[No Blue States]

Cat 2 now? that didnt take long..

Sat loops, fast loading:

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

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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

[KSApplePie_two]

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

[LikeLight]

If it's a Cat 2 now, it's way ahead of schedule - might be the unpredicitable intensification mentioned in the last NHC discussion.