Hurricane Rita Live Thread

NHC - NOAA ^ | 20 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Rita is in the Florida Straits, impacting the Florida Keys and South Florida Peninsula. Hurricane watches and warnings are in effect for numerous portions of South Florida. Check local weather statements for updates.

The following links are self-updating:

Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET
NHC Discussion Published every six hours 6A, 11A, 6P, 11P
Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track

Rita Forecast Track Archive
Forecast Models
Buoy Data SE Florida
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Florida

Images:

Storm Floater IR Loop
Visible Storm Floater Still (only visible during daylight hours)
Color Enhanced Atlantic Loop
Florida Radar/Sat Loop Caution: Broadband users only
Extra Large Miami Radar Broadband only
Extra Large Key West Radar Broadband only
Miami Long Range Radar Loop
Key West Long Range Radar Loop
Miami Experimental Radar Still Image
Key West Experimental Radar Still Image

Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)

WTVJ-TV/DT Miami (NBC6)
WFOR-TV/DT Miami (CBS 4)
WSVN-TV/DT Miami (Fox)

Other Resources:

Florida East Coast Surf Reports Lots of great info here, including surf cams
Central Florida Hurricane Center
Hurricane City

Category	Wind Speed	Barometric Pressure	Storm Surge	Damage Potential
Tropical Depression	< 39 mph < 34 kts			Minimal
Tropical Storm	39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts			Minimal
Hurricane 1 (Weak)	74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts	28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more	4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m	Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2 (Moderate)	96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts	28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb	6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m	Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3 (Strong)	111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts	27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb	9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m	Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4 (Very strong)	131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts	27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb	13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m	Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5 (Devastating)	Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts	Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb	Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m	Catastrophic building failures possible

Previous Threads:
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18

[Wingsofgold]

Goin ta bed. Gotta get up early tomorrow and get my stuff I reakon. Good luck to ya.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Text messaging will work?

I read on one of the Katrina threads that yes, when the regular cells went down, people were text messaging and it DID work. Go feeger.

[blondee123]

It's amazing to me how people still don't take these seriously. Yep, it was in the Keys, they interviewed some people at a nice trailer park & the one lady said "if it gets bad, I might leave"!!! HELLO! If it gets bad, it'll be too late to leave!

I live in the midwest, am not particularly afraid of storms, but after being hit with a tornado about 20 years ago & my sons house about 12 years ago, it made me a believer, when the sirens go off & the warnings are out, I'm heading for the basement with my dogs!

[onyx]

Where's diddle e?

[blondee123]

Even here in the midwest, the trailers usually are the first to go in a tornado. No accounting for peoples lack of common sense, I guess!!!

[Howlin]

I found this:

Latest National Hurricane Center Update on Katrina for August 29, 2005: At 10 a.m. CDT the center of Hurricane Katrina moved ashore near the Louisiana-Mississippi border. The center of Hurricane Katrina was located near the mouth of the Pearl River about 35 miles east-northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana and about 45 miles west-southwest of Biloxi, Mississippi. Katrina is moving toward the north near 16 mph, and maximum sustained winds are near 125 mph, with higher gusts. Katrina is now a Category Three hurricane

What am I missing here?

[hummingbird]

Thanks, DouglasKC! My brother bought a generator for Y2K but never used it; I'll make sure to pass along the info.

[Howlin]

It doesn't have to be in your immediate family!

[bonfire]

I don't even like 5 people.

[blam]

"Goin ta bed. "

Same here. Good night all.

[blondee123]

I don't even like 5 people.

LOL

[Miztiki]

I am all packed up and ready to head out in the morning.

My husband refuses to go.

I don't know how much of a house, or a husband, I will have left when this is all said and done.

Please pray for us, and all who are in her path.

[onyx]

LOL! I had to think about that... I think I like at least 5 people....lol.

[james_f_hall]

Is there going to be a 1am update or nothing til 5am?

[seeker41]

I retired from TI on SW Freeway in Stafford.

I applied for a job at TI years ago and didn't get it. I ended up going to Bechtel. It is a small world and getting smaller each day;)

[nuclady]

You are absolutely correct. I have always kept an old land-line phone (keep it in the bedroom extension). Can't tell you how many times I've had to use this year due to T-storms (and I live in western NY)!! Power outages have been incredible up here this year.

[Sam Cree]

I guess the guys at the NHC/TPC don't understand straight line winds either. I've heard something like it argued before, by some engineers IIRC, that the winds in Andrew were only 80 kts., too. Been awhile since I heard anyone trying to say it though. Some of the anemometer readings, before they blew away do a good job of refuting that.

[onyx]

OK. I have thought about it and I can only think of xena, tex and ditter being from Houston.

Can y'all think of anyone else?

[Frank_2001]

Well, they're TEXAS mosquitoes!

Rhode Island mosquitoes are about this big---> .

;))

[raygun]

That's fine, you go right ahead and rely on irrefutable evidence - rolleyes - such as the History Channel, ROFLMAO.

I prefer fairy tale

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.