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

[_Jim]

"Fortunately it's moving in overnight so it won't have the heat to continue fueling it."

Unfortunately, the MAIN ingrediant this thing feeds off is warm water; insolation has already ocurred to warm the water ...

[Gabz]

I don't know where she went - but she is gone from FNC....

[Not A Snowbird]

Anyone who doesn't like MRE's never had to eat C-rations! ;-)

Amen to that. Just avoid the BBQ MREs...

[Sonar5]

Unless we see a pressure increase, don't believe the winds reports. I think th elast one at 160 wa sinacuret since there was not a formidable increase in pressure to accompany it.

[nhoward14]

Rita "Ma Sauces" Cosby has her own show on MSNBC now.

[alancarp]

I agree -- KTs vs. mph. 140 KTs translates to about 161mph, which is consistent.

[Iowa Granny]

even worse for those of you in Iowa: Des Moines means: "of the monks".

Trust me. There are no Monks in Des Moines. Actually, it's quite the party town if you know the right people.

[Diddle E. Squat]

I saw his posts, he was yapping about "Is God striking New Orleans for its sins?" Didn't shut up when the mods told him to cool it. He wasn't zapped without warning.

[seams2me]

MRE = Meal Rejected by the Enemy

[Chickensoup]

how can a high official like that not have some government or military form of exit. this is nuts.

From what has been reported it seems he refused.

[Warren_Piece]

Hang on, Dog Gone! Even if the worst happens, thecoming days will see stories of devine protection and great valor, to temper the heartwrenching devastation. I've seen it with so many hurricanes.

I have not, however, seen a Cat 5 landfall in my lifetime.

[va4me]

Absolutely right. I'll take MRE's anyday of the week

MRE's got a lot better in my time in. In the late 80's they featured such wonderful items and dehydrated pork or beef patties. By the mid-90's, the last time I got to "enjoy" one, they had Chicken Ala King, Spaghetti and Meatballs, and a few other fairly good entries, plus they started throwing in a bottle of tabasco which made anything taste good. :-)

[Dad yer funny]

32.2ft!! is that a sounding off the bottom or slack mean tide?

[myprecious]

Thanks for the correction. They both are weary from a heavy conscious.

[Howlin]

She just asked for prayers.

She was on TV Friday afternoon, telling people to "pray that the winds diminish. She even said "we can make this a good experience."

Yet she says that she didn't know until Saturday?

[bonfire]

Shep is in the French Quarter. He's staying.

[mystery-ak]

Hubby still carries his p38 on his key chain...;)

[Hand em their arse]

i'm sorry i got lost with your post, helping what?

[easonc52]

Jimmy Driftwood wrote it.

Johnny Horton made it #1 in 1959.

Thanks. This thread goes so fast (and that's a totally secondary trivia item), that it took me a while to pay attention, and actually find that answer...

[RightWhale]

Well, it's dark and raining in NO now. The peak is still some hours away. I am sure they got a good enough start on it and are out of danger. There might not be much to come back to, but you can bet FedGov will cover much of the losses. It's going to be a year to remember for sure.