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9/19/2005 2:02:26 PM

^ wow that really contributed to this thread, as did your post on page 7

9/19/2005 2:26:25 PM

What time is the next track put out?

oh and for this page

9/19/2005 2:32:21 PM

Quote :

"wow that really contributed to this thread, as did your post on page 7"

you have 1000+ posts

you should know how this shit works

i.e.: blow me

9/19/2005 2:34:55 PM

its just as gay as saying "FIRST POST OMFG LOL!!!11one"

9/19/2005 2:41:54 PM

i bet you are just pissed that you couldnt call the page

9/19/2005 2:43:49 PM

Quote :

"What time is the next track put out?"

around 5pm

The times they are generally put out are 5AM, 11AM, 5PM, and 11PM

but i believe this changes when the storm is currently threatening land

9/19/2005 3:30:55 PM

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"000 WTNT33 KNHC 191800 TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM RITA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2 PM EDT MON SEP 19 2005 ...RITA NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS... AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS DISCONTINUED ALL WARNINGS FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXUMAS AND FOR ANDROS ISLAND IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE REMAINDER OF THE BAHAMAS. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA FROM GOLDEN BEACH SOUTHWARD TO FLORIDA CITY AND WESTWARD TO EAST CAPE SABLE...AND FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM OCEAN REEF TO THE DRY TORTUGAS...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF VILLA CLARA AND MATANZAS. A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCES OF CIUDAD DE HABANA...LA HABANA...AND PINAR DEL RIO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCES OF CIEGO DE AVILA...SANCTI SPIRITUS...AND CIENFUEGOS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM DEERFIELD BEACH FLORIDA SOUTHWARD TO NORTH OF GOLDEN BEACH...AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF DEERFIELD BEACH NORTHWARD TO JUPITER INLET. A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA PENINSULA FROM WEST OF EAST CAPE SABLE NORTHWARD TO CHOKOLOSKEE...AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA COAST FROM NORTH OF CHOKOLOSKEE TO ENGLEWOOD. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 75.9 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN ON GREAT EXUMA IN THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 165 MILES... 265 KM... SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU AND ABOUT 380 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA. RITA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH... 23 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF RITA WILL PASS OVER OR NEAR ANDROS ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS TONIGHT...AND APPROACH THE FLORIDA KEYS TUESDAY MORNING. DATA FROM THE STEPPED FREQUENCY MICROWAVE RADIOMETER ONBOARD A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...115 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND RITA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES ...230 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES. RITA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL CUBA. STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS AND NORTHWESTERN CUBA...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 6 TO 9 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA COAST...AND IN THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS. REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...23.1 N... 75.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM EDT. FORECASTER KNABB "

Should be a hurricane in next advisory.

9/19/2005 3:36:32 PM

The odds of two Cat 4+ hurricanes hitting NO in one season would be beyond hilarious.

9/19/2005 3:56:17 PM

The first one wasn't very hilarious to begin with

9/19/2005 4:04:48 PM

HILFUCKINGARIOUS

9/19/2005 4:07:38 PM

If it hits New Orleans again, let's just consider it God's mandate, shall we?

9/19/2005 4:21:24 PM

Ouch. Let's just hope it doesn't go that route.

*crosses fingers*

9/19/2005 5:19:18 PM

Well, somebody along the gulf coast is getting fucked.

9/19/2005 5:29:33 PM

I hope it does hit N'Orleans.

I just want to see how many idiots don't leave the second time.

9/19/2005 6:06:04 PM

the best logic is to hope it hits nawlins. why not fuck up whats already fucked up instead of fucking something else up.

9/20/2005 4:09:28 AM

^ this post may very well be one of the signs of the coming apocalypse.

9/20/2005 6:41:40 AM

bttt

9/20/2005 10:03:41 PM

And another and another and another, We should just excommunicate non-landlocked citys.

9/20/2005 10:07:25 PM

These images are the IGES Maximum Potential Intensity plots valid today. The weather mail list has good discussion and these were brought up today. Look at the potential values along and in the Gulf area. Interesting numbers.

9/20/2005 10:11:33 PM

Now that's just wrong...

9/20/2005 11:52:41 PM

I think this one is another LA storm. next year its all about texas...i can see it now. a nice progression

9/21/2005 12:07:09 AM

ATTN Galveston:

Get the heck out of dodge. These gulf hurricanes aint messing around.


-People of New Orleans



At least one guy is gearing up to stop it.

9/21/2005 12:09:04 AM

The current forecast track has the eye passing over my hometown where I was born. Its only like an hour drive from the Gulf, so I'm afraid it might get fux0red.

9/21/2005 6:35:49 AM

according to AP Rita is now a Cat 4

9/21/2005 8:07:30 AM

CNN reported that this morning.

The prediction was for it to be eventually a cat 3 as of yesterday. Then they said it could be a category 3 this morning and eventually a 4.

This morning it hit a 4 and they said that it could get breifly to a 5.

9/21/2005 9:18:58 AM

OMF Freak out!

9/21/2005 10:27:48 AM

It will be interesting to see what this storm does.

I wonder when the next one will hit NC though.

9/21/2005 11:17:47 AM

Usually the threads in the lounge are reserved for someone dignified threads and repsonses. Maybe not so much anymore after reading some of the shit posted on this page.

However, I hope they take care of the aquarium this time (unlike in NO) since Galvaston has a huge aruarium that houses 100s of penguins ---

I hope people have learned from Katrina and will get the hell out of town. If I lived within two hours of the beach or more anywhere along the Gulf Coast (in Texas) I would be peacing out.

9/21/2005 11:22:42 AM

Yeah, but Houston is above sea-level. New Orleans is was not. Flooding won't be nearly as much of an issue with Rita as with Katrina. Okay, maybe in Galveston, but not Houston.

But yay for the gas prices that'll probably top $5/gal...

9/21/2005 11:58:30 AM

^ time to invest!

9/21/2005 1:16:39 PM

cat 5 now


why cant WE get one

9/21/2005 4:29:52 PM

Rita's bout to fuck some shit up

9/21/2005 7:26:23 PM

We've gotten a 4 before.

9/21/2005 7:26:41 PM

It will likely drop from a category 5 due to the difficulty of a storm maintaining that kind of strength.

I wonder if it could drop to a 3.

Looking at the maps and considering the warmth of the water I would imagine it would stay a 4 if/when it drops.

9/21/2005 7:41:29 PM

Pressure just dropped to 899 mb. Third strongest ever recorded. Even stronger than Katrina.

9/21/2005 8:11:22 PM

Hurricane Rita becomes third most intense storm on record, according to National Hurricane Center figures.

9/21/2005 8:15:08 PM

Looks like we'll get to see how that sea wall they built in Galveston after the 1900 hurricane works.

9/21/2005 9:24:21 PM

holy crap, they are saying they recorded a gust of 200 mph in this storm

9/21/2005 11:25:19 PM

damn that thing is a beast

9/21/2005 11:52:47 PM

It just busted the 900mb mark:

897 MB



http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/220249.shtml
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 897 MB...26.49 INCHES.
THIS MEANS RITA IS THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OF
PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN.

9/22/2005 12:26:28 AM

cool satellite pictures plz

9/22/2005 12:49:00 AM

http://www.cira.colostate.edu/RAMM/rmsdsol/RSOMAIN.HTML

Go there...during daylight hours, there's some awesome 7-minute interval visible imagery

9/22/2005 1:02:34 AM

Why is this year's hurricane season so bad? And also what happens if they run out of names after Wilma? Just curious if that has ever happened.

9/22/2005 1:40:24 AM

refer to the previous page

9/22/2005 1:42:15 AM

Ok i see, Im too lazy to look and I knew someone would know.

9/22/2005 1:45:11 AM

katrina is bout to get shown up

9/22/2005 1:55:14 AM

last year was worse so far-

slight strengthing into the 180s is expected before it weakens!!

[Edited on September 22, 2005 at 3:11 AM. Reason : j]

9/22/2005 3:10:38 AM

is it wrong that i want this thing to take a southern turn into mexico?

9/22/2005 7:23:00 AM

no not a bad idea


this is an awesome storm in the one aspect


but man


what a bad thing this will be

9/22/2005 7:51:41 AM