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

[mabelkitty]

Did you put there whereabouts on Howlin's location thread?

[proud American in Canada]

OH NO I thought that green bean casserole was a southern dish that you only had if someone died.

LOL!

*backs away with hands in the air* Okay, okay... ;)

All I know is, my mother made it every Thanksgiving.

She did grow up in Kentucky, though.... ;)

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks, I guess that won't make much difference at this point.

[bannie]

It's amazing to hear him!

[Keith in Iowa]

Damn - Geralod talking live to pilot of Hurricne Hunter in the storm... 145KT/160MPH winds measured on instrument drop...907MB pressure...

[TheForceOfOne]

I assume Drudge gets his info from NOAA, he's talking about the Hurricane on his show. He doubts the forcasts from the liberal media of total destruction.

[nascaryankee]

Thanks for the info......

[SE Mom]

Air Force guy on phone with Geraldo saying this is a vicious storm. He's up there flying in it right now...

[Coldwater Creek]

Fried cornbread is the best with red beans and rice.

[alancarp]

NHC Hunter aircraft: 145 kts -- at flight level, I think he said.

[bonfire]

Amen.

[commish]

NHC 11PM ET 160 MPH 904 MB

BUT they say that the Recon will be in the eye shortly, so we will get a supplemental advisory very shortly.

The 11 PM did not change because they do not have new data yet, and are basing this report on satellite and Dvorak observations that are showing no change since the 8 PM report. Just as we here have been reporting that there has been no significant change.

Also, just an awe gee whiz FWIW post - the new GFDL model is showing 892 MB at landfall. Take that with a HUMUNGOUS grain of salt please.

[CFC__VRWC]

I picked up the data for Southwest Pass - it's actually at 4:41 AM there. I'm not familiar with the coastal geography of the delta, so I don't know exactly where these locations are at.

[cajungirl]

You are soooo bad,,,I will email her forthwith with your excellent suggestion.

[SunnyUsa]

What about hospitals in New Orleans?

They've evacuated all patients?

[Zuriel]

**I'd bet they don't break.... There will be some flooding.. but I don't think it will be the doomesday most are predicting. Just my opinion.**

I hope and pray that is so, and that only relatively small matters of concern will present. Like alligators cleaning out the meat department in the flooded grocery stores.

[Blogger]

His chances may be running out.

[bannie]

oooo, an eye-wall change at the right time would be GOOD!

WHOOPIE! There's still a chance for a silver lining.

[Jedidah]

Sorry, it's not you but too many off-topic and offending posts.

It's just that the thread is getting too cluttered with other stuff that it's hard to follow the hurricane info.

[Cvengr]

Considering it is also built to serve as a mass gathering place and public building when codes at the time called for 160mph design wind velocities, 200 probably wasn;t overly extreme, especially if one weighs the statistical lifetime of the building when being originally designed.

Of course if something fails, it's utility might simply keep the bodies inside from washing away.