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Update: Category 5 Hurricane Rita - Live Thread, Part II
NHC - NOAA ^ | 21 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

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

Images:

Storm Floater IR Loop
GOM WV Loop
GOM IR Still Image
Visible Storm Floater Still (only visible during daylight hours)
Color Enhanced Atlantic Loop
Key West Long Range Radar Still Image

Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)

KHOU-TV/DT Houston: mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_khou
WWLTV NOLA

Additional Resources:

Coastal TX Evacuation Maps
KHOU Houston
KTRK ABC News Houston
Hurricane City
Wxnation Houston

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: hurricane; katrina; katrinassister; rita; tropical; twinhurricanes
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To: TrebleRebel
Apparently Gilbert holds the world record at 888.

Not quite. While Gilbert holds the Atlantic record, Typhoon Tip holds the world record at 870 mb.


The 923 mb number is now being reported on TWC.
1,201 posted on 09/21/2005 10:51:06 AM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
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To: janetjanet998

The Weather Channel reports a stadium effect.


1,202 posted on 09/21/2005 10:51:40 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: texas_brewer

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488737/posts


1,203 posted on 09/21/2005 10:52:25 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: cassie_dc
I grew up in Spring, graduated in 1979. I was born in Slidell LA and our house there got 2ft of water from Katrina. My mom stays in touch with several old neighbors in North Hill Estates so going to stay in touch with them. I'm keeping a real good eye on Rita.

Good luck!

1,204 posted on 09/21/2005 10:52:36 AM PDT by sweet_diane (I support TheShoulder dot org)
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To: Jrabbit

Jrabbit, will you post this on the Texas FR discussion board?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488737/posts


1,205 posted on 09/21/2005 10:53:28 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: blam
Hey blam, haven't run into anymore SAPP's have you?

I'll put somebody up. I'm in Jackson, MS.

TAW

1,206 posted on 09/21/2005 10:53:32 AM PDT by Malichi (!)
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To: Howlin

http://philadelphiaweather.blogspot.com/2005/09/could-rita-now-be-category-5-hurricane.html


1,207 posted on 09/21/2005 10:53:46 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: Txsleuth
Gosh, sinkspur posted a list last night from the DFW area, are they all full already?

I heard on the radio a while ago that the hotels and motels in DFW were, indeed, full.

If you'll check the Expedia.com link you'll see that they are, indeed, full.

1,208 posted on 09/21/2005 10:54:04 AM PDT by sinkspur (Just west of DFW Airport. We can take in four or five and two dogs.)
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To: All

For those watching the oil industry through this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488674/posts


1,209 posted on 09/21/2005 10:54:39 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: Malichi
"Hey blam, haven't run into anymore SAPP's have you?"

Maybe, what are SAPP's?

1,210 posted on 09/21/2005 10:54:59 AM PDT by blam (Mobile, Alabama)
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To: AliVeritas

It's hard to comprehend, isn't it?

That's great work, IMO.


1,211 posted on 09/21/2005 10:55:26 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: AliVeritas

Considering the physical size of the storm, I'd beat feet if it were me. When it makes landfall, it will affect the entire coastline of Texas.


1,212 posted on 09/21/2005 10:55:41 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Rheo

Incoming..... freepmail


1,213 posted on 09/21/2005 10:56:09 AM PDT by Jaded (Pasadena - the dry side)
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To: NautiNurse

923 mb? Daaaaaamn. Are these rapid intensifications because they couldn't get any planes into it for ~12 hours and they're just now catching up with their readings, or is this thing really tightening up this fast?

142 knots flight level is 163 mph. So still 140-145 mph ground-level, more than likely. No real increase in windspeed, but if the pressure readings are dropping this much this fast, it'll almost certainly make Category Five in the next twelve hours.

I think the folks predicting landfall as a ~130 mph weak Category Four are probably right. They usually seem to weaken a bit before landfall as they close in on shore. Still, though, this thing's frightening.

}:-)4


1,214 posted on 09/21/2005 10:56:42 AM PDT by Moose4 (Richmond, Virginia, where our motto is "Will Riot For Cheap Laptops")
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To: myprecious

You could probably get on I-20 and head to central Alabama. I was trying to find info on I-10 and I found a Wikipedia entry that said I-10 was in pretty bad shape still.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_10


1,215 posted on 09/21/2005 10:56:43 AM PDT by SamFromLivingston
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To: AppyPappy

Rmember to check the Crown link

http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html#AL18


1,216 posted on 09/21/2005 10:57:09 AM PDT by KC Burke (Men of intemperate minds can never be free....)
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To: SE Mom

Oh yeah the leftist are lining up to blame Bush.... You can count on it...


1,217 posted on 09/21/2005 10:57:09 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Moose4
640 WGST in Atlanta just said news coming up about the Hurricane has now reached a Category 5.....
1,218 posted on 09/21/2005 10:59:04 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

For those playing along at home:

Annular hurricanes have a large, symmetric eye surrounded by a ring of intense convection, with hardly any convection (i.e. bands) elsewhere. These types of storms are not prone to fluctuations in intensity related to the eyewall replacement cycles typically seen in intense tropical cyclones.

Statistics show that forecasters significantly underestimate the wind velocities following the time when the hurricane peaks. The errors occur because this type of hurricane maintains intensity longer than usual.

Less than 1% of Atlantic cyclones exhibit annular characteristics.


1,219 posted on 09/21/2005 10:59:17 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: SamFromLivingston
I-10 was in pretty bad shape still

I would be cautious about the Miss/Ala sections of I 10. I would avoid it until absolutely positive everything was clear.

1,220 posted on 09/21/2005 10:59:30 AM PDT by myprecious (Just north of Tyler, Texas)
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