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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: oceanview

steve lyons on TWC now - says Mobile is in the clear now - the forecast track is moving slightly west, as other have noted here.


2,221 posted on 08/28/2005 2:14:53 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: blondee123

"Shep Smith reporting right now about all the people still partying in bars, he's right on Bourban St. and says people all over the place, none evacuating!! Amazing!"


Kind of like sticking up your middle finger to God.


2,222 posted on 08/28/2005 2:15:11 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Dog

Makes you really like her, doesn't it?


2,223 posted on 08/28/2005 2:15:32 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: NautiNurse

Is it time for a new thread? This is really moving fast.

It's all beyond words at this point...


2,224 posted on 08/28/2005 2:15:38 PM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: Right_in_Virginia
Janice Dean on Fox has been on the brink of tears all day.

I'd fire her ass on Monday.

2,225 posted on 08/28/2005 2:15:43 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: Cementjungle
The bridges are now closed. There is no way out.

The govenor just said that its going to hit mid-morning so there's still time to get out. That sounds a little off to me.

You're right: the speed-up mean a hit at roughly 4AM now. And the bridges typically close once sustained winds reach 50 mph -- and that's starting to occur at the end of the delta already.

2,226 posted on 08/28/2005 2:15:47 PM PDT by alancarp ((Piedmont of NCarolina))
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To: tiredoflaundry

Janice seems to be a very emotional person. I remember back when the tsunami hit around Christmastime, and Janice thought one of her old friends had become a victim because no one had heard from him. She was on Fox & Friends talking about it at the time, and she broke down in tears. As it turned out, her friend had left the area just before the tsunami hit, so he was okay.

I know that reporters aren't supposed to show emotion when reporting, but to me, it is refreshing to see that all those in the news business are not simply a bunch of emotionless robots.


2,227 posted on 08/28/2005 2:15:50 PM PDT by fox0566
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To: fishntex

There IS another place they could go besides Bourbon Street. Personally, I would find the nearest church and use my party time for prayer time. I just can't imagine being sloshed at a time like this.


2,228 posted on 08/28/2005 2:15:51 PM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Behold the Riderless Pony. Bringing doom and destruction on a smaller scale.)
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To: Txsleuth

I sent Fox News an article from last year where the owners of the Super Dome said that he did not know if it would withstain 200 mph winds because of the tall buildings that could result in wind sheer problems.


2,229 posted on 08/28/2005 2:15:56 PM PDT by mware (Trollhunter of Note)
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To: Dog

Yeah, you may be right about those 2 but I'd be amazed if there were many more.


2,230 posted on 08/28/2005 2:16:00 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org • Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: kx9088
Yep... Cat 1 accounts come to mind immediately from that last storm.

This is unimaginable to me.

2,231 posted on 08/28/2005 2:16:15 PM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: IndyTiger

when the thunderstorms start coming in, those people standing on that superdome line are going to riot.


2,232 posted on 08/28/2005 2:16:24 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: eastforker

What is your problem?

Not content to cast a bad light on conservatives yesterday by ripping up a pro-Bush supporter's sign at the Crawford rally, you now are posting racist crap.

What a cretin.


2,233 posted on 08/28/2005 2:16:24 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: justche

The Fox reporter just mentione 'wanding', so I guess so.


2,234 posted on 08/28/2005 2:16:24 PM PDT by mathluv (Mercy shown to an evil man is cruelty to the innocent.)
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To: Txsleuth

This is just horrible. Prayers going out for all of those in the path of this monster Hurricane. I have family in Baton Rouge, hopefully they are all safe.


2,235 posted on 08/28/2005 2:16:27 PM PDT by ladyinred (Leftist=Anti American!)
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To: theophilusscribe

Yeah, I was just looking at one that shows shipping containers on the wharf. Be interesting to see how they do in a stiff wind.


2,236 posted on 08/28/2005 2:16:37 PM PDT by RightWhale (Partly cloudy, 56 degrees, wind <5 knots in Fairbanks)
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To: Founding Father

For those of us who aren't from the area, is Plaquemines Parish east of New Orleans proper? I know from reading earlier that Jefferson Parish is west of NO, south of Lake Ponchartrain. The stuff I'm reading on here from Plaquemines sounds positively apocalyptic.

}:-)4


2,237 posted on 08/28/2005 2:16:37 PM PDT by Moose4 (Richmond, Virginia, where our motto is "Will Riot For Cheap Laptops")
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To: steveegg

I hope you keep posting that link on every thread. And I wonder just how many threads it will take to get through this?

This is looking like The Perfect Hurricane, isn't it?
)o:


2,238 posted on 08/28/2005 2:16:47 PM PDT by HoHoeHeaux
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To: oceanview

I wouldn't say Mobile is in the clear. It just won't catch the eye. It should still catch hurricane-force winds though.


2,239 posted on 08/28/2005 2:16:50 PM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: SE Mom

was thinking the same thing. Will start working on it.


2,240 posted on 08/28/2005 2:16:58 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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