typhoon_tip
(Meteorologist)
Thu Sep 22 2005 09:28 PM
Re: Hurricane Rita Tracking West Northwest in the Gulf

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Thunderbird thanks for your response. But this is more than just a JOG to the left woudnt you say? Would that eddy area be rotating clockwise like a little wheel out there and Rita reacted to it . Just a thought.



No she's still stairstepping along the ridge of high pressure.



I agree with this "stairstepping..." It is too early to tell. She's humming along toward the WNW at a super incredibly fast forward speed of 10mph.. Right.

In other words, like all cyclones she's liable to behave eradically at slower translational velocities.
If anyone is interested:
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.


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