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Hurricane Rita Live Thread
NHC - NOAA ^ | 20 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 09/20/2005 6:16:38 AM PDT by 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


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: hurricane; rita; tropical
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To: Elle Bee

I hope your cocktail hour projection is correct. In Islamorada we just got a really nasty squall. By 6 I will be more than ready for cocktails!! In fact I could have one now.

There is a big frog ribbiting his heart out on my front steps. I guess the worst is over if he's singing away. :-)

LBelle


601 posted on 09/20/2005 11:36:11 AM PDT by LBelle
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon
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602 posted on 09/20/2005 11:36:22 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Undocumented border patrol agent.)
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To: Txsleuth

The SENATE is going to have HEARINGS on hurricane predicting?

That is hilarious...and absurd. Who had THIS bright idea?


603 posted on 09/20/2005 11:36:22 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: Howlin

The following is a link to several weather sites..... There is a navy link which has many Gulf States cities identified on it.... a few graphics down on the link
http://www.ih2000.net/ira/bmt-wth.htm

This is a direct link to the map but you'll need to enlarge it
http://www.nlmoc.navy.mil/center/Tropical/wtnt02.gif


604 posted on 09/20/2005 11:37:07 AM PDT by deport
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To: Aggie Mama

Okay---the LOCAl news in Dallas said that Houston evacuees would be sent to New Mexico and Arkansas...

but, a few minutes ago I heard the NATIONAL news on the same station say that the Katrina evacuees that are IN Houston would be moved to N. Mexico and Arkansas...freeing up the Houston shelters...

I don't know what that would mean if some needed to come to Dallas...I have a feeling if it is THAT bad (God please, NO), that Mayor Miller would make sure we found room.


605 posted on 09/20/2005 11:37:32 AM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington, Texas--future home of the Dallas Cowboys!)
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To: Elle Bee

I remember back in 1998 Hurricane Georges slammed the Keys, and it took weeks for them to get back to just be able to have tourists back.


606 posted on 09/20/2005 11:37:32 AM PDT by samantha (Cheer up, the adults are in charge.)
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To: beyond the sea; Admin Moderator

Get off this thread. It's against the rules to stalk a poster from thread to thread.

I have asked you REPEATEDLY not to harass me. You've been told by the Admin Moderator to stop posting to me.

Take a hint.


607 posted on 09/20/2005 11:37:38 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon; Aggie Mama

Haha - I was just thinking it is only about a 4 hour drive, isn't it?


608 posted on 09/20/2005 11:37:56 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Prayers for healing and relief from pain for Cowboy...........)
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To: Flyer

Now that is one helluva visual! Regular box skates, or the in-line kind?


609 posted on 09/20/2005 11:38:06 AM PDT by Xenalyte (West Houston . . . sorta near where the Beltway and I-10 have that hideous intersection)
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To: LBelle

Just saw on Fox that over 200 truckloads of ice/water are ready to deliver to the Keys.


610 posted on 09/20/2005 11:38:16 AM PDT by MamaB (mom to an angel)
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To: LBelle

When you see the jet skiers, the worst is over. I hope the Dolphin Research Center is OK


611 posted on 09/20/2005 11:38:16 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: LikeLight

One Tornado warning area just south of Key Largo, one near Ft. Lauderdale, and something way up near Tampa. These are warnings, not watches, as I understand it.


612 posted on 09/20/2005 11:39:11 AM PDT by LikeLight
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To: dirtboy

That is a great teaching lesson for the laymen. Plain and simple example and language, none of this "vortex" crap.


613 posted on 09/20/2005 11:39:48 AM PDT by samantha (Cheer up, the adults are in charge.)
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To: LBelle
There is a big frog ribbiting his heart out on my front steps.

He's begging to come in...

614 posted on 09/20/2005 11:39:57 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
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To: SE Mom

Algore said that Katrina was but the first sip, the first taste, of the bitter cup that has been proffered to us by climate change due to our refusal to sign the Kyoto Protocol.


615 posted on 09/20/2005 11:40:00 AM PDT by johnb838 (Logic and reason are tools of the white oppressor.)
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To: Dog Gone; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Did I hear there is going to be dancing at the party, too?

I'm hoping to hear from the boss that we won't work Friday. That would have me north of town dealing with evacuation traffic.
616 posted on 09/20/2005 11:40:04 AM PDT by Flyer (Houston FReepers ~ http://houstonliberty.com/forums/ ~ (SW Houston)
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To: AppyPappy

Just saw on Fox that it may strengthen to a cat. 3.


617 posted on 09/20/2005 11:40:07 AM PDT by MamaB (mom to an angel)
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To: Sammie42

You've got freepmail from Dothan!


618 posted on 09/20/2005 11:40:56 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: SE Mom

LOL---you got me!!

I just saw it advertised on C-span.


619 posted on 09/20/2005 11:40:59 AM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington, Texas--future home of the Dallas Cowboys!)
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To: LikeLight

Is that Broward County?


620 posted on 09/20/2005 11:41:10 AM PDT by MamaB (mom to an angel)
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