Just got some information from the NHC 9 pm conference call...
10 pm advisory will carry central pressure of 897 millibars...
Hurricane is over warm waters of the Gulf Loop Current...
Winds will likely continue to increase...max sustained winds may reach 185 mph tomorrow...with gusts to 210 mph...
There will be some fluctuations before landfall...and intensity should drop slightly before reaches land...but Rita is expected to still be category four at landfall...
Official forecast track being shifted back to the east slightly, toward Galveston...
Should be inland Friday evening...
Flooding could be a problem over eastern Texas and western Louisiana if storm stalls after landfall...
Tornadoes will be a problem east of landfall, including over parts of Louisiana...
More soon...
10 pm advisory will carry central pressure of 897 millibars...
Hurricane is over warm waters of the Gulf Loop Current...
Winds will likely continue to increase...max sustained winds may reach 185 mph tomorrow...with gusts to 210 mph...
There will be some fluctuations before landfall...and intensity should drop slightly before reaches land...but Rita is expected to still be category four at landfall...
Official forecast track being shifted back to the east slightly, toward Galveston...
Should be inland Friday evening...
Flooding could be a problem over eastern Texas and western Louisiana if storm stalls after landfall...
Tornadoes will be a problem east of landfall, including over parts of Louisiana...
More soon...
on September 21, 2005, 8:36 pm
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