LIVE THREAD: HURRICANE KATRINA (Cat 1)

NOAA-NHC ^ | 24 August 2005 | NOAA-NHC

[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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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

[Dog Gone]

From WTVJ: NHC says a CAT 2 by overnight Fri/Sat.

Lovely, although not unexpected. As the way it's set up now, the further west it makes landfall, the stronger it will be.

There's just no shear at present even in the western gulf.

[numberonepal]

All the buildings had gravel on their roofs. With winds whipping 100 mph all those rocks became little missiles and busted all the glass out of the high rises. It was a real mess.

[mhking]

but the water in the gulf is warmer, and warmer deeper, than it was in July

It's like a warm bathtub...

[onyx]

WOW! Spiff, that a totally impressive post. Clear, concise and even I can ascertain what's going on. :)

[blam]

"And the Gulf is warmer than a bathtub right about now..."

I heard someone say 90 degrees F earlier today.

[Dog Gone]

She went in so much of a SW direction that she's not going to spend much time over land at all. Good for Florida, but also good for the storm.

I dunno. I'm not buying the sharp northerly turn that the NHC is sticking with for now. They didn't predict the SW movement and that changes everything.

[onyx]

The weather guy, Joe Bastardo, (true name) said that the water off New Jersey is at 78-80 degrees.

[Palladin]

I wish I knew some cajun women. I love to eat.

[blam]

"Richard Nixons ghost is rattling. Isn't Bay Biscayne where he had his house and Bebe Reboza used to visit. Strange pair, those two."

Yup. Ole Bebe. A lot of people won't know who you're talking about.

[mhking]

They didn't predict the SW movement and that changes everything.

Brian Norcross on WFOR (I've got their signal back) is saying much the same thing.

WFOR: http://dayport.wm.llnwd.net/dayport_0025_live

[cajungirl]

They love to feed so you might do well with one.

[mhking]

WFOR reporter has a bloody eye from sand blowing into it...

[cajungirl]

Weren't they the weirdest pair. Both sort of dark and scheming and paranoid. I always wanted to be a fly on the wall to understand that friendship. It was really strange.

Did anyone ever write about Bebe and Nixon? I was so fascinated by them.

[Ditter]

Have you tried Program like Blam uses?

[TheLion]

She will be in the Gulf long enough to really develope some steam!

[blam]

"There is a Key Biscayne, but I'm pretty sure there's a Bay Biscayne just a little north of Coral Gables."

Sorry, don't know that area at all. I just quoted what I saw/heard on The Weather Channel.

[Dog Gone]

That's a pretty clear and fast link, but they were interviewing a guy whose car had been smashed by a tree. He said he was caught by surprise by this storm.

When was this thread started?

[nwctwx]

The western eyewall will be over water within the next hour or so.

[blam]

"Can you say HOUSTON, TEXAS...a major metro area...we had a small cat 3 in 1983 and the high rise buildings lost over a million dollars worth of class alone. These hugh, thick pieces of glass were falling all over downtown Houston...it was somethin'.... people lost electricity for 6 wks in some areas..."

Ugh. I was there. That is the first hurricane that scared me.