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]

His last report was that he was south of Lake Ponchartrain. His crew at least was able to call for help for these people.

[Smogger]

Did you hear the answer: That there are a lot of dead people down there. What question was he answering?

The reporter asked the Governor what his worst fear was.

[Calpernia]

Looks like another system is forming already

http://www.skeetobiteweather.com/archive/model/AL132005mlts.gif

[bwteim]

Thanks!

Here is for Mississippi folks:

1218 Pm Cdt Mon Aug 29 2005
Bulletin - Eas Activation Requested
Flash Flood Warning...Corrected
National Weather Service Jackson Ms
Issued By National Weather Service Huntsville Al
1218 Pm Cdt Mon Aug 29 2005
The National Weather Service In Jackson Has Issued A
* Flash Flood Warning For...
Copiah County In Central Mississippi
Hinds County In Central Mississippi
Leake County In Central Mississippi
Madison County In Central Mississippi
Rankin County In Central Mississippi
Scott County In Central Mississippi
Simpson County In Central Mississippi
Smith County In Central Mississippi
Clarke County In East Central Mississippi
Jasper County In East Central Mississippi
Kemper County In East Central Mississippi
Lauderdale County In East Central Mississippi
Neshoba County In East Central Mississippi
Newton County In East Central Mississippi
* Until 615 Pm Cdt
* At 1215 Pm Cdt...National Weather Service Doppler Radar Indicated Very Heavy Rain From Hurricane Katrina.
* Some Locations Affected Include But Are Not Limited To... Bay Springs...Bolton...Brandon...Canton...Carthage...Clinton... Collinsville...Conehatta...Crystal Springs...De Kalb...Decatur... Edwards...Florence...Flowood...Forest...Hazlehurst...Heidelberg... Jackson...Madison...Magee...Marion...Mendenhall...Meridian... Meridian Station...Morton...Nellieburg...Newton...Pearl...Pearl River...Pelahatchie...Philadelphia...Quitman...Raleigh...Raymond... Richland...Ridgeland...Stonewall...Taylorsville...Terry...Union And Utica

[RoseofTexas]

Before he was cut off, I did see the folk in the back ground applauding him over some statement he made about the border. I couldn't hear exactly what he said because the anchor started talking over him. I'm hoping it was a very positive respond from the audience over a solution to solve the Border crisis!

[AmericanInTokyo]

Yep. And I kinda' dig the way he says "casinos". (kusinas)

[dirtboy]

Stay safe and be careful venturing out afterwards - make sure the trailing feeder bands have passed.

[Smogger]

I'm about 15 miles south of Jackson near hwy 49. The weather is deteriorating quickly. The trees are bending like grass in a windy field. Our power is intermittant and will likely go out for good soon.

Thanks. Keep me informed as long as you can.

[the Deejay]

like when he announced the pope's death a day ahead of time, so I wouldn't take his word for it.

Anchors only repeat what they are TOLD from the control room. Can't blame Shep for that one.

[Cedar]

"Ole Haley has got a serious Mississippi accent, don't he."

Lots of MS folks have that MS accent :) Proud of it!

You should hear my aunt!

[cyborg]

Wow.

[SittinYonder]

mark

[Diva Betsy Ross]

be safe.

[Pyro7480]

Yeah, we have a stationary front stretching from Western Illinois, across Michigan, into Canada. It doesn't look good for the folks in your area.

[Diddle E. Squat]

WWL:

Houma got minimal hurricane winds, no major structural damage visible by reporter. Damage noticeably increased as they drove to NO. Expressway in Westwego(south side of Miss. River) was impassable in places, structural damage in town, heavy damage.

[Pyro7480]

LOL!

[LizardQueen]

After they take care of their immediate needs, I'd say the folks in NO need to ask themselves some hard question about how their pumps are maintained.

Agree - that, and they badly need to re-examine their disaster plans, their evacuation plans (or lack of), and the competence of their elected officials. Frankly, the situation in NO seems like it was a bit of a "fustercluck". If the storm hadn't jogged east it could have been much worse, and it's bad enough as it is (and we don't even know how bad it truly is yet).

LQ

[easonc52]

they haven't gotten the worst yet..my in-laws are there in Lamar Co. I was watching stream wjtv.com out of Jackson and they said hurricane force+ winds should be in the Hattiesburg area in about 1/2 hour..current weather.com shows 50+ winds..gusts to 70..

Thank you for the response. I pray they're with friends and are safe.

[carl in alaska]

"Do you have a polar bear suit?"

No bear suit...the only effective defense against bears that I know of is a gun. When you hike outside of the city in Alaska, it's best to carry a gun in your backpack (or two guns if you prefer, in case the first one jams.) If you encounter a bear, stay quiet then back slowly away from the bear and hope he doesn't notice you and he's not hungry. Use the gun as a last resort and aim right between his beady eyes.