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Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part V
NHC - NOAA ^ | 28 August 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 08/28/2005 9:35:34 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico. Mandatory evacuation of New Orleans is finally underway. Louisiana officials are warning of complete failure to levy systems, and pleading with people to leave low lying areas. For those who choose to stay, they are recommending picks and axes for breaking through to access their roofs during flooding.

Due to the size and intensity of this storm, all interests in the North Gulf of Mexico should be rushing hurricane preparations to completion.

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

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:
copy/paste into player:


http://www.wjbo.com - BR radio station. Callers calling in and describing traffic etc.
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

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; tropical; weather
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To: tet68
"I'm gonna git that Plazma TV I always wanted..."

Hope it works under water

1,001 posted on 08/28/2005 11:42:35 AM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: Dog
So you think we are going to see 180 to 190 miles per hour winds?

I think so yes. There is nothing but ninety degree water between Katrina and the shore. The storm should keep strengthening.

1,002 posted on 08/28/2005 11:42:35 AM PDT by AntiGuv ("Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick)
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To: itsinthebag
Sorry to be a dunce, can someone explain to me what "902MB" means? Thanks.

It's the pressure. Basically, from what I understand, the lower the pressure the more powerful the storm and the higher the windspeeds. The pressure on this storm has been steadily dropping, making it more powerful. I think the record low pressure is something like 890MB (but I could be wrong. I think I read that on the Eastern US Weather Forum).

1,003 posted on 08/28/2005 11:42:35 AM PDT by saquin
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
We all choose our poisons and paradise locations as to where we live. No place in America is perfectly safe from anything. All we can do in the areas not affected is to pray, and provide what we can to those affected by this coming disaster. It's that kind of fabric that holds America together.

That said, hopefully this is the once in 500 years storm.
1,004 posted on 08/28/2005 11:42:43 AM PDT by Issaquahking
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To: Tarpon

Thank you, that's what I thought/


1,005 posted on 08/28/2005 11:42:48 AM PDT by kitkat ("We're not going to let anybody frighten us from our great love of freedom." GWB, 7/22/05))
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To: sonsofliberty2000
Nah, I'd give em TIME OUT. What my friends who work in dat care do.

Yea, that works too :0)

1,006 posted on 08/28/2005 11:42:48 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: BurbankKarl

CNN: FEMA has been told this storm WILL NOT WEAKEN before landfall..


1,007 posted on 08/28/2005 11:42:48 AM PDT by Dog ( "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.")
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To: topher
The roof of the Superdome might collapse

I don't believe the superdome can withstand the expected wind pressure. I think the sides and the entire structure will go.

1,008 posted on 08/28/2005 11:43:17 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: chet_in_ny

They said on 870 AM (NOLA station) that when the winds reach 35 mph, bridges will close.


1,009 posted on 08/28/2005 11:43:24 AM PDT by LA Woman3
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To: ex-Texan; NautiNurse; All
New Orleans traffic webcam links
1,010 posted on 08/28/2005 11:43:30 AM PDT by GummyIII (If you have the ability, it's your responsibility." Marine Sgt. John Place, Silver Star recipient)
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To: NautiNurse

The Weather Channel just reported maximum sustained winds of 184mph.


1,011 posted on 08/28/2005 11:43:37 AM PDT by Man50D
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To: Peach
Peach, it sounds like the people staying at the Superdome can't really AFFORD a motel room, or even have a car they can hit the road in.

It's a shame they never made plans for a Mass evacuation, using public transportation and tent cities for these people to go to.

After the loss of life, they might do it...who knows.

sw

1,012 posted on 08/28/2005 11:43:46 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Bless New Orleans)
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To: AntiGuv

Lord help them down there..


1,013 posted on 08/28/2005 11:44:08 AM PDT by Dog ( "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.")
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To: Vinnie

I wouldn't want to be in the Superdome during this storm.


1,014 posted on 08/28/2005 11:44:14 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum
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To: al baby

Per WWL---

Lake waves now at 3-5 feet; Grand Isle getting 1.5 inches of rain in last hour; extreme south La. under tornado watch--but none sighted; eyewall path will be accompanied by tornado warnings.


1,015 posted on 08/28/2005 11:44:14 AM PDT by Founding Father (According to the Pres, I'm a vigilante; according to me, he's a Fox butt kisser)
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To: al baby

Sounds good.


1,016 posted on 08/28/2005 11:44:14 AM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: nwctwx
The storm is a beast... I've never seen anything like it so close to land. It's annular now as well, so it probably won't go through another ERC before landfall. If you look at IR... you can see it trying to back the trough coming towards it. This is why people sometimes say theses things can create their own weather.

Yep, she has become her own engine now, and will go wherever she pretty much pleases.

The 902 is a gut punch. She has gone annular and is still deepening. I am really beginning to fear that she might starting pushing 200 tonight. God please no.

1,017 posted on 08/28/2005 11:44:21 AM PDT by commish ((Montgomery, AL) Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: Peach; Dog Gone

The public, the media, the local officials, and even we here have been conditioned to expect government to be the source of our direction and safety.

I have an employee that got a moving van and left Pensecola last year and moved his whole household. He endured his neighbors' jests. His whole blocke was wiped out upon his return.

He made his own judgements.


1,018 posted on 08/28/2005 11:44:27 AM PDT by KC Burke (Men of intemperate minds can never be free....)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

What a perfectly lovely, enchanting tribute to your city. Please know she has the prayers of thousands today...


1,019 posted on 08/28/2005 11:44:33 AM PDT by SE Mom (Please drive with extreme courtesy- LA Governor Blanco)
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To: Dog

It won't weaken much, for sure... we are about 18 hours out max now. Pray it jogs west into more unpopulated areas. If not, the day after Andrew will look like a good one.


1,020 posted on 08/28/2005 11:44:34 AM PDT by nwctwx (Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
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