Posted on 08/24/2005 6:20:56 AM PDT by 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
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Storm Floater IR Loop
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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 |
The funny thing about Isabel is all I got from her was wind and some rain (just south of the DC Beltway in northern Virginia). The power stayed on the whole time. However, within the next week, a cold front came through, and that time, I did lose power. Go figure. :-Þ
Accuweather guy on Fox is saying this is a HUGE wind maker, huge weather maker, huge rain maker all the way through the mid-Atlantic states into next week.
They're splitting the difference on the models. We'd better batten down the hatches here.
Where is ...'here'.
Some huge highway under construction is completely DOWN according to a caller on Greta; she said she's sorry she didn't pay very much attention to this.
Oh, it's Jayne Weintraub!
No need to worry ... she was going to Palm Bay and the weather is OK: light winds, occasional brief showers.
You also got flooded pretty bad last year from Gaston.
I wasn't even here 6 months when Isabel came through - but not as bad on this side of the Bay as on yours..........Gloria was actually worse for me in Delaware.
Glad to hear you're safe.
Apparently the 97th Street Bridge in Miami(also known as the "Flyover" Bridge) which was under construction has completely collapsed.
G'night all.....
..wake me if the hurricane/tropical storm;tropical depression, whatever... is heading my way!
'sup with that NHC track? Katrina has a triptik for I-4? Gonna catch the exhibits at Daytona USA?
Hey, the closure of Bush airport just on Fox, looking for two women not thought to be dangerous. So why close down the airport?
Building a walk over the Grand Canyon,,am I nuts or is that a really dumb thing to do to our canyon?
That's what I just heard.
I think this storm is going to surprise a lot of people.
I just used the term "flea dip" in the generic sense. the one girl has a skin condition and it is some type of medicated shampoo that also is for fleas and ticks....both of which have been horrible bad this year.
In fact when we took our daughter for a well kid doctor visit this week, we pointed out a tick bite she had gotten and he put her on amoxycillin to be on the safe side.
Who is talking about doing that?
Some Indian tribe,,it is as glass bottom walk and I missed the details but I swear they said it would be opening soon. Is that nutty or what.
And they let them do it because they were Indians, right?
The popular impression that anything under Cat 3 is an irrelevant joke is a serious problem.
One driver of it, I've noticed, is that people personally tend to overrate the strongest winds they've experienced; some minimal Cat 3 goes by 50 miles from where they live and they got some strong TS winds, but they'll say they've "been in a Cat 3."
Then they're shocked when they get a direct hit from the strong part of a Cat 1.
Expect to see a lot of stupid "Why weren't we warned?" and "This must have been a Cat (2, 3) but NHC is covering it up!" whining from the public in the next couple of days.
I don't know.
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