Cat 5 Hurricane Katrina

[AmericanIceman]

BAHH! Katrina has already knocked the power out for some here in South Georgia, and we're not even anywhere near this damn storm! My power was out for about 10-15 minutes and has blinked off about 3 times sense they finally came back on. GR!

[londonsnow]

BAHH!  Katrina has already knocked the power out for some here in South Georgia, and we're not even anywhere near this damn storm!  My power was out for about 10-15 minutes and has blinked off about 3 times sense they finally came back on.  GR!

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lstest advisory in the next 5 mins

[pinball wizard]

BAHH!  Katrina has already knocked the power out for some here in South Georgia, and we're not even anywhere near this damn storm!  My power was out for about 10-15 minutes and has blinked off about 3 times sense they finally came back on.  GR!

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Looks like the pressure is beginning to rise - 904mb now - does this mean the storm is weakening slightly?

[pinball wizard]

lstest advisory in the next 5 mins

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Yeah, am going to see this then go to bed.

[P.K.]

137kt flight level winds just recorded. Even the SMRF was reading 111kts at the surface.

[SnowBear]

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URNT12 KNHC 282340

VORTEX DATA MESSAGE

A. 28/2326Z

B. 27 DEG 07 MIN N

89 DEG 10 MIN W

C. 700 MB 2261 M

D. N/A

E. N/A

F. 243 DEG 137 KT

G. 146 DEG 16 NM

H. 904 MB

I. 14 C/ 3046 M

J. 23 C/ 3057 M

K. 09 C/ NA

L. OPEN SW

M. C28

N. 12345/7

O. 1/1 NM

P. NOAA3 1812A KATRINA OB 34

MAX FL WIND 160 KTS NE QUAD 1743Z

EXCELLENT RADAR PRESENTATION

[Nabraxas]

http://www.thedropinn.com/weatherchat

Free to use that chat if you like, let me know if it doesn't work and I'll kick the, yeah, out the window!

Edited August 29, 2005 by Nabraxas

[pinball wizard]

Right then gals and guys, im gunna go to bed now and resume watching this in the morning, guess im not as hardcore as some of you who will doubtless stay awake to see this beast make landfall !!

[SnowBear]

WTNT32 KNHC 282355

TCPAT2

BULLETIN

HURRICANE KATRINA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 24A

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL

7 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE KATRINA NOW MOVING

NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST

FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA

BORDER...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS

EVENING.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM

EAST OF THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER TO DESTIN FLORIDA...AND FROM

WEST OF MORGAN CITY TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM DESTIN FLORIDA

EASTWARD TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA...AND FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY

LOUISIANA WESTWARD TO CAMERON LOUISIANA.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE

INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED

BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED

NEAR LATITUDE 27.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 89.1 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES

SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH...AND A

TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK

THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE NEAR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST

EARLY MONDAY. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO

DETERIORATE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN GULF

COAST...AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN THROUGH THE NIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 160 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

KATRINA IS A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON

THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY

PRIOR TO LANDFALL...AND KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AT

CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE INTENSITY. WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS

OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE

NEAR GROUND LEVEL.

KATRINA IS A LARGE HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD

UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS

EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE

WINDS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST.

A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF

904 MB...26.69 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE

LEVELS...LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 28 FEET...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS

BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE

CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. SOME LEVEES IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA

COULD BE OVERTOPPED. SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL OCCUR

ELSEWHERE ALONG THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF

15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF KATRINA ACROSS THE GULF

COAST AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES

ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES

REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHERN

PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...AND ALABAMA...AND OVER THE

FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...27.2 N... 89.1 W. MOVEMENT

TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...160

MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 904 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL

HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 PM CDT.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN

[Kain]

How come it's now weakening?

Kain

[james990]

Isn't it going thorugh an eye replacement or something?

[londonsnow]

advisory 24a for hurricane katrina. cat 5, expected landfall as a cat 4/5 hurricane. current central pressure 904mb

[SnowBear]

the northern part of the storm is already over land, drag will slow it down a little, its becoming slightly ragged on the northern side

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/GMEX/IR4/20.jpg

Edited August 29, 2005 by SnowBear

[Kain]

That Jeoff bloke on Fox on Sky really reminds me of Bruce Almighty for some odd reason...

Kain

[NJWx]

seems like the stormunderwent the Eyewall Replacement Cycle, or something to the extent of that. Eitherway, the eye replaced itself. The storm should bomb out soon, again, before landfall. Truly a sad situation here.

[SxK]

Latest from NHC:

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 902 MB

EYE DIAMETER 25 NM

MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 145 KT WITH GUSTS TO 175 KT.

She is strengthening again after completion of the eye wall replacement.

[i luv snow]

why did everyone just stop posting at 3am? you should have all stayed awake lol

[Ryan M]

There would have been no point in staying awake snow The hurricane wont hit until about 10 am GMT but Fox are now calling this the storm of the century

[i luv snow]

typical, i will be at work then

[Ryan M]

typical, i will be at work then :lol:

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I know what you mean snow, I'm at school

[i luv snow]

Watching FOX news this morning, New Orleans is starting to feel the Northern edge of Katrina already.

This storm is going to be terrible - I really feel for all those people.  I hope that loss of life is minimal ....

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same here, they showed pictures and there is already lots of surface water, and huge puddles of water- and conditons will only get much much worse :lol:

How come you go back to school so soon Ryan , is it different in Scotand?

Edited August 29, 2005 by i luv snow

[Ryan M]

Yep, we head back to School 3 weeks earlier than Wales and England I started last Monday :lol:

[Hemlock]

Cat 4 now according to Fox.

[Stuart]

it down to cat 4 now

Edited August 29, 2005 by Stuart Harvey

[Ryan M]

Cat 4 now according to Fox.

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Winds are 160 mph, Cat 5's start at 155 mph so still a Cat 5 but should weaken soon