[steveegg]

New Vortex Data Message - Pressure up another 5 mb to 907 mb and max winds down 6 knots to 159 knots -

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URNT12 KNHC 221127
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 22/11:10:10Z
B. 25 deg 07 min N
  088 deg 12 min W
C. 700 mb 2287 m
D. NA  kt
E. NA  deg     nm
F. 040 deg 133 kt
G. 304 deg 009 nm
H.         907 mb
I.  11 C/ 3062 m
J.  27 C/ 3064 m
K.  5  C/ NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. E03/20/16
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.03 / 1  nm
P. AF307 1618A RITA         OB 23
MAX FL WIND 159 KT NE QUAD 09:16:30 Z
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING
STADIUM EFFECT -- TOP OF WESTERN EYEWALL BRIGHTENING AS SUN RISES
EYE IS CLOUD FILLED BELOW FLIGHT LEVEL

Other significant changes in the 1 hour 58 minutes since the last one -

- Movement 12 minutes north, 17 minutes west
- Eyewall elliptical and cloud-filled; 20 mn wide on the 30-210 degree axis, 16 nm wide on the 120-300 axis

[abb]

every mb counts

[SE Mom]

Would you read that as going through an eyewall replacement?

[Warren_Piece]

Pressure up another 5 mb to 907 mb and max winds down 6 knots to 159 knots

Weaken, you old bat! Weaken!

[NautiNurse]

Heavy rains associated with Rita are forecast to begin to affect the western and central Gulf of Mexico coastal areas tonight into Friday. Rita is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 8 to 12 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches from the central Texas coast to southwestern Louisiana. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches will be possible elsewhere across southern Louisiana Including the New Orleans metropolitan area. After Rita moves inland total rain accumulations of 5 to 10 inches will be possible over eastern Texas... and central and eastern Oklahoma during Saturday and Sunday.

Movement toward...west-northwest near 9 mph. Maximum sustained winds...170 mph. Minimum central pressure... 907 mb. Wind gusts reported at 212mph