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Well actually, more like an intrusion of dry air that got sucked in from the land (always a problem when these huge (diameter wise) storms get anywhere near land. Its like a vacuum that sucks in a chord and wraps around the spindle brushes choking the mechanism. For you football fans...I'd compare this to Terrell Owens running head first into Warren Sapp. BAM! http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/FLOAT/WV/20.jpg http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/post-goes http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/FLOAT/RGB/20.jpg It looks as though Rita is emerging off of the Loop Current Eddies and into cooler water(but still more than warm enough to sustain CAT 3-4 Status) as demonstrated by the following image.... http://ccar.colorado.edu/~leben/rita_wind.jpg |