Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part V

NHC - NOAA ^ | 28 August 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[NautiNurse]

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico. Mandatory evacuation of New Orleans is finally underway. Louisiana officials are warning of complete failure to levy systems, and pleading with people to leave low lying areas. For those who choose to stay, they are recommending picks and axes for breaking through to access their roofs during flooding.

Due to the size and intensity of this storm, all interests in the North Gulf of Mexico should be rushing hurricane preparations to completion.

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:

http://www.wjbo.com - BR radio station. Callers calling in and describing traffic etc.
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
WKRG-TV/DT Mobile (WMP) - mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518

Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
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

[BurbankKarl]

Think walnuts

[Dog Gone]

Bumping your post.

That's the official prediction.

[NautiNurse]

New Orleans Local Hurricane Statement 2:00PM CDT

[RobbyS]

Regarding he evacuation: I hope the cops are trying to speed up the head of the column as much as possible. The cars should be moving away from the storm as fast as possible, even if they have to go 80 MPH. Wreckers should be in place to get cars out of the way as fast as possible in case of piles ups.

[MamaB]

The people who went to Jackson is in for it too with hurricane force winds and rain.

[Altamira]

"The oystercam has been looted. "

If you're talking about the one at Acme, it's still there. I just looked, and it shows the stools upside down on the counter. Funny, I sat in one of those stools not a year ago...

So sad.

[cubreporter]

Young and unafraid I know but also stupid.

[fishntex]

I think that you make a valid point. However, this storm did kind of explode overnight. It seems to me that last night it was a cat3 and not nearly as large. Maybe the NWS should have seen that coming, I do not know. But, better safe than sorry.

I was thinking Friday night that if I lived in NO that I would be packing up and leaving Saturday morning.

[Tarpon]

That's huge at 40 miles diameter -- Camille's eye was something like 15 miles diameter. Normally as they gain strength, the eye shrinks. This one is moving serious amounts of air.

[Miztiki]

Are they still predicting a direct hit on New Orleans?

I've been dealing with some serious stuff here and haven't been able to keep up with the news.

[RDTF]

or evacuating his criminals to southern FLA courtesy Jimmuh

[jeffers]

Thanks. That was another poster's question but your info agrees with the Boat windfield chart.

[mware]

Not a good idea to ride it out in the Dome.

Even the guy in charge of the Super Dome said last year that he did not know if it could handle 130 mph winds.

[diogenes ghost]

Yeah, but high ground in Cuba is a LOT closer to shore than it is in Nawlins.

[LonePalm]

Well, you know one thing, the Cafe du Monde will not close their doors. They don't have any.

I start my morning with Cafe du Monde coffee EVERY day.

I rode out Hurricane David in 1979 off of Charleston as well as going through many hurricanes in eastern NC while growing up. Prayers for everyone in the path of this one. This is going to be one for the books.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Howlin]

They aren't stopping the evacuations, just the flow direction?? That means they only had 24 full hours to exit with the contraflow. Great plan.

This I will NEVER understand. Never.

[Bahbah]

any of the networks have reporters in GulfPort Mississippi?

Steve Harrigan of Fox is there.

[mabelkitty]

Emergency services coming from up north.
Power companies sending crews, Red Cross people, Salvation Army people, National Guard people.
Gotta get emergency disaster folks into town and they can't do that with both lanes going one way.
That's my theory.

[El Gran Salseron]

I do believe that you meant Esplanade Ave. and not Elysian Fields Ave. Elysian Fields goes out to the lake. Esplanade passes the racetrack and ends, more or less, at City Park. I lived on Grand Route St. John which intersects Esplanade and is right next to the track. I could hear them call the races from my back stairs. :-)

[GOP_Proud]

Thank you, AM.