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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
NHC-NOAA ^ | 27 August 2005 | NHC-NOAA

Posted on 08/26/2005 10:25:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse

Hurricane Katrina continues to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico. Currently, the forecast models are converging upon New Orleans. However, all interests in the northern Gulf of Mexico should follow the path of this storm, and be prepared for a major hurricane landfall. Throughout Friday, the official track forecasts moved west, as Hurricane Katrina delayed making the anticipated northwest turn.

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
Bouy Data Louisiana/Mississippi

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
Hurricane City
Crown Weather Tropical Website Offers a variety of storm info, with some nice track graphics

Live streaming:


WFOR-TV Miami: http://dayport.wm.llnwd.net/dayport_0025_live
WWL-TV New Orleans: mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_wwltv
HurricaneCity.com: http://hurricanecity.com/live.ram
WTSP-TV Tampa: mms://wmbcast.gannett.speedera.net/wmbcast.gannett/wmbcast_gannett_jan032005_0856_78183
WKRG-TV Mobile mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_jul072005_1144_93320

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; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: byebyebigeasy; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; miami; tropical; weather
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To: Ellesu

Snakes and Turtles KNOW SOMETHING.

This means more to me than all the scientific forecasting.

:-0


1,281 posted on 08/27/2005 6:15:31 PM PDT by trillabodilla (Pray for President Bush!)
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To: NautiNurse

Ma'am what is the latest on the hurricane?


1,282 posted on 08/27/2005 6:16:09 PM PDT by Dog ( "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.")
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1,283 posted on 08/27/2005 6:16:15 PM PDT by Torie
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To: CajunConservative
most people didn;t know this..
i will repeat what a said a few hours ago..the models and NHC track have been dead on this year within 72 hours...and NOAA aircraft have been flying around the gulf collecting extra data to put into the models...all the models are tighly clusted as well of the ensemble(sp?) runs...
LOOK HOW HUGE IT IS NOW http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastconusir.html
1,284 posted on 08/27/2005 6:17:58 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: who knows what evil?
I'd rather be watching this Katrina about now. Much more benign.

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1,285 posted on 08/27/2005 6:18:08 PM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: LA Woman3

Nah, I am in Sorrento. I should be pretty good here. Fingers crossed.


1,286 posted on 08/27/2005 6:18:18 PM PDT by dogbyte12
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To: Ellesu
Complaints about pumps not working and not enough generators to pump the water out, and that was a TS.

Right............ slightly different this time.

1,287 posted on 08/27/2005 6:19:09 PM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: Dog
Coastal animals have been seen leaving in droves. The feds are stepping up to move along the heretofore suggested evac of NO.

Everything is pointing to a direct NO strike by a major Cat 4 hurricane.

It's ugly.

1,288 posted on 08/27/2005 6:20:16 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: Termite_Commander

check out post # 1269 .................. warmer water ahead.


1,289 posted on 08/27/2005 6:21:40 PM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: LA Woman3
Did you convince your family to evacuate?

Yeah - pretty much everybody is going to bail to various points.

1,290 posted on 08/27/2005 6:22:15 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: Torie

Wow - they're all converging close to NO. Given the amount of energy here, a near miss is as bad as a hit.


1,291 posted on 08/27/2005 6:26:38 PM PDT by meyer (The Second Amendment ain't about huntin'.)
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To: NautiNurse
Should I leave the other links in the new thread too, or sub this for those?

Leave 'em for now - give me a little bit of time to play with. I know HurricaneCity went live earlier today.

1,292 posted on 08/27/2005 6:29:01 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: NautiNurse

Yes they do.

They knew about the tsunami last year also. Herds of elephants headed for the hills....


1,293 posted on 08/27/2005 6:29:28 PM PDT by ZOTnot ('We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good'--Hillary, 6/28/2004.)
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To: janetjanet998

It is not going to be pretty. I just pray that these folks understand what is heading their way and leave. I live in the southwestern part of the state but as soon as I heard that the storm was expected to cross into the Gulf, I started making preparations and taking care of things in order to get out if necessary.

I at least live where there are enough back ways north to get out of danger without being stuck in traffic, NO doesn't have that many options.


1,294 posted on 08/27/2005 6:32:07 PM PDT by CajunConservative
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To: NautiNurse
This is true.
...they've done it here (Florida) before an evacuation.
1,295 posted on 08/27/2005 6:34:29 PM PDT by Guenevere (God bless our military!...and God bless the President of the United States!)
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To: CajunConservative

buoy 85 miles from the center is reporting sustained winds to 63 MPH and wind gust to 76 MPH with 30.5 foot waves


1,296 posted on 08/27/2005 6:36:24 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: janetjanet998

janetjanet998, where are you? Is your info from a public source or inside information?


1,297 posted on 08/27/2005 6:38:47 PM PDT by meyer (The Second Amendment ain't about huntin'.)
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To: meyer
It's Buoy 42003 The bouy links are at the top of the thread.
1,298 posted on 08/27/2005 6:40:53 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: Ellesu

I guess we were lucky there wasn't a football game this weekend!


1,299 posted on 08/27/2005 6:41:18 PM PDT by LA Woman3
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To: Ellesu
Tulane is shut down.

The university is now closed due to the approach of Hurricane Katrina.

1,300 posted on 08/27/2005 6:42:14 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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