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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
NOAA - NHC ^ | 29 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

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

Wind Speed Data

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:

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; tropical; weather
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To: Spiff

Much of that section looks dry because a radar is knocked down. The hurricane didn't just disappear.


1,921 posted on 08/29/2005 7:54:45 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Not A Democrat
Huey Long assassinated in Baton Rouge.
1,923 posted on 08/29/2005 7:55:02 AM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: Not A Democrat

The Saints are not the only ones with a problem.

The New Orleans Bowl (http://www.neworleansbowl.com) and the Nokia Sugar Bowl (http://www.nokiasugarbowl.com) are played there too.

I suspect they may be looking for a new location for those games as well.


1,924 posted on 08/29/2005 7:55:05 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: CedarDave

I watching TV and freepin. Sorry I can't help you out. The only reason I'm jumping between CNN and MSNBC is because most people here are watching Fox.


1,925 posted on 08/29/2005 7:55:08 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: gopwinsin04

THAT is goooood coffee.


1,926 posted on 08/29/2005 7:55:10 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: ken5050; maggief

"And don't it make his brown eye blue!"


1,927 posted on 08/29/2005 7:55:13 AM PDT by Malacoda (*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*)
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To: NautiNurse; All

AP - New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina Rips La., Miss. Coasts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1472772/posts


1,928 posted on 08/29/2005 7:55:29 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: NautiNurse; Ellesu; Blennos
I'm checking in from Plano, TX. We drove all night and got her at 6:30 AM. Just got off the phone from a neighbor in Prairieville. There fence has blown down and they are without power. There are unable to get any radio news from WWL (NO) and WJBO (BR). Cell phones aren't working, but they do have land line communication.
Prayers for all of you in Katrina's path!
1,929 posted on 08/29/2005 7:56:18 AM PDT by LA Woman3
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To: Sprite518
I don't think we'll be going to Destin that way now, if we go at all. Have to drive thru Mobile.

I'll know after damage reports today.

sw

1,930 posted on 08/29/2005 7:56:21 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

Forest Service paychecks are processed in New Orleans....


1,931 posted on 08/29/2005 7:56:29 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Lazamataz

My lips are sealed.


1,932 posted on 08/29/2005 7:56:29 AM PDT by null and void (Dingbat, please pick up the red courtesy phone...)
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To: MplsSteve
The Saints are not the only ones with a problem.

What's the problem?

1,933 posted on 08/29/2005 7:56:33 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: eyespysomething

http://www.foxnews.com/photo_essay/photoessay_565_images/082905_katrina14.jpg


1,934 posted on 08/29/2005 7:56:40 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: WoodstockCat
I have family staying up in Hattiesburg as well.

Here is a link that will give you info on the conditions there.

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050829/NEWS05/50829003
1,935 posted on 08/29/2005 7:56:45 AM PDT by 4everontheRight (Born/raised on MS beaches (SC now)...Criminals feed on the indulgence of society's understanding)
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To: mariabush
Big trees down with wind in Memphis.

Not Memphis, TN it's not even raining here yet.

1,936 posted on 08/29/2005 7:56:55 AM PDT by TN4Bush
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To: NautiNurse
NOAA IR view

Looks like the eye has just passed over the mouth of the lake.

That red part is spinning like it's going to push a lot of water over the lakes levee's. Doesn't look good.

1,937 posted on 08/29/2005 7:56:55 AM PDT by benjaminjjones
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To: Gondring

one each? :-P


1,938 posted on 08/29/2005 7:57:09 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (Thank you JR for pulling this limping team across the finish in 9th place)
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To: Lazamataz

"...And I know how much you wanted to model the ball gag..."


HAHA!! Those that may not know what that is outta be picking themselves up off the floor about now... (pssst, i think alot more people know what it is though, they just don't want to admit it...) : )



1,939 posted on 08/29/2005 7:57:11 AM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: sonofatpatcher2
Don't know if I would want to be on a powerless ship, even a 45,000 ton battleship, in a major hurricane...

Battleships are reletively capable of handling a hurricane...

...IF they are at sea AND under power AND properly manned. I wouldn't want to be on one just tied up to a pier.

1,940 posted on 08/29/2005 7:57:36 AM PDT by IMRight
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