern Polk County with gusts of tropical storm force; of course, the southern part of the county had stronger winds being closer to the main event. While there may have been sporadic power outages here, our electricity has remained on throughout. It is still raining, but the Tampa TV stations are showing clearing along the Gulf Coast as a cold front bringing drier air begins to drift toward us. The temperatures have definately dropped during the past several hours, and will remain around the 60 degree mark the rest of today before dropping into the 50s tonight.

Conditions from the various National Weather Service sites as of between 10:50 and 11:00 AM:

Miami International Airport - Temp 75 / Winds SW 41 Gusts 61 MPH

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport - Temp 73 / Winds W 69 Gusts 95 MPH

Fort Myers/Page Field - Temp 67 / Winds NW 45 Gusts 56 MPH

Sarasota/Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport - Temp 66 / Winds N 23 Gusts 40 MPH

Fort Pierce/St. Lucie County International Airport - Temp 79 / Winds NE 36 Gusts 56 MPH

Lakeland/Lakeland Linder Regional Airport - Temp 59 / Winds N 21 Gusts 30 MPH

Winter Haven/Gilbert Field - Temp 59 / Winds N 20 Gusts 34 MPH (From Weather Bug)

St. Petersburg/Whitted Airport - Temp 68 / Winds N 24 Gusts 37 MPH

Tampa/Tampa International Airport - Temp 61 / Winds N 21 Gusts 31 MPH

Orlando/Orlando International Airport - Temp 61 / Winds N 35 Gusts 43 MPH

Melbourne/Melbourne International Airport - Temp 75 / Winds N 37 Gusts 46 MPH