My school district ran paychecks today...we should be paid Friday, but we're getting paid today or tomorrow. Only good news to come out of this Hurricane.
my sisters and mother stay in the apt on stella link and northbraeswood...right across the bayou. during allison the houses near there flooded, but the apt was fine. i'm afraid this may not be the case with Rita.
It was 944 earlier today. For comparison, Katrina's lowest was 902, and the lowest ever recorded was 888.
Here's the NWS website for the vortex data messages. -----> HERE <------ For a explanation on how to decode the messages go -----> Here <-----
I'm looking at the latest NOGAPS run and it seems like it has joined the rest of the party and is forecasting landfall between Corpus Christi and Houston. https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/ It takes some clicking to get around there, but click on NGP for North America and you can then show the latest loop etc.
Boy, y'all are going to look really silly when this thing takes its southern turn and aims towards Brownsville. As for me? I'm going to sleep soundly Friday night. Then I'll wake up Saturday morning and catch my flight to Tennessee. No worries, gents. I'll be surprised if this is more than a tropical storm come landfall. And it isn't going to land anywhere near here.
If you are flying out of Houston you better think again. We are moving our flight up from Thursday night to Thursday morning just to be safe.
highly unlikely you'll be flying out of houston on saturday...I'm no meteorologist or expert, but just look at the facts... massive rain/heavy winds = no planes in the sky... pretty simple equation
Latest vortex is out. Central pressure down to 920mb. Max flight level winds at 153kts. 000 URNT12 KNHC 211808 VORTEX DATA MESSAGE A. 21/17:53:20Z B. 24 deg 17 min N 086 deg 10 min W C. 700 mb 2400 m D. 110 kt E. 277 deg 005 nm F. 016 deg 153 kt G. 287 deg 007 nm H. 920 mb I. 9 C/ 3040 m J. 26 C/ 3050 m K. 3 C/ NA L. CLOSED M. C20 N. 12345/ 7 O. 0.02 / 1 nm P. AF300 1418A RITA OB 05 MAX FL WIND 153 KT W QUAD 17:51:30 Z
I would recommend a 72 hour ban from the forum for this guy. Someone infecting fat and stupid into this forum at this time is not a good thing.
