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

[WKB]

My mother used to joke about people not having enough sense to come in out of the rain--Harrigan meets that description..



Or when the Lord said brain he thought He said
rain and went inside.
I switched to "Simply Quilts" on HGTV

[Petronski]

Ed Reams of WDSU: Daylight seen through roof of Superdome. Reporter has sense a big piece is about to "peel off." Something like a 1/12th slice of the pie.

[TheBigB]

Morning, all. BTTT to check in later...watched a bit of FNC coverage this morning before work.

[Kozak]

Local TV station out of NO reports WORST is over for NO. Eye is passing to the East of the city. Maybe NO dodges the bullet....

http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38843.asx

[mrobison]

I am focused more on the fact that eyewall replacement was responsible for Katrina's almost immediate intensification from a Category 2 to a Category 5 storm while out in the Gulf.

[cyborg]

If he stands up straight, he will!

[Right_in_Virginia]

Harrigan needs to get inside. He's headed straight for an Anderson Cooper moment.

[Broker]

CNN reporting sections of Dome's roof off with more sections likely to go.....

[CobaltBlue]

I stand corrected, there are about 50 of these pumps, they are 14 ft. in diameter in Orleans Parish.
http://gatewayno.com/history/PUMPS.html

[steveegg]

Hmmm, well that's a good sign. I'd rather they be on the ground than anywhere else.

It also helps if they've got 4 tires on the ground. :-)

[Interesting Times]

I believe the Superdome has leaked before and been patched. Bet the leak is where it was patched before. Just a guess, though.

And not a bad one...

[Shazbot29]

I think the brunt of the storm will hit NO in about an hour?

Yikes! Prayers for all in the affected areas!!

[bill1952]

Maybe he is still all busy with Jlo's Block Party. 8^)

[stlnative]

Winds: 135 MPH
Gusts: 161 MPH
Pressure: 923 MB
Moving: North 15 MPH

Currently 40 miles SE of New Orleans

[advance_copy]

CNN: WDSU reporter on the inside of the Superdome can see daylight looking through the roof. Predicts that roof may be peeled off.

[cyborg]

morning b... good to see ya!

[Sender]

Yes if you start seeing police vehicles in the air, then the eye wall has arrived.

[LibertyRocks]

Reporting Hwy 90 in Harrison Country is under several feet of water.

[LadyBuzz]

Looking for Larry, Daryl & Daryl? LOL

[Peach]

Jackie! The best attitude of anyone in her situation I've ever seen. An inspiration is right.