Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI

NOAA - NHC ^ | 28 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[NautiNurse]

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans metro area. Thousands of people did not evacuate New Orleans. Outer bands of Katrina are reaching the Louisiana coast.

Due to the size and intensity of this storm, all interests in the North Gulf of Mexico should be in their safe locations.

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
Katrina Track Forecast Archive Nice loop of each NHC forecast track for both three and five day
Forecast Models
Alternate Hurricane Models via Skeetobite
Bouy Data Louisiana/Mississippi
Buoy Data Florida

Images:

New Orleans/Baton Rouge Experimental Radar Subject to delays and outages - and well worth the wait

Mobile Long Range Radar Loop

New Orleans/Baton Rouge Radar

Ft. Polk, LA Long Range Radar Loop

Northwest Florida Long Range Radar

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

Other Resources:

Hurricane Wind Risk Very informative tables showing inland wind potential by hurricane strength and forward motion
Central Florida Hurricane Center
New Orleans Web Cams Loads of web cam sites here. The sites have been very slow due to high traffic
New Orleans Music Online Couldn't resist--love that jazz
Golden Triangle Weather Page Nice Beaumont weather site with lots of tracks and graphics
Hurricane City
Crown Weather Tropical Website Offers a variety of storm info, with some nice track graphics

Live streaming:

WWL-TV/DT New Orleans (WMP) - mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_wwltv
WVTM-TV/DT Birmingham (WMP) - mms://a1256.l1289835255.c12898.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1256/12898/v0001/reflector:35255
WDSU-TV/DT New Orleans (WMP) - http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38202.asx
Hurricane City (Real Player) - http://hurricanecity.com/live.ram
ABCNews Now (Real Player) - http://reallive.stream.aol.com/ramgen/redundant/abc/now_hi.rm
WKRG-TV/DT Mobile (WMP) - mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518

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

[alancarp]

whoa.

[milagro]

Go millibars! Up--that is.

[MikefromOhio]

check this one out....Infared Colorized....


http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/FLOAT/IR4/20.jpg

[maggief]

Shep asking questions ... sounds worried to me.

[Keith in Iowa]

Shep Smith on FNC reporting from Bourbon St.

Might have to watch just to see if he buys it...

[SamAdams76]

The Fox reporter at the Superdome just interviewed some tourists who were waiting in the line. An Aussie and also some Brits. They were upbeat, just going through the motions, without seeming to have the slightest clue about what is about to happen. Awful.

I saw that too. They are just babes in the woods. They apparently have no idea as to the power of a tropical hurricane.

[hole_n_one]

Hey...lay of Janice Dean...she is a good weatherperson...and that fact that she CARES means something to a lot of us!

Shep isn't crying...............yet.

Does that mean he "cares" less?

[plushaye]

"People always say--well--all we can do is pray. What in the WORLD is more powerful than God--and right now we need ALL the prayer warriors on FreeRepublic praying that our Lord send His mightiest angels to do battle with this storm. Prayer is not a last resort--it is a first resort--and with this storm--the only resort! Prayer cover up!!"

AMEN.

Prayers being sent from all over the world for this, including from your less-than-frozen northern neighbour.

[deport]

I am not putting the pic up to save bandwidth.

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Who's bandwidth?.... Pictures aren't archived or hosted on the FR servers or they didn't used to be.

[toomanygrasshoppers]

Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to hear a calm, steady voice on this thread. :>)

[Tall_Texan]

MSNBC said the Superdome can hold 100,000 if you put people on the playing field. Of course, if it's SRO, it could be even higher.

Too bad they can't get a live band in there. Maybe they could play "Nearer My God To Thee"...

[MikefromOhio]

that's what I am saying....

I hope everyone is ready. I don't think even Andrew can hold a candle to what this thing is gonna do.

[Yaelle]

Prayers being sent for all the people, animals, and even the beautiful buildings and city that are in the path of this devastating storm. I was only there once and I loved it. Praying for a MIRACLE.

[Ellesu]

Thanks for the ping. Ascension getting some thunderstorms

http://www.weatherunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?num=6&delay=15&scale=1.00&noclutter=1&ID=LIX&type=N0R&lat=30.40861511&lon=-91.08337402&label=Baton+Rouge,+LA&showstorms=0

[Ol' Sox]

I'm watching the WDSU report from the Superdome and there are thousands of short-tempered people waiting to get in. Each one is being patted down before being admitted. They may be there for as long as three days. From the interviews I saw, not everyone has brought food and water, and there will be no food provided. This just looks to me like it has the makings of a survival of the fittest strongest type situation. I wouldn't want to be there...

[mhking]

WDSU: Sustained winds 167 MPH; Gusts 202 MPH

N.O. Mayor Ray Nagin due on their set in a few moments.

I'm not overly impressed with him, but I'm just hoping and praying that things work themselves out OK.

[SAJ]

Thanks for the xlation! I've wondered for years what that sort of gobbledegook meant. (obviously not a pilot, here...)

:^)

[spectre]

I'm praying Shep knows how to take care of himself.

He's honestly tried to sound the alert on Bourbon Street. Idiots won't listen to him..

sw

[Northern Yankee]

Someone suggested adding your location to your tag line. I thought it was a very good idea.

Done!

[spanalot]

""Why are people going into a single structure is beyond me. ""


"Maybe they had no where else to go."

The
French Quarter has been there a long long time - I wouldn't argue with that kind of track record.