| Random Chaos |
| (Weather Analyst) |
| Fri Sep 23 2005 12:33 AM |
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Re: Hurricane Rita Tracking West Northwest in the Gulf
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at 26N and 90W, she's almost over the warm Eddy Vortex
linky
it will be interesting to see if the SW portion of rita picks up that warm eddy water and blows up that side of her.
here is another map of the current SSTs: http://www.maineharbors.com/weather/seatemp4.htm
It looks like she's already starting to respond to the eddy. Look at the convection spreading and increasing to the north and east and wraping around the south. The west is still intensifying as it's still over the loop current.
If she completes the ERC while over the eddy, she might be able to regain her strength from last night.
--RC