FNC's Janice Dean was saying earlier, if I understood her correctly, that there wouldn't be any radar pics from Rita while she's out in the middle of the Gulf. Radar wouldn't reach out that far?
None of the landbased NEXRAD radars can reach the center of Rita and won't be able to for a couple of days.
60 FOOT WAVES
HURRICANE WARNING...
.TONIGHT...W OF 94W N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING 15 TO
20 KT BY MORNING. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING 4 TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL
BY MORNING. E OF 94W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE BY MORNING. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 8
TO 16 FT IN SE SWELL BY MORNING. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS E OF 92W....SPREADING W.
.THU AND THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OR GREATER
WITHIN 150 NM NE QUADRANT...175 NM NE QUADRANT...150 NM NW AND SE
QUADRANTS AND 125 NM SW QUADRANT. HIGHEST WINDS 145 KT GUSTS 175
KT NEAR CENTER OF RITA BECOMING 135 KT GUSTS 165 KT THU NIGHT.
HIGHEST SEAS 60 FT. REMAINDER AREA WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 6 TO
9 FT...BUILDING 8 TO 15 FT. SQUALLS INCREASING E OF 95W.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OR GREATER
WITHIN 175 NM NE QUADRANT...150 NM SE AND NW QUADRANT AND 125 NM
SW QUADRANT. HIGHEST WINDS 125 KT GUSTS 155 KT NEAR CENTER OF
RITA. HIGHEST SEAS 55 FT. ELSEWHERE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO
14 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SQUALLS ENTIRE AREA.
.SAT...W OF 94W HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY. ELSEWHERE
SLY WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT....SUBSIDING 6 TO 10 FT
LATE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SQUALLS W OF 94W...MOVING W OF AREA
LATE.
.SUN...N OF 27N W OF 94W SLY WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT
IN LINGERING SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE
SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO OCCASIONALLY 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.