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To: blam
The last three (Ivan, Dennis & Katrina) in the Gulf jogged to the east (right) between 30-70 miles before landfall.

I think we have a verifiable pattern, eh?

1,510 posted on 09/23/2005 3:04:41 PM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
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To: NautiNurse
"I think we have a verifiable pattern, eh?"

Yup. I'm thinking closer to Lake Charles than to Port Arthur...maybe right up the Sabine River.

BTW, There's a plaque on Dauphin Island marking it as the Capital of the Louisiana Terrorities in 1699.

1,648 posted on 09/23/2005 3:37:40 PM PDT by blam
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Hurricane Rita Intermediate Advisory Number 25a

Statement as of 6:00 PM CDT on September 23, 2005

...Tropical storm force winds spreading over southwest Louisiana and
southeast Texas as dangerous Hurricane Rita approaches...

 
a Hurricane Warning is in effect from Sargent Texas to Morgan City
Louisiana.  A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are
expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours. 
Preparations to protect life and property should have already been
completed.

 
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the southeastern coast of
Louisiana from east of Morgan City to the mouth of the Pearl
River...including metropolitan New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain
...And from south of Sargent Texas to Port Aransas Texas.  A
Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are
expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours.

 
For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued
by your local weather office.

At 6 PM CDT...2300z...the center of Hurricane Rita was located near
latitude 28.5 north...longitude 92.9 west or about 100 miles
southeast of Sabine Pass along the coast at the border between
Texas and Louisiana.

 
Rita is moving toward the northwest near 13 mph.  A gradual turn
toward the north-northwest is expected during the next 24 hours. 
On this track...the core of Hurricane Rita will make landfall along
the southwest Louisiana and Upper Texas coasts near daybreak
Saturday.

 
Maximum sustained winds are near 125 mph...205 km/hr...with higher
gusts.  Rita is a strong category three hurricane on the
Saffir-Simpson scale.  Some fluctuations in intensity are possible
before landfall... but Rita is still expected to come ashore as a
dangerous category three hurricane.

 
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 85 miles... 140 km...
from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 205 miles...335 km.  Hurricane force winds are expected to spread
inland as far as 100 miles near the path of Rita.  A NOAA buoy at
Calcasieu Pass Louisiana... on the coast near Cameron Louisiana...
recently reported sustained winds of 49 mph with a gust to 62 mph. 
Sustained winds of 37 mph with gusts to 54 mph were recently
reported at Galveston Texas.

 
The estimated minimum central pressure is 931 mb...27.49 inches.

 
Coastal storm surge flooding of 15 feet above normal tide levels...
locally up to 20 feet at head of bays and nearby rivers...with
large and dangerous battering waves...can be expected near and to
the east of where the center makes landfall. Tides are currently
running about 2 feet above normal along the Louisiana...Mississippi
and Alabama coasts in the areas affected by Katrina.  Tides in those
areas will increase to 4 to 6 feet and be accompanied by large
waves... and residents there could experience coastal flooding. 
Large swells generated by Rita will likely affect most portions of
the Gulf Coast.

 
Rita is expected to produce rainfall accumulations of 8 to 12
inches... with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches over
southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana as it moves inland.
Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches are possible over southeastern
Louisiana... including metropolitan New Orleans with isolated
heavier amounts possible. Since Rita is forecast to slow down
significantly after making landfall...total accumulations locally
in excess of 25 inches are possible over the next several days
across eastern Texas into western Louisiana.

Isolated tornadoes are possible tonight and Saturday morning over
portions of southeastern Texas...southern Louisiana including
southern Mississippi and Alabama.

 
Repeating the 6 PM CDT position...28.5 N... 92.9 W.  Movement
toward...northwest near 13 mph.  Maximum sustained winds...125 mph.
Minimum central pressure... 931 mb.

 
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane
Center at 8 PM CDT followed by the next complete advisory at 10 PM
CDT.

 
Forecaster Knabb

 

 
$$

1,735 posted on 09/23/2005 4:01:59 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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