National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield gestures during the 4:45 PM EDT news conference Wednesday in Miami. Forecasters said the forward motion of Category 5 Wilma appears to be slowing, which would lead to the storm eventually weakening. While some forecasting models disagree, the center is still predicting that the storm will eventually move into the Gulf of Mexico and then turn east toward Florida.

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National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield gestures during the 4:45 PM EDT news conference Wednesday in Miami. Forecasters said the forward motion of Category 5 Wilma appears to be slowing, which would lead to the storm eventually weakening. While some forecasting models disagree, the center is still predicting that the storm will eventually move into the Gulf of Mexico and then turn east toward Florida.

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