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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
NOAA - NHC ^ | 28 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

Posted on 08/28/2005 8:10:23 PM PDT by NautiNurse

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans metro area. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin conceded that as many as 100,000 inner-city residents didn't have the means to leave and an untold number of tourists were stranded by the closing of the airport. At this hour, people are still filing into the Superdome after security screening for weapons and contraband. National Guard have brought in 360,000 MRE (meals ready to eat) to feed the estimated 30,000 storm refugees in the Superdome.

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 Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12


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:

Fully-linked version of the live feeds (just in case a few people don't want to first open up WMP to cut-and-paste) -

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 WDSU-TV/DT New Orleans via WESH-TV/DT Orlando - http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38843.asx

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amscray; bugoutnow; getoutadodge; getoutoftown; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; katrinaandthewaves; livehurricanekatrina; lordprotectnoandla; nawlins; neworleans; tropical; walkingonsunshine; weather
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To: NautiNurse
In case this wasn't posted already:

Some people on the last thread were asking about Shep and the other Fox guys. The fiber optic communication system in the Superdome is down, so they may not be able to broadcast at all.

I don't know about anyone else, but I am dying to know what is going on in there.

121 posted on 08/28/2005 8:21:07 PM PDT by Semper911 (Real estate is not real anymore.)
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To: NautiNurse

You have been quite a trooper in keeping up with these threads. Especially as fast as they have been going. Thank You.


122 posted on 08/28/2005 8:21:13 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Beelzebubba
Does she use any corn?

lol!

In all my excitement over the butter and sugar, I forgot to add corn! (Cut from fresh corn cobs.)

Oh, yeah... then she cooks it for awhile.

:-)

123 posted on 08/28/2005 8:21:16 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum
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To: TheForceOfOne

Why do you think? ( I missed it)


124 posted on 08/28/2005 8:21:22 PM PDT by Sprite518
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To: NautiNurse

Oh no, TD13!


125 posted on 08/28/2005 8:21:30 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Freedom of speech makes it much easier to spot the idiots." [Jay Lessig, 2/7/2005])
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To: NautiNurse

126 posted on 08/28/2005 8:21:56 PM PDT by Clemenza (Proud "Free Traitor" & Capitalist Pig)
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To: Peach

It may go as well as 145 mph, but I would really expect it not to weaken below 150.

It reacts VERY, VERY slowly to an ERC....and even starts strengthening before getting out of those cycles based on the last one.


127 posted on 08/28/2005 8:22:00 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: All

St Bernard & Orleans Parishes have a TORNADO WARNING.


128 posted on 08/28/2005 8:22:02 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Cindy Sheehan: "All You Are Saying Is Give APPEASEMENT A Chance!")
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To: mhking
you missed a line break at the last

Then I done good at this stage of the game.

129 posted on 08/28/2005 8:22:07 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: SaveTheChief
Never, Never attempt to use FACTs on DU. They are much happier in thier stupor....

Semper Bewildered

130 posted on 08/28/2005 8:22:19 PM PDT by Trident/Delta (Chaos, Panic and Disorder.....My work here is done!)
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To: Admin Moderator

Oops, I just said something about Ted Kennedy, can I take it back?????


131 posted on 08/28/2005 8:22:24 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (WHEN JANE FONDA STARTS HER TOUR, LET ME KNOW WHERE SHE IS)
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To: Jorge
Just what we need when facing a human tragedy

Not everybody fleeing NO is so somber. Neither should we be. Donate blood tomorrow.

132 posted on 08/28/2005 8:22:30 PM PDT by RightWhale (Partly cloudy, 62 degrees, wind <7 knots in Fairbanks)
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To: fishntex

Methinks that website isn't telling the truth about the image being "live," as there's a big happy crowd on Bourbon St.


133 posted on 08/28/2005 8:22:36 PM PDT by BCrago66
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To: mhking

Things have gotton a wee bit out of control, so, I'm her for awhile.


135 posted on 08/28/2005 8:22:45 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: spanalot

Live Feed, Thanks...


136 posted on 08/28/2005 8:22:51 PM PDT by Major_Risktaker
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To: NautiNurse

137 posted on 08/28/2005 8:23:08 PM PDT by Clemenza (Proud "Free Traitor" & Capitalist Pig)
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To: RummyChick

Shep might be taking a nap, since Fox is going 24/7 with this...maybe he will be on closer to the time Katrina is supposed to hit NO.


138 posted on 08/28/2005 8:23:12 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington Texas --- Next home of the Dallas Cowboys...going more broke every second.)
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To: Willie Green

Here is the explanation from NOAA:

"Concentric eyewall cycles" (or "eyewall replacement cycle" ) naturally occur in intense tropical cyclones , i.e. major hurricanes (winds > 50 m/s, 100 kt, 115 mph) or Catories 3, 4, and 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. As tropical cyclones reach this threshold of intensity, they usually - but not always - have an eyewall and radius of maximum winds that contract to a very small size, around 10 to 25 km [5 to 15 mi]. At this point, some of the outer rainbands may organize into an outer ring of thunderstorms that slowly moves inward and robs the inner eyewall of its needed moisture and momentum. During this phase, the tropical cyclone is weakening (i.e. the maximum winds die off a bit and the central pressure goes up). Eventually the outer eyewall replaces the inner one completely and the storm can be the same intensity as it was previously or, in some cases, even stronger. A concentric eyewall cycle occurred in Hurricane Andrew (1992) before landfall near Miami: a strong intensity was reached, an outer eyewall formed, this contracted in concert with a pronounced weakening of the storm, and as the outer eyewall completely replaced the original one the hurricane reintensified. Another example is Hurricane Allen (1980) which went through repeated eyewall replacement cycles -- going from Categrory 5 to Category 3 status several times. To learn more about concentric eyewall cycles, read Willoughby et al. (1982) and Willoughby (1990a).

It was the discovery of concentric eyewall cycles that was partially responsible for the end of the U.S. Governements's hurricane modification experiment Project STORMFURY, since what the scientists had hoped to produce through seeding was happening frequently as a natural part of hurricane dynamics.


139 posted on 08/28/2005 8:23:20 PM PDT by HighWheeler (RATS hero is an impeached, dis-barred, lying, perjuring, cheating, lazy, cowardly sexual predator)
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To: cajungirl

I couldn't agree more. It is called "comfort food" for a reason.


140 posted on 08/28/2005 8:23:20 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
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