[MikefromOhio]

any of those tracks would be an absolute disaster for New Orleans....

[silentknight]

Katrina was forecast to weaken slightly this morning before going through her next cycle. I would fully expect a category four hurricane by tonight.

DO NOT BE FOOLED by this slight rise in pressure this morning...it was forecast.

[Spiff]

Forecasted storm tracks overlayed upon Satellite IR imagery overlayed on Hi-res reflectivity radar overlayed on Google Earth. (1208 EDT)

BAMD=Green
BAMM=Red
LBAR=Yellow
A98E=Blue