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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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 |
They're gigantic! Monstrous! Flying with no direction....crashing into walls! In my hair! We had a tiny apartment....they were GARGANTUAN!!
Maybe they shrunk....we lived there in the 70's LOL
LOL, no they haven't shrunk. It just struck me funny the way you wrote it. ;)
Dozens of damage photos, radar, and satellite images.
http://www5.wright-weather.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48399&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
Western eyewall seems to be firing up now as it hits the coast.
Precisely why I was there for 30+ years, and I'm not in FL anymore ... these last two seasons are just breathtaking. Praying for all in the path of any and all. I lost it all in Andrew on Aug. 24, 1992 -- it was the FIRST named storm of that season. And look at things now .. yesterday, Aug. 24, there was K-Katrina and more coming .. just too stomach churning.
Rush lives on Ocean Drive on Palm Beach. Probably about a $20 million compound. Nice, but not nearly as nice as Greg Norman's place on Jupiter Island.
I remember that......you were AWOL a long time!
Yep this thing is about to move off the coast again. WAY WAY WAY ahead of schedule.
She is going to explode out there in the Gulf.
Thank you .. those pics are stunning ... the flooding has got to be unbelievable by now. Just on TV that Cutler Ridge area and south are getting 3-5 inches PER HOUR!
It is, isn't it? How much further does she have to go?
The only model with such a SW turn at any point put it in over South Louisiana.
Looks like Ft. Lauderdale is gonna get hit hard with water.
And then what will stop her?
I'm not so worried about 2nd landfall right now as intensity. Landfall is secondary.
Seems much longer ago than 2003 -- it's been a busy couple of years...
Best of luck to everybody in FL and on the Gulf Coast...
The local Orlando weatherman Tom Terry said that the hurricane has been able to keep its strength because it has been over warm swamp water in south Florida!!
Baby coming!...............I'm gone..........back in a bit!
Thanks for the live thread. My sister is in Ft. Myers and finally got her roof repaired from last year. Her in-laws are on Sanibel, and my cousin is in Tallahassee.
God Bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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