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Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part III
NHC - NOAA ^ | 21 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 09/21/2005 4:19:11 PM PDT by NautiNurse

Extremely dangerous and large Category Five Hurricane Rita is churning westward across the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas. Air Force Reconnaissance indicated the central pressure has dropped to 904mb, making Rita the fifth most intense hurricane ever in the Atlantic Basin.

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Watches have been issued from Northern Mexico through the South Louisiana coastline. Galveston TX used school buses to evacuate residents. Mandatory and voluntary evacuations are in effect along the Texas coastline.

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 Western Gulf of Mexico
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Texas
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Louisiana

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

Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)

KHOU-TV/DT Houston: mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_khou
WWLTV NOLA

Additional Resources:

FReeper Sign In Thread Check in to let us know whether you are staying, going, and when you get there
FReepers Offering Lodging To Rita Evacuees People and/or Pet Friendly FReepers Offering Shelter

Coastal TX Evacuation Maps
KHOU Houston
KTRK ABC News Houston
Hurricane City
Wxnation Houston
Galveston Webcams
Golden Triangle Weather Page Provides Galveston Weather, Warnings, Radar, etc.

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 II
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; hurricanerita; rita; ruhroh; tropical; weather
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To: RDTF

Look's like the potential for more to worry about.

mc


261 posted on 09/21/2005 5:28:28 PM PDT by mcshot (Boldly going nowhere with a smile and appreciation for life.)
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To: Lazamataz
incredibly perfect eyes of these hurricanes

Don't stare into it!

262 posted on 09/21/2005 5:28:28 PM PDT by palmer (Money problems do not come from a lack of money, but from living an excessive, unrealistic lifestyle)
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To: USAF0021
Tropical Storm Philippe is out there

Thanks. Wonder what changed to shut off the Katrina/Rita superhiway?

263 posted on 09/21/2005 5:28:46 PM PDT by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor!)
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To: Howlin
Thanks.

That's bad.

264 posted on 09/21/2005 5:28:51 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Lazamataz
The incredibly perfect eyes of these hurricanes are also quite scary to me.

I KNEW these hurricanes were Aryan :-)

265 posted on 09/21/2005 5:29:26 PM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
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To: La Enchiladita

I suppose I have what one might mistake for a sort of fatalism. I'm convinced I'm not getting out of here. THere's no evac plan for those of us inside the loop. The traffic is in gridlock. It's time to trust in Him like never before. He is my Light. My Light and Salvation. In Him I trust, in Him I Trust.


266 posted on 09/21/2005 5:29:28 PM PDT by johnb838 (Hurricanes.)
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To: Txsleuth

Yeppers, but I am in the DFW area...I thought it wouldn't be all that bad here...

Im also in the DFW area .. I did not think we would get anything but rain, have you heard anything different ?


267 posted on 09/21/2005 5:29:41 PM PDT by Milly (Keller Texas Off I-35 North of Ft. Worth)
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To: MEG33

I'm reading this from the other side of the friggin country (the painfully blue state of Maine...GAH) and that just flat out scared me. It's like 'Well shit the instruments aren't built to withstand this so we'll just throw out an educated guess here...'


268 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:15 PM PDT by Severa (I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
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To: Lazamataz

Prove it.

Monday, August 29:



6:10 AM CDT: Katrina, a Category 4 hurricane with 145 mph winds, makes initial landfall near Buras, La.

Monday, August 29
7AM CDT – KATRINA MAKES LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE [CNN]

Hurricane Katrina devastated portions of the central Gulf of Mexico U.S. coast from Southeast Louisiana to Alabama at the end of August and will most likely go down as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of this country. Katrina's deadly track began as she moved across South Florida. Katrina then strengthened into a Category 5 Hurricane while moving northward toward the Central Gulf Coast. Although Katrina weakend before landfall, the Category 4 hurricane's fierce winds and near-record storm surge were still able to cause widespread destruction and loss of life.

National Weather service
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/


269 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:21 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: Bahbah

Thanks. We are new together.

I don't even know if he is scared of thunder.


I bet I find out.


270 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:56 PM PDT by Flyer (Houston FReepers ~ http://houstonliberty.com/forums/ ~ (SW Houston)
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To: Kozak
Prove it.

Make me, timestamp liar.

271 posted on 09/21/2005 5:31:21 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
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To: Lazamataz

Did you read about that scary flu scenario, also?

I don't even want to think about..ghastly!


272 posted on 09/21/2005 5:31:37 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington, Texas--future home of the Dallas Cowboys!)
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To: Flux Capacitor

I don't want to get into a fight with you. However, your saying that New Orleans, the city, deserved to die, is cruel. There are people from that city reading this thread right now -- I know because I just talked to some of them. Their homes in New Orleans have been destroyed, and they have been forced to leave Houston, where they just this week moved into apartments. They were born and raised in New Orleans and they loved it -- the City -- as did many others, including me.


273 posted on 09/21/2005 5:32:00 PM PDT by pollyg107
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To: GRRRRR

Will you post that here?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488829/posts


274 posted on 09/21/2005 5:32:07 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Txsleuth
Two HUGE hurricanes, then a flu that kills fully half of us.

And then Hillary gets elected.

Just frickin' shoot me now.

275 posted on 09/21/2005 5:32:48 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
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To: Lazamataz
Awwwww sh*t. Your pic just loaded. Another hurricane-former's coming up right behind Rita. NautiNurse, check out this guy's link.

Aren't you simply seeing the remnants of Philippe?

276 posted on 09/21/2005 5:32:58 PM PDT by Blennos (Baton Rouge)
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To: Severa
I'm reading this from the other side of the friggin country (the painfully blue state of Maine...GAH) and that just flat out scared me. It's like 'Well shit the instruments aren't built to withstand this so we'll just throw out an educated guess here...'

No, you're misreading that. The forecaster said that there were surface winds at the location where the 898mb reading was taken, leading him to believe that the lowest pressure in the hurricane was elsewhere. Nothing to do with an inability to measure the pressure level.

277 posted on 09/21/2005 5:33:01 PM PDT by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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To: Ingtar
Strategerist is right on. In general when the pressure is where it is now the hurricane is a cat 5 but not as a rule.
278 posted on 09/21/2005 5:33:03 PM PDT by fishntex (Something is actually happening Reg)
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To: Lazamataz

What in God's name are you ranting about timestamps?
Try and stick to the point. If I'm wrong I'd love to be enlightened.


279 posted on 09/21/2005 5:33:16 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: Kozak

Please help me understand why you need to argue on this thread. What is your goal for being here on this thread?


280 posted on 09/21/2005 5:33:41 PM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
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