facts:
1. Rita is tracking right of the forecast track and has been for a while. Rick you've been calling it. Check any of the Floater Loop and click the Tropical Forecast Points box or look at this. Link 1
2. Rita is tracking right into the warm Vortex Eddy and will have a fairly warm route from here on in. Link 2
3. On IR the convection is clearly better organized. The red donut is coming back and she is more symetric. The plain eye can see this.