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Rita's the center of attention

By Lee Carlaw On Thursday, September 22, 2005 At 9:36 AM

Over the next 24 hours, folks along the western Gulf Coast from Texas to western Lousiana need to board up and leave. Hurricane Rita was the third most intense storm ever in the Atlantic Basin in terms of pressure last night with a minimum pressure near 898 MB. Slight weakening is anticipated today--as is the case with most hurricane of this intensity because they simply cannot maintain such severe power for an extended period of time. As of 7AM, Rita's central pressure had risen to near 907MB, but remains a devestating hurricane, much like Katrina a few weeks ago.

Rita continues to maintain an monsterous outflow to the northwest, and pretty much around the entire system. The eyewall seems to be warming slightly, indicating an eyewall replacement cycle may be imminent. This is simply the reconstruction, if you will, of the eyewall where a secondary concentric eyewall forms to take over the previous eye. The ERC will weaken the hurricane slightly, but still expect Rita to come onshore as a catastrophic Category 4/boarderline 5 hurricane.

This will cause extensive damage to eastern Texas, and a landfall should occur anywhere from Galveston to Lake Charles, LA very early Saturday Morning. Surge can be expected to be near 20 feet in some places (possibly higher) and the 17' seawall that protects the city of Galveston may be jeapordized.