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Posted on 09/21/2005 1:36:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Close, but not quite - it looked more like satellite imagery. This'll work for now, though - thanks!
Basically what happens is that as a hurricane intensifies, the eye shrinks considerably in diameter (as the cyclonic voriticity increases) until the storm's center is wrapped very tightly about a very small radius of about 5-15 miles. As this occurs, rain bands outside of the eyewall can begin to strengthen. The strengthening of the rainbands immediately adjacent to the storm's core robs the inner eyewall of the fuel (moisture and energy) for the inner eyewall to exist, and so it dissipates.
Those outer rainbands subsequently become the main eyewall and it too, in turn, will shrink in diameter as the storm intensifies again. This eyewall regeneration cycle (EWRC) can occur several times in the life of a hurricane.
I'm beginning to think this storm has free reign to do whatever it wants. No wind shear, warm water... Nothing holding it back and nothing standing in its way. She unleashed herself the minute she crossed the threshold to Cat 1.
Rita could mess up the weekend pretty good in Austin. Could even cause some major downpours and tornados. But I have a feeling that one way or another the show will go on.
And where is that, for the geographically ill-informed?
Rain, wind (40-70mph), some power outages, some flooding, and a good chance of bad flash flooding (much of Austin is hilly.)
p.s. I lived there for 10 years, I know the mindset.
Wow!
I know that they cause loss of life and property, and that they are a BAD THING, but I can't help but marvel at the beauty of these storms.
I read this elsewhere:
"I wonder if the 150 mph figure is based on SFMR. Research has shown that SFMR readings may be unreliable in intense hurricanes. "
I remember they were uncertain of Katrina's surface windspeed because different techniques were giving them different readings...
LATEST RECON INDICATES RITA IS A CAT 5 HURRICANE
The latest recon report indicated the pressure in Rita has fallen to 920 mb and the maximum flight level winds were over 175 mph. AccuWeather.com Meteorologist believe Rita has become a Cat 5 hurricane.
http://home.accuweather.com/index.asp?partner=accuweather
I would be aware of one thing, Jackson, MS airport didn't reopen immediately and restricted outgoing flights so the same could, repeat could happen for some Texas airports.
Yes, they did!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/lweaton/FR/suisse.jpg
Thank you and everyone else for the advice. I've put them in an e-mail and will send it off to her.
Hanging around and waiting to see if she weakens is akin to standing in front of an oncoming car and waiting to see if it slows down. So at this time, people have got to ask themselves this question: "Do I really want to see who blinks first, me or Rita?"
true.
Thanks. I think something like that is how they'll end up heading out.
Isabel had the clearest one I've seen in a long time:
http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/pub/goes/030913.isabel.gif
And yes, they are deadly, but beautiful.
See post #1295, 110KTs on the surface.
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