[steveegg]

We've got a new Vortex Data Report - pressure up 2 mb to 921 mb, but max flight-level winds also up 7 knots to 132 knots (and in the NE quad now; last max flight wind was in the NW quad) - eye fix at 12:07 am CDT (previous one at 10:24 pm; 1 hour 37 minutes ago)

726 
URNT12 KNHC 230534
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 23/05:07:30Z
B. 26 deg 23 min N
  090 deg 33 min W
C. 700 mb 2432 m
D. NA  kt
E. NA  deg     nm
F. 043 deg 112 kt
G. 311 deg 020 nm
H.         921 mb
I. 11  C/ 3052 m
J.  16 C/ 3045 m
K.  16 C/ NA
L. OPEN W
M. C30
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.02 / 1  nm
P. AF309 2018A RITA         OB 22
MAX FL WIND 132 KT NE QUAD 03:31:30 Z

Other significant changes -

- Movement 13 minutes north, 14 minutes west (almost due northwest)
- Eyewall open on the west (was closed last time); no more mention of former inner eyewall or its reminant

[fatima]

What does that mean Steve.

[jeffers]

Heh.

That's 3,288.15 feet off the 2300 track.

To the NORTHEAST.

If it was a hurricane center plot, it'd be almost 4 miles NE of the 1700 plot.

Wobble or not, that is good news for Houston and Galveston.