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

Images:

Storm Floater IR Loop
Storm Floater Still & Loop Options
Color Enhanced IR Loop

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

[Jrabbit]

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

[SouthTexas]

LOL, no they haven't shrunk. It just struck me funny the way you wrote it. ;)

[silentknight]

Dozens of damage photos, radar, and satellite images.

http://www5.wright-weather.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48399&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

[nwctwx]

Western eyewall seems to be firing up now as it hits the coast.

[STARWISE]

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.

[FlJoePa]

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.

[Howlin]

I remember that......you were AWOL a long time!

[silentknight]

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.

[STARWISE]

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!

[Howlin]

It is, isn't it? How much further does she have to go?

[Ingtar]

The only model with such a SW turn at any point put it in over South Louisiana.

[AGreatPer]

Looks like Ft. Lauderdale is gonna get hit hard with water.

[Dog Gone]

And that's just the point. Right now, Katrina is only 10 miles away from Gulf waters, still not moving according to forecast. She'll be a hurricane again, if she was ever downgraded before sunrise.

And then what will stop her?

I'm not so worried about 2nd landfall right now as intensity. Landfall is secondary.

[Interesting Times]

I remember that......you were AWOL a long time!

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...

[sheikdetailfeather]

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!!

[STARWISE]

He had a place at the private resort and club I worked at for years in the Upper Keys .. I met him at a client's party there. He had a long-time girlfriend at that time, when I'd say he was in his 70's. Just found this Obituary .. he did marry her.

[Howlin]

Baby coming!...............I'm gone..........back in a bit!

[sageb1]

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.

[Tunehead54]

I heard someone say 90 degrees F earlier today.

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Within the last few days it was 94.2 degrees in the gulf off Clearwater Beach - prolly a little cooler when you get offshore but not much - the gulf is hot! We don' need no steekin' jacuzzies! ;-)

[Gabz]

God Bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!