Rita: How low will she go?

At the center of a hurricane is the eye. That dot in the middle of the cloud. In that eye the air pressure drops. A lot. In huricanne Rita’s case, a whole lot.

Hurricane Gilbert (888 mb, 1988)

The Great Labor Day Hurricane (892 mb, 1935)

Hurricane Rita (897 mb, 2005)

Hurricane Allen (899 mb, 1980)

Hurricane Katrina (902 mb, 2005)

Hurricane Camille (905 mb, 1969)

Those numbers are from Jeff Masters at Weather Underground who is worth reading for the science and the weather in the Gulf

Written by jay on September 22nd, 2005 with no comments.
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