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

[Diddle E. Squat]

Pit stop in Little Rock first...

[steveegg]

Thanks for finding it.

I'm done for the night.

[muffaletaman]

Thanks for the update - They had good coverage...

[SauronOfMordor]

wonder, if the eye passes directly over NO - is it wide enough to put the whole city and the lake outside the windfield for a significant portion of the storm?.

Guaranteed, if the eye passes over, a whole bunch of idiots are going to assume its over and go out and party, then get swept away when the eyewall arrives

[since1868]

Clarance Thomas was just on Fox he got his family out.
He is staying in N.O.
He is staying with the others.He could of gotting out but is going to ride it out.
have a lot of respect for him.

[sheikdetailfeather]

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS WAS BY JOHNNY HORTON

[small voice in the wilderness]

Anyway, I thought Carville was from North Louisiana up in yankee territory

LOL! He could be one of those yankee cajuns! I think Carville, La. is named for his family. Who knows. Who also knows WTH I'm thinking of carville right now!

[RDTF]

Good. And I asked them NOT to do it, to please stop. I don't want to hear that stuff.

[easonc52]

specially designated area on the south side of the Super Dome.

Reminds me of a couple places I've worked at... lol

[steveegg]

Clarance Thomas was just on Fox he got his family out. He is staying in N.O.
He is staying with the others.He could of gotting out but is going to ride it out.
have a lot of respect for him.

Memo to Justice Thomas; discretion is the better part of valor.

[oceanview]

when you look at the loop on TWC, it almost appears to be asymtopically approaching that 90.0 line and riding it in.

[kjam22]

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS WAS BY JOHNNY HORTON

That was my first thought too. Then I gave em the benefit of the doubt and thought maybe someone that I wasn't aware of recorded it before Johnny. But certainly Johnnie's was the "hit" version.

[cgk]

I flipped over there (MSNBC) in time to hear "huge toxic waste pool" and something about disgusting stuff floating around. I guess he's battling Geraldo for most-dramatic descriptions. :)

[HairOfTheDog]

"Gee, sorry about all the destruction folks, there was a voodoo chanting stripper in New Orleans that was making me mad." ~God

~rolls eyes~

[Blogger]

The Supreme Court Justice?

[Coldwater Creek]

Oh I hope not. For the first time in nearly 40 years construction on I 40 thru Little Rock is almost completed.

[solitas]

Thaaank yooou!

[Diddle E. Squat]

But would that be cruel and unusual punishment? CNN has gone to Aaron Brown and MSNBC to Tucker Carlson. Only the Weather Channel can save us now...

[the Deejay]

"The dead rising from the grave!"

Some have been saying this may happen in NO.

[They're all above ground.]

[Hand em their arse]

Holy Crap, Geraldo must have a new thesaurus he's breaking in...