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Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part V
NHC - NOAA ^ | 22 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 09/22/2005 5:44:09 PM PDT by NautiNurse

Extremely dangerous Category Four Hurricane Rita continues to move toward landfall along the northwest Gulf of Mexico shoreline. Mandatory and voluntary evacuations continue across Texas and Louisiana coastal areas. Lake Charles LA is providing evacuations by bus for residents who have no transportation.

Traffic gridlock in the greater Houston area was compounded by gasoline stations without fuel, long lines at those stations still carrying fuel, and record breaking temperatures on the first day of autumn.

Offshore drilling platforms and rigs, as well as oil refineries, petrochemical and natural gas plants are in the path of the storm. Wave heights recorded by buoy have exceeded 38 feet. The refineries threatened by Hurricane Rita are on higher ground than those affected by flooding from Katrina. As a result, speculation abounds regarding future prices for winter heating fuel and gasoline.

The following links are self-updating:

Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET
NHC Discussion Published every six hours 6A, 11A, 6P, 11P
Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track

Rita Forecast Track Archive
Forecast Models
Buoy Data Western Gulf of Mexico
Houston/Galveston/Beaumont/Lake Charles Wx Watches/Warnings
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Texas
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Louisiana
Hi Res Houston Flood Zone Map Slow load, great detail

Images:

Storm Floater IR Loop
GOM WV Loop
GOM IR Still Image
Visible Storm Floater Still (only visible during daylight hours)
Color Enhanced Atlantic Loop

Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)

KPRC-TV/DT Houston - KPRC-TV/DT Houston - http://mfile.akamai.com/12944/live/reflector:38616.asx
KPLC-TV Lake Charles KPLC Streaming
KHOU-TV/DT Houston: mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_khou
WWLTV NOLA

Additional Resources:

FReeper Sign In Thread Check in to let us know whether you are staying, going, and when you get there
FReepers Offering Lodging To Rita Evacuees People and/or Pet Friendly FReepers Offering Shelter

Coastal TX Evacuation Maps
Beaumont TX evac Routes
Lake Charles/Southwest LA Evacuation Map
KHOU Houston
KTRK ABC News Houston
KPLC Lake Charles Evac Routes, news
KFDM Beaumont/Port Arthur News, evac info
Hurricane City
Wxnation Houston
Galveston Webcams
Golden Triangle Weather Page Provides Galveston Weather, Warnings, Radar, etc.

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

Previous Threads:
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part III
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18



TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricanerita; rita; tropical; weather
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To: Zacs Mom

Thanks for the compliment, but im mostly stingy and selfish.
I dont know what came over me. ;)


2,281 posted on 09/23/2005 7:42:47 AM PDT by No Blue States (FW)
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To: winodog; All

You guys watching the conf. on helicopter rescue in TX?
Center Channel
http://www.weatherserver.net/ritavideotexas.htm


2,282 posted on 09/23/2005 7:43:16 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: publana
Guy in the hat and tight tee shirt on TWT just said that in Port Arthur, they picked people up in busses. Then they drove them to AF C130's (cargo planes) and just drove the busses in! Can you imagine being a passenger on those busses and riding into the cargo hold of a C130?

Cool!

But I expect this during a press conference:

Reporter: Why wasn't this done in New Orleans before Katrina?
General Honore: You are stuck on stupid!

2,283 posted on 09/23/2005 7:43:59 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.)
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To: AppyPappy

Things are okay here. I can't believe how far out the bands of this storm extend. We had a tropical downpour yesterday afternoon. When you looked at the radar it was one of the outer arms of Rita.

Hope that y'all get some rain soon. My Aunt in Western PA is in the same fix as you. Keeping my fingers crossed that y'all get some rain.


2,284 posted on 09/23/2005 7:44:24 AM PDT by dixie sass
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To: bwteim
"Privately, ReporterDude says officials tell him they don't know how levees will hold up."

My expectation is that NO will reflood if the storm hits Beaumont or further east. They'll get the Mobile Bay effect that we got during Katrina. The water was pushed up the bay by south winds and flooded the entire downtown area.

2,285 posted on 09/23/2005 7:44:48 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Another levee breach in NO.


2,286 posted on 09/23/2005 7:45:33 AM PDT by dixie sass
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To: blam

You said:

{Dog Gone is}West, out I-10 around the Katy area. He'll be okay if it hits around Beaumont.

I say:

Thanks for replying. I'm riding it out in the area of 290 and Barker Cypress and it made me a bit nervous that his entire neighborhood had evacuated. (Mine hasn't)


2,287 posted on 09/23/2005 7:46:09 AM PDT by Sooner Gal
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To: AppyPappy

Howdy, neighbor...and dry it is.


2,288 posted on 09/23/2005 7:46:12 AM PDT by GummyIII (If you have the ability, it's your responsibility." Marine Sgt. John Place, Silver Star recipient)
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To: blam

I'm waiting for the next tracking map but I bet it tracks a little more east.


2,289 posted on 09/23/2005 7:46:13 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: laz

Question: The radar they are showing on all news channels, There is purple colors in the center.. They disappear then come back and grow larger what does that mean ?....


2,290 posted on 09/23/2005 7:46:24 AM PDT by ElisabethInCincy
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To: fishntex

45 is open again and moving.


2,291 posted on 09/23/2005 7:46:48 AM PDT by Spktyr (Dallas TX (Overwhelminglysuperiorfirepowerandthewillingnesstouseitistheonlyprovenpeacesolution))
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To: jeffers; NautiNurse
New Vortex Data Message to chew over while we wait for the 10 am slew of updates - Eye fix at 9:10 am (previous was at 6:43 am) - pressure up 2 mb to 929 mb, max flight-level wind down 3 knots to 126 knots in the NE quad -

043 
URNT12 KNHC 231433
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 23/14:10:10Z
B. 27 deg 14 min N
  091 deg 48 min W
C. 700 mb 2488 m
D. 75  kt
E. 237 deg 027 nm
F. 322 deg 111 kt
G. 237 deg 014 nm
H.         929 mb
I.  12 C/ 3048 m
J.  18 C/ 3043 m
K.  14 C/ NA
L. CLOSED
M. C28
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.02 / 2  nm
P. AF307 2118A RITA         OB 29
MAX FL WIND 123 KT NE QUAD 11:48:40 Z
MAX FL TEMP 19 C, 238 / 8NM
EYEWALL THIN SE THRU SSW.

Other significant changes in the 2:27 since the last vortex:

- Movement 9 minutes north, 21 minutes west
- Eye now circular and 28 nm wide

2,292 posted on 09/23/2005 7:47:03 AM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
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To: blam

On 'bright side', according to one science guy, rain would help with pollution clean off of streets...


2,293 posted on 09/23/2005 7:47:33 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: bwteim

WBRZ TV station in Baton Rouge reported the water is waist high....


2,294 posted on 09/23/2005 7:48:00 AM PDT by LA Woman3
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To: AppyPappy
I'm waiting for the next tracking map but I bet it tracks a little more east.

Yet another long westward wobble the last couple of hours, actually. You likely won't see the forecast track moved at all.

2,295 posted on 09/23/2005 7:48:10 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Clara Lou

I35 can really back up at Hillboro before the split to FW and Dallas even on a holiday weekend, once north of there its usually much better.


2,296 posted on 09/23/2005 7:48:23 AM PDT by No Blue States (FW)
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To: bwteim
according to one science guy, rain would help with pollution clean off of streets...

Was his name Travis Bickle? :)

2,297 posted on 09/23/2005 7:48:26 AM PDT by dfwgator (Flower Mound, TX)
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To: steveegg
Okay; who wants to start a Stephanie Abrams fan club? ;-)

I'm in!!!

2,298 posted on 09/23/2005 7:48:29 AM PDT by OleMissRebelYell
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To: blam

On the dismal side, no matter how you slice it, at the individual level, Rita, like Katrina, has s&*t written all over it.


2,299 posted on 09/23/2005 7:48:43 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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