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Posted on 09/18/2005 1:56:41 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Tropical Storm Rita has developed from TD 18 in the Atlantic Ocean. TS Rita is currently located north of Hispaniola, the eastern tip of Cuba, and ESE of Nassau, Bahamas. Hurricane watches and warnings are in effect for portions of Florida. Check for local weather statements.
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
Forecast Models
Buoy Data SE Florida
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Florida
Images:
Storm Floater IR Loop
Visible Storm Floater Still (only visible during daylight hours)
Color Enhanced Atlantic Loop
Florida Radar/Sat Loop Caution: Broadband users only!
Miami Long Range Radar Loop
Key West Long Range Radar Loop
Miami Experimental Radar Still Image
Key West Experimental Radar Still Image
Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)
WFOR-TV/DT Miami (WMP) - http://dayport.wm.llnwd.net/dayport_0025_live"
WSVN-TV/DT Miami (WMP) - mms://216.242.118.141/broadband
Other Resources:
Florida East Coast Surf Reports Lots of great info here, including surf cams
Central Florida Hurricane Center
Hurricane City
| 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 |
A hurricane warning has been posted for the entire Florida Keys, meaning hurricane conditions with winds of at least 74 mph are likely by late Monday.
Oh man. At almost 3 dollars a gallon I would have tried to strain it:')
Yeah, the offshore area from Slidell to Gulport is shallower than off of Galveston (but its all relative.) Galveston Bay is similar to Lake Pontchartrain.
Hurricane Andrew produced an 18 foot surge in one area of south Dade County, Florida, with a surge of up to 11 feet for miles north. This happened in an area where the topography of the bottom of the bay and ocean is not even conducive to large surges, as it supposedly is on most of the Gulf coast.
Gentle, yet FEISTY! :)
Going to call it a night, long week ahead without the storm.
night
Don't let the dems hear you say that....they are convinced that the hurricanes this year are due to Dubya's environmental policies...
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Al Gore supposedly gave a speech today saying that Katrina is our first ---and it is up to us to do something about climate change!!! lol
If he points south while he talks it would really feed that hurricane...and everyone in the Gulf should watch out!
Well, to quote the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir William Harcourt, 1889, "We are all socialist now."
Seriesly, plenty of people I know who are even conservatives believe that about global warming causing hurricanes.
You probably know about the several Spanish treasure fleets destroyed by canes - that was in the 1500's, I think. Mel Fisher famously recovered the Atocha.
However, Sir William was right, IMO. Some of us excepted, of course.
Hey. He's sure , ok? :')
I hate, then, to tell even your conservative friends...that my husband bought me a new SUV for my birthday next week...YIKES....
so...any hurricane after tomorrow will be MY fault for driving that dastardly SUV!!!
Seriously, what bothers me most is that with all the changing back and forth, these things seem to come in where they were first predicted.
You're right, I've noticed that a lot. If that holds true, we'll see a northern Mexico hit. I just watched someone say the ridge is going to build very strong driving this into Mexico? Time will tell. Gosh, you live in The Valley.
Accuweather seems to deliberately flop their tracks around to make sure they can claim they were right all along afterwards.
For example during Ophelia, one night in the early morning hours they had a forecast track with Ophelia into the Gulf of Mexico and a whole writeup about how they had years of experience and all sorts of expertise and were disagreeing with NHC...
Then a mere two hours later their forecast track was the same as NHC with Ophelia drifting NNE off of Florida towards the Carolinas.
Models are beginning to shift Northwards. Whole GFS isn't in yet but it's moving towards Northern TX.
My '96 Dodge 4x4 diesel pickup that weighs 6,000 pounds is probably contributing to global warming as well. I love the smoke that comes out of it when you first light her up.
Norcross was our lifeline .. our connection to the world in Andrew. He just hung in there ... I'll never forget his dedication and factual and practical help.
OH BOY...sounds like accuweather is jerking everyone around.
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