Rita, 3rd strongest ever now!! 898mb

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Rita, 3rd strongest ever now!! 898mb

#1 Postby drezee » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:48 pm

847
WTNT63 KNHC 212146
TCUAT3
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS 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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#2 Postby tracyswfla » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:50 pm

That calls for a: :eek: Holy Crap :eek:
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#3 Postby lester » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:53 pm

tracyswfla wrote:That calls for a: :eek: Holy Crap :eek:

HOLY CRAP!!!! :eek: :eek:
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#4 Postby huricanwatcher » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:54 pm

what mph would be the next step? ... cat 6? ...unfounded but maybe possible?
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#5 Postby Praxus » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:56 pm

I believe katrina was 175 mph with a pressure of 902.
At 904 then, we may be close to that now with Rita.

Twice in one year...unbelievable.
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#6 Postby Brent » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:56 pm

:shocked!:
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#7 Postby jpigott » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:57 pm

a tom petty song comes to mind now "because i'm free, free-falling", Rita's pressure that is. Where does this crazy elevator down stop. 901-to top Katrina, 898-to top Mitch, 891- to top the Labor Day cane, or 887 dare i say to top Gilbert.

One other thing, the general consensus here is Rita is smaller than Katrina, correct? If i recall, smaller canes don't need the super low pressures to generalte extreme winds b/c the pressure gradients are smaller. If that reasoning is correct, then Rita may very well end up having higher winds at 904mb then Katrina did with 902mb
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#8 Postby Lori » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:59 pm

Praxus wrote:I believe katrina was 175 mph with a pressure of 902.
At 904 then, we may be close to that now with Rita.

Twice in one year...unbelievable.


Twice in less than a month... :cry:
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#9 Postby feederband » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:59 pm

Maybe after this year we shoud have a Cat 6 on the scale.......Call it a armageden storm...
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#10 Postby Hurrilurker » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:01 pm

Good luck getting measurement by ground instruments to confirm those winds!
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#11 Postby feederband » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:02 pm

jpigott wrote:a tom petty song comes to mind now "because i'm free, free-falling", Rita's pressure that is.



A R.E.M. song comes to my mind....
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#12 Postby EFrancis » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:03 pm

Almost undoubtedly will this go under 899 and become 3rd strongest ever in the Atlantic. What is going on here? Holy Moly.
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#13 Postby Hurrilurker » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:07 pm

Eye seems to be contracting slightly. First this means it is probably not truly annular, and seconds it probably means there will be an EWRC coming soon to weaking it temporarily (the eye also looks a tiny bit ragged on the south side in the last sat frame).
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#14 Postby TampaFl » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:07 pm

:eek: :eek: :eek:
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Re: Rita, 5th strongest ever now!! 904mb

#15 Postby TampaFl » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:08 pm

drezee wrote:847
WTNT63 KNHC 212146
TCUAT3
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS 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


What about Hurricane Camille of 1969? I thought her pressure was sub 905mb.

Robert 8-)
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#16 Postby curtinnc » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:08 pm

EFrancis wrote:Almost undoubtedly will this go under 899 and become 3rd strongest ever in the Atlantic. What is going on here? Holy Moly.


Hmmm just might, tomorrow will be the day if she does... morning before noon I bet.

And ditto on the REM.. and Max Mayfield saying this year might be a warm up year for the future...
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#17 Postby HurricaneGirl » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:09 pm

:eek: HOLY CRAP!!! :eek:
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Re: Rita, 5th strongest ever now!! 904mb

#18 Postby Brent » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:10 pm

TampaFl wrote:What about Hurricane Camille of 1969? I thought her pressure was sub 905mb.


905 mb... higher than Rita.
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#19 Postby tracyswfla » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:10 pm

HurricaneGirl wrote::eek: HOLY CRAP!!! :eek:


girl, you should copyright that remark!
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#20 Postby krysof » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:10 pm

Hurrilurker wrote:Eye seems to be contracting slightly. First this means it is probably not truly annular, and seconds it probably means there will be an EWRC coming soon to weaking it temporarily (the eye also looks a tiny bit ragged on the south side in the last sat frame).


The eye is expanding a little bit, not contracting. I don't expect an EWRC at this time. I think there may be one in 12-18 hours as the rapid deepening phase stops and it encounters cooler waters.
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