Rita Center on NWS Miami Radar

#1 Postby **gatorcane** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:49 pm

A center is starting to show just SSE of Andros. It looks like the center is wobbling NNW though :eek:

Please confirm what I am seeing:

http://radar.weather.gov/radar/loop/DS.p20-r/si.kamx.shtml

Tampa Bay Hurricane · #2 Postby **Tampa Bay Hurricane** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:51 pm

boca_chris wrote:A center is starting to show just SSE of Andros. It looks like the center is wobbling NNW though Please confirm what I am seeing:

http://radar.weather.gov/radar/loop/DS.p20-r/si.kamx.shtml

If thats the center then its wobbling nnw I think...

Doc Seminole · #3 Postby **Doc Seminole** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:52 pm

Looks a bit NNW to me also.

Doc Seminole 8-)

jkt21787 · #4 Postby **jkt21787** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:54 pm

How many times must we go through the fact that long range 248nm radar is very inaccurate when tracking the movememnt of a storm?

#5 Postby **gatorcane** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:55 pm

other members using different radars are seeing the same thing.

boca · #6 Postby **boca** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:56 pm

I don't think that's the center because they had the center 120 miles SSW of Nassau. What were looking at is due south of Nassau on the 11pm advisory.

#7 Postby **fci** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:56 pm

boca_chris wrote:other members using different radars are seeing the same thing.

NHC says WNW.

hicksta · #8 Postby **hicksta** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:58 pm

jkt21787 wrote:How many times must we go through the fact that long range 248nm radar is very inaccurate when tracking the movememnt of a storm?

jkt21787 · #9 Postby **jkt21787** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:58 pm

boca_chris wrote:other members using different radars are seeing the same thing.

It doesnt matter. If we're looking more than the typical 124nm range on radar, its giving you a false perception. The long range is not good for tracking a storm. Its OK for an overview of whats happening, but not recommended for plotting its movememnt.

jkt21787 · #10 Postby **jkt21787** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:02 pm

Kevin_Cho wrote:If you look at the radar, if what you're saying is true, then the entire storm is moving almost due West, but the eye is moving almost NNW. What you're seeing is almost certainly an effect of the skewing of long-range radar out of Miami. It's like trying to move your head one direction but having your body move another direction...see what I mean?

Kevin Cho - East Naples, FL
Junior: Naples High School

Thank you Kevin. I'm a Kevin too, BTW!

flashflood · #11 Postby **flashflood** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:03 pm

Probably does not matter anyway, South FLorida is now "Out Of the Cone" YAY!!!!!, im off to bed now that I can relax.

boca · #12 Postby **boca** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:07 pm

I'm with you here in Boca I'm not worried about this one at all and its moving almost due west now 23.3 at 8pm and 23.3 at 11pm.

kevin · #13 Postby **kevin** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:11 pm

jkt21787 wrote:
Kevin_Cho wrote:If you look at the radar, if what you're saying is true, then the entire storm is moving almost due West, but the eye is moving almost NNW. What you're seeing is almost certainly an effect of the skewing of long-range radar out of Miami. It's like trying to move your head one direction but having your body move another direction...see what I mean?

Kevin Cho - East Naples, FL
Junior: Naples High School

Thank you Kevin. I'm a Kevin too, BTW!

Me too.

Vandora · #14 Postby **Vandora** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:14 pm

flashflood wrote:Probably does not matter anyway, South FLorida is now "Out Of the Cone" YAY!!!!!, im off to bed now that I can relax.

Don't forget that the cone is ONLY where the center might be! But so far, it does look okay for S. FL, and not so much for the Keys. Long as it stays on the current track, anyway. Still, it won't be a walk in the park for S. FL, either.

#15 Postby **THead** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:16 pm

boca wrote:I'm with you here in Boca I'm not worried about this one at all and its moving almost due west now 23.3 at 8pm and 23.3 at 11pm.

Yeah, they took dade and broward totally out of the "cone", but left the hurricane warning on for dade.

#16 Postby **THead** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:17 pm

Vandora wrote:
flashflood wrote:Probably does not matter anyway, South FLorida is now "Out Of the Cone" YAY!!!!!, im off to bed now that I can relax.

Don't forget that the cone is ONLY where the center might be! But so far, it does look okay for S. FL, and not so much for the Keys. Long as it stays on the current track, anyway. Still, it won't be a walk in the park for S. FL, either.

Right, i'm really out of it tonight........

Frank2 · #17 Postby **Frank2** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:12 am

Here is Rita from the Key West radar:

http://radar.weather.gov/radar/loop/DS. ... kbyx.shtml

#18 Postby **mvtrucking** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:35 am

I think the NHC has a pretty good handle on this storm in the short term(72 hrs). It seems to be dead on track.

#19 Postby **skysummit** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:39 am

Sure it's wobbing...that's what hurricanes do.

flashflood · #20 Postby **flashflood** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:42 am

Sitting here at work. watching the radar loop with an outter band getting ready to come into Miami-Dade, it should be here within 1/2 hr. Usually power goes out here, so it will be interesting to see what happens.

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