Hugh
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Thu Sep 22 2005 08:10 PM
Re: Hurricane Rita Tracking West Northwest in the Gulf

Quote:

REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...26.0 N... 89.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...145
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 913 MB.
hrm, it's maintaining the speed/pressure even though its unstable...



Uh... what exactly is unstable? The CDO looks almost as symmetrical as it did 24 hours ago, although the cloud tops are not as high. It still looks like a cat 4 storm on IR. I'm a bit surprised the pressue isn't back below 910, in fact.


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