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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
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.
Well...Aren't we cranky this afternoon.
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.
Probably Mary Loondrieu.
I told that poster the other day that he/she needed to take a nap so as to not be so cranky.
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!
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
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.
Have you been dancing all this time?
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.
The Ft. Lauderdale one is probably the one I heard was moving toward Davie.
Don't talk to me. I've been kicked off this chat thread.
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.
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.
Tell Gore to read the NOAA archives and then to STFU.
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."
>>I've been kicked off this chat thread.<<
Good. Then take your happy little attitude somewhere else!
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