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Posted on 09/23/2005 9:39:06 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Dangerous Hurricane Rita is expected to make landfall in the northeast Gulf of Mexico within 24 hours. Tornados have spawned in Louisiana. Water is filling the Ninth Ward of New Orleans again. A bus carrying elderly evacuees was gutted by fire this morning outside Dallas, with multiple fatalities. Television crews have positioned their hurricane reporters throughout the region to attain maximum drama effects. Whoooooa.
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
Jefferson Co TX NWS Weather
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:
Lake Charles Long Range Radar Still image, with loop link
Houston/Galveston Long Range Radar Still image, with loop link
Lake Charles Experimental Radar Outages and Delays May Occur
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)
KHOU-TV/DT Houston
KPRC-TV/DT Houston
KTRK-TV/DT Houston
KTRH-AM Houston
KPLC-TV/DT Lake Charles/Lafayette
KSLA-TV/DT Shreveport
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
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 V
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
One Hat
Two Hat.
Red Hat.
Blue hat.
well keep em if they're hot! (wink)
There is a slot on them. Anything under 5' or over 6'3" may be kept.
Looks like it's just you, buddy:')
Give him a birthday cake and order him to deliver it to the nearest chimpanzee refuge
OOPS!!!
My bad.
Shep: "It's very uncomfortable."
18 mph but they have a fan off camera.
Did he write his ss # on his arm w/ indelible ink?
I am at work, so I have to skip massive amts of posts, but it is so fun to come across one that makes you smile.
he's go another hat on...for now..
OH, what a relief. Shep's sign is chained and padlocked.
He's so gay.
No, it doesn't affect me, but I know a lot of people get migraines when the barometric pressure changes like this. I just like to whine about the heat. Makes no sense I live in Texas as much as I hate the heat. From April through August I tell myself it's a small price to pay to live here, but by September I've had enough.
Hugh
New hat.
data from a NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft through about 00z indicated the central pressure was hovering near 930 mb throughout the afternoon and evening. Maximum 700 mb flight level winds had still been 120-125 kt. WSR-88D radar imagery from Slidell Louisiana...Lake Charles Louisiana...and Houston Texas still depict a well-defined eye that is just a few hours from reaching the coastline near the Texas/Louisiana border. The eyewall remains intact and intense... especially in the northern semicircle... with a radius of maximum winds of about 20 N mi... surrounded by dense and well-developed spiral banding. Velocities from the radars suggest that the surface winds have not fallen off much and support the advisory intensity of 105 kt. Rita remains a formidable major hurricane... and little change in strength is expected during the last few hours it has over water... so Rita is expected to make landfall at category three intensity. An Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft will be back in the system shortly.
Rita is approaching the coast along a slightly wobbly heading of 325 degrees at about 10 knots... just slightly to the east of the previous advisory track. Aside from the commonly observed wobbles... this motion should continue until landfall... followed by a gradual turn more toward the north-northwest and eventually north during the next couple of days... with a decrease in forward speed. Beyond then... there is no change to the forecast of a stall over northeastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas... as Rita will likely become trapped between high pressure cells to its east and west. This scenario could produce very heavy rainfall totals well inland and for several days after landfall.
Forecaster Knabb
forecast positions and Max winds
initial 24/0300z 29.1n 93.2w 105 kt 12hr VT 24/1200z 30.1n 94.0w 85 kt...inland 24hr VT 25/0000z 31.4n 94.5w 50 kt...inland 36hr VT 25/1200z 32.8n 94.5w 30 kt...inland 48hr VT 26/0000z 33.5n 94.5w 25 kt...inland 72hr VT 27/0000z 33.5n 94.5w 25 kt...inland 96hr VT 28/0000z 33.5n 94.5w 25 kt...inland 120hr VT 29/0000z 33.5n 94.5w 25 kt...dissipating
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We didnt lose power at all during/after Katrina. One of the few neighborhoods around here from what I've heard.
ha!! Too funny!!
New hat for Shep.
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