[PHX-Skywarn] Skywarn Rec Day and Hurricane Rita

[Allen Sklar]

Hello All....
2005 SKYWARN Recognition Day, will be December 3, 2005   (0000 - 2400
UTC.)
This is Friday, Dec 2,  5:00pm local time till Saturday Dec 3rd, 5:00
pm....
Steve will file the paper work in the next few weeks for the Phoenix
Office...
SkyWarn Recognition Day Webpage http://hamradio.noaa.gov

Allen Sklar
Tempe AZ USA

WTNT63 KNHC 212146
TCUAT3
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
545 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...RITA BECOMES THE FIFTH MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD...

DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT AT 416 PM CDT...2116Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS
FALLEN TO 904 MB...OR 26.69 INCHES. THIS MAKES RITA THE FIFTH MOST
INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OF PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 

RITA CURRENTLY RANKS BEHIND HURRICANE GILBERT IN 1988 WITH 888
MB...THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE WITH 892 MB...HURRICANE ALLEN IN
1980 WITH 899 MB...AND HURRICANE KATRINA LAST MONTH WITH 902 MB.

FORECASTER STEWART

$$
WWWW


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