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Hurricane Rita Live Thread
NHC - NOAA ^ | 20 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 09/20/2005 6:16:38 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Hurricane Rita is in the Florida Straits, impacting the Florida Keys and South Florida Peninsula. Hurricane watches and warnings are in effect for numerous portions of South Florida. Check local weather statements for updates.

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 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
Extra Large Miami Radar Broadband only
Extra Large Key West Radar Broadband 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)

WTVJ-TV/DT Miami (NBC6)
WFOR-TV/DT Miami (CBS 4)
WSVN-TV/DT Miami (Fox)

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

Previous Threads:
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: hurricane; rita; tropical
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To: samantha
I still say what people are forgetting is that this thing has a fast forward speed that changes everything, limits damage, limits exposure to core winds etc.
221 posted on 09/20/2005 8:28:33 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Time to get rid of the UN and the ACLU and all Mosques in the US,UK.)
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To: TX Bluebonnet

I'm not real comfortable just north of Houston...


222 posted on 09/20/2005 8:29:15 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: rodguy911

Thanks. Good luck, then.


223 posted on 09/20/2005 8:29:20 AM PDT by Sam Cree (absolute reality - Miami)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Well, I never have to mow it anyway; it's one of those that's covered in white rock. You know, kind of a "coastal" look.

Awwwwwww! I just realized. SMALL ROCKS! Hurricane!

Somthing else to put on the list for the wife and kids.

"#78. Put all the rocks in the garage."


224 posted on 09/20/2005 8:29:49 AM PDT by Chasaway (North Padre Island, Texas)
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To: MEG33

We're in Victoria. Claudette was bad enough at a CAT 1. I'm not sticking around to see a CAT 3


225 posted on 09/20/2005 8:30:50 AM PDT by TX Bluebonnet
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To: Chasaway
Well, this track puts her a little further north of you.


227 posted on 09/20/2005 8:31:10 AM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: Chasaway

Please give me your wife's phone number - I have a great training plan for husbands I'll be happy to share with her.........;^)


228 posted on 09/20/2005 8:31:52 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Prayers for healing and relief from pain for Cowboy...........)
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To: Guenevere
"but last night was exceptionally breezy...(so was yesterday)... ..and this AM heavy rainfall...Could this be a bit of Rita?..I'm central Florida, east coast."

Yes, definitely.

229 posted on 09/20/2005 8:32:15 AM PDT by Sam Cree (absolute reality - Miami)
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To: Irving Two Smokes

You lookin' to get smacked? lol


230 posted on 09/20/2005 8:32:19 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Prayers for healing and relief from pain for Cowboy...........)
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To: shield

The 12Z model runs are pointing more toward Matagorda/Freeport again. Not bueno. I personally favor the outlier that for some reason sends it to blam's house in Mobile.

http://euler.atmos.colostate.edu/~vigh/guidance/atlantic/early1.png


231 posted on 09/20/2005 8:33:56 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Sam Cree; All
Current mollasses 39/50 knots,
sombrero--marathon 50/59knots65-70mph.baro falling
key west--sand keylight--29.61 falling fast,40 knots--45 mph,,increasing fast.
232 posted on 09/20/2005 8:34:08 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Time to get rid of the UN and the ACLU and all Mosques in the US,UK.)
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To: rodguy911

FOX interview...asking people not to drive down flooded streets. Don't want the wake going into peoples houses.


233 posted on 09/20/2005 8:34:49 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
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To: rodguy911


You're amazing. I just knew if I checked, I'd find you here! Be safe Rod and God speed. BBQing today? :)


234 posted on 09/20/2005 8:35:37 AM PDT by onyx (North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: TX Bluebonnet

I've got in-laws in New Braunfels, and they've promised us shelter in the past.

But I'm gonna be hacked off if they're renting the extra bedrooms out to Katrina evacuees!

What's worse is I never know what they're going to charge us per nite when we stay there. It always depends on how full the hotels are.

My dad-in-law just shrugs at me and says, "It's what the market'll bear, boy."


235 posted on 09/20/2005 8:36:27 AM PDT by Chasaway (North Padre Island, Texas)
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To: dawn53

We got heavy rain for 30 minutes to an hour here in Winter Park.


236 posted on 09/20/2005 8:36:30 AM PDT by aberaussie
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Uggggh, did you see this???

DON'T STOP DANCING.

Freeport is way to close to you and me!


237 posted on 09/20/2005 8:36:40 AM PDT by kassie
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To: TXBSAFH

She's getting larger very quickly. Outer bands to the north now reach as far as Cape Canaveral.


238 posted on 09/20/2005 8:38:01 AM PDT by laz (They can bus 'em to the polls, but they can't bus 'em out of the path of a Cat 5 hurricane.)
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To: laz

Naples about to get some weather.


239 posted on 09/20/2005 8:38:34 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
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To: TX Bluebonnet

Good thinking..


240 posted on 09/20/2005 8:38:43 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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