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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: NautiNurse
Other than the flooding that will occur, it looks like NO really dodged a bullet.

Here's the latest NSSL Hi-Res Reflectivity Radar overlayed on Google Earth. It shows a practically dry NO as a band of dry air got pulled into the vortex just as the eye passed NO to the East.

However, Gulfport, MS is directly in the worst part of the east eye wall right now and is getting hammered. Just as Mississippi is going to get hammered all the way throught he state as the projected storm paths show Katrina passing all the way from the bottom to the top of the state.


1,901 posted on 08/29/2005 7:52:39 AM PDT by Spiff (Don't believe everything you think.)
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To: battlegearboat

Yeah. Butt with a big enough gust he could get a reverse fart...


1,902 posted on 08/29/2005 7:52:39 AM PDT by null and void (Dingbat, please pick up the red courtesy phone...)
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To: NautiNurse

nope the WSR-88D went down.

it is listed as the experimental radar on their NOAA homepage.


1,904 posted on 08/29/2005 7:53:07 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (Prayers for the people in the NO)
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To: Lazamataz; AppyPappy

OK, which one of y'all is this??


1,905 posted on 08/29/2005 7:53:12 AM PDT by Malacoda (*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*)
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To: Lazamataz

"...a third fatty!"


I thought you gave that stuff up... : )


1,906 posted on 08/29/2005 7:53:31 AM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: maggief

there are eyes of the hurricane, and then there are "eyes"..


1,907 posted on 08/29/2005 7:53:32 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: spectre

You may want to double check on your reservations make sure they are still there.


1,908 posted on 08/29/2005 7:53:33 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: WestCoastGal
LOL, It won't be good I presume. :)

"Whoa, man! What a rush. Can't wait to come back".

1,909 posted on 08/29/2005 7:53:34 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Willie Green
"This is a very fast moving thread,"

Yes it is. Yesterday's seem to follow the rising wind speed for awhile. Dial up here, so I can't really follow all.

1,910 posted on 08/29/2005 7:53:36 AM PDT by spunkets
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To: maggief

Is the sh*t about to hit the fan in that pic?


1,911 posted on 08/29/2005 7:53:36 AM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Calpernia

Oh my gosh, that photo sure makes me glad I am land locked!


1,912 posted on 08/29/2005 7:53:42 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
CNN reports that the worst is over for NO.

Say what? I just checked the radar loop and the western eyewall, looking very strong, was on the eastern edge of the city and winds are still pushing across Ponchatrain.

1,913 posted on 08/29/2005 7:53:45 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: NautiNurse

what is up with the times of that loop?



07:11 AM CST Mon Aug 29th 2005
through 07:59 AM CST Mon Aug 29th 2005

it's old.


1,914 posted on 08/29/2005 7:54:00 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (Prayers for the people in the NO)
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To: Not A Democrat

I thought there was another stadium down there?

Guess not.


1,915 posted on 08/29/2005 7:54:24 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (Prayers for the people in the NO)
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon

msnbc guy just saying that LA governor said the NO levees are not being breached - that it's just water coming over the levees. Someone in Louisiana - please send this idiot woman away from any microphones!!!


1,916 posted on 08/29/2005 7:54:29 AM PDT by daybreakcoming (May God bless those who enter the valley of the shadow of death so that we may see the light of day.)
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To: Spiff
Here's the latest NSSL Hi-Res Reflectivity Radar overlayed on Google Earth. It shows a practically dry NO as a band of dry air got pulled into the vortex just as the eye passed NO to the East.

That graphic is misleading - the Slidell, LA radar has been knocked offline. That's why you aren't seeing the rain on the west side of the eye.

1,917 posted on 08/29/2005 7:54:33 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Violence never settles anything." Genghis Khan, 1162-1227)
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To: I still care
Yeap that is where I chartered a boat. Easily the best casino resort in Gulf Port.
1,918 posted on 08/29/2005 7:54:40 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: daybreakcoming

Don't know if I would want to be on a powerless ship, even a 45,000 ton battleship, in a major hurricane...


1,919 posted on 08/29/2005 7:54:42 AM PDT by sonofatpatcher2 (Texas, Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
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To: Spiff

New Orleans hasn't dodged anything.


1,920 posted on 08/29/2005 7:54:44 AM PDT by jayef
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