Hurricane Ike Live Thread

NOAA/NHC ^ | 7 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Ike is the fifth tropical cyclone of the 2008 hurricane season to threaten U.S. Gulf Coast states.

Reports from Turks & Caicos Islands describe 80 per cent of homes damaged or destroyed. On Sunday, Hurricane Ike's position just north of Hispanola was hampering relief efforts for devastation incurred by Hurricane Gustav and Tropical Storm Fay. The death toll in Haiti from Gustav reached 200 people.

Florida Governor Charlie Crist held a press conference Sunday morning shortly after a Hurricane Watch was issued for the Florida Keys.

Public Advisory Updated every 3 hours

Discussion Updated every 6 hours

Buoy data:

Florida & Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Western Gulf of Mexico

West Caribbean

Forecast Models

South FL Radar Loop
FL Keys Radar Loop
Cuba Radar Warning: site gets overloaded
FL Long Range Radar Image

Ike
Single Image		Image Loop
Lat/Lon	No Lat/Lon	Short	Long
Visible	Visible	Visible	Visible
Shortwave	Shortwave	Shortwave	Shortwave
Water Vapor	Water Vapor	Water Vapor	Water Vapor
Infrared Channel 4 Enhancements
None	None	None	None
AVN	AVN	AVN	AVN
Dvorak	Dvorak	Dvorak	Dvorak
JSL	JSL	JSL	JSL
RGB	RGB	RGB	RGB
Funktop	Funktop	Funktop	Funktop
Rainbow	Rainbow	Rainbow	Rainbow

Additional Resources:

Navy Tropical Cyclone
Storm Pulse Very cool site--scroll down for Ike

KeyNews.com Key West News
Miami Herald
NOLA.com
KPLC-tv Lake Charles News
WEAR-tv Pensacola FL
TBO.com Tampa Bay Online
KHOU Houston
WKRG-tv Mobile-Pensacola

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

[fatima]

What a night jsh3180.

[NautiNurse]

Thanks for your local report. Ike is a storm worthy of respect and a healthy dose of fear. You get my attention when a sea grape tree comes down. They are built for bad weather with their flexible limbs.

Hoping rodguy911 checks in soon.

[Elle Bee]

glad to hear you made it through the night

I love how the local bait wrapper always offers kudos to Keys Energy for keeping the lights on ... while we read the paper in the dark

the power came and left at least a dozen times in the last 24 hours

Keys Energy will sell a surge protector but they will tell you there are no guarantees and if you have more than one meter on your service it won't fit

glad you survived

As usual the most dangerous place in the Keys this past week was between our mendacious mayors and a media microphone. It's time to start evacuating the media when the dynamic duo evacuate tourists. Perhaps denying them face time will make them a little less trigger happy.

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[Elle Bee]

this storm is moving very slowly .... we're still taking wind and rain from the outer bands ... substantial at times

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[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

The graphic you posted with this thread has just added a bunch of states to the zone of uncertainty. Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. It is also edging into New Mexico, Colorado, and Mississippi (in Delta country). These are all in the Monday AM possibility. I figure that a lot of these folks have not been in a hurrcane warning area before. Do you think that they should be added to the topics list?

[Elle Bee]

what a shame ... Ike is at half speed and is now sitting over the warmest water it will cross

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[Elle Bee]

it will be below tropical storm strength by then ... just a rain event

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[NautiNurse]

This storm has a big reach too. We are getting weather 350 miles away from Ike's center. We may see some impressive intensification today.

[Rightly Biased]

Thanks lots of good info there

Still a cat 1 by the time it gets right over my head just east of San Antonio.

[NautiNurse]

The areas you mentioned are way out in the 5-day cone of uncertainty. As Elle Bee already pointed out, far inland, the storm will be a rain event.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

A hurricane remnant level of rain would be pretty interesting in the Ozarks.

[TornadoAlley3]

[CindyDawg]

Sounds like yall had a rough night. Glad everyone is ok.

[Elle Bee]

to paraphrase the Rev. Wright: Ike is still 'riding us dirty'

I think the storm surge is no longer a threat here in the Keys but the dirty side of this storm will slap us all day

I'm glad the wind is down when Wilma went by driving the storm surge I think it was a cat 4 or 5

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[NautiNurse]

We’re all watching this storm.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I guess that we should at least hold off for a couple of days then, although since Oklahoma is now in the four day projection, perhaps you should think again about it tomorrow, when it will be in the 3 day field, if things stay the same. Speaking of 3 day, it is predicting a tropical storm in Austin and the Texas Hill Country on Saturday, which should take care of the drought.

[NautiNurse]

fly low bawana...twisters are still a possibility.

;o)

[NautiNurse]

I want to know what we are supposed to do next year when electricity goes out and the digital converter box for a battery powered hurricane tv won't work.

There are some new models out there with the digital converter built into the little tv, but early reviews are horrible.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I want to know what we are supposed to do next year when electricity goes out and the digital converter box for a battery powered hurricane tv won't work.

I'm afraid that's above my pay grade.

[rodguy911]

Jim Waterman in Key largo at the Shellman is a personal friend of mine and it will take a lot more than a mini tornado to ruin his day. We go back to the mid 70’s he's a hard working guy and an ardent capitalist,good friend.