A Very Interesting Note About Rita

September 21, 2005, 3:55 pm
Posted by J.B. Elliott in Tropical Weather
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WS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
545 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

..RITA BECOMES THE FIFTH MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD...

DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AT 416 PM CDT...2116Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS FALLEN TO 904 MB...OR 26.69 INCHES. THIS MAKES RITA THE FIFTH MOST INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OF PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN.

RITA CURRENTLY RANKS BEHIND HURRICANE GILBERT IN 1988 WITH 888 MB...THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE WITH 892 MB...HURRICANE ALLEN IN 1980 WITH 899 MB...AND HURRICANE KATRINA LAST MONTH WITH 902 MB.

FORECASTER STEWART
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Posted by  
on September 21, 2005, 5:16 pm
tee hee hee!! i knew that name was familiar......
wonder if the 33/40 team will go back to deleting those who post a comment and are too cowardly to show their email addresses.

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Posted by   www
on September 21, 2005, 5:23 pm
I know the jog to the NW was only a temporary but over time won't occassional NW jogs adjust the final long term track further and further east???? And won't there be a chance or rains coming up from the south or firing up along the boundary that seems to be along NW Alabama???? I remember in Katrina a lot of rain fired along an old boundary in the Tenn Valley and Ohio Valley as Katrina was coming in.

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Posted by  
on September 21, 2005, 6:00 pm
Forward motion has slowed. Trough now making it's way East. Further strengthening forecasted.

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Posted by  
on September 21, 2005, 6:04 pm
I'm watching ya'll from Jacksonville, TX. I used to live in Talladega and really like the coverage your doing on Hurricane Rita. I've been watching the web updates for info. Keep up the good work!

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Posted by  
on September 21, 2005, 6:18 pm
I think if there was such a thing as a CAT 6 Rita would be a great candidate. Weather Channel showed trough it's moving EAST.......

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Posted by  
on September 21, 2005, 6:31 pm
Do not be surprised if this thing makes a turn to the north. This forecast track is still 3 days out....

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