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Posted on 09/21/2005 1:36:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
It's got to be 164 mph, and those are the flight level winds from the last vortex advisory. If they're now saying that the ground-level winds are 140+ knots (160+ mph), then she's really bearing down.
}:-)4
This is getting really, really disconcerting.
I typed wrod for word what I heard on MSNBC.
164 mph MAX winds
He didn't say if that was sustained or gust.
I typed wrod for word what I heard on MSNBC.
164 mph MAX winds
He didn't say if that was sustained or gust.
http://www.txcn.com/
They must follow their evacuation route as listed. Going north to DFW or even OKC would be a good plan.
Anyone else seeing a slightly more NW heading as opposed to the original Western direction now?
http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/rmsdsol/TROPICAL.html
(click pic on left)
In order for the NHC track to prove accurate Rita can not cross that line above but must meet at the next intersection of lines. If it moves north of that line before then, it seems that wouldnt be good news for Galveston. Thats my theory. A few more frames will shed more light on this.
ZCZC MIATCUAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 215 PM EDT WED SEP 21 2005 DATA FROM RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT RITA HAS INTENSIFIED A LITTLE MORE AND WINDS HAVE REACHED 150 MPH WINDS WITH A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 920 MB. THIS MAKES RITA A STRONG CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE. FORECASTER AVILA $$ NNNN
Agreed- but OTOH- Katrina was a cat 5 for awhile too before it backed off to a 4- though it seems parts of MS may have been hit with Cat5 winds. We still have two days before landfall too..if there's an reforming of the eyewall it may waver for a minute:)
My friend in Spring, Tx is staying...he has a business with a lot of inventory. If I recall, that place had street flooding the two times I visited just from heavy rainstorms....Also, I was stuck on the Houston Freeways once when it flooded...the runoff channels overflowed and the water went down the onramps, stranding hundreds of people, etc.
ZCZC MIATCUAT3 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
215 PM EDT WED SEP 21 2005
DATA FROM RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT RITA HAS INTENSIFIED
A LITTLE MORE AND WINDS HAVE REACHED 150 MPH WINDS WITH A MINIMUM
PRESSURE OF 920 MB. THIS MAKES RITA A STRONG CATEGORY FOUR
HURRICANE.
FORECASTER AVILA
$$
NNNN
Didn't know that. I thought all the I-10 damage was west of Slidell.
Anybody who hasn't left/planned to leave the Texas coastline, you might want to do so now. There will not be time to see if it dials down. Traffic will be a mess. Get out by tomorrow morning, and call it a 4 day vacation.
150 mph and 920 mb. Wow. If this thing doesn't start an ERC, she'll be a Cat 5 at 160+ by nightfall.
The Gulf's had a history of storms weakening miraculously before they hit landfall. Katrina broke that this year, let's hope Rita re-establishes the trend.
}:-)4
cost is less than cement block or stick home.
OOps.
What's a stadium effect?
thanks
Oh yes..oh yes......as soon as I saw your reply, I knew I was wrong......AGAin!
"This is what happens when partial info is posted. Disregard."
Partial info and msnbc...hmmm yep, now i get it. Wont happen again. LOL :)
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