I was hoping to wake up to better news (especially not the bus fire), but I'll take what I got regarding Houston.
There is a fresh Vortex Data Message that showed up just after the 7 am advisory with an eye fix of 6:43 (the fix matches the 7 am advisory with rounding errors) - pressure measured this time at 927 mb (the advisory had an estimated 930 mb) - max flight-level winds of 126 knots in the NE -
527 URNT12 KNHC 231207 VORTEX DATA MESSAGE A. 23/11:43:10Z B. 27 deg 05 min N 091 deg 27 min W C. 700 mb 2481 m D. NA kt E. deg nm F. 309 deg 098 kt G. 215 deg 017 nm H. 927 mb I. 12 C/ 3043 m J. 17 C/ 3046 m K. 15 C/ NA L. CLOSED M. E36/30/25 N. 12345/ 7 O. 0.02 / 1 nm P. AF307 2118A RITA OB 21 MAX FL WIND 126 KT NE QUAD 08:25:00 Z INNER EYEWALL RAGGED ON NORTH SIDE, THIN S.
I've been out since about 1:20 am, so I'm surprised they're talking about an inner eyewall again. Did Rita not finish her ERC, or is this another one?
The vapor image around 0400 still showed both walls.
That vortex position is NE of the 1700 track. Maybe only a quarter toa third mile, but on the proper side of the line, all the same.
Recon at 12:09Z measured 925 mb.
Last I heard around dawn, they weren't sure whether this was a new ERC, or the end of the last one. Pressure holding steady now.