Good morning (I'm headed out the door to go vote and go to work, so I'll be out of pocket most of the day):
Bryan Norcross at WFOR just came on and said that Rita is now officially a CAT 1 hurricane; the new update will show such at 11A.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCUAT3+shtml/DDHHMM.shtml
ZCZC MIATCUAT3 ALL
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HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
915 AM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005
DOPPLER RADAR DATA...SATELLITE PRESENTATION AND PRESSURE FALLS FROM
THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT RITA HAS REACHED CATEGORY
ONE HURRICANE STRENGTH ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. THIS
WILL BE REFLECTED ON THE 11 AM...1500Z ADVISORY.
FORECASTER AVILA