Tropical Depression RITA (2005)
09/25 4:00 AM EDT - Rita Weakens To A Depression But Remains A Heavy Rain Producer
33.0N 93.9E
Windspeed: 35 MPH - Pressure: 985mb
Movement: North near 10 MPH
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Public Storm Advisory RITA B C Dvorak T-Numbers TAFB ssd UW-CIMSS
Governmental Storm Discussion RITA B C
Forecast Advisory RITA B
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See 4 animated recordings related to RITA -- Tropical Tidbits Info Page for RITA - Weather Underground Wundermap - NHC Interactive Map Plot
Buoy Reports Near RITA - CIMSS Data for RITA - RAMMB Info and Satellites for RITA
Potential Storm Surge Flooding Map (Inundation) - NHC Track Map (See this animated)
National Hurricane Center 7 Day Plot for RITA. National Hurricane Center 7 Day Experimental Plot for RITA. Most Likely Time of Arrival of Tropical Storm Force Winds

National Hurricane Center Hurricane Wind Probabilities for RITA National Hurricane Center Hurricane Wind Probabilities for RITAfa
CIMSS Animated Satellite:

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Satellite (IR/Vis) Loop IR, Loop Vis:
NOAA GOES Sandwich image for RITA NOAA GOES GeoColor image for RITA
Satellite (Water Vapor) Loop WV:
The Following Graphic is from Clark Evans and the University of Wisconsin See This animated)


Coordinate History

Adv# Date Lat Long Wind Pres Movement Type Name Received Forecaster
1...CORREC09/18 4:00 AM22.0N69.7E30MPH1009mbWest-northwest near 10 MPHTDTD#1809/17 10:43 PMStewart
1A09/18 7:00 AM22.1N70.2E30MPH1009mbWest-northwest near 10 MPHTDTD#1809/18 1:46 AMFranklin
209/18 10:00 AM21.7N71.2E30MPH1008mbWest near 12 MPHTDTD#1809/18 4:46 AMFranklin
2A09/18 1:00 PM21.7N71.7E30MPH1008mbWest near 12 MPHTDTD#1809/18 8:03 AMKnabb
309/18 4:00 PM22.0N72.2E35MPH1008mbWest near 12 MPHTDTD#1809/18 10:46 AMKnabb
3A09/18 7:00 PM21.9N72.4E35MPH1006mbWest near 10 MPHTDTD#1809/18 2:03 PMKnabb
409/18 10:00 PM22.2N72.7E40MPH1005mbWest near 10 MPHTSRita09/18 5:03 PMKnabb
4A09/19 1:00 AM22.7N72.9E50MPH1005mbNorthwest near 9 MPHTSRita09/18 7:46 PMStewart
509/19 4:00 AM22.9N73.3E50MPH1002mbWest-northwest near 10 MPHTSRita09/18 10:49 PMStewart
5A09/19 7:00 AM23.0N73.7E50MPH1002mbWest-northwest near 10 MPHTSRita09/19 1:40 AMFranklin
609/19 10:00 AM22.7N74.3E60MPH998mbWest near 9 MPHTSRita09/19 4:49 AMFranklin
6A09/19 1:00 PM22.8N74.6E60MPH997mbWest near 9 MPHTSRita09/19 7:58 AMKnabb/franklin
709/19 4:00 PM23.0N75.2E65MPH994mbWest-northwest near 12 MPHTSRita09/19 10:55 AMKnabb
7A09/19 7:00 PM23.1N75.9E70MPH993mbWest-northwest near 14 MPHTSRita09/19 2:03 PMKnabb
809/19 10:00 PM23.3N76.5E70MPH995mbWest-northwest near 14 MPHTSRita09/19 4:58 PMKnabb
8A09/20 1:00 AM23.1N77.0E70MPH995mbWest-northwest near 13 MPHTSRita09/19 7:37 PMBeven
909/20 4:00 AM23.3N77.8E70MPH990mbWest-northwest near 14 MPHTSRita09/19 10:49 PMBeven
9A09/20 7:00 AM23.6N78.8E70MPH991mbWest-northwest near 17 MPHTSRita09/20 1:55 AMFranklin
1009/20 10:00 AM23.7N79.5E70MPH988mbWest-northwest near 15 MPHTSRita09/20 4:55 AMFranklin
10A09/20 1:00 PM23.8N80.4E70MPH988mbBetween...west and west-northwest near 15 MPHTSRita09/20 7:49 AMAvila
1109/20 4:00 PM23.8N81.0E85MPH982mbWest near 15 MPHH1Rita09/20 11:05 AMAvila
1209/20 7:00 PM23.9N81.7E100MPH978mbWest near 15 MPHH2Rita09/20 1:40 PMAvila
1309/20 10:00 PM24.0N82.2E100MPH973mbWest near 15 MPHH2Rita09/20 4:55 PMAvila
13A09/21 1:00 AM24.0N82.6E105MPH969mbWest near 12 MPHH2Rita09/20 7:58 PMStewart
1409/21 4:00 AM24.1N83.2E110MPH965mbWest near 13 MPHH2Rita09/20 10:52 PMStewart
14A09/21 7:00 AM24.2N84.0E115MPH960mbWest near 14 MPHH3Rita09/21 1:55 AMBeven
1509/21 10:00 AM24.3N84.6E120MPH956mbWest near 14 MPHH3Rita09/21 4:37 AMBeven
15A09/21 1:00 PM24.4N85.3E135MPH948mbWest near 14 MPHH4Rita09/21 7:40 AMAvila
1609/21 4:00 PM24.3N85.9E140MPH944mbWest near 13 MPHH4Rita09/21 10:49 AMAvila
1709/21 10:00 PM24.4N86.8E165MPH914mbWest near 13 MPHH5Rita09/21 4:58 PMAvila
17A09/22 1:00 AM24.5N86.8E165MPH898mbWest near 13 MPHH5Rita09/21 8:03 PMStewart/landsea
1809/22 4:00 AM24.6N87.2E175MPH897mbWest near 9 MPHH5Rita09/21 10:43 PMStewart
18A09/22 7:00 AM24.8N87.6E175MPH898mbWest-northwest near 9 MPHH5Rita09/22 2:00 AMBeven
1909/22 10:00 AM24.9N88.0E175MPH897mbWest-northwest near 9 MPHH5Rita09/22 4:34 AMBeven
19A09/22 1:00 PM25.2N88.3E170MPH907mbWest-northwest near 9 MPHH5Rita09/22 7:40 AMAvila
2009/22 4:00 PM25.4N88.7E165MPH907mbWest-northwest near 9 MPHH5Rita09/22 11:01 AMAvila
20A09/22 7:00 PM25.5N89.2E150MPH915mbWest-northwest near 9 MPHH4Rita09/22 1:41 PMAvila
2109/22 10:00 PM25.8N89.5E145MPH913mbWest-northwest near 9 MPHH4Rita09/22 4:53 PMAvila
21A09/23 1:00 AM26.0N89.9E145MPH913mbWest-northwest near 10 MPHH4Rita09/22 8:03 PMKnabb
2209/23 4:00 AM26.2N90.3E140MPH917mbWest-northwest near 10 MPHH4Rita09/22 10:52 PMKnabb
22A09/23 7:00 AM26.4N90.6E140MPH921mbWest-northwest near 10 MPHH4Rita09/23 1:46 AMBeven
2309/23 10:00 AM26.8N91.0E140MPH927mbNorthwest near 10 MPHH4Rita09/23 4:55 AMBeven
23A09/23 1:00 PM27.1N91.5E140MPH930mbNorthwest near 10 MPHH4Rita09/23 7:55 AMAvila
2409/23 4:00 PM27.4N91.9E135MPH929mbNorthwest near 10 MPHH4Rita09/23 10:55 AMAvila
24A09/23 7:00 PM27.8N92.2E125MPH931mbNorthwest near 10 MPHH3Rita09/23 1:53 PMAvila
2509/23 10:00 PM28.2N92.6E125MPH930mbNorthwest near 12 MPHH3Rita09/23 4:45 PMAvila
25A09/24 12:00 AM28.5N92.9E125MPH931mbNorthwest near 13 MPHH3Rita09/23 7:03 PMKnabb
25B09/24 2:00 AM28.7N93.0E120MPH931mbNorthwest near 11 MPHH3Rita09/23 9:05 PMKnabb
2609/24 4:00 AM29.1N93.2E120MPH931mbNorthwest near 12 MPHH3Rita09/23 10:52 PMKnabb
26B09/24 8:00 AM29.6N93.7E120MPH937mbNorthwest near 12 MPHH3Rita09/24 3:00 AMBeven
2709/24 10:00 AM29.9N93.9E120MPH937mbNorthwest near 12 MPHH3Rita09/24 4:40 AMBeven
27A09/24 1:00 PM30.4N94.2E100MPH950mbNorthwest near 12 MPHH2Rita09/24 7:49 AMAvila
2809/24 4:00 PM31.0N94.3E75MPH960mbNorth near 12 MPHH1Rita09/24 10:43 AMAvila
28A09/24 7:00 PM31.6N94.2E70MPH975mbNorth near 12 MPHTSRita09/24 1:49 PMAvila
2909/24 10:00 PM32.1N94.0E50MPH980mbNorth near 12 MPHTSRita09/24 4:43 PMAvila
29A09/25 1:00 AM32.5N94.0E40MPH983mbNorth near 11 MPHTSRita09/24 8:03 PMKnabb
3009/25 4:00 AM33.0N93.9E35MPH985mbNorth near 10 MPHTDRITA09/24 10:37 PMKnabb
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