Rita officially at 932 millibars....
Hurricane Hunters make fix at 10 pm...
Flight level winds 115 knots, which translates the 105 knot official max wind speed (120 mph.)
000
URNT12 KNHC 240324
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 24/03:00:30Z
B. 29 deg 01 min N
093 deg 19 min W
C. 700 mb 2524 m
D. NA kt
E. deg nm
F. 138 deg 115 kt
G. 055 deg 031 nm
H. 932 mb
I. 12 C/ 3045 m
J. 18 C/ 3054 m
K. 14 C/ NA
L. OPEN NE
M. C25
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.02 / 2 nm
P. AF309 2518A RITA OB 02
MAX FL WIND 117 KT NE QUAD 02:50:20 Z
MAX FL TEMP 19 C, 81 / 6NM
10 pm Observations from the coastal zone...
CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
BEAUMONT RAIN 76 N/A N/A N36G54 29.19F
LAKE CHARLES HVY RAIN 75 73 94 NE53G68 29.19R FOG
LAFAYETTE RAIN 79 75 89 E26G36 29.38F
NEW IBERIA N/A N/A N/A N/A MISG 29.34F
HOUSTON TX LGT RAIN 76 72 86 N28G41 29.47F
GALVESTON NOT AVBL
COLLEGE STAT CLOUDY 86 66 51 NE23G35 29.68R
N.O. INTL ARPT CLOUDY 82 75 78 SE32G40 29.64S
Calcasieu Pass near Cameron...NE wind 62 mph gusting to 78 mph...water level approaching 6 feet. This is probably due to just wave run up, since winds are still offshore. As eye passes to west, onshore winds will result in catastrophic water rises in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes.
Tornado warnings are now in effect for several Southwest Louisiana parishes, including Jeff Davis. This possible tornado near Jennigs along I-10 was moving radpily west and will approach Lake Charles.
At 10:45 pm, the eye of the hurricane was about 50 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana. The most intense part of the northern eyewall is about to rotate onshore in Cameron Parish.
The eye's forward progress may have slowed considerably. By my interpretation, the eye has moved about 12 miles in two hours in a general northwest motion.
It still should move onshore near the Sabine River on the Texas/Louisiana border in a few hours.
Hurricane Hunters make fix at 10 pm...
Flight level winds 115 knots, which translates the 105 knot official max wind speed (120 mph.)
000
URNT12 KNHC 240324
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 24/03:00:30Z
B. 29 deg 01 min N
093 deg 19 min W
C. 700 mb 2524 m
D. NA kt
E. deg nm
F. 138 deg 115 kt
G. 055 deg 031 nm
H. 932 mb
I. 12 C/ 3045 m
J. 18 C/ 3054 m
K. 14 C/ NA
L. OPEN NE
M. C25
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.02 / 2 nm
P. AF309 2518A RITA OB 02
MAX FL WIND 117 KT NE QUAD 02:50:20 Z
MAX FL TEMP 19 C, 81 / 6NM
10 pm Observations from the coastal zone...
CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
BEAUMONT RAIN 76 N/A N/A N36G54 29.19F
LAKE CHARLES HVY RAIN 75 73 94 NE53G68 29.19R FOG
LAFAYETTE RAIN 79 75 89 E26G36 29.38F
NEW IBERIA N/A N/A N/A N/A MISG 29.34F
HOUSTON TX LGT RAIN 76 72 86 N28G41 29.47F
GALVESTON NOT AVBL
COLLEGE STAT CLOUDY 86 66 51 NE23G35 29.68R
N.O. INTL ARPT CLOUDY 82 75 78 SE32G40 29.64S
Calcasieu Pass near Cameron...NE wind 62 mph gusting to 78 mph...water level approaching 6 feet. This is probably due to just wave run up, since winds are still offshore. As eye passes to west, onshore winds will result in catastrophic water rises in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes.
Tornado warnings are now in effect for several Southwest Louisiana parishes, including Jeff Davis. This possible tornado near Jennigs along I-10 was moving radpily west and will approach Lake Charles.
At 10:45 pm, the eye of the hurricane was about 50 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana. The most intense part of the northern eyewall is about to rotate onshore in Cameron Parish.
The eye's forward progress may have slowed considerably. By my interpretation, the eye has moved about 12 miles in two hours in a general northwest motion.
It still should move onshore near the Sabine River on the Texas/Louisiana border in a few hours.
on September 23, 2005, 10:00 pm
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