Just wondering if anyone has a found an accurate site for Rita wind speeds?
I have not seen any substained wind reports to support Cat. 3?
Thanks:
Mike
Looking at the initial data -- it is likely that Rita had no "sustained" winds to make it a Cat-3.
Catastrophe Perspectives::
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLIts maximum sustained wind speeds were near 85 MPH and its minimum Hurricane Rita finally made landfall with Category 3 intensity at 2:30 AM CDT on the
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File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint - View as HTMLHurricane Cat 2 with 100 mph (160 km/h) max sustained winds. 20th Sep, 3:55 PM:. Hurricane Cat 5 with max wind. speeds of 165 mph (265 km/h). Rita formation
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Mike
Lake Charles NWS had problems with several stations and that might be due to it being out.
The last analysis made by AOML just prior to landfall suggests Rita was right on the border between cat 2 and 3. Guess TPC went on the conservative side and stuck with the 3. Whether cat 3 conditions existed somewhere along the coast or not we'll never know - but it doesn't sound like too much of a stretch based on what observations there are. Expect it will go in the books as cat 3 at landfall.
Rita Just: ZoomInfo Business People Information::
RITA HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED TO A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE WITH WINDS OF 85 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 60 KT WITH GUSTS TO 75 KT.
http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Just_Rita_1215704345.aspxHOME |
Hazardous-materials releases from offshore oil and gas facilities ::
A cross-tabulation of wind-speed category by release type shows a 2 shows Hurricane Katrina's wind swaths at 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 and 12:00 (EDT) as it
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0950423008000880HOME |
ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/hwind/200...30/col02deg.png (ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/hwind/2005/al18.2005/0924/0730/col02deg.png)
Houston Weather Blog: Hurricane Ike Storm Report::
Ike was unique because the winds were category 2 strength at landfall, while the storm surge was Wind speeds over hurricane force (74 mph) are in bold:
http://weatherblog.abc13.com/2008/09/hurricane-ike-2.htmlHOME |
Glen
FCMP tower T0 in Port Arthur reported a peak 3.0 sec wind speed of 115.7mph at 0823UTC.
http://grove.ufl.edu/~fcmp/Rita/T0/
I expect it will go in the books as a cat 3 as well. Since you don't have observations from every area this storm hit it would be hard to prove that cat 3 winds didn't exist somewhere. Unless it was clearly no where near that strong. On the other hand, if you found evidence of a cat 4 then it would be upgraded (I'm not saying that evidence exists).
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Rita wind speeds. Cat 2 or 3?