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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
NOAA - NHC ^ | 29 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

Posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:45 AM PDT by 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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; tropical; weather
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To: DB
everyone is celebrating...

Not everyone, just Shep.

Damn, I have to get ready for work. This job really cuts into my day.

161 posted on 08/29/2005 3:51:04 AM PDT by Semper911 (Real estate is not real anymore.)
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To: DB
The thing has barely made landfall and everyone is celebrating...

I don't understand it either. I'm wondering where they are getting their info from.

162 posted on 08/29/2005 3:51:07 AM PDT by TomB ("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
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To: DB

Steve Keating just said things are starting to fall apart.
He's in NO....


163 posted on 08/29/2005 3:51:08 AM PDT by mabelkitty (Lurk forever, but once you post, your newbness shines like a new pair of shoes.)
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To: Txsleuth

"Just got up...and saw Shep.

He sounds like this is going to be SO much less of a storm for NO than he thought yesterday..."

Just got up too!

I hope he is right - and I hope it was all a bunch of doomsayers fed by all the people wanting to send the price of oil up.

Like someone posted earlier, if a seagull pops on an off shore rig, oil goes up 10%


164 posted on 08/29/2005 3:51:12 AM PDT by spanalot
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To: kittymyrib

"I'm afraid this will go down as ANOTHER example of media over-kill, which someday will lead to disaster."

Yes, God forbid people get out of harms way. Lets have them all sit in their homes next time and maybe they'll really get hit...ARE YOU KIDDING? I'm glad they evacuated and besides it's a VERY GOOD DRILL for the people of LA state if this hurricane doesn't cause mega damage. Now they'll see the pros and cons for future evacuate plans.


165 posted on 08/29/2005 3:51:41 AM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: kittymyrib
NO has dodged this bullet.

I'm not so sure about that. The eye is still about 60-70 miles from the mouth of Lake Ponchatrain. There's still the storm surge issue.

166 posted on 08/29/2005 3:51:58 AM PDT by benjaminjjones
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To: I_dmc
can anyone figure whats jammed up against little tree in Streetcarcam? It sorta resembles a dog.

Think it was a hurricane badger

167 posted on 08/29/2005 3:52:03 AM PDT by bobdsmith
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To: NautiNurse

Storms in the storm!

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?num=6&scale=1&delay=15&noclutter=1&showstorms=31&showlabels=1&ID=LIX&lat=0&lon=0&label=you&type=N0R&zoommode=pan&map.x=400&map.y=240&centerx=400&centery=240&prevzoom=zoom

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168 posted on 08/29/2005 3:52:20 AM PDT by Tigen (Live in peace or rest in peace!)
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To: bobdsmith

ROFL


169 posted on 08/29/2005 3:52:50 AM PDT by I_dmc
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To: oceanview
In other words, if this storm does not flood NO, then the odds of any storm having the exact conditions needed to flood NO, is almost zero.

This statement is valid for today.

Unfortunately, the Mississippi River is not static, and brings more silt every day, so eventually the storm needed to breach the levees will be much smaller than what would be required today.

170 posted on 08/29/2005 3:53:04 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Txsleuth

Western side is weakened slightly, storm's proabably going a bit more to the east of NO, and it's trucking along about twice as fast now as it was last night. That's really important because there's less time for it to sit and spin and dump. Less rain and wind damage. Still possibly horrific, but not catastrophic. Here's hoping :)


171 posted on 08/29/2005 3:53:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Tigen

Phil Keating (what is his name??)
IS dodging plexiglass and other debris and trying to show trees that are bending over!
THEY NEED TO GET OUT OF HARM'S WAY!


172 posted on 08/29/2005 3:53:41 AM PDT by mabelkitty (Lurk forever, but once you post, your newbness shines like a new pair of shoes.)
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To: Semper911
Shep is acting like an idiot!

BTW I'll trade you my quadcane for your job...
173 posted on 08/29/2005 3:53:52 AM PDT by sonofatpatcher2 (Texas, Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
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To: I_dmc

image sure seems to play tricks on me


174 posted on 08/29/2005 3:53:56 AM PDT by I_dmc
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To: mabelkitty

Oh, my goodness MK, I am sorry, you must be worried to death...saying a pray as I type for your family...do you know where they were headed?


175 posted on 08/29/2005 3:53:59 AM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington Texas --- Next home of the Dallas Cowboys...going more broke every second.)
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To: mabelkitty

Yes, things are falling apart.


176 posted on 08/29/2005 3:54:03 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)
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To: sonofatpatcher2
The Weather Channel agrees with the 45 mile distance, looks like it to me. FNC is still reporting about 90 miles.
177 posted on 08/29/2005 3:54:17 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: NautiNurse

Hiya. Shep's been saying that all the hype hasn't panned out. Sounds good but is this only because the worst hasn't reached him or has Katrina fallen apart?


178 posted on 08/29/2005 3:54:29 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Cindy Sheehan: "All You Are Saying Is Give APPEASEMENT A Chance!")
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To: oceanview

The best news for NO is that the storm is moving north quickly. That reduces the west side wind speed by it's forward speed reducing the surge of water from the lake into NO.


179 posted on 08/29/2005 3:54:43 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: sonofatpatcher2

The nola cam is still up. It is wet there but I see no flooding and the electricity is still on.


180 posted on 08/29/2005 3:54:54 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Mmmmmmm! Mmmmmmm! Good!)
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