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

Posted on 08/28/2005 8:10:23 PM PDT by NautiNurse

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Katrina is bearing down on the North Central Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans metro area. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin conceded that as many as 100,000 inner-city residents didn't have the means to leave and an untold number of tourists were stranded by the closing of the airport. At this hour, people are still filing into the Superdome after security screening for weapons and contraband. National Guard have brought in 360,000 MRE (meals ready to eat) to feed the estimated 30,000 storm refugees in the Superdome.

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 Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
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


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:

Fully-linked version of the live feeds (just in case a few people don't want to first open up WMP to cut-and-paste) -

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 WDSU-TV/DT New Orleans via WESH-TV/DT Orlando - http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38843.asx

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
KEYWORDS: amscray; bugoutnow; getoutadodge; getoutoftown; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; katrinaandthewaves; livehurricanekatrina; lordprotectnoandla; nawlins; neworleans; tropical; walkingonsunshine; weather
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To: nunya bidness

I hope all your friends are safe. :-)


101 posted on 08/28/2005 8:19:40 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: RummyChick

No. Shep hasn't been on in a few hours.


102 posted on 08/28/2005 8:19:47 PM PDT by bonfire (dwindler)
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To: dfwgator

Thanks! By the time I unminimized it, he was off. I was impressed with what he had to say.


104 posted on 08/28/2005 8:19:54 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: Willie Green

lol...a hazard of FR threads...


105 posted on 08/28/2005 8:19:56 PM PDT by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: Trident/Delta
Gotta love the way they conveniently ignore the fact that both Congress and Clinton also rejected Kyoto.
106 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:00 PM PDT by SaveTheChief ("Kittens give Morbo gas.")
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To: spanalot

Great post. Nice CAM.


107 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:03 PM PDT by Blogger
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To: mjtobias
How can the president be responsible for a natural event?

Not the natural event itself - but response to it. Landrieu (sp?) started it yesterday........after the President had already declared the state of emergency, which he did BEFORE the arrival of the storm.

108 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:07 PM PDT by Gabz (USSG Warning: portable sewing machines are known to cause broken ankles)
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To: NautiNurse

Tornado warning near Chalmette....


109 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:10 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Willie Green

From NOAA.gov

"Concentric eyewall cycles" (or "eyewall replacement cycle" ) naturally occur in intense tropical cyclones , i.e. major hurricanes (winds > 50 m/s, 100 kt, 115 mph) or Catories 3, 4, and 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. As tropical cyclones reach this threshold of intensity, they usually - but not always - have an eyewall and radius of maximum winds that contract to a very small size, around 10 to 25 km [5 to 15 mi]. At this point, some of the outer rainbands may organize into an outer ring of thunderstorms that slowly moves inward and robs the inner eyewall of its needed moisture and momentum. During this phase, the tropical cyclone is weakening (i.e. the maximum winds die off a bit and the central pressure goes up). Eventually the outer eyewall replaces the inner one completely and the storm can be the same intensity as it was previously or, in some cases, even stronger. A concentric eyewall cycle occurred in Hurricane Andrew (1992) before landfall near Miami: a strong intensity was reached, an outer eyewall formed, this contracted in concert with a pronounced weakening of the storm, and as the outer eyewall completely replaced the original one the hurricane reintensified. Another example is Hurricane Allen (1980) which went through repeated eyewall replacement cycles -- going from Categrory 5 to Category 3 status several times. To learn more about concentric eyewall cycles, read Willoughby et al. (1982) and Willoughby (1990a).

It was the discovery of concentric eyewall cycles that was partially responsible for the end of the U.S. Governements's hurricane modification experiment Project STORMFURY, since what the scientists had hoped to produce through seeding was happening frequently as a natural part of hurricane dynamics.


110 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:15 PM PDT by nascaryankee (PETM (People for the Ethical Treatment of Meat))
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To: RummyChick

Shep seemed very depressed in the last live report I saw from him.


111 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:18 PM PDT by TheForceOfOne (The alternative media is our Enigma machine.)
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To: BriarBey
"Wouldn't surprise me."

And why is that? We can't possibly read 30-35 thousand posts per day.

112 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:19 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: HarryCaul

Jindal has a lot of time to move up the Republican ranks, given that he's about 15.

Great, now there's a tornado warning...somewhere around St. Bernard's Parish...and I just looked up that location; looks like it's 4 miles from downtown New Orleans.


113 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:28 PM PDT by BCrago66
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To: Mears

Just don't send Ted down to NO to drive any of the evacuation vehicles.


114 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:32 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (WHEN JANE FONDA STARTS HER TOUR, LET ME KNOW WHERE SHE IS)
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To: cherry

http://www.experienceneworleans.com/livecams_bourbonvieux.html


115 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:36 PM PDT by fishntex
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To: NautiNurse

50mph thunderstorm cell. Up to 100mph. Reggio could have a tornado during the next hour.


116 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:42 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Cindy Sheehan: "All You Are Saying Is Give APPEASEMENT A Chance!")
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To: NautiNurse
seeing cross-eyed at this point

... you and me both, but my butt seems to be epoxied to this chair, ya know ?

117 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:53 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: Keith in Iowa

OK, the last time I saw him on the Bourbon St SECOND story balcony, you could tell he was thinking about a getting a little more height.


118 posted on 08/28/2005 8:20:53 PM PDT by benjaminjjones
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To: RummyChick

>>>Nothing from Shep for quite some time. Was he on during Geraldo's two hours?

Shep bugged out to a safe place before it was going to be too late. No death wish for him...


119 posted on 08/28/2005 8:21:00 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Liberals...they're so quixotic...)
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To: aft_lizard

I just set my alarm for 6 AM----too tired to stay up all night but I want to catch the storm when it arrives.

I fell slighly morbid by doing this but it is quite a news story.


120 posted on 08/28/2005 8:21:01 PM PDT by Mears (Mrs Massachusetts)
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