[Tarpon]

We are watching this one for information. We already had two near misses so far this year. Katrina missed by "this much" -- about 40 miles. This storm now looks to be 3 times as big and about the same strength as Camille was ... a real yikes.

[BJungNan]

[janetjanet998]

i just noticed from the NHC discussion..amazing.if true it will not weaken until landfall
KATRINA HAS STRENGTHENED RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT INTO A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE OVER THE VERY WARM AND DEEP LOOP CURRENT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE HURRICANE HAS AN ANNULAR APPEARANCE ON SATELLITE WITH A WELL-DEFINED EYE AND SYMMETRIC OUTFLOW PATTERN... REFLECTIVE OF NEAR ZERO SHEAR.