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Hurricane/TS Katrina Live Thread, Part II
NHC - NOAA ^ | 26 August 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 08/25/2005 11:51:53 PM PDT by NautiNurse

Katrina is emerging into the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico early this morning after making landfall in SE Florida, then tracking SW. Thus far, she is well ahead of schedule, leaving at least four fatalities in her wake, and well over 1 million without electricity.

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
Buoy Data Florida

Images:


Key West Experimental Radar Subject to delays and outages - and well worth the wait

Excellent South FL radar loop

Tampa Bay Long Range Radar Loop

Storm Floater IR Loop
Storm Floater Still & Loop Options
Color Enhanced IR Loop

Other Resources:

Florida East Coast Surf Reports Lots of great info here, including surf cams
Central Florida Hurricane Center
Hurricane City

Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I

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: florida; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; tropical; weather
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To: dawn53

Heard about the pet friendly shelter this evening. Sounds like a good idea. Hope it works.


781 posted on 08/26/2005 9:51:44 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: silentknight

I'm pulling together another live thread. Will have it ready within the hour.


782 posted on 08/26/2005 9:52:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: NautiNurse

Well, I'm off to bed, might hit some yard sales in the AM, isn't is wonderful we won't have the weekend we were expecting.


783 posted on 08/26/2005 9:53:59 PM PDT by dawn53
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To: dawn53

Nighters! Have a great time yard saling. Sweet relief we dodged another one.


784 posted on 08/26/2005 9:55:23 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

----Everybody was sure CAT 4 Lili was going to wipe out New Orleans, then it weakened to CAT 1 just before landfall and didn't wind up doing much.----

CAT 2. And it did PLENTY from where I sat.

-Dan

785 posted on 08/26/2005 10:02:58 PM PDT by Flux Capacitor (Trust me. I know what I'm doing.)
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To: Flux Capacitor

My sister's house got quite a bit of damage from Lili in Lafayette. She actually had more damage from Lili than she did from Andrew.


786 posted on 08/26/2005 10:06:54 PM PDT by CajunConservative
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To: Flux Capacitor

5 hours ago (don't they watch the weather channel?).........

NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Oil prices slipped from record levels Friday as Hurricane Katrina failed to disrupt oil and gas activities in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Light sweet crude for delivery in October, New York's main contract, fell 1.36 dollars to close at 66.13 dollars per barrel, after briefly trading as high as 67.95 dollars. The slip in prices came as Hurricane Katrina, despite making landfall in Florida, has not affected US Gulf oil production as much as had been feared.

Oil hit a record closing price on Thursday of 67.49 dollars, and briefly touched a record of 68 dollars late Wednesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange -- the highest point since it was first traded in 1983, amid concerns that Hurricane Katrina could damage or close US refineries in the Gulf of Mexico.

Shell and BP both said Thursday they would evacuate some non-essential personnel from their eastern Gulf of Mexico operations over the next two days ahead of the possible arrival of Katrina, but output has so far remained unaffected.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan suggested Friday he is not particularly worried by the rise of crude-oil prices so far.

"The flexibility of our market-driven economy has allowed us, thus far, to weather reasonably well the steep rise in spot and futures prices for crude oil and natural gas that we have experienced over the past two years," Greenspan stressed. Enditem



787 posted on 08/26/2005 10:09:02 PM PDT by Danette ("If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.")
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To: NautiNurse

Thanks again NN for all your efforts. Here is a link with all kinds of good images and info. Not sure if there is anything not already posted here but it's an excellent source.

http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html#AL12


788 posted on 08/26/2005 10:10:46 PM PDT by HoHoeHeaux (Please don't preach in taglines.)
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To: NautiNurse

Thanks. Just read the "what if" scenario about Ivan hitting NO. My, that is beyond frightening. Lots of prayers for folks whereever this thing is going.


789 posted on 08/26/2005 10:13:15 PM PDT by miele man
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To: CajunConservative

The terrifying thing about Lili was that it made landfall as a borderline CAT 5 with Lafayette as its bullseye. If it had kept its strength, I don't know where I'd be typing this from now.

The NWS called up Gov. Foster that night screaming for him to evacuate the city. It was much too late for that, of course.

-Dan

790 posted on 08/26/2005 10:16:55 PM PDT by Flux Capacitor (Trust me. I know what I'm doing.)
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To: All
New thread: Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part III
791 posted on 08/26/2005 10:29:42 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: Flux Capacitor

I remember it turned at the last minute. It was aiming right at Lake Charles and I evacuated because I was taking care of my disabled father at the time. It was an interesting trip. I had my two dogs too and it was a long hot ordeal.

I kept telling my sister that she needed to get out of town and stay with family up north and she was stubborn. When her house was hit by a tornado she wished she had listened to me. If it would have hit full on Cat 5 it would have been catastrophic.


792 posted on 08/26/2005 10:33:46 PM PDT by CajunConservative
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To: onyx
Hi. We are looking south here of course my D tells me that I just KBOW it is coming directly to Red Oak Road here on the MS coast. Just it going in a few miles either way means a lot to us, makes a big difference of the storm we get.

V'Burg might get some bad rains and a little wind but you will be A OK.
793 posted on 08/27/2005 1:27:36 AM PDT by gulfcoast6
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To: Dog Gone
If Katrina hits NO as a Cat 3 or bigger, it will do so with all evacuation routes completely gridlocked.

Perhaps Louisiana should have had Robert Byrd as their Senator instead of West Virginia. At least they would have had the evac highway capacity

I look at the highway map of the area, and they are just basicly hosed in an evac scenario, with a whole city having to move out over I-10 and I-55

794 posted on 08/27/2005 5:50:18 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: Howlin; gulfcoast6; Iowa Granny; kassie; lysie; kayak; Peach; Carolinamom; Miss Marple; ...
Congrats Howlin!

Whoo-Hoo!

PING!

795 posted on 08/27/2005 5:56:32 AM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: oceanview
any NO freepers - tomorrow morning, if the tracks hold in the upcoming weather service reports - get out.

Morning tracks indicate NO strike. Smart people would at least have the wife and kids in the car RIGHT NOW heading for relatives or friends inland while papa finishes final preparations for the house before bugging out himself. Evac routes will be jammed by mid-day, if the past is any indication

796 posted on 08/27/2005 6:01:04 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: Ellesu
I hope people do not wait too long to try to get out, even with the new routes etc., traffic will be at a crawl.

Hopefully people remembered to gas up. Expect everybody else to have the same idea, and for the pumps to be dry by noon

797 posted on 08/27/2005 6:03:47 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: nwctwx

"The NAM has been everwhere, and now it's looking like it's converging on that region (though, it might show a Cuba strike next run)."
Wow! An unofficial official un-endorsement.
Thanks,
mc
:>))


798 posted on 08/27/2005 6:39:56 AM PDT by mcshot (Boldly going nowhere with a smile and appreciation for life.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Did all of that yesterday, filled up gas cans too, Butane etc. plenty of supplies. Just not sure if we should stay in BR or leave before the traffic gets bad. Waiting for next advisory, nervously waiting.


799 posted on 08/27/2005 6:41:58 AM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: Ellesu
Just not sure if we should stay in BR or leave before the traffic gets bad.

I would leave now, just to get out of the crowded evac area. Once you're 100 miles inland, you have a lot more options, which includes hanging out at a mall and/or taking in a movie till this evening's revised forecast. Once you're well inland, the traffic won't be so bad

If you wait until noon, then you'll likely be stuck in traffic all day

800 posted on 08/27/2005 8:04:21 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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