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Posted on 09/21/2005 1:36:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Category 3 Hurricane Rita became the fifth major hurricane of the 2005 season during the night. Hurricane Rita threaded the needle through the Florida Straits and moved into the Gulf of Mexico. Storm damage in the Florida Keys and South Florida Peninsula was light, with scattered power outages, scattered tornados, and mild to moderate flooding.
Mandatory evacuations are in effect for Galveston County TX and New Orleans. Additional evacuation orders in the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area are anticipated throughout the day.
Crude oil prices reacted as oil producers shut down and evacuated workers from platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
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 Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Buoy Data Western Gulf of Mexico
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Texas
Images:
Storm Floater IR Loop
GOM WV Loop
GOM IR Still Image
Visible Storm Floater Still (only visible during daylight hours)
Color Enhanced Atlantic Loop
Key West Long Range Radar Still Image
Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)
KHOU-TV/DT Houston: mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_khou
WWLTV NOLA
Additional Resources:
Coastal TX Evacuation Maps
KHOU Houston
KTRK ABC News Houston
Hurricane City
Wxnation Houston
| 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:
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18
Phenomenal.
where are you going to go? why is this first floor apartment or a nearby friends house any better then yours? I am not trying to be argumentative here, but these are the questions you need to ask yourself.
Nope.
The advisory is out. Pressure at 914 mb.
The other pressures mentioned by various posters were either mistaken or bogus.
Not the evacs... as evidenced after W's speech. They didn't get infected with MSM.
And as we all know, Cheney is in collusion with these aliens.
one of the forecasters who I think has a good handle on this noted this about the last model runs:
18z TPC models guidance and new euro in strong agreement.... and very consistent with 12z guidance and 6z...
this is as it should be as we get closer to the event..... models SHOULD move closer in agreement
but there is increasing data that suggests RITA is going to get trapped UNDER the Ridge and NOT leave.... stalled for 5 days over central or eastern TX / eastern and central OK .... with some palces seeing I would guess 12-16 inches of rain
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Now I hope he's wrong about that one.
200 mph gusts. That is a bleeping bomb.
You know I've noticed that left tilt myself lately, especially with Greg Kelly who reports on the White House. I have been very surprised at his sometimes liberal way of putting things. Maybe its just me.
My first lowband rig was a HeathKit SB-102. Loaded with fire bottles. I sold it to a ham in Mira Mesa and purchased my Icom 22S mobile rig. My house is full of HeathKit gear. H8 computer, H19 terminal, disk drives for H8, phone patch, CW auto keyer, HF wattmeter, RF dummyload (in a paint can), 6802 trainer and more. I started my interest in electronics at age 6 while in kindergarten. Show and tell included wiring up the bell/buzzer circuits. By 2nd grade I was assembling tube based amplifiers and simple radio circuits. Nikola Tesla was someone I really respected at that point. I never had the money to get into ham radio until I graduated from college in 1976. I earned a First Class Radiotelephone License with Ships RADAR endorsement and my Extra Class amateur radio license. Not exactly what you would expect of the molecular biologist, but you need some variety in life.
And I, for one, would love to see one of them blown away ...when they're out there posturing in the gusts.
When that sheet metal missed Anderson Cooper and he stayed out there... that was it for me.
Cool and thanks for the link..
To what? Build a bridge?
And how are we "stretched"?
...Rita reaches 165 mph winds...becomes an extremely dangerous category five hurricane...the second of the 2005 season...
at 4 PM CDT...2100z...a Hurricane Watch has been issued for Gulf of Mexico coast from Port Mansfield Texas to Cameron Louisiana.
At 4 PM CDT...2100z...a tropical storm watch has been issued for east of Cameron to Grand Isle Louisiana and from south of Port Mansfield to Brownsville.
At 4 PM CDT...2100z...the government of Mexico has issued a tropical storm watch for the northeast coast of Mexico from Rio San Fernando northward.
A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area...generally within 36 hours. A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area...generally within 36 hours.
Interests in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico should monitor the progress of dangerous Hurricane Rita.
For storm information specific to your area...including possible inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued by your local weather office.
At 4 PM CDT...2100z...the eye of Hurricane Rita was located near latitude 24.4 north...longitude 86.8 west or about 600 miles east-southeast of Galveston Texas and about 700 miles east-southeast of Corpus Christi Texas.
Rita is moving toward the west near 13 mph and this motion is expected to continue during the next 24 hours.
Maximum sustained winds are near 165 mph...with higher gusts. Rita is an extremely dangerous category five hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some fluctuations in intensity are likely during the next 24 hours.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 70 miles from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 175 miles.
Pressure has been falling rapidly during the day and the latest minimum central pressure recently reported by an Air Force reconnaissance plane was 914 mb...26.99 inches.
Tides are currently running near normal along the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts in the areas affected by Katrina. Tides in those areas will increase up to 3 to 4 feet over the next 24 hours with large waves on top and residents there could experience flooding.
Repeating the 4 PM CDT position...24.4 N... 86.8 W. Movement toward...west near 13 mph. Maximum sustained winds...165 mph. Minimum central pressure...914 mb.
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 7 PM CDT followed by the next complete advisory at 10 PM CDT.
Forecaster Avila
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Are cruise ship locations here? My friend's daughter is on a cruise outa Galveston..Honeymoon:) They left Saturaday and are due back this Saturday...I gues ships will just stay out at sea?
The 908 came from the NOAA plane....don't know why NHC discounted the reading.
We're eight inches down around here, but we don't need to make up the deficit in six hours.
It was already 908 at one of the links someone posted an hour ago. Have to find that link.
With a 3-month-old, follow your feeling. get as far from the storm path as possible. Even if it's not actually dangerous, you can expect the probability of power failures, water supply compromises, supply hassles, etc, all over the region.
What would be tolerable for an adult or teen would make a baby miserable. Get as far from the storm path as you can
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