Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII

NOAA - NHC ^ | 29 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[NautiNurse]

Category 4 Hurricane Katrina is approaching landfall in Eastern Louisiana. At 4:00AM EDT the storm's center was about 90 miles south of New Orleans.

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

Lake Ponchartrain Real Time Water Level

Wind Speed Data

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:

Cut and Paste:

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_khou&props=livenoad

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

Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
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

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

[PigRigger]

Yes - NO will NOT get the worst of it....that will be to the north and east of the eye.

What the City is seeing now will be the worst of it for the winds probably over the next hour....than the winds will lighten up significantly....Again. what they are seeing now is the worst they will see.....

The winds will turn to the NNW soon; thus, any compromised buildings may get further compromised when hit from another direction....also when the winds turn to the NNW, the lake waters will be pushed to the south further alleviating any possible flooding in downtown NO....

If one lives to the NE (30-50 miles NE) of NO they should seek shelter immediately...

[maggief]

Vortex Data Message

000
URNT12 KNHC 291258
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 29/12:47:20Z
B. 29 deg 41 min N
089 deg 36 min W
C. NA mb NA m
D. NA kt
E. NA deg nm
F. 136 deg 117 kt
G. 050 deg 058 nm
H. 923 mb
I. 12 C/ 2447 m
J. 20 C/ 2440 m
K. 18 C/ NA
L. OPEN SE
M. C30
N. 12345/NA
O. 0.02 / 1 nm
P. AF306 2112A KATRINA OB 19
MAX FL WIND 129 KT E QUAD 11:45:10 Z

[Zechariah_8_13]

I rather doubt it. It doesn't look like the roof is in any way structurally supporting the rest of the building.

Actually, I read an article on the Superdome construction yesterday, and the roof is an integral part of the support structure. That's why people are getting so nervous.

[SittinYonder]

LOL! "A curb job as opposed to a" whoops ...

"I have no idea how that happened," Shep says.

Maybe not, but I've got a pretty good idea ...

[andyandval]

PMSNBC has still photo of the tear in roof. It's small.

[SE Mom]

Geeesh...the eye-wall is about to go right past our boy Steve...he best STAY inside now.

[dfwgator]

I lived in Picayune for a year when I was a kid, they are probably going to get nailed by this.

[ChadGore]

I watched the roof collapse of Miller Stadium . . . . So much steel tends to go . . .down.

[MEG33]

May God protect your family and all in harm's way. Gulfport going to get hit...hard.

[CindyDawg]

Mr Smith finish his breakfast yet? His turn:')

[Guenevere]

What are you doing in the Superdome?
...are you there?
..your reporting seems first person, on the scene.

Don't you live in my neck of the woods, central Florida?

[dfwgator]

Listen to Landreau!!! No. Don't wanna, and you can't make me. =P

I thought it was Lambert Field. ;)

[CobaltBlue]

You went through Camille three blocks from the beach? Merciful heavens. That must have been quite a thing.

My sister was evacuated from a house by the Back Bay -- in a police boat!

We drove to get her afterwards -- chunks of Highway 90 lifted up like toy building blocks.

[IMRight]

Are you kidding? Without the roof, the whole interior of the structure is directly exposed to the hurricane.

So? They don't make such things out of balsa wood. Everything is going to get wet. The only people who will be any danger will be those stupid enough to stand under falling parts of the roof. The structure itself is in little danger.

[NonValueAdded]

... (reporters inside the SD sound pretty calm) ... rain not coming down inside mure like a constant mist can get pretty big drops some times ...

[cajungirl]

we have buried lines and still have power. We are amazed.

[WKB]

The Platters and Dave Edmonds plus a few more.
I think Edmonds is the one "we" remember.

[4everontheRight]

Looks like Long Beach or Pass Christian will get the eye

[gopwinsin04]

National Guard doing a good job keeping order in the Superdome.

[spectre]

If this isn't "the big one" it's one hell of a dress rehearsal..

The Beau Rivage (jewel of Biloxi) first floor under water..:(