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Same here dude, cept Rita hasn't gotten up to the size (square mileage wise) that Katrina was...and I'm pretty sure the Texas coast will be better prepared for Rita than N.O. was for Katrina...so hopefully alot less deaths and such.
They are forcasting TS winds here
Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high around 95. North northeast wind between 10 and 15 mph.
Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Windy, with a north northeast wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to between 20 and 25 mph.
Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 86. Windy, with a north northwest wind between 35 and 40 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 74. Windy, with a northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to between 10 and 15 mph. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.
Same here dude, cept Rita hasn't gotten up to the size (square mileage wise) that Katrina was...and I'm pretty sure the Texas coast will be better prepared for Rita than N.O. was for Katrina...so hopefully alot less deaths and such.
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URNT12 KNHC 211728
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 21/17:02:40Z
B. 24 deg 12 min N
085 deg 56 min W
C. NA mb NA m
D. NA kt
E. deg nm
F. 142 deg 142 kt
G. 036 deg 013 nm
H. 923 mb
I. 12 C/ 2447 m
J. 26 C/ 2436 m
K. 10 C/ NA
L. CLOSED
M. STADIUM
N. 12345/NA
O. 0.02 / nm
P. AF306 WXWXA 05092114306 OB 02
MAX FL WIND 142 KT NE QUAD 16:58:40 Z
"were buying plywood."
For San Antonio?
150 storm-depleting miles, 10 hours overland from the coast?
And because the storm is coming from the south, they are going to board up their south-facing windows?
Good luck everyone. Nail your asses to the floor!
They got a pressure of 923mb, and max winds of about 145mph on the surface.
That pressure supports higher wind speeds, but the winds haven't caught up yet. Those winds WILL go up. That storm is borderline Cat 5 right now, before it was even forcast to be cat 4.
I get more and more amazed as the day goes on.
Aransas/San Patricio/Calhoun/Kleberg counties are under mandatory evac orders at this time.
a bunch of staying and helping out the plant, I'll help put it together when I get back next week.
WTF?!?!
Another 11MB in less than 2 hours????
I guess it is coming hereSpecial Weather Statement from the National Weather Service:
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDE RICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES... CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 1207 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005
...EFFECTS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE RITA EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS WEEKEND...
what does pressure say about hurricane wind area?
Right now, extends 45 mi from eye vs about 100 mi for Katrina.
SA is 150 miles from the water, 11 or 12 hours for the hurricane to lose energy overland, and at this point, SA is 75 - 100 miles away from the mean storm path.
I don't think SA, or any point 150 mi from the coast, will get anything by TS winds, 40 - 50 mph max. Comments?
Anybody know where to find the wind distribution for Katrina up 150 - 200 mil from the coast?
Manny...been checking up on just how to interpret those reports...
Sections H/I/J/K are not good...
You don't think 55mph wind gusts could cause some damage to some windows?
TS winds are 39 and up.
Current wind swath is about 225 miles for TS force winds.
Who had the link to that LSU Earthscan lab image of Rita a few days ago? Whats that link again?
GayABC
Take out some cash and fill up the gas tanks! If power goes out, we can't live by the almighty debit card!
Boutons--the possibility of anything happening here could be slim. But if my power goes out for few days, those baked beans will look mighty tasty.
It could, but I'd like to see the wind history of Katrina 150 mi from the Gulf and 100 miles off-path, before I start spending $$$ and time nailing into my house.
Check out the hi-res image of Rita Click it!
Beautiful, in a scary kind of way.
You can't really compare to Katrina...she weakend significantly before landfall...it doesn't look like Rita has anything to weaken her right now, or so I've been told.
My sister just got back from Jackson Mississippi and they had a lot of damage.
Who expected another hurricane to hit? not me...
40% right now that we'll get TS force SUSTAINED winds. You get gusts above that in a strong storm, but you dont' get them sustained like this.
I really doubt we'll see hurricane force winds here.
But well, I've doubted a lot of , so I won't discount anything at this time.
Erik, i have the link to that site saved at home but I'm at work. Sorry bud.
This storm is smaller than Katrina, so it might reach simillar windspeeds even if the pressure doesn't drop as far. The tighter the pressure gradient the faster the wind.
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