Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part V

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

"GOES Eastern US SECTOR Water Vapor Image"
(and yes, less than 50K)

1,661 posted on 09/23/2005 12:36:04 AM PDT by familyop ("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)

Well, he actually said "The increased intensity of these kinds of extreme storms is very likely to be due to global warming", which is more reasonable but I still don't agree with him nor do many (most?) meteorologists

1,662 posted on 09/23/2005 12:37:25 AM PDT by neutrality

My daughter told me the same thing. She works at St. Joseph's.
Time to get locking gas caps again....bummer.

1,663 posted on 09/23/2005 12:37:58 AM PDT by lula (Starving the disabled is OK, go to jail if you do the same to an animal...go figure)

Thanks..will read it:)

1,664 posted on 09/23/2005 12:41:07 AM PDT by flowergirl ( Tyler Texas..Trust in the Lord with all your heart)

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WTNT33 KNHC 230542
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE RITA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 22A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE RITA MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND UPPER TEXAS COASTS WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF LOUISIANA EAST OF MORGAN CITY TO THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN....AND FROM SOUTH OF PORT O'CONNOR TO PORT MANSFIELD TEXAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS...AND FOR THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM RIO SAN FERNANDO NORTHWARD TO THE RIO GRANDE. THE WATCH IN MEXICO MAY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 90.6 WEST OR ABOUT 325 MILES... 525 KM... SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 285 MILES... 460 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON LOUISIANA.

RITA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF RITA WILL BE APPROACHING THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND UPPER TEXAS COASTS LATE FRIDAY.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 140 MPH...220 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RITA IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES...130 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM. ANY TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO A FEW SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH QUICKLY MOVING RAINBANDS.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 921 MB...27.20 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 15 TO 20 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COASTS IN THE AREAS AFFECTED BY KATRINA. TIDES IN THOSE AREAS WILL INCREASE TO 3 TO 5 FEET AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE WAVES...AND RESIDENTS THERE COULD EXPERIENCE
COASTAL FLOODING.

RITA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES OVER
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AS IT MOVES INLAND. SINCE RITA IS FORECAST TO SLOW DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER MAKING LANDFALL...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.

REPEATING THE 1 AM CDT POSITION...26.4 N... 90.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 921 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 AM CDT.

FORECASTER BEVEN

$$

(National Weather Service)

1,665 posted on 09/23/2005 12:42:53 AM PDT by familyop ("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)

"George Bush doesn't care about Mexican people."

"Oh sure, he kept the border wide open, but when the storm came, no one sent air conditioned buses with bathrooms to take us to cruise ships."

You just can't win these days if you're a conservative President.

1,666 posted on 09/23/2005 12:43:48 AM PDT by Sender (Team Infidel USA)

"The increased intensity of these kinds of extreme storms is very likely to be due to global warming"

Somebody should inform him there was an increased intensity of these kinds of extreme storms during the 1860's, and again during the 1870's and the 1940's. But why deal with reality and historical facts when you're a kook and a liar with an agenda?

1,667 posted on 09/23/2005 12:43:53 AM PDT by laz (They can bus 'em to the polls, but they can't bus 'em out of the path of a Cat 5 hurricane.)

We know about Houston. It's the most liberal city in Texas.

More than Austin????????????????

1,668 posted on 09/23/2005 12:46:18 AM PDT by JohnD9207 (Lead...follow...or get the HELL out of the way!)

Do you remember that big snow we had...maybe, what, a couple of years ago? I drove through 4 1/2 feet of it

Yes, I did have a place on Teller #1. I also had Trout Haven on Twin Rock Road for a couple years.

That snow storm brings back some memories. I had invited my girlfriend and her daughter up to go fishing as the weather had been kind of nice. It started snowing hard so we decided to go to the back of the property and go sledding and have a cookout on a bonfire instead of fishing. It was coming down so hard that the campfire was three or four feet down in the snow and smores would freeze before you could eat them. We had no idea that people were dieing all over the place in that storm, we were just playing in the snow. I would say that you were lucky to get off Pikes Peak before spring thaw.

1,669 posted on 09/23/2005 12:47:01 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Diversity is divisive. E. Pluribus Unum)

You're right, I would love to get up there sometime this fall. For personal reasons, it would just be a good time for a visit.

Life is short. Go for it if you can. Aspens should be turning real nice in about three weeks. If you can make it then, take a side trip up Gold Camp Road. The Views are amazing that time of year. Bring your coat.

1,670 posted on 09/23/2005 12:55:36 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Diversity is divisive. E. Pluribus Unum)

Rock salt loaded in a 12 gauge is a favorite for that sort of thing. :)

The DA shouldn't have a problem with that ;-)

1,671 posted on 09/23/2005 12:59:10 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Diversity is divisive. E. Pluribus Unum)

But I will bail out of my house and go to a more secure location if/when things get really bad.

Be safe down there. Maybe bail before it gets really bad. Nothing wrong with that.

1,672 posted on 09/23/2005 1:03:47 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Diversity is divisive. E. Pluribus Unum)

Are you resting at all? Great job as always

1,673 posted on 09/23/2005 1:05:22 AM PDT by not-alone

Losing a mustang is not the ultimate tragedy in life, is it?

Torie is right. Thank goodness it's not an AC Cobra -- that would be tragic! Hopefully they made it far enough that it will be safe.

1,674 posted on 09/23/2005 1:11:01 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Diversity is divisive. E. Pluribus Unum)

Great Water Vapor image. Rita kinda looks like a spiral galaxy.

1,675 posted on 09/23/2005 1:11:21 AM PDT by justa-hairyape

1,676 posted on 09/23/2005 1:13:33 AM PDT by dread78645 (Sorry Mr. Franklin, We couldn't keep it.)

Thanks. Got some sleep, now getting some work done during quiet hours.

1,677 posted on 09/23/2005 1:13:51 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)

You cannot argue with the fact that average ocean temperatures have been warming. Whether the causation is natural or man made, is still up for debate. One side of course believes that apes are omni potent. Guess which side ? Now that we know mars is also warming and we know the suns output has been increasing, the most likely culprit is that big hot ball in the sky that is so bright you cannot even look at.

1,678 posted on 09/23/2005 1:16:08 AM PDT by justa-hairyape

To: Colorado Doug

"It was coming down so hard that the campfire was three or four feet down in the snow and smores would freeze before you could eat them."

Cookouts on the Range during snows must seem sardonic to people who haven't done it. LOL! ...beats cooking out between fire bans and vigilance for bear in the summer, though.

We weren't above the tree line. The driving (up to about 9200 ft. in CCME, where snow was about a foot deeper than the bottom of the same development) was easy enough with our work truck's lifted suspension, oversized offroad tires, lockers and chains on all fours. It's also good for getting closer to peaks for backcountry snowboarding. We keep a smaller 4WD for good gas mileage with smaller loads and nicer weather.

Life up here is really good for all who wear good boots (loose, rated -65F or lower, and available in Castlerock for cheap), water resistant clothes and keep a couple of cases of those handwarmers and footwarmers (small packets of sawdust, iron filings and whatever else is in them) on board. ;-)

1,679 posted on 09/23/2005 1:17:37 AM PDT by familyop ("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)

To: justa-hairyape

Charlie Heston, is that you???:>)

1,680 posted on 09/23/2005 1:18:47 AM PDT by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))

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