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

[WestCoastGal]

Good news.

Local TV last night showed many Louisiana license plates in hotel parking lots.

[mewzilla]

I haven't heard anymore reports from the TV reporter inside the Superdome. Don't know why.

If you're talking about Brian Williams, maybe because he was scaring the snot outta the folks inside? Maybe someone muzzled him.

[spectre]

I'm finishing a pot of coffee now..

Wind is picking up. Biloxi is going to get the worst (I think), the Superdome's Roof is leaking, they are saying the Pumps are broken in NO...The worst is yet to come...

Shep is sort of screaming now...sw

[Vermont Lt]

No, its a standard practice not to have cameras INSIDE a shelter. Its a privacy thing.

[don-o]

I been on and off, so am not your best source - and must get to work. But, as she came ashore, all the heads were talking about dodging a bullet. The eye seemed to break up on the west side.

Six feet of water in a Grand Isle gov't bldg.

Water coming into the Dome. Center still south of NO, I think

[bobdsmith]

are some of them playing a game?! lol well i guess it's one way of passing the time

[xVIer]

My TV is showing 666 are the winning numbers on the "pick three" lottery here in nm this am...creepy!

[Carolinamom]

With windows blowing out in that hotel, the halls will be safer for the people there.

[jdm]

"No. During a replacement a storm weakens considerably."

Huh?

[Michael Goldsberry]

Shep reporting the NO pumping stations have stopped.

[WestCoastGal]

Shep reporting the pumping stations in the city have stopped.

Some structural damage, windows blown off, another roof peeled off. Another 30 minutes to an hour to the worst part.

[tiredoflaundry]

Shep is sort of screaming now...sw

He really has changed his tune!

[gopwinsin04]

WAPT-TV says 'It is now raining inside the Superdome.'

[tomkat]

hey wes, i understand they need some help in New Orleans.
try to get down there in the next hour or so, ok ?

[beyond the sea]

Oh. I had that all wrong about eyewall replacement. Thanks.

I don't think you were wrong, but I'm no expert on this....

***

eyewall replacement is what made katrina go from a category 2 to a category 5 almost overnight 2 days ago.

701 posted on 08/29/2005 8:40:12 AM EDT by mrobison

[SittinYonder]

Shep Smith just said they've heard the pumps in NO are down.

[Velveeta]

Offering my prayers to all in the path of this monster.

[spectre]

CORRECTION: Pumping stations are OUT because of no power..not broken :)

sw

[CobaltBlue]

Just talked to my dad in Baton Rouge. He's getting ready to drive to the Coffee Call for his morning coffee, wanted to talk about his latest lawsuit.

He's close to LSU, so Baton Rouge is OK. He told me to watch CNN and FOX, they have the news! ;^)

[SE Mom]

Shep didn't know he was on live for a sec there...he sounded pretty frantic..he's confirming pumps are out- need emergency generators but wherever it is they go to get them started isn't safe- so I guess they're waiting..for something?