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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: Ellesu
Hey--haven't heard an update on Lake Ponchartrain.

p.s. I'm getting close to posting a new thread.

2,121 posted on 08/29/2005 2:28:08 AM 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: LibertyRocks

OysterCam is still up (click on OysterCam)

http://www.nola.com/bourbocam/


2,122 posted on 08/29/2005 2:28:45 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: Bogey78O

take care--check in again when you can


2,123 posted on 08/29/2005 2:28:58 AM 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: itsinthebag
Winds weakening, pressure rising. All good news.

I heard that. They also said that the southwest side of the eyewall appeared to be weakening.......... it was all pretty good news for everyone and NO in particular. They also said it was moving much faster which is a good thing.

2,124 posted on 08/29/2005 2:29:41 AM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: NautiNurse

Have you been up all night? You must be exhausted.


2,125 posted on 08/29/2005 2:29:58 AM PDT by Godebert
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To: CaliGangsta
Streetcar cam still up

streetcar cam

2,126 posted on 08/29/2005 2:30:50 AM PDT by andyandval
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To: SauronOfMordor

Great picture!


2,127 posted on 08/29/2005 2:30:53 AM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: Ichneumon
Well, WE are getting lightening and storms here in Little Rock right now. WTH?...LOL!

sw

2,128 posted on 08/29/2005 2:31:08 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)
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To: NautiNurse

Great, ping me when you do.


2,129 posted on 08/29/2005 2:32:35 AM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: andyandval


I wish to file a complaint with the webcams for false advertising -- i don't see any Oysters, Parades, or Streetcars...


2,130 posted on 08/29/2005 2:32:44 AM PDT by KakaduDreamer
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To: Ellesu

Will do!


2,131 posted on 08/29/2005 2:33:15 AM 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: andyandval

What it that large light in streetcarcam behind that tree?


2,132 posted on 08/29/2005 2:33:58 AM PDT by bobdsmith
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To: Godebert

The prayers are wonderful..but NO is still in for it.as are other areas.


2,133 posted on 08/29/2005 2:34:02 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: All

I am going to lay down for a catnap until the sun comes up.


2,134 posted on 08/29/2005 2:34:53 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: itsinthebag

I'm looking at the a href="http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/float-wv-loop.html">satellite water-vapor loop</a> and thinking "That's one mother of an eye!". The next thought is "That's a hell of a lot of water vapor coming around"


2,135 posted on 08/29/2005 2:35:31 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: KakaduDreamer
I wish to file a complaint with the webcams for false advertising -- i don't see any Oysters, Parades, or Streetcars...

Count your blessings there's no karaoke!

2,136 posted on 08/29/2005 2:36:12 AM PDT by glock rocks (Let's light a candle.)
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To: NautiNurse
haven't heard an update on Lake Ponchartrain

Here are some links for your new thread:

Real-time water level, and wind speed data for the affected area:

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?site_no=073802330

http://storms.nos.noaa.gov/geographic.html

2,137 posted on 08/29/2005 2:37:25 AM PDT by Semper911 (Real estate is not real anymore.)
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To: NautiNurse
Morning nauti, Just got up. Are you going to try to get some zzzz's?

Although it sounds that the situation is still very critical some factors in the storm seem to have improved.

Prayers up.

2,138 posted on 08/29/2005 2:37:50 AM PDT by mware (Trollhunter of Note)
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To: Godebert
How many miles to the East of NO is the eye going to pass?

No idea, I'm not a meteorologist. My feel from the satellite loop is "not by much, if at all"

2,139 posted on 08/29/2005 2:39:01 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: Semper911

Thank You.


2,140 posted on 08/29/2005 2:40:10 AM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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