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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: Hurricane Andrew
TD 13 is nothing anymore. National Hurricane Center issued its last update for it this morning, unless is reorganizes

TD 10 did the same thing ... and then its remnants later merged with another wave and became TD 12 and then Katrina...

3,181 posted on 08/29/2005 10:34:56 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: the Deejay

Illegal immigration isn't about the hurricane. As you well know.


3,182 posted on 08/29/2005 10:34:59 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: Diddle E. Squat

"CNN: Slidell hit hard, but no details."

The wait for news from Slidell is unnerving! But thanks for keeping us posted nevertheless.


3,183 posted on 08/29/2005 10:35:05 AM PDT by LibSnubber (Lafayette, LA........PRAYER AGAINST STORMS on my homepage)
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To: All

MSNBC reporter reprorting from Biloxi that the coastline has moved about 2 miles in. Says the storm surge must have been "incredible."


3,184 posted on 08/29/2005 10:35:37 AM PDT by Smogger
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To: Abigail Adams
The 2004 population estimate for Biloxi city, Mississippi is 50,115.

The 2004 population estimate for Harrison County, Mississippi is 192,393. Harrison County includes Gulfport and Biloxi.

Source: Census.gov
3,185 posted on 08/29/2005 10:35:57 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: RobFromGa

Even a couple of rounds at the wheels on their W-D shopping carts would do the trick... ;)


3,186 posted on 08/29/2005 10:35:57 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: Cedar

I spent a few years in Picayune in grade school, I fondly remember that accent from the teachers, good people there. I fear the worst for them, as it appears the eye went right over it.


3,187 posted on 08/29/2005 10:36:03 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Smogger

OMG!!!!


3,188 posted on 08/29/2005 10:36:05 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: Diddle E. Squat

slidell was under water last I heard.


3,189 posted on 08/29/2005 10:36:15 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Smogger

WOW!


3,190 posted on 08/29/2005 10:36:25 AM PDT by cgk (We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld)
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To: LibSnubber; Diddle E. Squat

How many people live in Sidell?


3,191 posted on 08/29/2005 10:36:26 AM PDT by Dog ( "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.")
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Fallen trees and downed power lines litter downtown Houma .. Houma Courier

HOUMA - A half hour before Terrebonne Sheriff Jerry Larpenter allowed deputies back on parish streets, 911 Director Mark Boudreaux helped me secure a seat on the fire chief’s four-wheel-drive truck.

Boudreaux had an ulterior motive, for he wanted Bubba to transport him to the Communications District building on Capitol Boulevard so he could check damage. Luckily for emergency dispatchers, the building was OK. Oddly, the sound of croaking frogs was loader than the whistling wind.

But all along Hwy. 311, broken trees, fallen branches, tattered signs and disconnected power and cable lines littered Houma’s main thoroughfares. Perhaps the most damage in the city was downtown, where split hardwood and oak trees and shredded metal from tin roofs could be found on nearly every block. [end snip]


3,192 posted on 08/29/2005 10:36:45 AM PDT by deport (If you want something bad enough, there's someone who will sell it to you. Even the truth your way.)
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To: Smogger

Thats terrible news for all those Hotels and Casinos out on the coast, hope everybody in them were smart enough to run.


3,193 posted on 08/29/2005 10:36:55 AM PDT by aft_lizard (This space waiting for a post election epiphany it now is: Question Everything)
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To: Dog Gone

I didn't see it at first - but you're right. There wasa slight westerly jog as it neared NO and then it resumed its northerly route.


3,194 posted on 08/29/2005 10:37:01 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: RoseofTexas

Someone posted he's giving amnesty to
those illegals that came here prior
to 2005.

Not good enough........imo.


3,195 posted on 08/29/2005 10:37:03 AM PDT by the Deejay ((THE LADY DEEJAY))
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To: LibSnubber

11:52 a.m.: Evacuees Huddle In Hallways At Chalmette H.S.
People who took shelter in Chalmette High School are now huddled in the hallways because the windows have blown out. The building has sustained significant damage. There are reports that the water is 10-feet deep near the high school and is rapidly rising. -- WDSU.com Web Staff


3,196 posted on 08/29/2005 10:37:09 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Dog Gone

Hmmmmm... that jog looks like the hand of God pushing a hurricane...

But prayers for those in Gulfport and Mobile MS.


3,197 posted on 08/29/2005 10:37:16 AM PDT by dandelion
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To: Dog

~26000, according to Google.


3,198 posted on 08/29/2005 10:37:16 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: kenth
Harrigan vs. Howard Dean
3,199 posted on 08/29/2005 10:37:24 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: Dog Gone

Wow, an amazing loop. Katrina DID just jog around N.O.


3,200 posted on 08/29/2005 10:37:36 AM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (Nothing witty hereā€¦ move on.)
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