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Update: Category 5 Hurricane Rita - Live Thread, Part II
NHC - NOAA ^ | 21 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: hurricane; katrina; katrinassister; rita; tropical; twinhurricanes
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To: Rutles4Ever

Rutles, thanks for reminding me.


2,061 posted on 09/21/2005 2:23:59 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: dakine
That is the earthquake scale....

The moment magnitude scale for earthquakes is based on energy, not damage. The Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale (and I believe I am correct) is for the amount of damage. It was invented because prior to its implementation there was no way to accurately estimate the devastation caused by a hurricane. The damage is listed by the typical description of damage (i.e weak, moderate, extensive, extreme, and catastrophic). The rule of 10 is just a rule of thumb. The damage any hurricane causes depends on several factors including the location it hits, the tide, the wind speeds, its size, etc. I tend to believe the rule of 10 is fairly accurate though.

2,062 posted on 09/21/2005 2:23:59 PM PDT by burzum (Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.-Adm H Rickover)
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To: Ditter

If you dread it, then why are you staying?


2,063 posted on 09/21/2005 2:24:05 PM PDT by Sprite518
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To: sinkspur

Since you're so intelligent, you tell everyone what will it take for the US to once again build new refineries short of total devastation from the current market we're in? $10 a gallon + may do it?


2,064 posted on 09/21/2005 2:24:14 PM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: steveegg

New Oreleans will more than likely get nailed again!

Ms. Casey's Daughter


2,065 posted on 09/21/2005 2:24:15 PM PDT by MSCASEY (Our God is an Awesome God! Please come soon Lord.)
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To: NautiNurse

NN, will you add me to your ping list when you get the chance, please?

Thanks!


2,066 posted on 09/21/2005 2:25:04 PM PDT by kimmie7 (As of August 23, I've been smoke free 6 MONTHS!)
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To: Howlin

Cell and regular phone service has been kind of weird here today. I'm leaving as soon as I get home.

To the rest of you.... stay safe.... stay dry and keep in touch.

j


2,067 posted on 09/21/2005 2:25:58 PM PDT by Jaded (Pasadena - the nearly dry side)
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To: Raycpa

The same place we found all the men to step across that line in the sand in a small Spanish mission in 1836 - they were already here.

Texas - it really IS a whole different country.


2,068 posted on 09/21/2005 2:26:04 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: tobyhill
I hope this wipes out every oil rig and refinery on the coast.

Hmmm, that's my livelihood you're wanting destroyed.

2,069 posted on 09/21/2005 2:26:19 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
I noticed that too on this loop.

The NHC has Rita going directly over the intersection of 90W and 25N show here:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/205648.shtml?3day?large

It appears as if she is going to miss that rendezvous show here:

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

A wobble to the SW would be nice.
2,070 posted on 09/21/2005 2:26:34 PM PDT by No Blue States (Fort Worth)
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To: Abigail Adams

How about Johnson Space Center and related facilities for one?


2,071 posted on 09/21/2005 2:26:39 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: kimmie7; Howlin; Gabz

done


2,072 posted on 09/21/2005 2:26:51 PM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
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To: dakine
It is estimated that each level causes about 10 times as much damage as the one previous. This means that a Cat 5 is 10,000 times as damaging as a Cat 1.

Not an expert, but I think the previous poster mixed up his earthquake and hurricane scales.

In terms of wind, the power of a hurricane is (IIRC) a function of wind speed squared. Transition from a 120 mph to a 160 mph storm would be a factor of about 1.8 times more powerful.

2,073 posted on 09/21/2005 2:26:51 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Jrabbit
I'm leaving after I get off werk. I know what you're yelling at your computer screen!
2,074 posted on 09/21/2005 2:27:04 PM PDT by Jaded (Pasadena - the nearly dry side)
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To: steveegg

I just have a hard time thinking this thing is slowing down given the fact it is over warm bath water... I hope their right, and I am wrong...


2,075 posted on 09/21/2005 2:27:05 PM PDT by Sprite518
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To: MSCASEY

Hard to believe that idiot Nagin was telling people to come back when a Hurricane was forecasted to come their way. Bastardi said they were predicting this last week.

And then Nagin bitched about the Feds telling him it wasn't a good idea to bring people back.


2,076 posted on 09/21/2005 2:27:07 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: No Blue States

thx


2,077 posted on 09/21/2005 2:27:07 PM PDT by jpsb
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To: burzum

Whoaaahhh! Am I reading this right? 72 hours out from now, puts the storm close to or over Dallas, according the models. The blue line indicates still a Cat 1 or just below. Our local newscaster on Fox4 was saying that it was going to be a Tropical Storm by the time it gets here.

That is going to put a very large dent in the entire state of Texas.


2,078 posted on 09/21/2005 2:27:53 PM PDT by SpottedBeaver (Allen, TX -- Directly North of Dallas -- I'm down the street from FReeper L,TOWM)
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To: NautiNurse
My point is meant to be exxagerated, I don't really want that but the US must find a way to end our dependence on foreign crude product but I'm starting to wonder if it can happen short of my "exxageration"? If we're going to freak out over every hurricane then that alone should tell the eco-twirps and oil giants somethings wrong.
2,079 posted on 09/21/2005 2:28:23 PM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: No Blue States

Local news in Orlando had evacuees from New Orleans and they said they don't want to go back there. At least Texas is making sure they are out of harms way. (Praying for all in Texas)


2,080 posted on 09/21/2005 2:28:26 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (If you still vote Democrat, you're still stuck on stupid!)
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