[jeffers]

For the detail oriented, Rita is 48.7 miles NE of yesterday's 1600 (4pm CDT) forecast track, with predicted landfall 109 miles NE of the 1600 track.

That's less than a third of the turn it would need to make to hit NOLA head on.

[NautiNurse]

I hear you, and the majority of Louisiana is looking at the dirty side of the storm this time.

[WoodstockCat]

are we seeing the trough that was pushing Rita south collasping faster than expected?