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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 |
"Basically, he's just never satisfied. He acts more like a petulant teenager than the mayor of a major American city. It amazes me that these dimwits got elected to begin with."
Nagin's got the best of both worlds. He can request that everyone come back to N.O., then when something goes wrong, he'll just blame the federal gov't. How nice to be in a position like that.
They don't call NM the "Volcano State" for nothin':
http://www.nmmnh-abq.mus.nm.us/nmmnh/volcano/volcano.html
How typical of a lib. "Since I have been away for a day or two." What is the world is he thinking? Can you imagine a pubbie saying those same words?
25 miles inland is nice, area around freeport is low, is it not? I think Carla carried shimp boats 20 miles inland. But Carla was a monster huricane came in at Port Connor, I think. Carla even flooded Galveston county and Harris county's Clear Lake area.
Waiting for recon as well...
All the demolished areas are rebuilt, and then some.
It's not the commercial hub it once was but that's for a variety of reasons, including Houston's growth and the advent of the Houston Ship Channel.
Still a nice place to spend a week, a month, a year...
We lived in Freeport back in the early eighties and went through Alicia. No power for a week. We left in 86 and I understand the area has changed quite a bit.
Cool....but I never got flowed on by lava the entire time I lived there! But, we did drive thru the malpais (or however you spell it) on occasion.
susie
See my post #694. We live in the middle of Houston, in a very wooded area. We will be sitting here sweating it out, I guess.
Time to keep the gas tank full again I see. I made it through Katrina by buying gas before she hit New Orleans. Just filled up again today at $2.64/gallon.
sw
Praying for you!
You're a good person.
When we lived in E. TX we went to Galveston every couple of years so I could get a little beach time. It was pretty nice and quite for the most part, the shelling sucked tho. And, I have to say the beaches aren't nearly as pretty as they are out here. And the last time I was there, it seems there was quite a bit of gang grafitti....that's a shame.
susie
Whoaaaaaaaa that was funny!!
City Management in Galveston will call for evacuations very early (smart), lots and lots of people to get out. Local news is say cat 1 maybe 2. We in the area are more concerned about intensity then exactly where land fall is.
We are making plans to go out of town on Wednesday. We stayed in place, in shelter for Katrina, but it looks like my section of Louisiana will be a good candidate for the north eastern section of the storm. We have several trees around the house that barely survived Katrina, with the root balls exposed. We are on a waiting list for the guy with the cherry picker to cut em down, so I am going to mosey out Wednesday if things look like they do so far.
Thank you!
Well good luck, hopefully it will miss the area.
Here's the Galveston Co. Office of Emergency Mgmt webpage:
http://www.gcoem.org/default.php
Supposedly there is an evacuation map on it somewhere.
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