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
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Lat/Lon	No Lat/Lon	Short	Long
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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

[TheMom]

Just heard from my sister, there is a voluntary evacuation for a few towns in the county she lives (Brazoria). She said they will wait until tomorrow to see which direction this storm is going.

It seems that Ike is determined to hit Texas, it just is not sure where it wants to land.

[rodguy911]

It’s taking a while fro this thing to get out of here, can’t wait.

[txhurl]

Austin:

Saturday

Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Very windy. Locally heavy rainfall likely. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 100 percent.

[mathluv]

Janice Dean, Fox, just said it could go north. Watch out, Houston!

[NautiNurse]

Glad to know you are safe. Too many tornado stories from the Keys last night.

[TheMom]

Waiting to see what this guy is gonna do. If it looks like it will hit our area, then I will head out to police up the yard.

[Elle Bee]

LOL ..... you know I had just emailed a friend and I said that was the tragedy .... I love that place The Shell Man ... I never know that I needed the things with witch I come out of there

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[blam]

"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. "

After Katrina, I received two of those as Christmas gifts...I understand that after 2-19-2009, they won't work. I've never used them.

[Elle Bee]

rain is gone in Key West ... barely a breeze

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[eastforker]

You and the Eaker clan take care, we might be in for a rough weekend.

[CindyDawg]

Yeah. I have TWC on and the guy says it depends on when the through picks Ike up. He said he expects it to start going more westerly soon. I don’t know if anyone has mentioned it but If this thing gets close to you or I and then makes that curve before landfall and follows the coast.....

[CindyDawg]

Yall take care.

[CindyDawg]

So many “weather people” saying so many different things :’(

[MeekOneGOP]

bttt !!!

[Eaker]

We laid in two tons of dog food.

We should be good for a few days...........

[girlscout]

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[dirtboy]

I am SOOOO glad my parents moved from Rockport, TX to Georgetown, TX two years ago, after my dad pulled a Nagin and didn’t prepare to evacuate as Rita was coming at them (fortunately, Rita veered to the north). Rockport is dead-center on the track now.

[SomeCallMeTim]

How long do you think Ike will keep sucking in this dry air from the west? It seems to be giving him a hard time getting really well organized?

This one has me very worried for my hometown: Angleton, Tx. (30 mi due S of Houston)

Any landfall north of Corpus would hit them pretty hard. They are already starting evacuations of the barrier islands and Freeport.

[NautiNurse]

Glad Ike has left the Keys.

We are anxiously awaiting Obama to address the Swinegate Scandal. tee hee!

[jpsb]

Your dad was smart, they always turn north once they get close to Texas. I didn't evac for Rita either and I'm north of your dad (Galveston Bay). My area was a ghost town during Rita, lol, Town of 5,000 maybe 200 stayed.