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Posted on 09/21/2005 1:36:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Category 3 Hurricane Rita became the fifth major hurricane of the 2005 season during the night. Hurricane Rita threaded the needle through the Florida Straits and moved into the Gulf of Mexico. Storm damage in the Florida Keys and South Florida Peninsula was light, with scattered power outages, scattered tornados, and mild to moderate flooding.
Mandatory evacuations are in effect for Galveston County TX and New Orleans. Additional evacuation orders in the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area are anticipated throughout the day.
Crude oil prices reacted as oil producers shut down and evacuated workers from platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
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 Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Buoy Data Western Gulf of Mexico
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Texas
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| 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:
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18
- Position 1 minute north and 14 minutes west
- Max flight-level winds up 5 knots to 142 knots
- Pressure down 11 mb to 923 mb
- Eyewall now a stadium
Summary in two words - Oh <expletive deleted>
Daingerfield State Park is very nice. Very pretty lake with cabins. It's off the beaten path.
Thanks for the info..I have Uncle/Aunt cousins and friends in Houston...I will pray for your folks that are staying ;0
the wind mearsurent is almost 1.5 hours old now...it doesn't have the updated wind info i posted yet
In my area we have lots of stables. Just a little short on wise men. :^)
The mb is what actually dictates the wind speed- the lower the mb reading- the higher the wind speed.
923 - Great Scott!
I've seen some posts about what a max would be for this storm. The short answer is we don't know and very well may be in uncharted territory when it comes to Rita. For those that are praying folks, get to it. There's a lot of people that need them.
Gilbert was 888mb bu a CAT3 at landfall I think. It was massive!!
You need to leave. Do not worry about having to write on your children. Just go. I was a managing director with a large telecom company, and the Family Medical Leave Act thing works. Get a FMLA request form, fill it out, and drop it off to HR on your way out.
Where are you getting this info at?
If it rode along the coast that would really be bad wouldnt it?
http://www.storm2k.org/wx/
you have to sign up, no big deal
Just damn. Another mb drop in 14 minutes.
The data are accurate. It is a members only site.
We will find out for sure in 20 minutes..
When we had hurricane Floyd off the coast of Fl. a couple of yrs. back and went out of state to find a room people were packed in Ga. and told us to go to Alabama. By luck we walked into a motel lobby in Ga. and they had one room left that a guy in front of us did not want. All the people outside were laying down on the roofs of their cars waiting for a vacancy.
923mb @ 1:36pm
Not good. Not good at all.
http://www.thestormtrack.com/
A titan home could probably survive an F-5 Tornado... However, I bet its expensive..
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