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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 |
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
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.
Some new images just in - last few visible of the day
http://www5.wright-weather.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&postid=452404#post452404
Looks like it's starting to turn.
ROFL
Doesn't this translate into several toilets per restroom?
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.
A new toy, DJ? Congrats!
sw
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.
I don't know, what its longitude now? its still has a westerly component to its movement.
If W is reading this, we all need his strong leadership now.
Dear God in heaven.....
The idiot is tossing back shooters with the locals and the tourists in a bar with a bullseye on it.
I'm gonna ping you tomorrow night so you can eat those words.
You mean the 11 oclock presser????
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.
It's hard to see an alternative.
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.
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