Amazing Rita Image

11:15 a.m. MONSTER

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Check out tail end Charlie on the east side of Rita, in the feeder band. Does the GOM really have that much energy left that it can support that huge discrete storm, after being passed over by the 'cane?

Yikes.

The GOM is a big powerkeg and it's being tapped this year.
 
Anyone have links for high-res. copies of these. I can only find small
jpeg copies of copies.

Thanks:

Mike
 
Originally posted by Andrew Khan

What is that part bubbling up/standing out on the right?

Just an area of enhanced convection... Looks like a large overshooting top typically associated with supercells.
 
Wow, Kevin. Thanks for the find. Really detailed image, but it's HUGE. Do the size differ in how far away the image was taken, or it just bigger? The files size is 8237.68 KB (8435381 bytes).
 
WFAA-TV out of Dallas has a nice little video clip from inside Rita's eye that was filmed yesterday (9/21/05). There are a couple of very nice shots of the vertical face of the wall. It is called "Into the Eye" and it is on the front page of the site if you are interested.

www.wfaa.com
 
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