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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
NHC-NOAA ^ | 27 August 2005 | NHC-NOAA

Posted on 08/26/2005 10:25:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse

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To: NRA2BFree

You have family all over the place down there.


821 posted on 08/27/2005 1:43:55 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: Diddle E. Squat

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200512_strike.html

Strike probability map still runs from Brownsville, TX to Tampa.


822 posted on 08/27/2005 1:44:19 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Blennos
Royal Gorge
823 posted on 08/27/2005 1:46:59 PM PDT by Torie
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To: NautiNurse

same track..current pressure down to 945 mb.....145 MPH at landfall right over NO at 2pm on monday....46 hours to go..they wont have enough time to get everyone out


824 posted on 08/27/2005 1:47:22 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Types_with_Fist
Hurricane Katrina Advisory Number 18

Statement as of 4:00 PM CDT on August 27, 2005

...Katrina re-organizing over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico...

 
at 4 PM CDT...2100z...the Hurricane Watch is extended westward to
Intracoastal City Louisiana and eastward to the Florida-Alabama
border.  A Hurricane Watch is now in effect along the northern Gulf
Coast from Intracoastal City to the Alabama-Florida border.

 
A Hurricane Warning will likely be required for portions of the
northern Gulf Coast later tonight or Sunday.  Interests in this area
should monitor the progress of Katrina.

 
At 5 PM EDT...2100z...the Tropical Storm Warning is discontinued for
the Florida Keys.

 
For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued
by your local weather office.

 
At 4 PM CDT...2100z...the center of Hurricane Katrina was located
near latitude 24.6 north...longitude  85.6 west or about  380 miles
southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and about  240
miles west of Key West Florida.

 
Katrina is moving toward the west near  7 mph.  A gradual turn
toward the west-northwest is expected during the next 24 hours.

 
Reports from NOAA and Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft
indicate maximum sustained winds are near 115 mph...with higher
gusts.  Katrina is a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
scale.  Strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours...and
Katrina could become a category four hurricane later tonight or
Sunday.

 
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to  45 miles... 75 km...
from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 160 miles...260 km.  NOAA buoy 42003 located northwest of the
center recently reported sustained winds of 46 mph with a gust to
58 mph.

 
The latest minimum central pressure reported by the NOAA aircraft is 
945 mb...27.91 inches.

 
Storm surge flooding along the southwestern coast of Florida should
subside today.

Katrina is expected to produce additional rainfall amounts of 3 to
5 inches over western Cuba...and 1 to 3 inches of rainfall is
expected over the Yucatan Peninsula.  Heavy rains from Katrina
should begin to affect the central Gulf Coast Sunday evening. 
Rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches...with isolated maximum amounts
of 15 inches...are possible across the central Gulf Coast.

 
Repeating the 4 PM CDT position...24.6 N... 85.6 W.  Movement
toward...west near  7 mph.  Maximum sustained
winds...115 mph.  Minimum central pressure... 945 mb.

 
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National
Hurricane Center at 7 PM CDT followed by the next
complete advisory at 10 PM CDT.

 
Forecaster Beven

825 posted on 08/27/2005 1:48:50 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: Types_with_Fist
It's almost funny to think about as long as you focus only on that specific fact. But beyond that, you're also envisioning something too awful to fully comprehend.

Nothing has happened today, at least so far, to make this disaster less likely. And the longer New Orleans sits in the bullseye, the more likely it is that the doomsday scenario will occur. Where the Saints play will be the least of our concerns.

826 posted on 08/27/2005 1:49:43 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: janetjanet998

Anyone know what kind of numbers "tourist" evacuees are added on top of the resident numbers.......or is this not a busy tourist tiem in that part of LA?


827 posted on 08/27/2005 1:49:49 PM PDT by Gabz (USSG Warning: portable sewing machines are known to cause broken ankles)
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To: NautiNurse
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 45 miles... 75 km... from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 160 miles...
she;s getting bigger
828 posted on 08/27/2005 1:50:46 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: NautiNurse
If she makes landfall SE Louisiana Monday morning--that's high tide. Grand Isle and Terrebonne Bay high tides are 7:20AM, and 8:28AM respectively.

Katrina is certainly shaping up as a classic case of 'if it can happen it will and usually at the worst possible time'.

I am still dumbfounded at the lack of urgency on the part of the governor. Someone in LA has to take her aside and explain to her in language a second grader could understand the implications of this impending disaster.

829 posted on 08/27/2005 1:52:39 PM PDT by Tarheel ( Murphy's law #21--Internet flame wars are started by two cats who did not like their supper.)
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To: Types_with_Fist

Didn't they evacuate people into that stadium once last year when a hurricane was threatening? Or am I dreaming? LOL.


830 posted on 08/27/2005 1:53:06 PM PDT by dawn53
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To: Dog Gone
Where the Saints play will be the least of our concerns.

Oh, sure. I agree with that of course. Just making conversation. I'm from the Bulls-Eye. I have family and many friends there. I assure you... I know what we're talking about here.

831 posted on 08/27/2005 1:53:13 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Tarheel

Her liberal constituency stand to lose their livelihoods. She's toast.


832 posted on 08/27/2005 1:54:56 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: dawn53

Yes. The Super Dome serves as an evacuation area.


833 posted on 08/27/2005 1:55:05 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Howlin

Un-frickin'-believable!!!!


834 posted on 08/27/2005 1:55:40 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Dog Gone

What about these reporters headed to downtown NOLA for to cover the storm?


835 posted on 08/27/2005 1:55:51 PM PDT by Amelia (Common sense isn't particularly common.)
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To: Types_with_Fist

I only pray that Katrina continues to confound the computer modelling and changes course again. If the present course holds, it shapes up to be a replay of Camille.


836 posted on 08/27/2005 1:57:39 PM PDT by sono
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To: Amelia

They have the incoming lanes almost empty now. They must be about to do the switch to contraflow.


837 posted on 08/27/2005 1:57:57 PM PDT by Ingtar (Understanding is a three-edged sword : your side, my side, and the truth in between ." -- Kosh)
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To: janetjanet998
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 45 miles... 75 km... from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 160 miles... she;s getting bigger.

Yep...

838 posted on 08/27/2005 1:58:12 PM PDT by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Imagine a 15 lb rat.

Yeh, imagine a 130 pound rat (Hillary).

839 posted on 08/27/2005 1:58:34 PM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: Amelia

"What about these reporters headed to downtown NOLA for to cover the storm?"

Jeff Goldblatt with FNC on the phone said he's headed to Jackson Square in the Quarter. That's the last place I'd want to be during a storm like this - I pray he doesn't plan on staying down there.


840 posted on 08/27/2005 1:58:52 PM PDT by LibSnubber (liberal democrats are domestic terrorists)
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