Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III

NHC-NOAA ^ | 27 August 2005 | NHC-NOAA

[silentknight]

Forecast Damage Report by State for AAL122005

http://hurricane.methaz.org/hurapak/AAL122005_staterep.html

[Termite_Commander]

Rang, you've got to keep the pictures smaller so that computers on dial-up won't explode. =/

[mwp99]

Biloxi, MS, near the Treasure Chest Casino.

[NautiNurse]

Awesome Visible Sat

[Aquamarine]

VIS LOOP

[janetjanet998]

i think its forming a HUGE eye..like 30-35 miles wide!!!

[Ellesu]

Camille pics

http://www.maritimemuseum.org/camille/


http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurricanecamille.htm

[Termite_Commander]

Well, I think the hurricane hunters reported an eye about 40 miles in diameter, with a poorly formed west side. Or at least, I believe it was the west.

[mwp99]

Anybody seen any early storm surge projections?

[Types_with_Fist]

His gut feeling is that this one will be coming in a little West of Houma.

Yikes! My hometown. Between there and, say Morgan City? If the worst of it goes up the Atchafalaya, instead of directly at New Orleans, the surg might be absorbed better. But the storm is so big. I wonder if that really spares New Orleans the worst?

[Termite_Commander]

No, but I'll go look around for some. I think that a Cat 4 usually has between 16-21 feet of surge, though.

[NautiNurse]

I always get chills seeing those old Camille pics. They tell the story in a big way. Thanks for digging them up.

[dawn53]

I haven't been watching the TV reports, but somebody on an earlier thread brought this up and I was just wondering if anybody was commenting on it.

There looks like there is some weather moving into northern Lousiana and heading south. Has anybody commented on that, and would that have any effect on the track of the storm? In other words, if that weather moved south fast enough, could it deflect the path away from NO?

In this link you can see the weather forming over northern Louisiana toward the end of the loop.

http://orca.rsmas.miami.edu/wximages/jet/1_05/anis.html

[MOgirl]

Hello,

Oh my Lord, what a huge storm. Words fail me. Whoever gets the brunt of this will be in a world of hurt. Prayers to all...

Glad to be here, wow, that is really scary looking, MOgirl

[silentknight]

Great image what is the base page for those?

[snowsislander]

I was just looking at the data archive at the NHC, and I thought this recent "Vortex" message was kind of interesting:

VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 27/22:44:30Z
B. 24 deg 49 min N
  085 deg 36 min W
C. 700 mb 2604 m
D. NA  kt
E. NA  deg     nm
F. 287 deg 083 kt
G. 207 deg 028 nm
H. EXTRAP  944 mb
I.  12 C/ 2745 m
J.  19 C/ 2746 m
K.  12 C/ NA
L. RAGGED
M. E12/40/30
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.02 / 2  nm
P. AF306 WX12A KATRINA01    OB 12
MAX FL WIND 101 KT E QUAD 21:38:40 Z
SLP EXTRAP FROM 700 MB
RAGGED EYE STRUCTURE APPEARS TO BE CONSOLIDATING

[NautiNurse]

Snowislander noted the weather dropping down into LA about an hour ago. Other than getting the ground wet in preparation for more torrential hurricane rains...let's ask the wx gurus.

[rang1995]

sorry ---i was amazed at the size,missed it really

[LA Woman3]

The traffic is a mess! It is always backed up on I-10 due to the ongoing construction between Bluebonnet and Seigen. I heard that Airline is just as bad, so I'm guessing everyone is trying that route.....

[juzcuz]

I wonder if that really spares New Orleans the worst?
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He said no... N.O. is going to get it Big Time... It will be on the East side of wall.

I'm scared cause I'm here in Hancock County we're in it's path aswell.