Wednesday, September 21, 2005
National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Rita is a bad Mamma Jamma
This is from the latest NHC release. I've never understood why they do these in all caps.
...RITA BECOMES THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD...DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCEAIRCRAFT AT 623 PM CDT...2323Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HASFALLEN TO BELOW 899 MB...OR 26.55 INCHES. THE DROPSONDE INSTRUMENTMEASURED 32 KT/35 MPH WINDS AT THE SURFACE...WHICH MEANS IT LIKELYDID NOT RECORD THE LOWEST PRESSURE IN THE EYE OF RITA. THE CENTRALPRESSURE IS PROBABLY AT LEAST AS LOW AS 898 MB...AND PERHAPS EVENLOWER. FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES... A PRESSURE OF 898 MB IS ASSUMED...WHICH NOW MAKES RITA THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OFPRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN. SOME ADDITIONAL DEEPENING ANDINTENSIFICATION IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO.RITA CURRENTLY RANKS BEHIND HURRICANE GILBERT IN 1988 WITH 888 MBAND THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE WITH 892 MB.
...RITA BECOMES THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD...DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCEAIRCRAFT AT 623 PM CDT...2323Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HASFALLEN TO BELOW 899 MB...OR 26.55 INCHES. THE DROPSONDE INSTRUMENTMEASURED 32 KT/35 MPH WINDS AT THE SURFACE...WHICH MEANS IT LIKELYDID NOT RECORD THE LOWEST PRESSURE IN THE EYE OF RITA. THE CENTRALPRESSURE IS PROBABLY AT LEAST AS LOW AS 898 MB...AND PERHAPS EVENLOWER. FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES... A PRESSURE OF 898 MB IS ASSUMED...WHICH NOW MAKES RITA THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OFPRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN. SOME ADDITIONAL DEEPENING ANDINTENSIFICATION IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO.RITA CURRENTLY RANKS BEHIND HURRICANE GILBERT IN 1988 WITH 888 MBAND THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE WITH 892 MB.
# posted by Jude Boudreaux @ 9/21/2005 05:07:00 PM 
