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

[johnb838]

right side of eye the hurricane is worst winds and rain

"The Dirty Side"

[shield]

Forward speed of Rita...all models should be lining up tonight or the very wee hours of Wednesday, is the correct?

[jpsb]

Friend just called me a told me Galveston County is ordering a manitory evacuation tomorrow 5pm. I think she meant city not county but unless the track changes pretty quick expect all kinds of evacuation orders in greater Houston area.

[Termite_Commander]

My own experience was up in Michigan from a basement as one went overhead and it sounded like a loud, low grinding motor flying across with 20 sreaming banshees and Hillary Clinton throwing plates at Bill and leaving in a cloud of dust.

That's not usually how I hear it described on TV. =)

[Sally'sConcerns]

mark

[DrewsMum]

um, hcoem.com i think takes them to Lufkin

[numberonepal]

Key West will be a different world for this storm.

Key West has a bad few hours ahead of it, and the worst is just starting. Sombrero Key was seeing nearly sustained hurricane winds an hour ago. I imagine it's a bit worse there now and getting worse by the minute at Sand Key and Key West.

[DrewsMum]

ok,thanks for the info,,,,,

[KSApplePie_two]

CAT 2

[Miztiki]

www.hcoem.org, not .com

[KSApplePie_two]

100 MPH winds per hurricane hunters 1pm adv.

[DrewsMum]

.com takes you to org anyways,,,,my bad

[jpsb]

Wendesday is the day to make the go stay decsion.

[No Blue States]

Cat 2 now? that didnt take long..

Sat loops, fast loading:

http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/rmsdsol/TROPICAL.html

[LikeLight]

Thanks - just wanted to any prevent confusion from building up.

[nwctwx]

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Weather Observations
Temperature: 72 F (22 C)
Wind is From the North at 1 MPH
Humidity: 78%
Pressure: 1022.5mb
Conditions: Fog/Mist
Sep 20, 8:55 am EDT

Warn: (0%) ------+


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WTNT63 KNHC 201711
TCUAT3
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
115 PM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005

DATA FROM A NOAA PLANE INDICATE THAT RITA HAS REACHED 100 MH WINDS
AND IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE
SCALE. THIS WILL BE REFLECTED IN A SPECIAL ADVISORY AT 2 PM EDT.

FORECASTER AVILA

[Dog Gone]

Forward speed of Rita...all models should be lining up tonight or the very wee hours of Wednesday, is the correct?

I'm not sure. The Navy model has been consistently far south of the other models. It's an anomaly, but it hasn't come back into line yet.

My expectation is that we'll have a pretty good idea by late Wednesday evening, and possibly tomorrow afternoon.

Right now, the highest probability appears to be a landfall somewhere between Corpus Christi and Galveston, but that's a significant stretch of land. A Corpus landfall wouldn't effect you or me with anything more than strong thunderstorms, I suspect. But anything east of Matagorda Bay is going to be a serious problem.

[nwctwx]

oops, bad cut/paste job.

and caps to boot! Nauti will be angry. ;-)

[jpsb]

Carla, 2005? Damn hope not.

[KSApplePie_two]

with 89-90 water temps, its got plenty of good fuel to to go cat 3 by tonight. IMHO.