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Posted on 09/21/2005 4:19:11 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Katrina was NOT CAT 5!
The worst tornado I can remember in Indianapolis hit us in September 3 years ago. Good luck!
Yep, I was right, it DOES make a great tagline. :)
The "Background Pressure" in the Pacific is lower (the normal pressure without a storm), and winds are caused by pressure differences, so an 870mb storm in the Pacific is really like an 885 mb storm in the Atlantic, typically.
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
650 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005
...RITA BECOMES THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD...
DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT AT 623 PM CDT...2323Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS
FALLEN TO BELOW 899 MB...OR 26.55 INCHES. THE DROPSONDE INSTRUMENT
MEASURED 32 KT/35 MPH WINDS AT THE SURFACE...WHICH MEANS IT LIKELY
DID NOT RECORD THE LOWEST PRESSURE IN THE EYE OF RITA. THE CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS PROBABLY AT LEAST AS LOW AS 898 MB...AND PERHAPS EVEN
LOWER. FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES... A PRESSURE OF 898 MB IS ASSUMED...
WHICH NOW MAKES RITA THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OF
PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN. SOME ADDITIONAL DEEPENING AND
INTENSIFICATION IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO.
RITA CURRENTLY RANKS BEHIND HURRICANE GILBERT IN 1988 WITH 888 MB
AND THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE WITH 892 MB.
FORECASTER STEWART
$$
BREAKING- 890mb.....................
898
000 WTNT63 KNHC 212351 TCUAT3 HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 650 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 ...RITA BECOMES THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD... DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AT 623 PM CDT...2323Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS FALLEN TO BELOW 899 MB...OR 26.55 INCHES. THE DROPSONDE INSTRUMENT MEASURED 32 KT/35 MPH WINDS AT THE SURFACE...WHICH MEANS IT LIKELY DID NOT RECORD THE LOWEST PRESSURE IN THE EYE OF RITA. THE CENTRAL PRESSURE IS PROBABLY AT LEAST AS LOW AS 898 MB...AND PERHAPS EVEN LOWER. FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES... A PRESSURE OF 898 MB IS ASSUMED... WHICH NOW MAKES RITA THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OF PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN. SOME ADDITIONAL DEEPENING AND INTENSIFICATION IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO. RITA CURRENTLY RANKS BEHIND HURRICANE GILBERT IN 1988 WITH 888 MB AND THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE WITH 892 MB. FORECASTER STEWART
wdsu giving 898 = 185 wind
HERE'S THE LASTEST FROM SAN ANTONIO, TX.
To start, thanks for these threads and all your hard work, NN.
San Antonio Hotel and Lodging Asso. says 98% hotels are full. Closest are in Lubbuck, Amarillo0 and El Paso.
ALL evacuees need to go to McCreless Mall at I-37 and Southcross Rd. It is a "shelter hub" and can give you directions to all San Antonio shelters and as one shelter fills up, they can send you to others as they open up. GO TO THE MALL FIRST. IT IS OUR STAGING AREA.
Freeman Coliseum (SBC Center) has 183 acres of land and all of those barns we use for the live stock show
to house large live stock coming to town and will also train all those who want to help the Red Cross. (use the West entrance off Commerce St.)
There are 100's of FEMA 18-wheelers, with more coming, full of ice, water, cots and other supplies being staged at Fort Sam Houston and 150+, with more coming busses being staged at Camp Bullis.
Lots of stuff going on in San Antonio as we again gear up to help folks out. I'll update when I get it.
Carl
Nah. We're still coming out of the last Ice Age. 1100 years ago, Cat-5's were frequent.
LOL.....such an honor, eh?
I have to agree with your post #72...why people make such nasty comments is beyond me...to wish for those in NO to suffer, as opposed to those in TX, is just plain evil and cruel...
When Katrina struck, I was really shocked at the number of absolutely disgusting posts that appeared, almost cheering the loss of an American city....posturing that since NO was such an evil city, it deserved to be destroyed...saying that NO was destroyed because it was such an evil place...people who make such comments are are vile..
I have seen people on all sorts of FR threads, wishing for the whole west coast to be destroyed and dumped into the ocean...that always offends me personally as I have family in Washington State(where I live), and have family in both Oregon and California...how evil of some jerk to wish for my death, the death of my husband and son, ,the death of all my relatives, and death of the little new baby across the street from me, the death of the senior citizens who live across the street from me...its sick...
There are always such people around...they are sad excuses for human beings...No one, who finds themselves in the path of a natural occurance which could harm or kill them, and destroy everything they have, deserves what happens to them...we need to pray for all those who find themselves in harms way, no matter what state or city they live...
Sorry for this rant, but am sick and tired of absolute jerks, making such stupid comments...
We are getting super-cooled air here in Pennsylvania. I think the local weather man said that this is the start of a new ice age, or something to that effect. I might have to bring the pets in tonight.
Should've known you'd beat me by a few seconds :-)
This 890 came in AFTER the report you just posted...Dr. Lyons just came on AGAIN and said 890..
Uneffingreal.
The other interesting thing is that tropical cyclones over water, on balance, are weakest about this time of day, and reach maximum intensity at about 3-4AM in the morning.
There have been 22 Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic since records began in 1886.
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