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Should we post the "regular" meteorological NOW content for Rita in the Map Room? Seems like this one has strayed so far off the NOW rules to be useless...
Originally posted by BrandonWhittington
Looking at the latest water vapor images, the ridge of high pressure not begun to shift east or breakdown at all. I will agree with the computer model that keeps Rita on a due west track and not more of a northwest track.
Having the NHC to put that out there in a discussion, which means that the national media will be all over it in a second, should make the red flags fly for people not planning or preparing for possible evacuations.GIVEN THE DUAL OUTFLOW PATTERN THAT IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT 36-48 HOURS...STRENGTHENING INTO A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY.