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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 |
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Tropical Storm Rita
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Yes. Remember, the Katrina advisory just before landfall in LA warned about appliances flying through the air and killing people outside.
In Earthquake prone zones, it is almost always required by city codes to prevent them from shaking loose and falling. With gas heaters, they are capable of ripping loose the gas line. Not a big worry for Houston area.
Bush Offering a Hand Up, Not Handouts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1487340/posts
go to post #9 to see an INCREDIBLE video/music of Katrina!
I'm stocked, but this one isn't nearly as vicious at Kat. I am worried for the gulfcoast getting smacked again.
Silly, me, this is TEXAS and Texan's know how to be prepared!
People were still being hospitable. Aisles were full of shoppers, but no one was rude- yet.
Makes sense now!
Good one! LOL
I guess that is why I had not heard of it. I do community health education and had the fire department out for an inservice. They passed these out to the members. It's actually a neat little brochure. There is a lot of before, during and after disaster survival stuff.
Naw, Mayor White says it a good refuge AFTER a storm but the whole ceiling is glass so it won't be used as a shelter during a hurricane.
Keep it up even if it seems that the dog's the only one noticing.
Not correct:
Typhoon Vamei: Born At The Equator
The Coriolis effect, produced by the Earth's rotation, is non-existent directly on the Equator and increases in magnitude as one travels toward the Poles.
So what caused Vamei's spin?
Analysis later revealed that a weak, quasi-stagnant disturbance off Borneo interacted with a strong, cold surge off Asia that set up a background rotation when it hit the island. When surge met disturbance, spin happened, and a typhoon rapidly emerged that had winds howling in both hemispheres.
And that is a very rare exception:
Such confluence of events has been estimated to occur once every 100 to 400 years.
I don't know whether you completely misunderstood what was said or Baier was horribly misinformed (par for the course with Fox) but that's absolute, complete nonsense.
1) The military doesn't do any predicting of Atlantic hurricanes at all. They rely completely on NHC.
2) I don't know what's meant by a "map" (an indication the statement is nonsense) but there are absolutely no reliable models with a landfall in Louisiana.
That is not a problem. More like a provision.
Here is a flight delay site may come in handy for someone.
http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp
You're disputing my assertion that Coriolis is the same all over the world? ROFLMAO.
Vamei was an extreme case, but as I said formation of TCs in other basins in the vicinity of 5N or 5S is fairly routine, which is a clear indication that you need to look other than at Coriolis for a reason such formation is lacking in the Atlantic.
The Atlantic in many ways is the "oddball" tropical basin of the world. But it's not Coriolis preventing formation in the Atlantic from about 3N to 10N. (I believe the Atlantic record is 7.9N north.)
Anyone know when the next flight is due into the storm?
Ah, just realized you must have misunderstood me.
I meant that Coriolis is the same at the SAME LATITUDE all over the world; that is, it's the same at 5N in the Western Pacific as it is at 5N in the Atlantic, at 5S in the Indian Ocean, etc.
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