NorEaster
(Registered User)
Fri Sep 23 2005 01:23 PM
RITA running into a brick wall of dry air

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



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