*** Latest on Katrina ***

[link to www.weatherunderground.com]

Are not those co-ordinates directly on top of New Orleans!

The Shite is going to hit the fan, and I say that with all due respect peoples.

could someone tell me that is livin the usa what category type storm this has turned into. Is a category 2 3 or 4 hurricane at the moment.

477, yes, almost suspiciously so.

Due to the storm surge, directly on top of New Orleans is actually better than if it hit slightly to the west of the city.

"477, yes, almost suspiciously so."

There is something about Houma and Morgan City, Louisiana that attracts these large killer storms that are otherwise bound for New Orleans. For some reason these big, blundering storms stagger inland at these points and are summarily led to slaughter into the Atchafalya Basin.
Remember what Hurricane Andrew did to Florida - guess where Andrew ended up? That´s right, the Atchafalya Basin. And what kind of disaster did South Louisiana sustain from Andrew? Not a damn thing worthy of mention.
"Bring it on"

Atchafalya Basin: That´s where the hottest of the hot water congregates off shore. Like a mouse to cheese it is, Katrina will want to goble that energy. The real Misssissippi River runs through the Atchafalya Basin. Aye Eeeee! I gar-run-tee hit.

1126, Katrina is still currently at a category 3.

WTNT32 KNHC 272032
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HURRICANE KATRINA ADVISORY NUMBER 18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005

...KATRINA RE-ORGANIZING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...

AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WATCH IS EXTENDED WESTWARD TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA AND EASTWARD TO THE FLORIDA-ALABAMA
BORDER. A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER.

A HURRICANE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST LATER TONIGHT OR SUNDAY. INTERESTS IN THIS AREA
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KATRINA.

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED FOR
THE FLORIDA KEYS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.6 WEST OR ABOUT 380 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ABOUT 240
MILES WEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

REPORTS FROM NOAA AND AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. KATRINA IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
KATRINA COULD BECOME A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT OR
SUNDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 160 MILES...260 KM. NOAA BUOY 42003 LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE
CENTER RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 46 MPH WITH A GUST TO
58 MPH.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE NOAA AIRCRAFT IS
945 MB...27.91 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF FLORIDA SHOULD
SUBSIDE TODAY.

KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO
5 INCHES OVER WESTERN CUBA...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. HEAVY RAINS FROM KATRINA
SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE CENTRAL GULF COAST SUNDAY EVENING.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
OF 15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST.

REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...24.6 N... 85.6 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...115 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 945 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT.


The max wave heights recorded so far are 25.6´

[link to www.ndbc.noaa.gov]

Any talk of people in NO riding this one out & throwing hurricane parties?

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 945 MB thats cat 4 pressure

Here´s more for what it is worth -

[link to news.yahoo.com]

Unfortunately 3282, a lot of people will be riding it out because they can´t afford to evacuate and they are not organized enough to provide transportation and shelters for them.

"MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 945 MB thats cat 4 pressure"

The category assigned to a storm isn´t based on pressure though. It´s based on wind speed, although the lower the pressure, the bigger the "vacuum" in the center and the faster air will rush toward it, meaning higher winds.

they just upped the forcast intensity at land fall to a strong 4 or borderline 5 with sustained at 150 at landfall in new orleans. if this plays out there will be nothing to go back to there.



[link to www.nhc.noaa.gov]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that this storm has gotten far less coverage (and hysteria) than the previous storms this season..Seems like Kartina just "lumbered in across Florida and now she´s on her way to La.

[link to www.nhc.noaa.gov]

Media have gotten a cool it on this one. They may cut them loose tomorrow.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, if they got some hurricane suppresion tech warmed up, best go for broke on this one.

Looking at the size of this thing, unless it´s taken a dive to the south - I don´t see why it would take till Monday to make landfall.

Looks like the northern edge coud hit the LA coast in a few hours. Depending on speed or stalls, I know, but still, why Monday? I say Sunday.


[link to www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov]

when they say landfall they mean the actual eye touching the coast. the storm will arrive much sooner than that.

is anyone that post here in the path of this hurricane

" just lumbered in across Florida ..."

Katrina just killed two people and flooded hundreds but

Kansas is flooded today
[link to images.usatoday.com]

I´m sitting here watching "The Weather Channel" and I´ve just heard Jim Cantore´s report. I´ve been a ´weather-watcher´ for YEARS, and have always found his reports pretty down-to-earth, (but yet) serious with what effects a hurricane can cause.

I´ve seen Jim Cantore report for YEARS on all the major ones, but I´ve gotta say for my part I´ve never seen him like this.

If it didn´t seem like he was laboring with such difficulty to maintain his calm, I´d have to say he was absolutely terrified about "Hurricane Katrina".

He likened it to a caterpiller deep within a cocoon about to become a butterfly, and the fear (though video) relayed this with such clarity description fails me.....

You had to SEE it to KNOW what I mean.