(Weather Analyst)

Tue Sep 20 2005 02:51 PM

Re: Category 2

Not deep water, but not shallow either. In fact, the track Rita is forcast to take is over the warmest deep water in the gulf:

http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hhc/watl/z26.watl.20050920.gif

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