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LIVE THREAD: HURRICANE KATRINA (Cat 1)
NOAA-NHC ^ | 24 August 2005 | NOAA-NHC

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: florida; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; india; katrina; katy; livehurricanekatrina; tropical; weather
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To: mhking
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.

721 posted on 08/25/2005 8:23:24 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: shield

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.


722 posted on 08/25/2005 8:23:36 PM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: nwctwx
but the water in the gulf is warmer, and warmer deeper, than it was in July

It's like a warm bathtub...

723 posted on 08/25/2005 8:24:09 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: Spiff

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


724 posted on 08/25/2005 8:25:15 PM PDT by onyx (North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: mhking
"And the Gulf is warmer than a bathtub right about now..."

I heard someone say 90 degrees F earlier today.

725 posted on 08/25/2005 8:27:45 PM PDT by blam
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To: mhking
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.

727 posted on 08/25/2005 8:28:52 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: mhking

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


728 posted on 08/25/2005 8:29:15 PM PDT by onyx (North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: cajungirl

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


729 posted on 08/25/2005 8:29:57 PM PDT by Palladin (America! America! God shed His grace on Thee.)
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To: cajungirl
"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.

730 posted on 08/25/2005 8:30:19 PM PDT by blam
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To: Dog Gone
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

731 posted on 08/25/2005 8:30:50 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: Palladin

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


732 posted on 08/25/2005 8:31:01 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: blam

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


733 posted on 08/25/2005 8:31:34 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: blam

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.


734 posted on 08/25/2005 8:32:08 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: Gabz

Have you tried Program like Blam uses?


735 posted on 08/25/2005 8:32:35 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: mhking

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


736 posted on 08/25/2005 8:32:52 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: onyx
"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.

737 posted on 08/25/2005 8:33:36 PM PDT by blam
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To: mhking
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?

738 posted on 08/25/2005 8:35:26 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: TheLion

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


739 posted on 08/25/2005 8:35:30 PM PDT by nwctwx (Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
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To: shield
"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.

740 posted on 08/25/2005 8:37:18 PM PDT by blam
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