Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part IV

NHC - NOAA ^ | 22 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[Termite_Commander]

Solar's way too expensive. I like wind power, although nuclear fusion is my personal favorite. =)

[SE Mom]

LOL..well thanks for trying to understand him:) If you can figure out what he means let me know! I know there was some discussion of a loop when it was quite aways inland..maybe that's what he means??

[steveegg]

Good thing I checked before sending the newest NOAA message. For comparison purposes:

- This NOAA run (from the northwest) got to the eye about 10 minutes before the AF plane from the northeast.
- While the AF plane reported 122-knot winds in the NE quad (which was down 3 from the previous NOAA run), this NOAA run found 133-knot winds in the NW quad (up 8 from the previous run and 11 from the concurrent AF run).
- Pressure is down 1 mb from the last measurement (the AF extrapolation doesn't count).
- There is now disagreement between NOAA and the AF on the eyewall composition. The AF is reporting a single eyewall 16 nm wide, while NOAA is reporting a double eyewall 18 and 48 nm wide.

[tutstar]

mucho gracias!!

[cgk]

Yes.. it was GREAT. I hope they reshow it - I only caught part of it on the rebroadcast.

[Crawdad]

So the guy says to the doctor, "It hurts when I do this."

[NautiNurse]

Around here, the storm stock ration is 3:1 water and gatorade. Always have gatorade in the house.

[Spktyr]

They don't have enough police personnel (and some of the local support outside Houston just hasn't responded) to cover 290, so they're keeping it open. Plan B - and yes, there is a Plan C, D, and E.

[WxMan2000]

The Dvorak technique was developed in the 1970s as a method for estimating hurricane intensity based soley on satellite imagery. Using data from past stroms, the satellite image of the current storm is matched to past storms of known intensity. This is how they estimate the intensity of storms far out in the ocean when there is no recon.

That being said, I would agree it looks like a 5 and the pressure supports a 5. Once we're back to one eyewall, I expect the pressure gradient to tighten and the wind speeds to increase again.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Hannity is going to bring Bastardi back on again and maybe we will be able to understand him then. I will rewind my tape and see if I can decipher it now.

[floriduh voter]

No danger over here, very breezy, dark. If I turn on my tv, I get a little undone by all the traffic and at how long it's taking them to get out of Houston. I think they should have made all lanes go north sooner. Who is they? Heck if I know. The TSA employees didn't show up for work in Texas but no specifics were given on what their job duties were. They abandoned their posts???

Let us pray.

[SE Mom]

In that case- only one question remains- which one of them stayed at a Holiday Inn last night?

[Arizona Carolyn]

He thinks it may go towards Dallas and then double back. He also thinks since it is so large it will pull in dry air and weaken more.

[NautiNurse]

There is now disagreement between NOAA and the AF on the eyewall composition. The AF is reporting a single eyewall 16 nm wide, while NOAA is reporting a double eyewall 18 and 48 nm wide.

Who wins in that matchup?

[cgk]

Always have gatorade in the house.

You too? Wish our cars ran on gatorade. More expensive by the gallon, but we'd be flush. :)

[pgkdan]

One missing preposition later, and we had it all figured out.

LOL...I saw that. As usual I'm a day late and a dollar short.

[WoodstockCat]

I grew up in Hattiesburg in my mid-teens, walked 36 holes a day just about every day in the summer, changed shirts at lunchtime, drank water like crazy but it really didn't phase me.
I go back now to my in-laws house, walk outside, take one breath of air and say, "I might can go 9..."

[bwteim]

"I would rather pay $6 than look at a bag over a pump. "
Depending on the situation, I'd agree.

[Types_with_Fist]

Forecaster on PMSNBC saying the Weather Service would likely have the track a bit more to the east again and landfall actually inside Louisiana... looked to be Cameron Parish.

[gpapa]

Lot of action at buoy 42001; 28.44 press., 97 gusts one hour ago.