The Hurricane Rita Thread

[Chaotic42]

Now predicted to hit Lake Charles, LA area.

-Mandantory Evacuation for parts of St Tammany Parish

If you live in this area, *please* take actions to secure your belongings and get out of town. This could be another Katrina, and anyone around here will tell you, the more time you have, the better off you'll be.

-As of 7PM EDT 9/23/2005
-931mb (27.48in)
-125MPH
-Satellite Imagery
-Pressure Map
-NOLA Radar showing northern edge of storm
-Lake Charles evacuation buses and shelters

 

[CrackRabbit]

**OFFICIAL** ***CONFIRMED***

 

[tami]

this isn't "the" rita thread. it's "a" rita thread, as well as the four others.

 

[thirdlegstump]

I can't believe they would name a hurricane after a cracker sandwich.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: tami
this isn't "the" rita thread. it's "a" rita thread, as well as the four others.

Sorry, I searched for Rita and nothing came up. I'm at work and I just needed to jump on and jump off, but I wanted to make sure that people knew about it.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: tami
this isn't "the" rita thread. it's "a" rita thread, as well as the four others.

Sorry, I searched for Rita and nothing came up. I'm at work and I just needed to jump on and jump off, but I wanted to make sure that people knew about it.

i feel like the search is REALLY broken as of rather recently, so all's forgiven. there have been an insane number of "i searched but didn't find" claims lately... i wonder what's up with that.

(as for me, i have 500 threads/posts per page, so i still see them)

 

[aplefka]

I wonder if they've ever gotten all the way through the alphabet in one season?

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: aplefka
I wonder if they've ever gotten all the way through the alphabet in one season?

I saw a site yesterday that said no, they haven't. When they do, they start using Greek letters.

I wonder what they would do if they ran out of those?

 

[KLin]

Rita is now a category 4 hurricane with a possibility of becoming a category 5.

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: aplefka
I wonder if they've ever gotten all the way through the alphabet in one season?

I saw a site yesterday that said no, they haven't. When they do, they start using Greek letters.

I wonder what they would do if they ran out of those?

If they run out of those we have bigger problems... :laugh:

 

[YoshiSato]

Originally posted by: aplefka
I wonder if they've ever gotten all the way through the alphabet in one season?

They only have name for the first 21 storms. After the 21st from they start calling the tropical storm according to the Greek Alphabeet. Alpha, Beta, ect.

 

[tami]

when is hurricane season over? i am going to florida next weekend.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: tami
when is hurricane season over? i am going to florida next weekend.

November is what I've heard. This time of the year is the heart of hurricane season.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: tami
when is hurricane season over? i am going to florida next weekend.

At this rate, never.



Latest update (11AM Eastern) She's a CAT 4

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3%2Bshtml/181800.shtml

000
WTNT33 KNHC 211444
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE RITA ADVISORY NUMBER 16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...RITA REMAINS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE...WINDS NOW
ESTIMATED 140 MPH WINDS...

AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE
FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE MARQUESAS KEYS WESTWARD TO THE DRY TORTUGAS
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

A HURRICANE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO COAST LATER TODAY OR THIS EVENING.

INTERESTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF DANGEROUS HURRICANE RITA.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.9 WEST OR ABOUT 260 MILES...
WEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA AND ABOUT 755 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.

RITA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 140 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. RITA IS A EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND COULD REACH CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY IN
THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES. THE WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH RITA IS FORECAST TO
EXPAND DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 944 MB...27.88 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...24.3 N... 85.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 944 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 PM CDT.

FORECASTER AVILA

$$

3-Day projection cone

 

[GoingUp]

It's all bush's fault!

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

My friend lives in Dallas, the last Fort Worth advisory said >60mph winds and heavy rain for that area and a risk of tornadoes for northern Texas.

 

[Mloot]

I live in the Houston area, and unless the storm takes an unexpected southward turn soon, I'll be getting the heck out of Dodge tomorrow.

 

[alien42]

tracker/forcaster

ir loop

visible loop

noaa loop

 

[tami]

oh well. i'm still going to florida next week. southeast florida, to be more exact.

my sister already had 3 hurricane days off of school.

 

[Powermoloch]

Damn..when these hurricanes gonna end.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

We're still in the middle of hurricane season. Hopefully the people of Texas are smarter than the people of NOLA in that they'll GTFO before it's too late.

When are they going to have Hurricane FFMCobalt?

 

[Mayfriday0529]

why didnt my thread get the sticky instead
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=38&threadid=1692251

unfair, lifers get their way.

 

[woowoo]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99
why didnt my thread get the sticky instead
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=38&threadid=1692251

unfair, lifers get their way.

FWIW
You did have the better thread.

 

[AbsolutZero]

I'm a Meteorologist and wanted to point out a few things about Rita...

• Track models are converging on landfall between Corpus Christi and Galveston. The probability is as high as its going to get in this area. Some minor jogs to the left or right will occur, but agreement is good.
  
  http://euler.atmos.colostate.edu/~vigh/guidance/atlantic/early1.png
  
• If the storm system on the west coast moves faster east, Rita will turn to the north sooner.
  
• If Rita slows down, it will turn north sooner. Speeds up, it will stay on a more west course.
  
• Damage could be comparable or somewhat less than that of coastal MS even if it hits as a Cat 5. MS appears to have been more densely populated than this part of TX.
  
• This is a non-meteorological point, but does anyone know if this nuclear power plant just NE of Corpus Christi is still operational? There have been privately funded studies done by Atmospheric Scientists on the impact of Cat 5 hurricanes and F5 tornadoes on Nuclear Power plants. I don't think the results are public or if they are, they're not well known.
  
  Edit: It appears to be running. Text.
  

 

[AbsolutZero]

Also, in the other thread someone asked what happens when they run out of letters for named storms. The answer is they revert to the Greek alphabet, "Alpha", "Beta", "Gamma", etc..

This has never happened. The closest time was 1933 when there were 21 named storms. Note, there are only 21 names allocated per season. They remaining names this year are Stan, Tammy, Vince and Wilma. Source.