Buoy Station SRST2 - Sabine, TX
Conditions at SRST2 as of
(1:00 am CDT)
0600 GMT on 09/24/2005
Wind Direction (WDIR): N ( 360 deg true )
Wind Speed (WSPD): 63 kts
Wind Gust (GST): 79 kts
Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 28.46 in
Pressure Tendency (PTDY): -0.56 in ( Falling Rapidly )
Air Temperature (ATMP): 74.1 °F
That's a low barometric pressure and pretty high wind gusts.
"...This motion should bring the center of Rita onto the coast near Sabine Pass in the next hour or two. After landfall...a gradual turn toward the north-northwest is expected later today..."
Post 1678 (Hurricane Rita Intermediate Advisory Number 26b )