Margie
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Thu Sep 22 2005 04:29 AM
Re: Rita Chugs Westward with 175MPH Winds

Just reviewed the 11pm forecast points and the landfall has moved a little to the NE, bringing it close to where the landfall was predicted a couple days ago. Unfortunately still to the SW of Galveston.

Any word on if they are going to be able to get recon in there soon? How strange to be missing these hours that are certain to have some record-setting numbers. The intensity forecast peaks sometime between now and 7am.

Cloud tops are continuing to get cooler on satellite, with only a couple more images to go before the nightly outage.

Oh I'm going to have to go soon...another nasty thunderstorm has arrived with hail and lightling. All night the Twin Cities has been getting hammered.



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