Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI

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

[NautiNurse]

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans metro area. Thousands of people did not evacuate New Orleans. Outer bands of Katrina are reaching the Louisiana coast.

Due to the size and intensity of this storm, all interests in the North Gulf of Mexico should be in their safe locations.

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:

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

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

[11th_VA]

Anyone know the frequency of the powerful AM station in NO? I can sometimes pick it up. Thanks ahead!

[TXBSAFH]

It was so bad in Galveston in 1900 that they took wrecked houses and piled bodies on top to use as fureral pyres.

[NautiNurse]

That's good to hear. Still--it may be a noisy time for you tomorrow.

[FMBass]

The same!

[mabelkitty]

It's a video feed constantly updated of the causeway.

[steveegg]

Glad to hear you're headed inland. Looks like you'll miss the eye/eyewall, but this thing is just so massive, that doesn't matter much.

[deport]

Not that it matters a lot but LOOP off loads some one million bbl/day of crude.

(Louisiana Offshore Oil Port) was organized in 1972 as a Delaware corporation and converted to a limited liability company in 1996. Ashland Inc., Marathon Ashland Pipe Line LLC, Murphy Oil Corporation, and Shell Oil Company are LOOP's owners.

The port facility is located in the Gulf of Mexico, eighteen miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana, in 110 feet of water. LOOP is the only port in the U.S. capable of offloading deep draft tankers known as Ultra Large Crude Carriers (ULCC) and Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC). Along with offloading crude from VLCC’s, LOOP also offloads smaller tankers.

Weather data from the LOOP facility .. Winds at some 31kts.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Might be a chance it will go slightly west of the very worst possible land fall location.

[cmsgop]

God Bless and Take Care Friend!

[MikefromOhio]

believe it or not.

that is a sad thing too, but I wouldn't expect it to continue when the rebuilding begins.

[battlegearboat]

Shizzle, that's fly!

[kx9088]

Yes, but the mushroom also leaves quite a bit of area exposed for "lift". To me, the 'Dome looks like a hemisphere with a sharp edge halfway up. I really don't see anything for the wind to lift on. But like I said, I'm not nearly qualified to be taken literally or seriously =D

[MikefromOhio]

yep....

hopefully....

[SamAdams76]

Just out of curiosity, why are there no news reports from INSIDE the Superdome? Are the authorities not allowing the news crews inside?

[Txsleuth]

Max Mayfield on Fox is saying that IF the storm diminishes it would be like an 18 wheeler hitting you instead of a freight train...jeez.

He also said the that STORM SURGE would be worse in East Mississipi than in New Orleans...wow

[kjam22]

Supertankers cannot deliver cargo at NYC or LA?

You're assuming that NYC and LA together can process all of the oil that could be delivered. It ain't gonna happen.

[spanalot]

""Oil up $4.67. New Record $70.80 a barrel...uggh.
I'd expect $80/barrel before the markets close in New York tomorrow. ""

"Damn the RATs for blocking ANWR in 2001."

Hurricanes are a double edge sword - the demand for fuel will plummet while all the roads are blocked by flooded newscast vans.

[mercy]

O M G !

That was a good boat. Saved your life. Bet you're older and smarter than that now.

[B4Ranch]

What country will be the first to offer us aid to help the people of New Orleans and other storm damaged areas?

[mtbopfuyn]

You couldn't pay me to go to the dome.