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Posted on 08/28/2005 2:38:16 PM PDT by 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
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 |
There won't be much of a hurry after the storm. Boats and helicopters will do just fine.
She was just saying that she grew up near there and has spent much time in NO and the Quarter...that explains her exhibitions of sadness and pending doom...
yes, or just plain stupid
Should we start a pool?
"I heard yesterday that he (New Orleans mayor), was called by the Director (I believe it was) of the National Weather Service to really explain how serious the situation was and that they thought he should start evacuations of NO. Later in the evening I heard him asked about that by WWL he danced all around it and finally said he would make the decision about mandatory evacuations early in the morning. He couldn't have been warned any better than that."
The mayor also said go to the second floor and if water comes up hack an opening to the roof and go up there. Yep, right then you get blown away. Great choices there.
Yeah.. Janice Dean.... I'm guessing she isn't going to make it through this thing :)
Moose cheese????
Moose cheese????
Recalling the basic formula from physics, F = ma , we realize that the force of the wind, as compared to its speed, roughly speaking, increases exponentially.We're oversimplifying it a bit, but for rough-and-ready field purposes, we can estimate that if one wind is two times the speed of another, then its force is two squared, or four times, as great as the force of the lesser wind.
A wind ten times as fast as another is ten squared, or one hundred, times more forceful than the lesser wind.
Vortex Data Message
000
URNT12 KNHC 282340
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 28/2326Z
B. 27 DEG 07 MIN N
89 DEG 10 MIN W
C. 700 MB 2261 M
D. N/A
E. N/A
F. 243 DEG 137 KT
G. 146 DEG 16 NM
H. 904 MB
I. 14 C/ 3046 M
J. 23 C/ 3057 M
K. 09 C/ NA
L. OPEN SW
M. C28
N. 12345/7
O. 1/1 NM
P. NOAA3 1812A KATRINA OB 34
MAX FL WIND 160 KTS NE QUAD 1743Z
EXCELLENT RADAR PRESENTATION
Even Geraldo gets her...he told Jeff Goldblatt he should keep her for his co-anchor.
She's a gem.
good....yeah I am home now.
sad and somewhat worried I guess...
Waiting to see how bad the storm is going to be for all those people.
I heard him say 360,000 MRE's.
That explains it then...
She's been having a tough time all day keeping it together - but this is the most emotional yet
thanks for the DSU update
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