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

Posted on 08/28/2005 2:38:16 PM PDT by NautiNurse

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans metro area. Thousands of people did not evacuate New Orleans. Outer bands of Katrina are reaching the Louisiana coast.

Due to the size and intensity of this storm, all interests in the North Gulf of Mexico should be in their safe locations.

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:

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

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
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
Probably beats having to bar-b-que a swamp rat for survival.

I've heard they taste like chicken.

2,661 posted on 08/28/2005 7:34:46 PM PDT by CFC__VRWC ("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
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To: Diddle E. Squat; Maigrey; RDTF; mabelkitty

I think we have a ringer here.


2,662 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:01 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Ingtar

That meteorologist on WWL is really good. I heard his explanation about the eyewall replacement cycle and talking about 90 degree water temperatures as it comes near the coast to fuel it even more.


2,663 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:02 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: topher
It is a city known for Voodoo, partying in the French Quarter/Bourbon Street (and Fat City), as well as strip joints...

This hurricane is going to do damage to communities from Florida to maybe Texas. It might well kill people in such highly Christian towns as Biloxi, Pensacola, Mobile etc.

The people in New Orleans who are most likely to be killed in this hurricane are the poor, the sick, the elderly, children and other people who do not have the means or the ability to leave the city.

So, if this is some divine punishment meted out for the sinful behavior on Bourbon Street, it's kind of going to kill and ruin a lot of people who have absolutely nothing to do with those goings-on.

2,664 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:06 PM PDT by Modernman ("A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy." -Disraeli)
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To: Howlin; Diddle E. Squat

The Bayou political machine can't escape Diddle E.'s links. Too funny!


2,665 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:09 PM PDT by mabelkitty (Lurk forever, but once you post, your newbness shines like a new pair of shoes.)
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To: seams2me

Yeah the BOUY's and pressure readings are the most telling in this storm, IMHO. The BOUY's are at sea level and the pressure is very reliable as far as I can tell.

Here is a link to many of the BOUY's
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/radial_search.php?lat1=26.9N&lon1=89.0W&dist=250&time=3


2,666 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:15 PM PDT by Sonar5 (60+ Million have Spoken Clearly - "We Want Our Country Back")
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To: Dog Gone

We sit here and watch, and pray. It's all we can do. I wish there was more we could do at the moment.


2,667 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:22 PM PDT by kenth (north Georgia mountains - prayers for all in the path of Katrina)
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To: nascaryankee

Two sites: WWL TV (New Orleans) was speculating it, and from the radar,it certainly looked like it to me, and people at http://www.easternuswx.com were saying it before I heard it at WWL. Water is pretty hot where it's going over temps in the upper 80s and 90s, and there have been some weather thingies going on a few hours earlier that may indicate strengthening like it did last night.

It's going to be a serious storm, whether it goes in at 150 kt, or 175kt,or 140 kt, but don't count on it weakening a lot before it goes in.


2,668 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:28 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: homemom
Breathy Rita is now on MSNBC.
2,669 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:28 PM PDT by exhaustedmomma (Calling illegal alien an undocumented immigrant is like calling a burglar an uninvited house guest)
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To: MplsSteve
Red beans and rice? Yum!

I grew up on red beans and rice (and i'm overdue to make a pot of red beans...)...

2,670 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:30 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: Howlin

I don't understand..The date on your info is Aug 26


2,671 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:31 PM PDT by queenkathy (Dear God, I have a problem; it's me.)
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To: alancarp

I was taping the mayor and just rewound the tape. He said "I think I just got a report that shows it down to 140."


2,672 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:47 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: dfwgator

It seems to me that a recreation of the eye would reduce the strength...wouldn't it use up energy to do the act?


2,673 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:48 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: Diddle E. Squat
yea, he does smell a little of ozone. Martyr maybe?

janice dean back on, and seeming to be better in control.

2,674 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:49 PM PDT by Maigrey (1-800-PrayerWarrior - Just a ping away)
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To: Gabz
Rita Cosby has a Mondays - Fridays show Live and Direct on msnbc.
2,675 posted on 08/28/2005 7:35:55 PM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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To: Sonar5

sonar, i do apologize if i had offended you... there was certainly no intention to do so... while watching fox, i came on to the thread and read a few hundred posts prior to my own, and it seemed that i wasn't alone in thinking geraldo had turned into a walking adjective...

as i said, no offense was meant... i certainly don't take this hurricane lightly, but many times at the most tense, stress-filled times for me, a little humor helped me cope with it... i will send a prayer out for you, though...


2,676 posted on 08/28/2005 7:36:02 PM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: Howlin

Gotta love a hypocritical finatic that tells lies and judges everyone else.


2,677 posted on 08/28/2005 7:36:07 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: Howlin

My lawyers are telling me that I don't have the authority to order a mandatory zot...


2,678 posted on 08/28/2005 7:36:08 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: alancarp

That "wacko" model isn't even a model. It's simply what the hurricane would do if it continued it's current forward motion (XTRAP: stands for extrapolation).


2,679 posted on 08/28/2005 7:36:12 PM PDT by Wthrman13
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To: Howlin

he outted himself...some people don't know when to shut up....


2,680 posted on 08/28/2005 7:36:12 PM PDT by mystery-ak (Home of the free, because of the Brave.....do you understand that Cindy?)
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