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.
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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 |
Wife just said she is not going to allow anymore to come to Texas. Gonna be dry.
That's serious, isn't it? This is supposed to be a CAT ONE.
I just lost WFOR's feed - it completely froze, as if either their power or their connectivity went out.
WTVJ is live at mms://a1252.l1290835251.c12908.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1252/12908/v0001/reflector:35251
Indeed.
Please?
I just checked the 11 o'clock info and the storm seems to have moved south.
I had looked at a couple satellite images earlier and was sure it was tracking south, but thought that maybe I was just imagining it.
How will this affect the projected path?
I don't know what the problem is.........but everyone is in agreement - it's just real bad this year.
Are y'all having rain or wind yet?
You are in Atlanta?
So, will I be able to fly out Sunday afternoon? We changed our tickets from Monday because of this. Going to see daughter and BB KIng,,hope we don't get rained out!
Are those high-rises still full of senior citizens?
I hope the power isn't off as long as it was in Pensacola after Ivan. My granddaughter had lots of horror stories about Penns. during that. I hope that area gets spared this time around.
Impressive that it's still a hurricane, considering speed.
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Hurricane Katrina Discussion Number 10
Statement as of 11:00 PM EDT on August 25, 2005
the hurricane made landfall about 630 PM EDT...2230z earlier today
near the Broward/Miami Dade County line. Since then...the eye
of the hurricane has been moving southwestward across Miami-Dade
County where the calm was experienced at several locations...
followed by a sharp increase in the winds. The Miami National
Weather Service/National Hurricane Center office measured a minimum
pressure of 984.5 mb during the passage of the eye and the winds
quickly increased in the southeast eyewall with a peak gust of 76
knots. Because the hurricane has been moving over land...the
initial intensity has been reduced to 65 knots. This is consistent
with Doppler radar observations. Some additional weakening is
anticipated during the next few hours. However...Katrina is
expected to gradually strengthen once in the Gulf of Mexico as
suggested by all guidance. The GFDL and SHIPS models bring Katrina
to a major hurricane...which is not out of the question. In
fact...the ECMWF model drops the pressure of Katrina in the Gulf of
Mexico to 961 mb. This is very impressive for a global model.
Katrina is moving toward the southwest or 225 degrees at 7
knots...steered by the northerly flow around a strong and large
mid-level high centered well to the northwest of Katrina. This
southwest dip has been suggested by the GFDL since yesterday. The
high which is controlling the motion of the hurricane is forecast
to move westward and a trough or weakness is expected to develop in
the central Gulf of Mexico. This pattern should force Katrina on a
more northerly track over the eastern Gulf of Mexico ahead of the
trough. This is consistent with most of the numerical guidance and
the official forecast follows the global model consensus.
All indications are that Katrina will be a dangerous hurricane in
the northeastern Gulf of Mexico in about 3 days.
Forecaster Avila
forecast positions and Max winds
initial 26/0300z 25.5n 80.7w 65 kt
12hr VT 26/1200z 25.4n 81.7w 45 kt
24hr VT 27/0000z 25.5n 83.0w 55 kt
36hr VT 27/1200z 26.0n 84.0w 65 kt
48hr VT 28/0000z 26.5n 84.5w 75 kt
72hr VT 29/0000z 28.5n 85.5w 85 kt
96hr VT 30/0000z 31.5n 84.5w 40 kt...inland
120hr VT 31/0000z 37.0n 80.0w 25 kt...inland
She said OK, ONE only.LOL
The horseshoe-shaped skywalk is part of the Hualapai Tribe's $40 million efforts to turn 1,000 acres of reservation land into tourist operations that someday could include a high-end resort, golf course and campgrounds.
The destination, known as Grand Canyon West, also will feature an Indian village and Western-themed town, which are scheduled to open Sept. 1.
Visitors to the skywalk will pay $25 for a bird's-eye view of the canyon.
The skywalk could help double the number of visitors to Grand Canyon West to 500,000 a year, said Sheri Yellowhawk, chief executive officer of the Grand Canyon Resort Corp., a tribal-owned company that oversees the project.
"You're basically looking 4,000 feet down. It's a whole new way to experience the Grand Canyon," Yellowhawk said. "We think that that's what's really going to make the destination bloom."
Yellowhawk said the skywalk will accommodate 120 people comfortably although it is designed to hold 72 million pounds.
The walkway has a glass bottom and sides and is supported by steel beams.
Las Vegas-based architect David Jin came up with the idea for the skywalk in 1996 during a trip to the Canyon.
He teamed up with Lochsa Engineering, also from Las Vegas, whose portfolio includes Mandalay Bay Hotel and Hard Rock Hotel.
Jin calls the skywalk "very safe" but said an insurance company has yet to sign on.
The Indian village will feature a self-guided tour through dwellings and tepees.
The Hualapai Tribe is also positioning itself to be able to handle more visitors by improving its airport.
It will use a $2 million grant from the federal government to build a solar energy project to reduce costs at the airport, which now runs on diesel generators.
But to make Grand Canyon West a major tourism site, Yellowhawk said the tribe will need to improve the roads and water and electricity infrastructure.
I'm guessing that it will slide the northbound path back further west. They were projecting this thing to run as far east as Augusta once it got this far north, but with this southwest-ward jog, it slides that thing back toward Atlanta on the northbound shot...
Well just dang....no hope for us.
In Louisiana, the natives love power outages. They fire up their generators, start thawing and cooking. It is like some huge block party. I never saw people who enjoyed a storm quite like the people here. They get positively energised. Some of the cajun women start cooking days ahead. Nobody goes hungry.
Probably. I'm watching Sunday as well -- my in-laws are driving back here from Chicago Sunday.
No rain, an occasional breeze. Nothing to speak of. If it follows that new path, I'll be a happy camper, but feel bad for folks in the Panhandle. They aren't going to have a coast left it they don't get a break from one of these storms.
Jim Cantore (TWC) just reported 95mph winds at Bay Biscayne.
whew...tell her my flowers will be eternally grateful! Plus the dried up pond, dead grass, thirsty trees.......
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