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Posted on 08/28/2005 2:38:16 PM PDT by 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
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 |
I've heard they taste like chicken.
I think we have a ringer here.
That meteorologist on WWL is really good. I heard his explanation about the eyewall replacement cycle and talking about 90 degree water temperatures as it comes near the coast to fuel it even more.
This hurricane is going to do damage to communities from Florida to maybe Texas. It might well kill people in such highly Christian towns as Biloxi, Pensacola, Mobile etc.
The people in New Orleans who are most likely to be killed in this hurricane are the poor, the sick, the elderly, children and other people who do not have the means or the ability to leave the city.
So, if this is some divine punishment meted out for the sinful behavior on Bourbon Street, it's kind of going to kill and ruin a lot of people who have absolutely nothing to do with those goings-on.
The Bayou political machine can't escape Diddle E.'s links. Too funny!
Yeah the BOUY's and pressure readings are the most telling in this storm, IMHO. The BOUY's are at sea level and the pressure is very reliable as far as I can tell.
Here is a link to many of the BOUY's
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/radial_search.php?lat1=26.9N&lon1=89.0W&dist=250&time=3
We sit here and watch, and pray. It's all we can do. I wish there was more we could do at the moment.
Two sites: WWL TV (New Orleans) was speculating it, and from the radar,it certainly looked like it to me, and people at http://www.easternuswx.com were saying it before I heard it at WWL. Water is pretty hot where it's going over temps in the upper 80s and 90s, and there have been some weather thingies going on a few hours earlier that may indicate strengthening like it did last night.
It's going to be a serious storm, whether it goes in at 150 kt, or 175kt,or 140 kt, but don't count on it weakening a lot before it goes in.
I grew up on red beans and rice (and i'm overdue to make a pot of red beans...)...
I don't understand..The date on your info is Aug 26
I was taping the mayor and just rewound the tape. He said "I think I just got a report that shows it down to 140."
It seems to me that a recreation of the eye would reduce the strength...wouldn't it use up energy to do the act?
janice dean back on, and seeming to be better in control.
sonar, i do apologize if i had offended you... there was certainly no intention to do so... while watching fox, i came on to the thread and read a few hundred posts prior to my own, and it seemed that i wasn't alone in thinking geraldo had turned into a walking adjective...
as i said, no offense was meant... i certainly don't take this hurricane lightly, but many times at the most tense, stress-filled times for me, a little humor helped me cope with it... i will send a prayer out for you, though...
Gotta love a hypocritical finatic that tells lies and judges everyone else.
My lawyers are telling me that I don't have the authority to order a mandatory zot...
That "wacko" model isn't even a model. It's simply what the hurricane would do if it continued it's current forward motion (XTRAP: stands for extrapolation).
he outted himself...some people don't know when to shut up....
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