[jeffers]

No real change from the 1700 track.

The vortex data runs about 3 miles SW of the Hurricane Center's plots, on every storm. Not a real problem, but I wish one or the other would define a standard and both would either use D.DD or DM.MM format.

Flipping back and forth either takes forever or else limits how many windows I can have open.

[steveegg]

They're out to get you by not standardizing the long/lats :-)

[tcrlaf]

Jesu Christe! Have you seen this?

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO

GMZ080-230930-
NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
1030 PM CDT THU SEP 22 2005


HURRICANE WARNING E OF 95W

TONIGHT
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OR GREATER WITHIN 180 NM
NE QUADRANT...150 NM SE AND NW QUADRANTS...100 NM SW AND 140 NM
NW QUADRANT. HIGHEST WINDS 120 KT GUSTS 145 KT NEAR CENTER. SEAS
12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 300 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 250 NM S
SEMICIRCLE. ******HIGHEST SEAS 55 FT.****** REMAINDER AREA WINDS 20 TO 33
KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO 12 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SQUALLS E
OF 95W.

FRI AND FRI NIGHT
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OR GREATER
WITHIN 180 NM NE QUADARNT...160 NM SE AND NW QUADRANTS AND 120
NM SW QUADRANT. HIGHEST WINDS 125 KT GUSTS 155 KT NEAR CENTER OF
RITA FRI DECREASING TO 115 KT GUSTS 140 KT NEAR CENTER OF RITA
FRI NIGHT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL FORCE
WINDS..WITH HIGHEST SEAS 5O FT. ELSEWHERE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SQUALLS ENTIRE AREA.