Random Chaos
(Weather Analyst)
Thu Sep 22 2005 10:35 PM
Re: Hurricane Rita Tracking West Northwest in the Gulf

Quote:

eyewall is open and ragged.

linky



You can clearly make out the outer eye at almost double the radius to the inner eye that is now clearly open. I'm thinking it will finish the ERC before it's fully over the eddy, and then it can grow again.

Here's the same graphic animated for 6 frames: http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/get...amp;numframes=6


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