2005 Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Reports Discussion Thread

[MiamiensisWx]

They downgraded Rita's landfall intensity to 100KT (115MPH) as well. Wow... 937 millibars is quite a low landfalling pressure!

[KWT]

Still just about at category-3 though so it will indeed remain a major landfalling hurricane, indeed 937mbs is a very impressive landfalling pressure, must actually be pretty high in the ranking order of strongest landfalling hurricanes.

I suspect Katrina was close to annular though I think it stopped just short of becoming such a system.

[SouthFloridawx]

This is now amazing...

EMILY - Cat. 5, 160MPH, 929 millibars
KATRINA - Cat. 5, 175MPH, 902 millibars
RITA - Cat. 5, 180MPH, 895 millibars
WILMA - Cat. 5, 185MPH, 882 millibars

2005 was just incredible!

That is amazing cape verde. All Cat 5's and all doing major damage in the areas that if affected. I hope we don't see a year like that again for a long time.

[MiamiensisWx]

Wilma was probably just as amazing in that it refused to weaken even long after becoming so intense. Wilma was just amazing in it's strength and tenacity... it still amazes me that it went against all odds by strengthening before Florida landfall and immediately bouncing back to Category Three status after crossing the state!

[HurricaneHunter914]

Don't forget the many faces of Wilma from Pinhole eye, to large eye, then 2 eyes!

[SouthFloridawx]

Don't forget the many faces of Wilma from Pinhole eye, to large eye, then 2 eyes!

you got a picture of the 2 eyes?

[Hurricanehink]

Sweet, they're all out now except for Beta!

[southerngale]

I'm not surprised that Rita remained a cat. 3 at landfall when some people were saying it wouldn't. Some of those people also thought that other hurricanes would be stronger in the final report, when they were downgraded some as well.

Anyway, I think I will email NHC about Sabine Pass, Tx. They said that the storm surge "flooded several homes" when in fact, it flooded almost everything in Sabine Pass. I know that almost every structure was uninhabitable after Rita so I don't really agree with their choice of words there. Although the storm surge in Sabine Pass was lower than in Holly Beach, I don't know how much difference it makes if you look at your property and see a slab where your house once was or you can see the roof of your flattened house as in many cases in Sabine Pass. It's not like Sabine Pass has a very high population, but for those who call it home, they were DEVASTATED!

[MiamiensisWx]

Here you go, southfloridawx2005...

[MiamiensisWx]

By the way, the Franklin, Harvey, and Zeta reports have now been posted, too, along with Rita. Only Beta is left!

[SouthFloridawx]

that is so cool thanks cape verde

[P.K.]

From the Zeta report:

"The National Hurricane Centre has also identified an unnamed subtropical storm that formed earlier in 2005."

[f5]

155 knots=178.25 mph which means RIta had 180 mph WINDS!!! just like Mitch had.Katrina Rita and Wilma went off the scale as far as winds go

[f5]

Katrina decided to have those outer band to give her that nasty buzzsaw monster apperence

[senorpepr]

Franklin's, Harvey's, Rita's, and Zeta's reports are included with the other's on the S2K Worldwide Tropical Update's page at http://tropicalupdates.nhcwx.com/reports.htm

Now... just waiting for Beta's and the Unnamed storm (if they do one)...

[HURAKAN]

senorpepr, I think they will do one for the unnamed subtropical storm because in 2000 we also had an unnamed subtropical storm and they did a report on it!

So, the total now goes up to 31 DEPRESSIONS, 28 STORMS, 15 HURRICANES, 7 MAYOR HURRICANES, 4 CAT. 5, & 2 CAT. 5 OVER OR AT 180 MPH!

[senorpepr]

I think so too, Sandy.

[f5]

feet of glass in Houston?

Rita likely was a 2 at landfall, and would have been a marginal cane in Houston. Conditions would have been similar to Miami in Wilma, a lot of damage, but the city would have survived, probably better off than it did after Allison

i'm talking about 150+ sustained winds in downtown houston would blow out windows .its like throwing a 1,000 darts at a dart board at the same time

[HURAKAN]

Didn't Maxfield mentioned this subtropical system during his interview in Talkin' Tropics? Did he anything when did it form or something like it?

[HURAKAN]

Just got this via e-mail from the NHC:

Sandy Delgado wrote:
In Zeta's final report the NHC is commenting on an unnamed subtropical storm that formed earlier in the 2005 hurricane season. Will the NHC have a report on this storm as well? In what month did it form?

Thanks,

Have a good day!




Yes, we will be preparing a report on this system. It was in October.

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James L. Franklin

Hurricane Specialist, National Hurricane Center
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