PersianPaladin

Does anyone have a rainfall radar for Texas\Louisana?

Have u noticed something interesting recently when the graphic shows rainbands travelling eastwards towards the coast of Norway?... You see the rainband turning whitish yellow when it approaches the Norwegian coast.

I think the intensely dry high-pressure zone was largely responsible for reducing Rita so quickly as it got closer to landfall. Looks like those southerly wind shear estimates came true.

Where is everyone? I remember with Katrina..there was always at least 20-30 people on this thread

What a load of hype for nothing.... I thought Rita was going to be as impressive as Katrina with the way it developed so quickly. Now...it's come onshore as a damp squib....

Do u have actual evidence of this?

Actually, i remember u saying that...hats off to ya Wish i could forecast these big cumbersome things.

Goodnite all...god bless. :o

25 INCHES??!?

In the battle between that high-pressure and Rita...looks like the high-pressure is winning and Rita will probably have weakened to Cat 3 via landfall.

Yep...she's still a Cat 4. Sustained winds are now fluctuating between 135-140mph. I think she'll maintain as a low Cat 4 until hitting land...mainly because she is still in the Gulf and the high pressure to the north is slowly starting to wane.

Okay...i'll try again shall I. If temperatures on the coast were as high as those in Basra (i.e. 40 degree's +) - how much of a bearing would have that on rainfall exarcebation as well as the degree of convergence?

Looks like a battle between the ridge and the trough....

High winds or not...there are going to be some violent thunderstorms and very heavy downpours in Texas and LA later on tonight. Relief in Texas is pretty flat i think.

Hey! Who removed my post?!? Please...if any one removes any posts please say that u are doing so. I find that extremely annoying.

What post isn't relevant?

I don't think there is a great degree of interaction there, but i agree that there is some interaction, but not to the extent where any is trying to 'pull' another apart. Phillipe is now only as strong as a lively October low-pressure system that would affect Scotland at this time of the year.

lOOOL...I didn't see the video\clip of that. Sorry...i thought he was a proper surfer.

I don't think it's fair to cuff him like that. If he wants to go out and surf...let him.

That needs a Java runtime plug-in that refuses to install it self on my system. In fact, i've had Java before and it was complete pants....

Good point....i would quite enjoy surfing a tsunami sized wave. It would literally be the thrill to end all thrills... :o

I think we need a new thread....

Latest image of Rita: - Is it me or is she shrinking?

000 WTUS84 KCRP 230649 HLSCRP GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ232>234-242>247-231000- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 200 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 ...DANGEROUS HURRICANE RITA CONTINUES HEADING TOWARD THE UPPER TEXAS COAST... ...THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE RESIDENTS OF CALHOUN...NUECES... SAN PATRICIO...ARANSAS...REFUGIO...GOLIAD...BEE...VICTORIA AND KLEBERG COUNTIES... ...WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT... THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SHOWS HURRICANE RITA MAKING LANDFALL JUST EAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PORT O'CONNOR SOUTH TO PORT MANSFIELD. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT O'CONNOR. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING INCLUDES KLEBERG...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...ARANSAS...REFUGIO AND CALHOUN COUNTIES. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST AND PARTS OF LOUISIANA FROM PORT O'CONNOR NORTHWARD TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL COUNTIES OF KLEBERG...NUECES...BEE...SAN PATRICIO... REFUGIO...ARANSAS...CALHOUN...GOLIAD AND VICTORIA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 420 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI. RITA CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK HURRICANE RITA WILL BE APPROACHING THE UPPER TEXAS COAST LATE FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RITA REMAINS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .EVACUATION INFORMATION... MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN COUNTY. A DUSK TO DAWN CURFEW IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN COUNTY. VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN PLACE FOR THE COASTAL BEND COUNTIES OF BEE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...REFUGIO...JIM WELLS... AND NUECES. FOR CORPUS CHRISTI...A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ORDER IS IN PLACE FOR THE CITY. FOR PORT ARANSAS...A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ORDER IS IN PLACE. THE BEACHES REMAIN CLOSED. EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN LIFTED FOR ARANSAS...SAN PATRICIO... AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE RITA ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE INTO THE OFFSHORE WATERS WITH SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET OCCURRING 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT O'CONNOR. SEAS WILL RISE TO 13 TO 17 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING AND 20 TO 25 FEET OFFSHORE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TIDE LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST FROM BAFFIN BAY NORTH TO PORT O'CONNOR. THE HIGH SWELLS AFFECTING THE COAST THIS MORNING WILL OCCUR ALONG WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE AT PORT OCONNOR. HIGH TIDE AT PORT OCONNOR IS AT 450 AM. THE SWELL COMBINED WITH THESE HIGH TIDES WILL PUSH TIDE LEVELS AS HIGH AS 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF BEACHES AND BEACH ACCESS ROADS. THE PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE HAS ALREADY REPORTED THE WATER UP TO THE DUNES. TIDE LEVELS OF 5 TO 6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE AT PORT OCONNOR AND PORTIONS OF MATAGORDA ISLAND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SHALLOW FLOODING OF SOME AREAS IN PORT OCONNOR. SOME LOW LYING AREAS OF MAGNOLIA BEACH WILL ALSO BE FLOODED. IN ADDITION...LARGE SECTIONS OF MATAGORDA ISLAND WILL BE FLOODED AS WELL AS AREAS OF THE ARANSAS WILDLIFE REFUGE. CONSIDERABLE FLOODING IN THE INDIANOLA AREA MAY ALSO OCCUR. IN ADDITION...HIGH SWELLS WILL PRODUCE VERY ROUGH SURF AND A GREATER RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. SWIMMING OR SURFING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ...WIND IMPACTS... BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF RITA...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WITH SPEEDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...COULD REACH THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY NORTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO PORT OCONNOR. THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 AM CDT THIS EVENING. $$ DUNN

Well that chap is a profoundly ignorant cretin... :o