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"30 miles (48 kilometers) from its center. "
wasn't the number 100 mi for Katrina?
so far, a much smaller storm, but still young, and has a 1000 mi of hot water to cross before reaching the TX coast.
Katrina...Opppss...Rita strengthens to a CAT2 as she enters Gulf...
CNNKeys residents told to 'hunker down'
Tuesday, September 20, 2005; Posted: 1:36 p.m. EDT (17:36 GMT)
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Rita strengthened to a Category 2 storm Tuesday as it pounded the Florida Keys with heavy rain and strong wind.
A reconnaissance aircraft measured maximum sustained winds of 100 mph. Category 2 storms have winds of 96-110 mph (154-177 kph).
At 11 a.m. ET, the storm was centered 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast of Key West and 100 miles east-northeast of Havana, Cuba.
Rita was moving to the west at 15 mph (24 kph) , with hurricane-force winds extending out 30 miles (48 kilometers) from its center. The storm had been moving to the north-northwest.
If you live in the Texas Coastal region within 100 miles East and West of Galveston-Houston it may be time to start thinking of an evacuation plan.
"30 miles (48 kilometers) from its center. "
wasn't the number 100 mi for Katrina?
so far, a much smaller storm, but still young, and has a 1000 mi of hot water to cross before reaching the TX coast.
Katrina Upgraded to CAT3:
If your tired of amateur-hour meteorology, here is an excellent consolidation of hurricane tracking sites...
Crown Weather
Hurricane Rita
NHC Current Wind Projections
2 AM EDT WED SEP 21 2005
Hurricane Rita: Cat 3
Maximum Sustained Winds (MSW): 115
Wind Gusts To: 140
Moving Towards the West at near 14 MPH.
Estimated Minimum Central Pressure: 960 MB...28.35 Inches
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 45 miles from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 140 miles
==Discussion-Annotated==
Rita becomes fifth major hurricane of the 2005 season as it moves Westward away from the Florida Keys
NOAA NWC Winds Max Forecast:
36-48 hours - MWS: 145 mph / Gusts to: 180 mph - Strong CAT 4
Well defined and large hurricane eye formed. Rapid intensification for the next 24 hours appears to be on track. Projection Track Models move landfall more east now, back towards Galveston/Houston on the very powerful/destructive right side of the hurricane
Rutgers Sea Surface Temperatures:
http://marine.rutgers.edu/mrs/sat_data/?product=sst ®ion=gulfmexico¬humbs=0
NOAA National Data Bouy Center
Homepage: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov /
Hurr Rita NDBC Radial Reporting Sites: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/radial_search.php?lat1=24.1N&l...
Excellent NOAA NDBC Bouy Links Gulf of Mexico Grid Map
http://www.weathermatrix.net/tropical/surface/interacti...
Katrina knocked out NOAA NDBC site grid south of New Orleans/Florida Panhandle. Luckly they got it back up except Bouy 42003, which is an important one.
You can learn a boatload about hurricanes watching the NOAA individual bouy reports. It's cool watching the "dirty side" of a hurricane run over a bouy marker and it keeps transmitting the entire time.
On another note:
From The WildernessThe 3rd largest oil refinery in the US is in the path of Rita. It is a BP refinery in Texas City, Texas. The projected path is currently for Freeport. Texas City is really close by. There was a recent e in prices after a fire there. Imagine this.
Texas is about to show the world how to evac from a CAT 4 hurricane..
pay attention Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin!!!
Here are the current projections for Hurricane Rita from the National Hurricane Center
I expect that when this thing hits, Freeport will be just east of the storm taking the brunt of the hit.
Patterns for Hurricanes this season...
Like Katrina I expect that Rita will curve to the NE just before striking the Texas Coast. It saved New Orleans from a direct hit with Katrina, but puts cities like Freeport, Galvestan, and Houston more in the path of Rita.
Last edited by Nbadan; 09-21-2005 at 12:43 PM.
Rita has max winds of 165!
National Hurricane CenterCATEGORY 5 INTENSITY WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED - 165MPH!!
DATA FROM RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT RITA HAS REACHED
CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE
WINDS OF 165 MPH. THIS WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE 4 PM CDT ADVISORY
Current Upper level winds that could be steering this monster
This just in, Mayor Nagin suspends bus traffic in Galveston.
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