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Hurricane Rita Live Thread
NHC - NOAA ^ | 20 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 09/20/2005 6:16:38 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Hurricane Rita is in the Florida Straits, impacting the Florida Keys and South Florida Peninsula. Hurricane watches and warnings are in effect for numerous portions of South Florida. Check local weather statements for updates.

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 SE Florida
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Florida

Images:

Storm Floater IR Loop
Visible Storm Floater Still (only visible during daylight hours)
Color Enhanced Atlantic Loop
Florida Radar/Sat Loop Caution: Broadband users only
Extra Large Miami Radar Broadband only
Extra Large Key West Radar Broadband only
Miami Long Range Radar Loop
Key West Long Range Radar Loop
Miami Experimental Radar Still Image
Key West Experimental Radar Still Image

Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)

WTVJ-TV/DT Miami (NBC6)
WFOR-TV/DT Miami (CBS 4)
WSVN-TV/DT Miami (Fox)

Other Resources:

Florida East Coast Surf Reports Lots of great info here, including surf cams
Central Florida Hurricane Center
Hurricane City

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:
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
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To: Hatteras

Do you mean further west? Last night's tracking map had Rita going in further east than this morning's.


21 posted on 09/20/2005 6:29:21 AM PDT by alnick
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To: NautiNurse
"rain...please..."

Ditto. Not a drop since Katrina.

22 posted on 09/20/2005 6:29:36 AM PDT by blam
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To: dawn53
"We're getting a little breeze ourselves."

Same here in Winter Haven. A little breezy and we just had our first shower with a small feeder band.

"Think it's a result of Rita...seems so far away to be giving us such a breeze?"

I agree, it sure seems like a huge distance from the storm to make the flags stand straight out.
23 posted on 09/20/2005 6:29:58 AM PDT by DocRock (Osama said, "We love death, the U.S. loves life, that is the main difference between us.")
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To: NautiNurse

Very heavy rain and wind here in Cutler Ridge, between Miami and Homestead, continuous for the past half hour. Thunder and lightning, which was very bad about 20 minutes ago, has diminished for the moment. Northeast quadrant is moving in.


24 posted on 09/20/2005 6:30:04 AM PDT by laz (They can bus 'em to the polls, but they can't bus 'em out of the path of a Cat 5 hurricane.)
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To: NautiNurse

Looks like this thing is headed for Texas!

I'm gonna have to get busy and pick up all the tree limbs we just cut down which will become flying missiles. I'm not by the coast but I can see it coming inland with a lot of wind and rain.


25 posted on 09/20/2005 6:30:26 AM PDT by WestCoastGal ( "Through thick & thin, the fans got my back. Bud team will start kicking butts again" THEY DID !!!)
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To: RMDupree

Lots of radar links at the top of the thread


26 posted on 09/20/2005 6:30:47 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
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To: Trust but Verify

Just heard crude is down..


27 posted on 09/20/2005 6:31:53 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: NautiNurse

:-D

Sorry!


28 posted on 09/20/2005 6:32:19 AM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: DocRock

We're in Pinellas. Plenty of breeze, but no rain, in fact as NautiNurse mentioned, we need rain.

I don't think we've had any rainfall in September, which is unusual.


29 posted on 09/20/2005 6:32:46 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: All

Prayers for all in Rita's path!


30 posted on 09/20/2005 6:32:46 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (Tampa Bay, Home of the Stanley Cup Champions The Tampa Bay Lightning!)
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To: Trust but Verify

The current track would mean it's pretty harmless for the oil industry, that's why oil is down today. However, so far as Galveston v New Orleans, a hit on Galveston would be far worse for the oil industry than a hit on NO.


31 posted on 09/20/2005 6:33:36 AM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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To: SE Mom

I'm in Florida and filled up this AM for $2.79 per gallon.

I was sort of surprised it hadn't spiked.


32 posted on 09/20/2005 6:33:38 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: NautiNurse
I don't know if it is included, but here is the radar I use out of Tampa for Central Florida.

http://weathercenter.com/radar/doppler.htm

You can animate it and pull up some counties by clicking on them.
33 posted on 09/20/2005 6:33:47 AM PDT by DocRock (Osama said, "We love death, the U.S. loves life, that is the main difference between us.")
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To: dawn53
Not sure where you are....
..but last night was exceptionally breezy...(so was yesterday)...

..and this AM heavy rainfall...

...Could this be a bit of Rita?..I'm central Florida, east coast.

34 posted on 09/20/2005 6:34:14 AM PDT by Guenevere (God bless our military!...and God bless the President of the United States!)
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To: NautiNurse

we left the shutters closed on the big window in the baby's room since whatzisname (Dennis? they all run together at this point). She has napped very well since then. I will almost be sad to open them.


35 posted on 09/20/2005 6:35:35 AM PDT by LBelle
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To: Hatteras
No the track is moving west. The faster it gets here the further to the SW it will hit Texas because of the high sitting over Texas.
36 posted on 09/20/2005 6:35:42 AM PDT by HoustonCurmudgeon (Houston Astrodome - Compassionate Conservatism at work!)
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To: Trust but Verify
It looks like this one won't be as strong as Katrina, so we have that much going for us right now.

Let's hope not, but I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. Katrina became a Cat 1 just before coming ashore south of Ft. Lauderdale, stayed a Cat 1 during her entire trek across Miami-Dade, and dropped briefly back to a TS over extreme western Monroe County. As soon as she entered the gulf, she was back to Cat 1, and just kept intensifying after that. Rita is now a Cat 1 and hasn't yet reached where Katrina entered the gulf.

37 posted on 09/20/2005 6:36:00 AM PDT by laz (They can bus 'em to the polls, but they can't bus 'em out of the path of a Cat 5 hurricane.)
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To: dawn53

I'm Central Florida- filled for $2.76 yesterday.

It's blustery here..clouds whizzing by..


38 posted on 09/20/2005 6:36:11 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: dawn53
filled up this AM for $2.79 per gallon.

It's been at $2.58 for 3 days here in the midwest with no spike yet. (Just a bit of totally useless, off topic info). Praying for you all in the path of this thing.

39 posted on 09/20/2005 6:36:14 AM PDT by Bahbah (John Kerry is a doofus)
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To: AntiGuv

Except that it won't be as strong a storm as Katrina.


40 posted on 09/20/2005 6:36:39 AM PDT by Trust but Verify (( ))
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