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Posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:45 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Category 4 Hurricane Katrina is approaching landfall in Eastern Louisiana. At 4:00AM EDT the storm's center was about 90 miles south of New Orleans.
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
Lake Ponchartrain Real Time Water Level
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:
Cut and Paste:
http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_khou&props=livenoad
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
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
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
| 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 |
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Beaux Rivage is in Biloxi. Part of the Mirage chain of hotels/casinos.
This has been a test....thanks for taking part in it.
Shalom
His last report said he's be back in the next hour.
My understanding is that he's shielded from the wind behind a wall, outside.
I agree - I think he's been an idiot this time.
LQ
They close the hurricane steel doors on both ends of the tunnel and then sand bag them.
It's alright. I just didn't understand BOP, and that coupled with the typo made for good jest.
What a time to be thinking about sex.
Exactly what I was thinking. But being such a serious thread and all, I'm glad you said it and not me.
Re: "Downtown Mobile Alabama now under 3 feet of water."
Wonder how the battleship USS Alabama is holding up?
"Heck, they even give you 'one last fag' before putting you in front of the firing squad."
Aw man, that visual is gonna leave a mark...
Could it be explained as "hype"?
Laz, where ya been? Turn it on, dude.
That's an amazing sat photo.
It's the worst hurricane ever because he's in it.
What a grandstanding, phony, pompous ass he is.
They have storm doors on the Hwy. 90 tunnel, and the entrances to the I-10 tunnel are pretty high - at least as high as the Bayway. If water comes in there, build an ark. But I saw a press report from Mobile earlier and the Bankhead (90) was open.
I didn't know they had hurricane doors,,
Twigs..on the bright side....the hopefully will be the worst that it gets...
It's coverage was impressive IMO this time and I'll e-mail em and say so......XM---247 !
They linked all around their nooze channels from BBC to ABC radio, CNN, FNC all night along with their own commentator putting in calls to the hurricane center and getting updates on the numbers and strenghts vs the average tallking heads ...oh this is bad or this is gonna be or maybe etc etc ....facts pretty much as I heard it.
Didn't have to channel chase at all.....:o)
A Bravo Zulu to the XM 247 folks thus far.....
They do this on every station...It isn't just Fox that does it.
I agree I have been there a couple times. I was one of the few people that actually won a lot of money in that Casino resort. Also we charted a boat, and went deep sea fishing. It was pretty fun..
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