Live Thread - Hurricane Katrina, Part IV (Update: Now a Category 5 )

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

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane warnings and watches are posted. Hurricane Katrina continues to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico. The forecast models continue to converge upon New Orleans. However, all interests in the northern Gulf of Mexico should follow the path of this very large and dangerous storm, and be prepared for a major hurricane landfall. There have been reports of coastal animals leaving in droves for higher ground. Meanwhile, New Orleans continues to suggest that residents evacuate.

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
Katrina Track Forecast Archive Nice loop of each NHC forecast track for both three and five day
Forecast Models
Alternate Hurricane Models via Skeetobite
Bouy Data Louisiana/Mississippi
Buoy Data Florida

Images:

New Orleans/Baton Rouge Experimental Radar Subject to delays and outages - and well worth the wait

Mobile Long Range Radar Loop

New Orleans/Baton Rouge Radar

Ft. Polk, LA Long Range Radar Loop

Northwest Florida Long Range Radar

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

Other Resources:

Hurricane Wind Risk Very informative tables showing inland wind potential by hurricane strength and forward motion
Central Florida Hurricane Center
New Orleans Web Cams Loads of web cam sites here. The sites have been very slow due to high traffic
New Orleans Music Online Couldn't resist--love that jazz
Golden Triangle Weather Page Nice Beaumont weather site with lots of tracks and graphics
Hurricane City
Crown Weather Tropical Website Offers a variety of storm info, with some nice track graphics

Live streaming:
copy/paste into player:

WWL-TV/DT New Orleans (WMP) - mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_wwltv
WVTM-TV/DT Birmingham (WMP) - mms://a1256.l1289835255.c12898.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1256/12898/v0001/reflector:35255
WDSU-TV/DT New Orleans (WMP) - http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38202.asx
Hurricane City (Real Player) - http://hurricanecity.com/live.ram
ABCNews Now (Real Player) - http://reallive.stream.aol.com/ramgen/redundant/abc/now_hi.rm

Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12

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

[sheikdetailfeather]

Stay safe! My brother just called from Sevierville, TN. He said he concerned about the tornadoes and flooding this will bring.

[Petronski]

Jim Cantore has spent the morning urging viewers to think of Katrina as "the second coming of Camille."

[kx9088]

Agreed, but I think even if it does weaken it will only be slightly and the outcome will still be the same.

[NautiNurse]

This storm has Camille potential. The pressure is currently 908mb. Camille was 909mb.

[LA Woman3]

May have to evacuate high rise hotels in New Orleans.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

For those of us who remember the devastation of Camille, that is an excellent analogy...

[don-o]

I'm surmising things have gotten worse still?

Big time bad. Cat 5 with bullseye on New Orleans

[Founding Father]

Live feed from WWL-New Orleans

mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_wwltv

[NautiNurse]

Cat 5 storm, 908mb. Waiting for NO mayor presser

[BluH2o]

Here in the greater Cincinnati area we expect what's left of Katrina to impact the region Tuesday PM. Our local weather people (the weekend crew) are talking about the fact the hurricane is now at a category 5 level, at that point a girly-boy anchor type chimes in that they will keep us informed of Katrina's progress and report on any possible damage that results. On the air ... air heads. On a more positive note, I doubt that we'll be hearing much about Cindy Sheehan this week.

[Jeff Head]

If it hits New Orleans direct...I pray all of them get out of that "bowl" are it is going to be very, very bad if things continue as they are...potential up to 25ft surge will overtop, and potentially breach the levees.

Camille was a 22 ft surge I believe and 190 mph winds.

[Strategerist]

It's a much, much wider storm than Camille. This thing could eat four Camilles. So rather than a narrow swath thruough part of MS you'd see the same level of damage from Camille spread over a much larger area.

[Jeff Head]

If it hits New Orleans direct...I pray all of them get out of that "bowl" or it is going to be very, very bad if things continue as they are...potential up to 25ft surge will overtop, and potentially breach the levees.

Camille was a 22 ft surge I believe and 190 mph winds.

[NautiNurse]

May have to evacuate high rise hotels in New Orleans.

May? Do they think they can survive 10 weeks in a high rise building?

[GRRRRR]

LIVE DATA from the NOAA Website with readings from bouys, manned stations and ships in the Gulf Area.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/radial_search.php?lat1=25.7N&lon1=87.7W&dist=250&time=3

HERE

[Types_with_Fist]

Sweet Jesus! The Big One, eh? They'll never get everybody out in time now. I'll bet the mayor and school marm governor get out though. My wife and I were wondering about all the kids at the hospitals, Children's Hospital, etc. Jesus.

[rollo tomasi]

I lived in Biloxi for three years and practically everywhere you go Camille is a reminder.

[newzjunkey]

It's a bit depressing to watch the "be a tourist in your home town" ads and promos for new development communities in light of what's coming.

[kx9088]

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say she hits shore as strong as she is now. She's proved a lot of people wrong up till this point and it's been for the worse, hopefully she proves me wrong by a long shot but for the better.

[Aquamarine]

Linked it for you.

Live feed from WWL-New Orleans