[steve86]

Persistent weakening has brought Hurricane Rita down to a Category 3 storm.

It's pretty obvious you aren't reading the real-time weather forums if you think its weakening in the last hour.

[Southack]

"It's pretty obvious you aren't reading the real-time weather forums if you think its weakening in the last hour." -BearWash

Hurricane Rita weakens still more
9/23/2005 2:00 p.m. ET

Persistent weakening has brought Hurricane Rita down to a Category 3 storm. The eye is heading for a Saturday morning rendezvous with the upper Texas or southwest Louisiana Gulf Coast.