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

[bored at work]

New Orleans and neighboring cities, countys and states. honker down cause it's at you door step!!! . . . Not that you're on the net right now but gotta get it out anyway !!! . . .


http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/float-vis-loop.html

[Peach]

Sorry. I was listening and didn't see her or any banner under her name.

If that was the Governor, I'm pretty underwhelmed that she wasn't able light a fire under the Mayor's arse and get him to order a mandatory evacuation much sooner than he did.

[silentknight]

Some new images just in - last few visible of the day

http://www5.wright-weather.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&postid=452404#post452404

[rollo tomasi]

Looks like it's starting to turn.

[beyond the sea]

If I was standing where Shep was, I'd be drinking too. Actually, I'm drinking anyway. LOL

ROFL

[feedback doctor]

I heard the reporter at the Dome say 102 bathrooms....72,000 people....

Doesn't this translate into several toilets per restroom?

[meyer]

Shep Smith: "Where do you go now?"

Go to the lobby of the tallest building in town. Insist on or DEMAND transport to the top. Life will be a shitstorm for a few weeks, but life WILL go on.

Unless the Cat-5 winds topple the building.

[spectre]

Miz, they keep going back and forth (like me). I'm wondering how many of those restrooms are on the lower levels which may flood out?

A new toy, DJ? Congrats!

sw

[Peach]

Hi, US Army. I'm glad you didn't make that choice too. Hope your house building project is working out well. I tell a lot of people about the guy who knew Audi Murphy and served with him that we met at lunch.

[oceanview]

I don't know, what its longitude now? its still has a westerly component to its movement.

[TypeZoNegative]

If W is reading this, we all need his strong leadership now.

[Pyro7480]

[MikefromOhio]

Dear God in heaven.....

[hole_n_one]

Sheps a big time LSU and Saints fan...he goes to NO 10 to 15 times a year..he loves it there...sure he knows his way around NO....

The idiot is tossing back shooters with the locals and the tourists in a bar with a bullseye on it.

[Howlin]

People just love a good scary story, and there's a lot of that going on, here

I'm gonna ping you tomorrow night so you can eat those words.

[mware]

He told them at his morning presser.

You mean the 11 oclock presser????

[Strategerist]

Actually were it not for human-built structures the Mississippi would ALREADY be going down the Atchafalaya;

Over time the Mississippi naturally switches around its exit in the delta,We've been artificially preventing it from switching from New Orleans to the Atchafalaya.

[Petronski]

The FNC is now resigned to this as being a "colossal tragedy".

It's hard to see an alternative.

[Churchillspirit]

Wonder if they issued ammunition to the guard.

Good question. In LA during the Rodney King riots, the National Guard was deployed without ammunition. They couldn't find the key to the ammo or something.

[Doogle]

He told them at his morning presser.


...since the mayor told his people at his morning presser..and Dubya declared LA and MISS disaster areas on FRIDAY night..I'd say the mayor was a tad slow..


Doogle