funky
(Weather Hobbyist)
Thu Sep 22 2005 10:04 PM
Re: Hurricane Rita Tracking West Northwest in the Gulf

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Deep purples are now entrained into Rita once again, an indication that the cloud tops are cooling at a rapid pace.




yes, and notice that rita's sw zone is moving into the warm eddy....just pulling that heat up on its south side...very visible on the ir.

joe b. just showed a disturbance between two ridges moving away in the last few hours, and might be possibly an early indication that the high over tx is going to start pulling rita westward. not good news for houston.

rita has seemingly followed the warm eddy off the loop current....weird!



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