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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; tropical; weather
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To: jayef

NO still isn't out of harms way. Those poor people have misery to face. I can't even imagine what they will go home to, and some won't have much left of their homes.

I keep thinking of the poor pets that had to be left behind. Me dog cowers and shivers during a thunder storm. I hate to think what the helpless critters are suffering right now. And the childern. They will have phobias forever.

This is still a major tragedy.


2,041 posted on 08/29/2005 8:09:24 AM PDT by HoHoeHeaux
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To: cfo

That radar picture does make it look like the worst is past. However it appears to show northerly winds on the lake. Soon to be westerlies, though.

I think NO is going to be really wrecked. But not destroyed I am hopeful.


2,042 posted on 08/29/2005 8:09:31 AM PDT by Sam Cree (absolute reality - Miami)
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To: battlegearboat

Releasing reserves equal to stalled production would be appropriate.


2,043 posted on 08/29/2005 8:09:45 AM PDT by kinghorse
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To: maggief

That's not unexpected. At least it hasn't flooded there yet...


2,044 posted on 08/29/2005 8:09:46 AM PDT by Pyro7480 (Dies irae, dies illa....Rex tremendae majestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salva me!)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Good.....

I think the average freeper these days is about 23...lol

which is not a bad thing, if they will pick up some cultural conservatism along the way as they age.

just my opinion

I went to bed at 4.

Looks like things tuned down a bit.

I figured they might once Katrina started sucking up the boot of the River Delta


2,046 posted on 08/29/2005 8:09:55 AM PDT by wardaddy (I'm sure glad I'm not fishing on Chandeleur right about now)
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To: NautiNurse

Since the storm is weaker, I think the chance of the disastrous flooding in NO is much less.

But, we won't know until a few hours from now.


2,047 posted on 08/29/2005 8:09:56 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: Jrabbit

Haven't seen any...


2,048 posted on 08/29/2005 8:10:10 AM PDT by TheBigB (It's funktastic!!)
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To: mewzilla

Worse in Bay St. Louis than Gulfport, but as best I can tell not a single network put anyone in Bay St. Louis...


2,049 posted on 08/29/2005 8:10:15 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: CajunConservative

Fox: Shep reports people in NO standing on their rooftops in hurricane force winds in order to escape the rising water.


2,050 posted on 08/29/2005 8:10:18 AM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (Galveston)
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To: dirtboy

But they don't yet how badly production's been affected. I wish they'd just keep their powder dry 'til they do know.


2,051 posted on 08/29/2005 8:10:31 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: wardaddy

Hey how's the weather in TN?


2,052 posted on 08/29/2005 8:10:33 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

The fox news channel just showed a reporter standing in the catholic school yard in Bayou La Batre al. It was blowing 75 mph w/guststo 95 mph.I was talking to my Brother about 2 mls from there and he said it was blowing as hard as Frederick. I attended grade school in th 40 and 50's at that Cathlic school.


2,053 posted on 08/29/2005 8:10:39 AM PDT by cksharks (ew prayers for them because they will need it.)
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To: rwfromkansas

As per Fox news..Levee broke in NO.


2,054 posted on 08/29/2005 8:10:56 AM PDT by Lovergirl (Proud fan of Tony ,Rush, Sean and The Great One. WOOF!)
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To: Lazamataz

Me: Believe you are getting into very, very poor taste... (post 1922)

Re: "Prolly. But I tend to strike out at those who strike out at me and love those who love me."

A look at your FR homepage rant makes me kind of understand why you would make such a post... But it is still in very bad taste considering it says "NO personal attacks" right under where you type your post...


2,055 posted on 08/29/2005 8:10:59 AM PDT by sonofatpatcher2 (Texas, Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
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To: NautiNurse

It appears that the eye is completely onshore, just east of the MS/LA border.


2,056 posted on 08/29/2005 8:11:06 AM PDT by Pyro7480 (Dies irae, dies illa....Rex tremendae majestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salva me!)
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To: DB
Personally I think Shep is making a fool of himself.

Someone should tell him that there can only be one Geraldo ;-)

2,057 posted on 08/29/2005 8:11:16 AM PDT by TheSpottedOwl ("President Bush, start building that wall"!)
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To: mewzilla
But they don't yet how badly production's been affected. I wish they'd just keep their powder dry 'til they do know.

Bush announcing this should help keep the crude futures from going bonkers.

2,058 posted on 08/29/2005 8:11:22 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: mewzilla
What good is tapping the SPR going to do without increased refinery capacity?

I dunno fer sure, but aren't there refined fuels in the SPR as well as oil?

2,059 posted on 08/29/2005 8:11:22 AM PDT by Stultis
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To: cyborg

My alma mater in Starkville's going to get a battering today...winds up to 60mph tonight, sez weather.com.


2,060 posted on 08/29/2005 8:11:36 AM PDT by TheBigB (It's funktastic!!)
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