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Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VI
NHC - NOAA ^ | 23 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 09/23/2005 9:39:06 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Dangerous Hurricane Rita is expected to make landfall in the northeast Gulf of Mexico within 24 hours. Tornados have spawned in Louisiana. Water is filling the Ninth Ward of New Orleans again. A bus carrying elderly evacuees was gutted by fire this morning outside Dallas, with multiple fatalities. Television crews have positioned their hurricane reporters throughout the region to attain maximum drama effects. Whoooooa.

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
Jefferson Co TX NWS Weather
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:


Lake Charles Long Range Radar Still image, with loop link
Houston/Galveston Long Range Radar Still image, with loop link
Lake Charles Experimental Radar Outages and Delays May Occur

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
KPRC-TV/DT Houston
KTRK-TV/DT Houston
KTRH-AM Houston
KPLC-TV/DT Lake Charles/Lafayette
KSLA-TV/DT Shreveport

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

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 V
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part III
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18


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To: cbkaty

This guy is on Rush saying these forecasters are bunk, breaking it down:

http://www.wabcradio.com


721 posted on 09/23/2005 12:10:31 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: No Blue States

Every new frame looks better... something is going on down there. Bad news for the short term is that the western side has really popped. This seems to want to drag the eye west for at least a time. I'm still not convinced houston is out of trouble. The heaviest should miss them, but any jog west is not so good at this point.


722 posted on 09/23/2005 12:10:38 PM PDT by nwctwx (Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
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To: Wneighbor
"Notice that in Texas, the looters *were* caught and arrested. We're takin' care of business on our end! :-)"

And no cops looting along side of the pukes. No cop cars taken to safe area either or mayors buying homes in safe towns and no wild blame game started by locals.

723 posted on 09/23/2005 12:10:48 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Lemondropkid31

The winds are hitting later on....look at all that yellow on the radar


724 posted on 09/23/2005 12:10:50 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: NautiNurse

Hahaha!!! That figures. If the LEOs all left I sure the heck would not stick around either!


725 posted on 09/23/2005 12:11:05 PM PDT by Lemondropkid31 (Conroe, TX)
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To: Lemondropkid31

Ok, half of Conroe is in the bubble. I have no idea what half I am in LOL


726 posted on 09/23/2005 12:11:42 PM PDT by Lemondropkid31 (Conroe, TX)
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To: BurbankKarl

It may not be related but the wind here is Austin has picked up over the past 2 hours.


727 posted on 09/23/2005 12:11:45 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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To: WxMan2000

I'll bet old Miles retired to take up fiction writing; that sounds like "It was a dark and stormy night..." material.


728 posted on 09/23/2005 12:12:29 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: BurbankKarl

Yea, is that yellow for hurricane force winds, or is that showing tropical storm winds too?


729 posted on 09/23/2005 12:12:48 PM PDT by Lemondropkid31 (Conroe, TX)
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To: truthandlife

Alicia was in 83


730 posted on 09/23/2005 12:12:57 PM PDT by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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To: ncountylee

Your cops are handing out free gas.....NOLA cops looted it


731 posted on 09/23/2005 12:13:42 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Eaker
Yep, they make'm in color now!

Hey! I have a color monitor! Amber is a color!

732 posted on 09/23/2005 12:13:46 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! We willna be fooled again!")
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To: BurbankKarl

LOL


733 posted on 09/23/2005 12:14:05 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: WxMan2000

Some decent lightning near the core now, the eye looks MUCH better than just an hour ago. Kinda creepy to see it doing this right now.


734 posted on 09/23/2005 12:14:23 PM PDT by nwctwx (Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
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To: All

Ok....

Just stumbled across this model from 0000UTC that shows HOUSTON still a Bullseye for this storm!

www.ucar.edu/news/features/hurricanes/wrf-rita.shtm

Can the knowledgable ones explain why the midels are all diverging at once?


735 posted on 09/23/2005 12:14:28 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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To: wolfcreek

Speaking of Stephanie Abrams, she's showing us flooding that is already happening on the west side of Galveston Island (the part not protected by the seawall).


736 posted on 09/23/2005 12:14:29 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: ncountylee
And no cops looting along side of the pukes. No cop cars taken to safe area either or mayors buying homes in safe towns and no wild blame game started by locals.

Yep. Kinda like the old west. For the most part our good guys are good and the bad guys - well, the smart ones know to stay away from the good guys and the regular folks.

737 posted on 09/23/2005 12:14:34 PM PDT by Wneighbor (anyway, they left for mexico monday.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Rain bands and thirty-five mph winds down here in New Iberia. My company is closed today. Your's is open?


738 posted on 09/23/2005 12:14:36 PM PDT by Uncle Sham
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To: Steve_Seattle

Steve,
We had 3 evacuation zones. Galveston, and coastal were zone A. Nobody EVER said "just go". Do not believe what the media portrayed this thing as. 18 hours before landfall, and we are done. Compare and contrast to the New Orleans evacuation.


739 posted on 09/23/2005 12:14:43 PM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (The Land o' Gar (yes I have a gunrack in my truck))
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To: All
Burned Dallas bus picture.

Most of the 45 occupants were elderly. :-(

740 posted on 09/23/2005 12:14:51 PM PDT by lainie
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