Ziet ernaar uit dat Rita een ferme bedreiging vormt voor Golfkust, zelfs een kans (een kleine) dat Louisiana terug getroffen wordt.
Mogelijk bereikt Rita de status van major hurricane dan.
En alsof dit nog niet genoeg is, op de Atlantische Oceaan is waarschijnlijk de volgende TD al in de maak:
A 1009 MB LOW IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL ATLC NEAR 12N38W...ALONG
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ALONG 38W/39W S OF 24N MOVING W NEAR 10
KT. THE WAVE REMAINS QUITE SHARP AND IS PRODUCING DEEP
CONVECTION NEAR ITS N END AS WELL AS E AND N OF THE LOW-LEVEL
CENTER. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BETWEEN
12N-15N AND THIS WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR
TROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 75 NM OF
37W FROM 10.5N-14N AND FROM 14N-18N BETWEEN 34W-42W. SCATTERED
MODERATE CONVECTION IS FROM 21N-26N BETWEEN 33W-38W.
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