Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part V

NHC - NOAA ^ | 28 August 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[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

[AFreeBird]

And Muffuletta's and a bottle of beer at the back counter in the Central Grocery right accross the street (more or less) from the Mississippi...

Sucking down oyster's and beer... Oh man the memories....

[knak]

thanks

[Txsleuth]

LOL--thanks for the laugh...(shrinkage!)

[NautiNurse]

Where were those waves recorded?

[patton]

I am dumbfounded.

This looks...bad.

Flying in LA bad.

I saw your prayer thread, KAC - I added mine, too.

But "hope" is not a plan. At this point, I would steal a car to get out of there.

[BurbankKarl]

Hey, I am in LA....they already went up due to two refinery fires (and a tanker fire in SF Bay yesterday...didnt see that on the news did ya)

295/305/315 is what the sign says.

But until you see what actually happens, I dont think you are going to see a nationwide spike tomorrow....you can ping me when I am wrong.

[tomkat]

You and me both...

[al baby]

What happens to this if the dome is doomed?

Sunday, September 18 N.Y. Giants 12:00 pm Sunday, September 25 at Minnesota 12:00 pm Sunday, October 2 Buffalo 12:00 pm Sunday, October 9 at Green Bay 12:00 pm Sunday, October 16 Atlanta 12:00 pm Sunday, October 23 at St. Louis 12:00 pm Sunday, October 30 Miami 12:00 pm Sunday, November 6 Chicago 12:00 pm BYE Sunday, November 20 at New England 12:00 pm Sunday, November 27 at N.Y. Jets 7:30 pm Sunday, December 4 Tampa Bay 12:00 pm Monday, December 12 at Atlanta 8:00 pm Sunday, December 18 Carolina 12:00 pm Saturday, December 24 Detroit 12:00 pm Sunday, January 1 at Tampa Bay 12:00 pm

[SE Mom]

Emergency officials just released statement saying it is expected to make landfall @ 179 mph.

[bjs1779]

Here's 5 cents (my maximum bet) that says gas prices will rise tomorrow

I can see a 50 cent + increase tomorrow once the speculators hit the floor. 25% of our oil production is from the gulf I heard.

[bwteim]

I can't find references other than the usual square of the wind speed. (That is, a 90 mph wind vs a 30 mph is nine times more destructive)

[cubreporter]

I worry about the roof caviing in too under all that heavy rain and wind. Dear God.

[Carolinamom]

The reporter said that the Super Dome was the ONLY place to go now.

[hole_n_one]

I missed the local, sorry!

[BurbankKarl]

The Citizens of the US will build a new, better KatrinaDome for them.

[oceanview]

perhaps I don't understand the topology of NO - the wall of water from the sea, is pushed ashore in the eastern part of the eye, where the winds blow south to north. the western part of the eye has north to south winds, that pushes water from the bay south. to add to that, getting hit by the eastern part of the eye gives you the worst winds.

the ones that have hit me on long island (not cat 5s mind you), work this way. so long as we were west of the eye, we were fine, and I live right at the atlantic.

[RobbyS]

Should they be going west ? There are plenty of secondary roads out there. They should be less worried about quarters than in getting out of the path of the storm.

[al baby]

You must mean the pee nuts. Burbank

[mware]

You can forget any games in that city for a couple months.

[MplsSteve]

I was watching the Weather Channel's coverage.

They seem to be positioning their reporters more in the Mobile Bay area. It's almost like they're thinking the landfall will be more in that area.

If that's the case, NO may escape the worst of it. Or am I reading this wrong?