Rita thinking...

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Yeah I'v noticed that Reconmod...But the dry air over texas should give it trouble. In the larger eye should take quite some time to pull together.

[Dmetal81]

Yeah I'v noticed that Reconmod...But the dry air over texas should give it trouble. In the larger eye should take quite some time to pull together.

You keep harping on the "dry air in texas" but Im seeing the "dry air" being pushed to the west. Perhaps I am reading the chart wrong, you tell me?

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/s4/index2.html

Click on Precipitable Water

Click on the map for loop

Appears dry air is retreating.

[THead]

No matter what the wind speed is at landfall, the storm surge will still be at Cat 5 levels won't it? Since it was at cat 5 last night? I thought like with Katrina, once the surge was generated, it would still be at or near its highest point of the storm.

[f5]

Rita is thinking which way is the best way to cause the most distruction and so she sees Houston with that eye of hers

[Derek Ortt]

those mino vorticies are what causes nearly all of the wind damage in a major hurricane. They are quite common, but are not really tornadoes, more like small streaks of wind

[Viper252]

Im thinking this will be a strong Cat 5 when it hits. Going over the Warm Eddy will make it stronger. At least Cat 5. Then going over the Warm water right before it hits land could make it Bomb out even more just like Charley.