(Weather Analyst)

Mon Sep 19 2005 11:25 PM

Re: Rita interfacing with the Cuban Coast?

She's not over Cuba. Both Radar and IR don't show that:

http://flhurricane.com/imageanimator.php?7
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/float-ir4-loop.html

She's forcast to thread the needle between Cuba and Florida, and that's, unfortunately, what she looks to be doing.

However, her center did drift south...just no where near far enough to make Cuba a factor yet:

http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/omd/ops/weather/vortex.html

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