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

[cfo]

turns out, media hyped the story to get a ratings boost -- Live and learn.

[Coldwater Creek]

It is cloudy and drizzly in the Memphis area. We are going to get 30 mph winds tonight and then the worst tomorrow.

[Lazamataz]

I apologized for the post in 2033, and had it removed. Good now?

[cyborg]

LOL are you serious? Just put some stain remover on it and put it in the wash hehehe.

[ohioWfan]

I agree. Shep sounds like he's drawing conclusions when the story isn't over yet.

Continued prayers for protection.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

The competition is being held in the New Orleans Arena.

Everyone sings 2 songs in the first round. If you're good enough to make it to the finals, your group sings two more songs specific to the style then other extra songs to fill a 10-12 minute time slot on stage. My quartet is singing this one and this one, which was #1 on the Hit Parade in 1927 :-), in the first round.

[jveritas]

When the news is overblown and exxagerated, I will point it out.

[Euro-American Scum]

My sister told me this morning that her 7 year-old asked why almost all the people in the line were black. Of course, it was something we all noticed, but nobody but a child would say it.

Bush's fault. I'm surprised CNN hasn't initiated an investigative report.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Just lost WDSU...

[FreeAtlanta]

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

I wonder if one of them is the dog walker who told Shep "it's none of your F'ing business" why he was still in NO.

My wife and I just stared blankly at each other.

[Quilla]

Resolve carpet and fabric cleaner has saved me on many an occasion.

[jayef]

Cajun white types? In New Orleans? Don't know much about the area, do ya?

[Rutles4Ever]

Isn't it time for an update from the REAL crisis taking place in Aruba??

[WoodstockCat]

Hurricane Katrina's slight eastward tack has prompted Louisiana State University's hurricane forecasters to recalibrate their damage estimates from wind and flooding as the storm continues its trek toward land.

Computer models generated by a supercomputer at the LSU Hurricane Center from Sunday's 10 p.m. advisory project a "worst-case scenario" of 329,000 buildings in southeast Louisiana sustaining at least some wind damage. That's down from an earlier forecast of a half-million homes damaged, said Marc Levitan, director of the hurricane center.

Storm-surge estimates outside the levee system have also been revised downward to 16-18 feet in eastern New Orleans. Earlier estimates were for 20 feet.

Flooding was expected to be worst in Plaquemines, St. Bernard and eastern Orleans parishes and less severe to the west, Levitan said. Inside the levee system, water is expected to crest at 10 feet above ground-level in eastern Orleans, and at eight to 12 feet above ground-level in Kenner and Norco.

"It's not as bad as the (forecast) last night," Levitan said, referring to forecasts that were based on Sunday afternoon's projections of Katrina's path.

[battlegearboat]

He would be pilloried if he didn't.

[cyborg]

Thanks. Just becareful with the trees,etc. There goes that wacky Harrigan again...or is this a repeat segment?

[kinghorse]

You sound like a well intentioned yet blatantly misinformed person. The vast majority of people that live in New Orleans proper are not anglo. It's like 3 to 1. Let's leave the man keeping you down out of this one, k?

[1Old Pro]

Fans now filing out of the Superdome, heading home.

Perhaps just a "group" smoke break?

[ChadGore]

Reload . . I lost it too.

It's still up.

[mware]

Yes flooding from the levees that have been topped, The wind coming from the north will not help. A breach would be a hole in the levee, compromising it.