Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII

NOAA - NHC ^ | 29 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[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

[WestCoastGal]

I've driven through that tunnel years ago, clautrophobia!!!

[LizardQueen]

Mike Keller, a resident of Biloxi, Mississippi, stands in the rain while mooning Hurricane Katrina just after dawn August 29, 2005...

A true "hold muh beer and watch this moment", :lol:

LQ

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Just reporting what CNN said.

[Strategerist]

I believe it's much more securely anchored (as are most museum ships) than your average operating vessel just secured to a pier.

[Squantos]

But when I bad I'm better.....:o)

I think you'll still have the event.....they'll have that hotel fixed before they fix Ma and Pa Kettles home down there IMO.....money is served first. But then if it's all bad you may have to share your room with fifty or so refugees.

Good luck on your song......what are ya singing or is that a secret ?

[RoseofTexas]

"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."

At least you don't have to be running back and forth to the tube in the next room...I'm envious!;-)

[dfwgator]

Other than the flooding that will occur, it looks like NO really dodged a bullet.

More like the bullet missed NO's vital organs.

[Calpernia]

Did I not see trolls posting that the National Guard was all in Iraq and unavailable to assist in this hurricane?

http://www.foxnews.com/photo_essay/photoessay_565_images/082805_katrina_strike6.jpg

[WoodstockCat]

thx for that..my in-laws are on the other side of Canebreak...I don't like the sound of trees bending over there.

[JerseyHighlander]

Does anyone have a WDSU TV live stream reflector address that is working?

[SittinYonder]

Huey Long assassinated in Baton Rouge.

Shouldn't this be in 'breaking news'?

[jeffers]

Still standing!

Looks like concrete and steel win this round.

Good deal.

[Hank Rearden]

What a grandstanding, phony, pompous ass he is.

And Shepard Smith is his spawn.

[sarasota]

That's one amazing satellite photo and thanks.

[null and void]

If it sunk most of it would still be above the water line.

[jayef]

New Orleans is a LONG WAY from out of the woods. Anyone reporting otherwise is an ABSOLUTE FOOL!

[jveritas]

Some guys on FR like the drama, even if it means bad things. They do not like to hear good news.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

8 feet in Arabi? It's not out way off in the boonies...but it's near east New Orleans, by Bayou Bienvenu, probably pretty close to the eye wall. I used to live in New Orleans East and go to church in Arabi....wow...

[cyborg]

Well we know that Comfort Inn makes good signs.

[11th_VA]

Cell phones aren't working, but they do have land line communication.

SBC must be glad to hear that ...