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HURRICANE RITA PROBABILITIES NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2005
 
PROBABILITIES FOR GUIDANCE IN HURRICANE PROTECTION
PLANNING BY GOVERNMENT AND DISASTER OFFICIALS
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  88.7 WEST
 
CHANCES OF CENTER OF THE HURRICANE PASSING WITHIN 65 NAUTICAL MILES
OF LISTED LOCATIONS THROUGH  7AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
 
LOCATION           A  B  C  D  E   LOCATION           A  B  C  D  E
 
26.9N  91.6W      40  X  X  X 40   FREEPORT TX        2 16  4  1 23
28.2N  93.0W      19  8  X  X 27   PORT O CONNOR TX   1 12  5  1 19
30.0N  94.5W       1 14  8  1 24   CORPUSCHRISTI TX   X  6  5  2 13
PANAMA CITY FL     X  X  X  2  2   BROWNSVILLE TX     X  2  1  2  5
PENSACOLA FL       X  X  1  3  4   GULF 29N 87W       X  2  1  1  4
MOBILE AL          X  1  3  3  7   GULF 28N 89W      17  1  X  1 19
GULFPORT MS        X  3  5  2 10   GULF 28N 91W      26  2  X  X 28
BURAS LA           4  7  2  2 15   GULF 28N 93W      21  6  1  X 28
NEW ORLEANS LA     2  8  4  2 16   GULF 28N 95W       6 14  2  X 22
NEW IBERIA LA      2 13  5  1 21   GULF 27N 96W       3  9  2  1 15
PORT ARTHUR TX     1 15  7  1 24   GULF 25N 96W       1  1  X  1  3
GALVESTON TX       2 17  5  X 24
 
COLUMN DEFINITION   PROBABILITIES IN PERCENT
A IS PROBABILITY FROM NOW TO  7AM FRI
FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL PROBABILITIES
B FROM  7AM FRI TO  7PM FRI
C FROM  7PM FRI TO  7AM SAT
D FROM  7AM SAT TO  7AM SUN
E IS TOTAL PROBABILITY FROM NOW TO  7AM SUN
X MEANS LESS THAN ONE PERCENT
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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