LIVE THREAD: HURRICANE KATRINA (Cat 1)

NOAA-NHC ^ | 24 August 2005 | NOAA-NHC

[NautiNurse]

The twelfth tropical storm of the 2005 hurricane season is named Katrina. The following links are self-updating.

Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET
NHC Discussion Published every six hours 6A, 11A, 6P, 11P
Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track
Navy Storm Track
TD 12 Track Forecast Archive
Forecast Models
Buoy Data SE Florida

Images:

Storm Floater IR Loop
Storm Floater Still & Loop Options
Color Enhanced IR Loop

Other Resources:

Florida East Coast Surf Reports Lots of great info here, including surf cams
Central Florida Hurricane Center
Hurricane City

Category	Wind Speed	Barometric Pressure	Storm Surge	Damage Potential
Tropical Depression	< 39 mph < 34 kts			Minimal
Tropical Storm	39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts			Minimal
Hurricane 1 (Weak)	74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts	28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more	4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m	Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2 (Moderate)	96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts	28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb	6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m	Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3 (Strong)	111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts	27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb	9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m	Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4 (Very strong)	131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts	27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb	13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m	Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5 (Devastating)	Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts	Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb	Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m	Catastrophic building failures possible

[Spiff]

One more question: does it automatically update, or do I keep downloading?

It should update automatically every 2 minutes. You'll see. I assume you got it working, right?

[Amelia]

Good hair and fresh coffee --- what else does a girl need during a hurricane? LOL!

If I had to choose one, I'd go for the coffee! ;-)

[Amelia]

Does blam have a good Saferoom yet, or do we need to have a fundraiser?

I got awfully tired of hearing the wind blow last year, and we never even really got the bad part of any of the storms, just the edges of all of them.

[Howlin]

I have to spend more hours in a reclining position with my leg elevated

Come on, you're bound to be more inventive than that; you certainly can figure a way to sit at the comptuer with that leg elevated!

[Howlin]

particular if it strengthens to Cat 4 before the 2nd landfall

Who said anything about that?

[clintonh8r]

southeast Ft Lauderdale here...we've been without power for about an hour...not a lot of rain....some pretty strong gusts, maybe up to 75mph...

[Howlin]

LOL. That is very true.

In fact, I think Rebelbase has a graphic JUST for that, doesn't he?

[dawn53]

Me too, there are some advantages to being married for 25 years...the hair doesn't have to look good all the time...the coffee is a necessity.

[Spiff]

Here's a new view of the eye as it sits over Hollywood, FL. (1823 Eastern):

[Rebelbase]

I just don't have the heart to post it.

[clintonh8r]

mrs clintonh8r was going to make some coffee to put in the Thermos for tomorrow AM....the power went out just before she got started...

[Howlin]

Yep........thanks.

After this is over, you need to teach me some more about that thing.

[Dog Gone]

Okay, that's pretty cool. I had a different dynamic layer loaded for the satellite view, and it had a definite timelag.

I wrongly assumed the one you gave Howlin was the one I already had installed. It wasn't.

Yours is much cooler.

[Howlin]

Oh come on......we could use a good laugh right now!

[Dog Gone]

Does blam have a good Saferoom yet, or do we need to have a fundraiser?

No saferoom. We need to have a Blamathon.

[Spiff]

Here's a view of Miami, facing South with the viewpoint being at the southernmost part of the storm's eye. I have the 3D Buildings turned on just for effect. I made the colorful Radar layer somewhat transparent so that more ground detail can be seen. (1629 Eastern) The heaviest rainfall is just to the South and SouthEast of Miami as you can see:

[Coldwater Creek]

Looks like this one is going to miss our kids in the Pensacola area this time, but we will be praying for all of you on the other side.

Maria

[Howlin]

Thank goodness, maria!

[Gabz]

Come on, you're bound to be more inventive than that; you certainly can figure a way to sit at the comptuer with that leg elevated!

I wish I could. I've been sitting at this computer with the leg elevated since I broke it....but the therapist said that is not enough to get rid of the swelling - my foot has to be higher than my heart. In fact she also blamed the continued swelling on my spending so much time sitting :(

I just can't seem to win.............

[Coldwater Creek]

Well I would take shelter in a library, so that I would have access to a computer.