[steveegg]

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

[steveegg]

Make that flight-level wind down to 123 knots (I need my morning Dew :-)

[brothers4thID]

And that message has the eye closed. The last update had it opn to the south.

[Dog Gone]

Eye now circular and 28 nm wide

Wow. Keep heading for those rice fields, Rita. I'm willing to give up rice for awhile.