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]

"Actually, I'm drinking anyway. LOL"

Me too! Damn glad I'm not in the path of this monster. . . . Brolsht

[cubreporter]

Don't think he is reading FR posts at this time but he knows what is going on and will continue to be the leader that he is. No doubt about that.

[Torie]

That pic of the eye is just awesome. I am humbled just looking at it. I have never seen anything quite so symmetrical, so elegant, so beautiful, so terrible, so frightening.

[WestCoastGal]

"I pray for him and everybody else stuck there, even if they stayed voluntarily against all reason and logic."

Me too.

[I wonder if Shep volunteered for this]

[LibSnubber]

"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."

Kathleen Blanco is just as clueless as Mayor Nagin. And it was probably Pres. Bush who lit the fire under BOTH of these losers.

[Peach]

FNC showing people surfing right now.

[snowsislander]

It looks like Katrina is still at 903 millibars of pressure:

VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 28/2038Z
B. 26 DEG 46 MIN N
   88 DEG 55 MIN W
C. 700 MB 2252 M
D. NA
E. NA
F. 346 DEG 130 KT
G. 257 DEG  14 NM
H. 903 MB
I. 16 C/3061 M
J. 28 C/3063 M
K. 6 C/NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. C28
N. 12345/7
O. 1/1 NM
P. NOAA3 1812A KATRINA OB 20 KWBC
   MAX FL WIND 160 KT NE QUAD 1743Z
   EXCELLENT RADAR PRESENTATION

[oceanview]

where is this hard turn north? are they seeing different satellite imagery?

[Overtaxed]

Heh. The governor needed Bush to light a fire under her a$$!

[GOP_Proud]

They're going to be on all night. We'll see Brian again, I think.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

The Old River control is most likely to go with spring flooding with extra high water coming down river...

[mware]

Jesus there are people out in the water of surf boards.

[Peach]

Is this a good thing or bad thing...turning to the north?

[swampmonster]

My father's family came from the New Orleans area. We have lots of relatives spread out from Brazoria Co Texas all the way over to Florida.

Everyone keep in mind the Big Easy is below sea level. This will be a night remembered to be sure.

[Atlas Sneezed]

The wind blowing OVER your roof is putting pressure DOWN on it much in the same way wind flowing over race cars help push them down on the track.

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No. Please don't add ignorance to this thread. Professor Bernoulli reminds us that air in motion has less pressure than stationary air. Any framing carpenter can tell you about the straps they use to hold the roof DOWN when the wind blows hard.

(When you have a house on stilts that lets air pass under it like the space under a car, you can take up the analogy again.)

[toomanygrasshoppers]

Dear God in heaven.....


please place your hands over the people in the path of this storm and spare their lives. We ask this in Christs name. Amen.

[Torie]

The last bump was due north that I saw. The beast seems to want at the bowl.

[RDTF]

my guess is his staff reads FR - maybe even AQ too.

[SamAdams76]

Superdome will top out at 30-35,000. They expect the field and ground level to be underwater.

Can you imagine? 35,000 people in the Superdome looking down as the field beings to flood. Imagine the panic as thousands of people rush to the upper deck as the water level rises. Granted, the water could never go more than several feet high but the natural response is to panic when you are in an enlosed area that is flooding - especially if you are claustrophobic.

[U S Army EOD]

Get ready for the stampede, can you immagine that especially if the lights go out?