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

[Enchante]

"Texas is not Louisiana. You won't see that breakdown occurring here.''

LOL.... the adults are in charge! Someone tell the Louisiana demagogues (Nagin, BLankhead, Lanrieu x 2) to take notes....

[Right_Handed_Writer]

"The SENATE is going to have HEARINGS on hurricane predicting? That is hilarious...and absurd. Who had THIS bright idea?"

Probably Sen Santorum so he can keep his efforts in favor of Accuweather in the forefront. Maybe the Senate can stall her with a filibuster.

[sissyjane]

Well...Aren't we cranky this afternoon.

[johnb838]

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

Yeah, and I think we all know why they're ready to go to the keys but for the po' folks of New Orleans there was none... ask Minister Farrakhan.

[samantha]

Probably Mary Loondrieu.

[MamaB]

I told that poster the other day that he/she needed to take a nap so as to not be so cranky.

[Howlin]

LOL.... the adults are in charge!

Which, of course, the MSM will explain away by saying it's Bush's home state, after all, and the GOP cares about it -- just like Florida!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Dancing if it stays Cat 2 or below.......all you'll see is my backside heading to Lubbock if it is coming here above a 2

[LikeLight]

Sorry, don't know Florida counties very well - I'm just watching a live radar from the National Weather Service and those warning boxes just popped up near the places I mentioned.

[Howlin]

Have you been dancing all this time?

[WoodstockCat]

someone with some guts needs to ask Mr. Metro what Protocol that we failed to sign brought on Betsy and Camille.
Actually, it's fine with me, they look at this 100% hemp-hugging wacko and thank their stars for Bush v. Gore 2000.

[MamaB]

Fox had something on the screen that tornado warnings were issued for Broward County. I do not have a clue as to what cities are in that county.

[laz]

One Tornado warning area just south of Key Largo, one near Ft. Lauderdale, and something way up near Tampa.

The Ft. Lauderdale one is probably the one I heard was moving toward Davie.

[Flyer]

Just regular ol' skates.

That Beltway overpass was oscillating pretty good as folks danced. This was 1989. I was younger and slimmer, so the visual isn't as bizarre as it would be today.

[mercy]

Don't talk to me. I've been kicked off this chat thread.

[Sally'sConcerns]

I couldn't remember the year or which hurricane it was but I was living in San Antonio at the time. That was the one where a tornado hit and tore off a part of the roof of the VA hospital, wasn't it?

It was the only time we were ever under a tornado watch/warning the 6 years I lived in San Antonio.

[Right_Handed_Writer]

"all you'll see is my backside heading to Lubbock if it is coming here above a 2 "

May as well dig out the suitcase now. She went from TS to Cat 2 in just a few hours. And the best dynamics are still ahead of her. CAT 3 easy and a 4 wouldn't surprise me.

[laz]

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.

Tell Gore to read the NOAA archives and then to STFU.

[LBelle]

The frog would hop in, see my cat, and decide to fend for himself outside, I suspect.

My husband and I like to think the frog is like the one in the cartoon that sings and dances until you open the door, and then he goes "ribbit."

[sissyjane]

>>I've been kicked off this chat thread.<<

Good. Then take your happy little attitude somewhere else!