Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII

NOAA - NHC ^ | 29 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[NautiNurse]

Category 4 Hurricane Katrina is approaching landfall in Eastern Louisiana. At 4:00AM EDT the storm's center was about 90 miles south of New Orleans.

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

Lake Ponchartrain Real Time Water Level

Wind Speed Data

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:

Cut and Paste:

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_khou&props=livenoad

Fully-linked version of the live feeds (just in case a few people don't want to first open up WMP to cut-and-paste) -

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 WDSU-TV/DT New Orleans via WESH-TV/DT Orlando - http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38843.asx

Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12

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

[maquiladora]

I think we have been hyped.

Where is this 160 mph everyone is talking about?

I have to admit that those posts of 100,000 dead and a virtual doomsday were over the top and never realistic, but this is still a monster, make no mistake.

[bd476]

Stay safe, stay inside, batten all down the hatches and hang in there.

[GOP_Proud]

Bastardi's last prediction that I saw was that the bad times for NO is between 9 am and 3 pm today...but that was before this recent change in the stom.

[MEG33]

Steve saying rain coming in sheets and hurricane winds forecast statewide in Missisppi. 12 hours worth..Pitch black where he is.
He is worried about the flooding..

[LadyPilgrim]

Yes....down for me too.

Streetcarcam went out a few minutes ago for me.

[oceanview]

for sure. however, both things will happen - celebration, and kvetching. and I think that both are legitimate.

Mississippi is going to get the worst of it.

[Northern Yankee]

Shep says glass is breaking in the French Quarter.

That's unusual? ; )

[Carolinamom]

One reporter said last night (?...time gets mixed up) said that they were not allowed to take cameras inside the Superdome.

[SauronOfMordor]

Fox reporting that emergency services (police, medic) will not be going out when the winds are high, so people are on their own.

Just told my daughter, when the excrement hits the fan, you're on your own, which is a good reason to know advanced first aid and to be well armed and trained

[spectre]

I've observed Bastardi, and tho people here like him, I think he's abit over the top most of the time..(ducking for cover now)..

sw

[newzjunkey]

Perhaps when this is all over you should re-read the tale of the boy who cried wolf.

[benjaminjjones]

Do you have that link

I think it died, even the server isn't there anymore

[MEG33]

Not yet time for celebration in NO, however.

[Rebelbase]

"Now that air conditioning is off, they could get rain and lighting inside the astro dome"

Good thing the Astrodome isn't being used for anything right now. :-0

[Bahbah]

this may be my last post.

Thanks for keeping in touch for so long. If it is, we will be watching for your first "apres" storm post.

[oceanview]

Bastardi painted the worst case scenario with the eye moving to the east of NO, which is where its going. But you are correct, he predicted the flooding would come laster in the day from teh north to south winds against the lake.

[benjaminjjones]

Now that air conditioning is off, they could get rain and lighting inside the astro dome.

LOL that would freak them out. It was an Art Bell caller though.

[GOP_Proud]

The wolf did arrive in the end.

[Gondring]

Buoy data

[Bahbah]

60 84 miles/hour hitting NO East.

And picking up. I can't believe there is power on in NO.