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Posted on 09/22/2005 3:25:57 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Extremely dangerous Category 5 Hurricane Rita continues to threaten the Greater Houston Metropolitan area. The forecast track has shifted slightly to the northeast, increasing the risk to Southwest Louisiana, and a significant portion of the oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Texas Governor Perry is urging all coastal residents between Beaumont and Corpus Christi to evacuate as soon as possible.
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
Houston/Galveston/Beaumont/Lake Charles Wx Watches/Warnings
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Texas
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Louisiana
Hi Res Houston Flood Zone Map Slow load, great detail
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)
KPRC-TV/DT Houston - KPRC-TV/DT Houston - http://mfile.akamai.com/12944/live/reflector:38616.asx
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
Beaumont TX evac Routes
Lake Charles/Southwest LA Evacuation Map
KHOU Houston
KTRK ABC News Houston
KPLC Lake Charles Evac Routes, news
KFDM Beaumont/Port Arthur News, evac info
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 III
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18
Or just have a helicopter land off the road, scramble out and give every gas, lift off, and go get another load of gas...
What a mess!
I have broken the little thingy in the back twice. Is it some sort of spring?
Yes, ma'am.
And Andy Cooper decided to join the hurricane party as well (also left of the storm) trying to blame the authorities for the traffic jams.
Is there ANY news station I can watch that won't make me run from the room screaming??
I just can't deal with that BS again with this storm
I don't know. I was multi-tasking.
This loop appears to show her getting meaner:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/gmex-vis-loop.html
21 foot waves now being reported 64 miles south of Dauphin...
I assume this is water heading for the Ponchatrain??
Promise to eat as much crow as you can swallow if he's right again like he was with Katrina?
Nauti Nurse, you can't just catch a break can you? No vacation for you next week either!
Or maybe they should invest in digital gauges..
News? Nope (at least not nationally). Weather? There's always TWC. There's also the streaming links above if you've got broadband.
Glad to hear aunt and hubby are home.
Just got a report from sister, Alexis the Bengal Kitty located at Hw6 & Bellaire.
Her power went out so she called and after being directed to several different phone numbers she finally found a live person to talk to. She has power now but the interesting part is why the power is going out now. Seems the deadlocked traffic is causing it's own mini heat storm and is causing transformers to overheat.
My son is now at her house and will be staying with her through whatever happens. He's never been in any really bad weather or power outage so my sister is having to educate him on little things like not opening the refrigerator or freezer door and gaze at the goodie when the power is out. Bless his heart! Sometimes he doesn't have the sense God gave a goose.
If Shep saw an eagle swoop down to get a mouse for supper it would be "the dramatic cruelty of nature's wrath"
And Bill (the Babe) Hemmer is in New Orleans
Somebody needs to whisper in Geraldo's ear that spending the night with his finger in the leaking levee would really boost his ratings.
Wind Direction (WDIR): | E ( 90 deg true ) |
Wind Speed (WSPD): | 29.1 kts |
Wind Gust (GST): | 33.0 kts |
Wave Height (WVHT): | 21.3 ft |
Dominant Wave Period (DPD): | 13 sec |
Average Period (APD): | 8.7 sec |
Mean Wave Direction (MWDIR): | ESE ( 123 deg true ) |
Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): | 29.69 in |
Pressure Tendency (PTDY): | -0.05 in ( Falling ) |
Air Temperature (ATMP): | 82.8 °F |
Water Temperature (WTMP): | 83.3 °F |
TIME (CDT) |
WDIR | WSPD |
---|---|---|
4:50 pm | E ( 92 deg ) | 28.4 kts |
4:40 pm | E ( 91 deg ) | 27.0 kts |
4:30 pm | E ( 92 deg ) | 28.0 kts |
4:20 pm | E ( 88 deg ) | 25.8 kts |
4:10 pm | E ( 86 deg ) | 25.8 kts |
4:00 pm | E ( 87 deg ) | 26.4 kts |
I lived in the southwest all my life until I moved to Waco...I never knew it could rain like that...seems like the storm cell just sat there are rotated for days on end. Quite an education for a desert rat! I think Katrina has put a scare in about everyone, may account for the run on the stores.
Just now transcribing Chris M on PMSNBC
Chris: Can you actually project these almost constant geometric turns
The rest is all the WeatherDude:
Turns are very erratic
98 degrees with 102 degrees heat index for people on hiways in Houston
New stuff, winds down to 145 (still old report) but bringing it ashore as Cat 4.
NOLA now under TS warning
Raining hard
Could rain there for 72 hours
Official forecast track has not changed much.
If you are on the right side of the landfall, etc. blah blah
We have indications this storm is starting to slow down.
Some computer models show storm stalling out in Eastern Texas, showing "squirrely lines" after land fall.
One to two feet of rain
Then, tributaries lead to Mississippi, and "we all know where those little rivers go"
Beaumont, Port Arthur is projected now as area of landfall
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