Bye Bye Rita, o Stan.

[MannyIsGod]

Nothing yet...

But give it a day..

[MannyIsGod]

Well, at least the water hasn't started to boil yet.

[mookie2001]

when do we start evacuations?

[sa_butta]

Here we go again.

[batman2883]

I told all my family and friends Rita would be nothing, and ill say it to yall this time...Stan will be nothing....nothing at all.....

[tlongII]

Done overreacting yet?

[MannyIsGod]

So, now Rita was nothing?

[sa_butta]

I knew it was not going to do anything to SA. I mean people were evacuating here, I dont think they would send them here if they thought it was going to flood here.

[mookie2001]

wasnt nothing for me but sweat

[mookie2001]

dam it was hot

[sa_butta]

So, now Rita was nothing?

It was nothing to San Antonio, but obviously not "nothing" to people in LA and east Texas.

[batman2883]

Rita was nothing but a huge panic

[sa_butta]

Rita was nothing but a huge panic

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/26/rita/index.html

[MannyIsGod]

Obviously it wasn't going to hit a city over a hundred miles inland, but I wouldn't call it 'nothing'.

As far as you go mookie, you got lucky. Nothing else. Had that thing hit straight on Victoria, you and your smug (and dumb) ass would be at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

This is what happens when people are told to evacuate and then nothing happens. Last year when Ivan was heading to New Orleans, they evacuated and it looked a lot like Houston this time around. Then a year later, Katrina came and the evacuations are a lot less effective because people start thinking like mookie and tlong.

Those people are always the shocked ones when a storm actually hits them.

[mookie2001]

naturally
i also would have left town

[Kip Fanatic]

I tell you what, I am so tired of this heat. I have never wanted to leave San Antonio on a permanent basis, but this weather is making me think twice.

[Spam]

I'm headin' to HEB right now to buy the water I took back on Saturday!

[Spurfect]

where's this one supposed to "hit"?

I'm NOT evacuating again!!

[batman2883]

Spurfect you win the prize for the most feminine avatar ive ever seen...

[Spurfect]

Spurfect you win the prize for the most feminine avatar ive ever seen...

lol is that good or bad? I love my avatar.. I wish I could get all the stars to light up like in the original gif, but after I resized it, only two of stars sparkled.. ah well, it's still cool

[batman2883]

lol is that good or bad? I love my avatar.. I wish I could get all the stars to light up like in the original gif, but after I resized it, only two of stars sparkled.. ah well, it's still cool

Its a good thing since you are a female i guess i meant more to say is you have a cool avatar without sounding fruity

[TheWriter]

I tell you what, I am so tired of this heat. I have never wanted to leave San Antonio on a permanent basis, but this weather is making me think twice.

Thank Rita for that. She's the that is making the temp 15 degrees hotter than it should be.

[Trainwreck2100]

Stan will hit Mexico, i guarantee it.

[Manu20]

SEP 26, 2005 / 11:45 AM

REMNANTS OF RITA HEAD FOR GULF COAST
TROPICAL WAVE CARIBBEAN MAY BECOME DEPRESSION WITHIN NEXT 24 HOURS
AND STORM INTO GULF OF MEXICO BY END OF WEEK


Though still showing only a weak reflection in the mandatory level charts, the remnants of RITA, currently
embedded within a much larger upper level TROF are clearly moving southeast towards the Florida Panhandle
as evidenced on Radar. (see Below)

The GFS shows the system moving into the Gulf and developing some -- but there does not yet seem to be the
type of upper level support it would need to truly re-generate into a tropical storm. However, what isn't in Rita's favor
is quickly becoming in favor for a strong Tropical wave moving fairly quickly through the central Caribbean now,
and is showing some signs of better organization, with some slight but significant surface pressure falls in the
central Caribbean.

As mentioned yesterday evening, there are 2 large upper air TROFS from the central Atlantic extending
southwestward into the tropics. One is to the east of the developing Wave, on is to the west, over the far
NW Caribbean. Between the 2 systems, we end up with an generally anticyclonic flow, which favors
outflow aloft. What appears to be happening based on water vapor loop imagery is the formation of
a closed low aloft over the western Bahamas north of Cuba, while at the same time, there may be a
simultaneous developing of a high pressure system above the developing wave - and this is
crucial - independent of the larger scale antic-cyclonic flow across the tropical wave that is
occurring between the 2 major upper level TROFS. If there is a developing anti-cyclone within the waves
own circulation field, then the system will likely develop into a tropical cyclone during the next 24 hours.

On the latest Visible image loop there are hints of a broad low level circulation trying to form near 14N/73W.
In general the entire disturbance is heading WNW at 15Kts, and will likely be about 100-200 miles south of
Jamaica by Tuesday morning assuming it does in fact develop by then into a a tropical depression.

As it moves northwest - towards the far NW Caribbean and Yucatan Channel by Thursday -- conditions
aloft are forecast to become more favorable for development, and a we could have the next tropical storm
of the season by that that time. The speed of development will depend a lot on whether the system is in
fact developing it's own upper level outflow pattern.

The next update on this system - and if need be, the remnants of Rita, will be tomorrow morning - unless
conditions warrant an update earlier. IOW - if the system system develops into a a tropical depression
sooner rather than later)

The 12Z model runs -- very few were run for this system -- though if it continues to develop, this evening
we will se the normal complement of models show the system tracking northwestward - with 22 models
moving it towards the northwest Caribbean, and 3 others, over Jamaica in 36 hours (early Tuesday evening).

As the system is still very shallow, I prefer the BAMS and CLP5 models that keep the system south of Jamaica.
Either way, a period of heavy, gusty showers and squalls will buffet the Island on Tuesday. Conditions to
not seem favorable enough yet for rapid development, and the system should not attain Tropical Storm force
until it passes by Jamaica itself.

[Jelly]

Manny, your obsession with storms rivals Dan's obsession with Bush.