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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
As the governor said - if you wait until Friday to decide to leave, IT'S TOO LATE.
Get out NOW.
I'm staying right here.
:')I don't want to see anyone get hit but at least yall have an action plan and can do something. Every poster here , every model, every forcaster says this storm will turn north. We sit here and wait. What if the 15% chance occurs and it doesn't turn? We would be in a world of hurt.
I could barely get out of my subdivision a little while ago. Never seen that much traffic.
At the store it wasn't panic, but it was desperation buying. At Home Depot it was a dozen people trying to reach into the same pile of tarps.
No fights, no arguments, just a quiet desperation.
"There are worse things than having ZZ Top going through your head and eating your way across a state at Dairy Queens (White Castle comes to mind). :-)"
Cause we bad, were nationwide.
DFW may get more rain than even we want:
"POST-RITA WX A BIT OF A TOSS-UP. GFS CALLING FOR THE REMNANTS OF RITA TO STALL OVER NTX FOR ABOUT 24-30 HRS BEFORE SLOWLY PULLING OFF TO THE NORTH. CAN'T REALLY ARGUE TOO MUCH WITH THIS AS ECWMF ALSO HINTING AT A SIMILAR SCENARIO.."
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/tx/discussion.html
After one hour on the phone convincing my titanium-cranium father to get out, and two others on the phone finding them a hotel this late in the game, I can either go do laundry ... or drink beer.
That's a toughie...
ping
I do believe the MEDIA and some dem politicos FREAKED out more than anyone else...
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WTNT63 KNHC 212146
TCUAT3
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
545 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005
...RITA BECOMES THE FIFTH MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD...
DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT AT 416 PM CDT...2116Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS
FALLEN TO 904 MB...OR 26.69 INCHES. THIS MAKES RITA THE FIFTH MOST
INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OF PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN.
RITA CURRENTLY RANKS BEHIND HURRICANE GILBERT IN 1988 WITH 888
MB...THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE WITH 892 MB...HURRICANE ALLEN IN
1980 WITH 899 MB...AND HURRICANE KATRINA LAST MONTH WITH 902 MB.
FORECASTER STEWART
I didn't realize what a Palm Harbor was.
If it's a mobile, get EVERYONE out. Mobiles generally face evacuations in a Cat 1, and you are probably going to face that.
It may be broken or he may have the door open. Some buses have a door/sign interlock.
Yeah..lol..but they don't count:)
heheheheheh
Ungh...
My investments don't include corrupt commodities and actually conflicts with this never ending rise in energy prices. I do live in Texas again and currently have a sister from Galveston staying with me. Now I don't recall ever stating I wanted any homes damaged or anyone injured but my point is the US can't continue to deal with hurricanes while fighting obstructionist for domestic energy supplies and this new breed of spend what you don't have "conservatives" all at the same time. I have a big a*s SUV too that I like to take on long trips but I'm tired of putting $80 a tank to fill it up.
Gotcha covered, we're enroute.. ;-)
You are nuts!
I think sub 900mb is a given. Amazing stuff... truly.
Just wondering after Rita hits TEXAS will we have marathon after mathon and debit cards hit our Texas hands??????
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