000 WTNT23 KNHC 231450 TCMAT3 HURRICANE RITA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 24 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182005 1500Z FRI SEP 23 2005 A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING SOUTH OF PORT ARANSAS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF LOUISIANA EAST OF MORGAN CITY TO THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN ...AND FROM SOUTH OF PORT O'CONNOR TO PORT ARANSAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 27.4N 91.9W AT 23/1500Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 15 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 9 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 929 MB EYE DIAMETER 20 NM MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 115 KT WITH GUSTS TO 140 KT. 64 KT....... 75NE 60SE 40SW 60NW. 50 KT.......120NE 100SE 80SW 120NW. 34 KT.......180NE 150SE 120SW 160NW. 12 FT SEAS..350NE 250SE 250SW 300NW. WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT. REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 27.4N 91.9W AT 23/1500Z AT 23/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 27.1N 91.5W FORECAST VALID 24/0000Z 28.3N 93.1W MAX WIND 115 KT...GUSTS 140 KT. 64 KT... 75NE 75SE 40SW 60NW. 50 KT...120NE 100SE 80SW 120NW. 34 KT...180NE 160SE 120SW 160NW. FORECAST VALID 24/1200Z 30.0N 94.2W...INLAND MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT. 64 KT... 60NE 75SE 40SW 50NW. 50 KT... 80NE 100SE 80SW 80NW. 34 KT...140NE 160SE 120SW 120NW. FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 31.5N 95.0W...INLAND MAX WIND 45 KT...GUSTS 55 KT. 34 KT... 75NE 100SE 75SW 75NW. FORECAST VALID 25/1200Z 33.0N 94.5W...INLAND MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT. FORECAST VALID 26/1200Z 33.5N 94.0W...INLAND MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM ON DAY 4 AND 325 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY OUTLOOK VALID 27/1200Z 33.5N 94.0W...INLAND MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT. OUTLOOK VALID 28/1200Z 33.5N 94.0W...INLAND MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT. REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 27.4N 91.9W NEXT ADVISORY AT 23/2100Z FORECASTER AVILA $$