I am just stunned at the rate this one has increased. She was a tropical storm only hours ago.
She has winds gusting up to a cat 4 and looks to make landfall as a full fledged cat 4....unless something changes.
"I am just stunned at the rate this one has increased. She was a tropical storm only hours ago."
Yep, me too. It will be a cat 3 by the next hurricane hunter report. And it the water is 85 degrees across the entire gulf. I was hoping that since it is moving faster it might not have the time to build but that might be wishful thinking. It could make it worse.
We should get a report overnight. It looks like flight three took off about an hour ago if I read that right.
000
NOUS42 KNHC 191525
WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS
1125 AM EDT MON 19 SEP 2005
SUBJECT: TROPICAL CYCLONE PLAN OF THE DAY (TCPOD)
VALID 20/1100Z TO 21/1100Z SEP 2005
TCPOD NUMBER.....05-114
I. ATLANTIC REQUIREMENTS
1. TROPICAL STORM RITA
FLIGHT ONE FLIGHT TWO
A. 20/1700Z A. 20/2100,21/0000,0300Z
B. NOAA3 1118A RITA B. AFXXX 1218A RITA
C. 20/1500Z C. 20/1730Z
D. SFMR MISSION D. 24.0N 81.7W
E. 20/1600Z TO 20/1900Z E. 20/2000Z TO 21/0330Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT F. SFC TO 10,000 FT
FLIGHT THREE
A. 21/0600,1200Z
B. AFXXX 1318A RITA
C. 21/0230Z
D. 24.2N 84.0W
E. 21/0500Z TO 21/1230Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT
2. OUTLOOK FOR SUCCEEDING DAY: CONTINUE 6-HRLY FIXES. G-IV
MISSIONS EVERY 12 HOURS STARTING AT 21/1800Z.
3. REMARKS: MISSION ON HURRICANE PHILIPPE FOR 20/0600Z
CANCELED BY NHC AT 19/1100Z.
II. PACIFIC REQUIREMENTS
1. NEGATIVE RECONNAISSANCE REQUIREMENTS.
2. SUCCEEDING DAY OUTLOOK.......NEGATIVE.
JWP