Hurricane RITA

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HURRICANE RITA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL182005
1500Z SAT SEP 24 2005
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING FROM HIGH ISLAND TEXAS
TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM
WARNING.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE
SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF LOUISIANA EAST OF MORGAN CITY TO THE MOUTH OF
THE PEARL RIVER...INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 31.0N  94.3W AT 24/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR 350 DEGREES AT  10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  960 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  65 KT WITH GUSTS TO  90 KT.
64 KT....... 25NE  30SE  25SW  25NW.
50 KT....... 30NE  40SE  45SW  45NW.
34 KT....... 60NE 120SE  50SW  50NW.
12 FT SEAS..  0NE 175SE 175SW   0NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 31.0N  94.3W AT 24/1500Z
AT 24/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 30.5N  94.2W
 
FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 32.5N  94.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 50NE  50SE  30SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 25/1200Z 34.0N  93.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 26/0000Z 34.5N  92.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 26/1200Z 34.5N  91.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 27/1200Z 34.5N  90.0W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 325 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 28/1200Z 34.5N  90.0W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 29/1200Z 34.5N  90.0W...DISSIPATING
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 31.0N  94.3W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 24/2100Z
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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