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Clark
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Re: Katrina Back Over the Water [Re: MikeC]
      #50033 - Fri Aug 26 2005 09:54 AM

Katrina is beginning to really slow down as the ridge over the south-central US begins to erode and move out. Radar motion over the past hour shows motion of about half of an anticyclonic loop, putting the storm about in the same location it was an hour ago. Water vapor imagery (http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/nwatl-wv-loop.html) clearly shows the erosion of the ridge -- no longer is the moisture seen racing around in a clockwise fashion. The trough over the northern Plains continues to flatten it out and in response, the ridge has begun to move towards the SW, pretty much as projected last night. The trough continue to move south and eastward as shortwaves rotate around its periphery over the north-central Plains. As the ridge & trough move over the course of the day, Katrina should move slowly towards the west and gradually northwest in advance of the trough, heading for a second landfall in the Panhandle in the Sunday/Monday time frame.

The storm made it a bit further south than expected, but I think it's about as far south as it is going to go. It did slow down from last night, however -- 7hrs of motion for about 55-60 miles as opposed to 75-80 miles. That's going to continue now, I feel. Where that puts the storm at second landfall only remains to be seen. It's not gonig to be a good one for wherever it ends up.

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Re: and unless the marine advisory is wrong Katrina is a Hurricane again. [Re: slick1]
      #50034 - Fri Aug 26 2005 09:54 AM

Jason does your station or any of the others in the Panhandle have any plans to stream coverage online 24-7 ?

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Re: Katrina Back Over the Water [Re: Clark]
      #50037 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:01 AM

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Katrina is beginning to really slow down as the ridge over the south-central US begins to erode and move out. Radar motion over the past hour shows motion of about half of an anticyclonic loop, putting the storm about in the same location it was an hour ago. Water vapor imagery (http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/nwatl-wv-loop.html) clearly shows the erosion of the ridge -- no longer is the moisture seen racing around in a clockwise fashion. The trough over the northern Plains continues to flatten it out and in response, the ridge has begun to move towards the SW, pretty much as projected last night. The trough continue to move south and eastward as shortwaves rotate around its periphery over the north-central Plains. As the ridge & trough move over the course of the day, Katrina should move slowly towards the west and gradually northwest in advance of the trough, heading for a second landfall in the Panhandle in the Sunday/Monday time frame.

The storm made it a bit further south than expected, but I think it's about as far south as it is going to go. It did slow down from last night, however -- 7hrs of motion for about 55-60 miles as opposed to 75-80 miles. That's going to continue now, I feel. Where that puts the storm at second landfall only remains to be seen. It's not gonig to be a good one for wherever it ends up.




A serious question. Will this rapid erosion in the ridge allow for the turn to the North to occur sooner? If so, is it possible that the erosion of the ridge will act as a drawing action, allowing the storm to parallel the ridge along the West Florida coast? I really don't see a lot of sterring currents to move this storm over the next 12 hours, but then again, I'm no expert and readily admit so upfront.


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Re: and unless the marine advisory is wrong Katrina is a Hurricane again. [Re: Katie]
      #50039 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:11 AM

Yeah, from 1996 to 2003 Pensacola had a few close calls with Danny in '97, Georges and Earl in '98 but lately they have all been direct hits. I don't know how much more people can take. After Dennis there were SO many emergency vehicles driving around with sirens. It's bad for people's health.

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Re: Katrina Back Over the Water [Re: JG]
      #50041 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:19 AM

Quote: A serious question. Will this rapid erosion in the ridge allow for the turn to the North to occur sooner? If so, is it possible that the erosion of the ridge will act as a drawing action, allowing the storm to parallel the ridge along the West Florida coast? I really don't see a lot of sterring currents to move this storm over the next 12 hours, but then again, I'm no expert and readily admit so upfront.

Well, apparently the local NBC TV Station (WFLA) in Tampa has the storm hugging the west coast using their VIPIR system. If any one of the METs wants to chime in on VIPIR, please do.

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Re: Katrina Back Over the Water [Re: JG]
      #50042 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:21 AM

Well between the 9am and the 10am location.
There has been a NE movement
09am - 25.2N 82.0W
10am - 25.3N 81.9W
Lets see if this is just a wobble or if this is a trend that will continue.
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Re: Katrina Back Over the Water [Re: Beach]
      #50043 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:23 AM

I did not expect the ridge to erode significantly until tonight or tomorrow mid-day.

The early erosion SHOULD tend to favor a more eastward path, but until there is an established motion I'm not buying it.

Just got done putting up the wood here in Destin - I may have done that for nothing, but I'd prefer that than the alternative.....


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Re: Katrina Back Over the Water [Re: Beach]
      #50044 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:26 AM

ummm i am thinking those cooords for the 10 am are incorrect
those are the exact coords for 8 am. find it hard to believe
they are the same

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Re: Katrina Back Over the Water [Re: NewWatcher]
      #50045 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:27 AM

yes the coords for 10 am are
25.2 and 82.1
which means an exact west movement of .1
not a lot

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Re: Katrina Back Over the Water [Re: NewWatcher]
      #50046 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:27 AM

Quote:

ummm i am thinking those cooords for the 10 am are incorrect
those are the exact coords for 8 am. find it hard to believe
they are the same




Read Clark's post above. He really explained it for me...


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Re: Katrina Back Over the Water [Re: Ron Basso]
      #50047 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:29 AM

Ron, the FLA tracking map doesn't show a path hugging the coast:
http://www.wfla.com
Is it somewhere else on the site?

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Re: Katrina Back Over the Water [Re: NewWatcher]
      #50048 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:29 AM

You where Correct Sir!
I stand corrected.
AT 10 AM EDT...1400Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE Katrina WAS ESTIMATED
BY NOAA DOPPLER RADARS TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 25.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE
82.1 WEST. THIS POSITION IS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...ABOUT
50 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA AND ABOUT 70 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NAPLES FLORIDA.

It hasn't moved N and has slid W .2


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katrina today [Re: SirCane]
      #50049 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:33 AM

there are a couple of considerations. Katrina's inner core hasn't improved much in appearance since overnight... the northern eyewall is still rather unimpressive. there's a solid patch of dry mid-level air which is diving sw from north florida, and should be feeding into the storm later today. should keep intensification slow and unsteady. i'd expect it to still be cat 1 this evening. tomorrow the storm should begin working the dry air out and deepen a little more steadily once it does. it will probably be nearing or at category 3 late saturday. sunday is the day that worries me.. Katrina should be moving under the upper ridge axis by then, and also be getting a slight baroclinic enhancement. i'll keep my intensity idea at category 3 because stronger hurricanes are relatively rare at landfall, but there is a possibility Katrina will be stronger.
the model consensus over the past day have oscillated to either side of the bay-gulf county area in florida. if i was in that area i'd be taking the hurricane most seriously.
the real wildcard factors right now are intensity and westward movement over the next 24-36 hrs. if Katrina stalls are moves erratically the forecast track will shift back to the big bend. if it lunges a good bit westward today it will move over to pensacola-fort walton. it's an odd-sounding thing to be hopeful for, but it might not be a bad thing if the hurricane got extremely strong while still offshore.. then the chance of an eyewall replacement cycle at landfall would be there.. like what Dennis did right before hitting in july. a temporarily stunted cat 3 is a lot better to deal with than a deepening cat 3.
landfall timeframe looks to be monday morning, august 29th. mind that in most recent cases storms have hit within a day earlier than what i was thinking. sunday night looks just as good.
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Re: Katrina Back Over the Water [Re: Ed in Va]
      #50050 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:33 AM

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Ron, the FLA tracking map doesn't show a path hugging the coast:
http://www.wfla.com
Is it somewhere else on the site?




It was the model output for the VIPIR displayed on Channel 8's 11 p.m. newscast last night.


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Rick on boat in Mobile
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eyewall [Re: JG]
      #50051 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:35 AM

on the Miami radar..it looks like the storm is trying to reform....possibly in a concentrated eyewall building/rebuilding gig...don't know...but I would discount the turn to the north just yet.

Not sure why the models and the path haven't changed...the hurricane is considerably sw of where they thought it'd be....

can't see a quick jog north...but we'll all be suprised with this one. A noted and respected meteorologist in Mobile...Dr. Bill Williams...thought this would reach major hurricane status as a 3, and for the first time....he added...maybe a 4. Now, I'm not predicting, wishcasting, etc...just letting my thoughts fly.

this is August, ya know...and hurricanes don't belong in the GOM in August...

I hope this doesn't hit anyone....but it will.


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Re: Katrina Back Over the Water [Re: Beach]
      #50052 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:35 AM

IN the past hour, she has moved quite a bit west....That may have been a temporary slow down this morning while she consolidated. Has been a very clear west motion for the past hour.

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Re: flight delay [Re: Jeffmidtown]
      #50053 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:38 AM

I heard on TWC this morning that the seciton of the road that collapsed was under construction at the time. I would have been very suprised if even a strong Cat 1 took out a road section like that.

First poster, I've been following this website closely for that last couple weeks, great information from everyone on here. I am an insurance adjuster (independent) so i am understandably curious as to where, when and how badly Mother Nature intends to strike. I have a new found respect for her since working Ivan as my first storm in Gulf Breeze last year and I feel for all those in the panhandle that have this storm potentially bearing down on them after strong activity earlier this year. I wouldn't wish these storms on anyone - I think I got a taste of the true devastating nature, I visited Port Charlotte to get some field experience prior to getting assigned to Ivan - so I've been to 2 of the top 4 most costly hurricane sites (according to NHC not adjusted for inflation)

It's interesting to note that the system did appear to stall temporarily (only for a few frames on http://radar.weather.gov/radar/loop/DS.p19r0/si.kbyx.shtml) but now appears to have a more westerly than southwesterly component as previously shown http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/gmex-ir4-loop.html. Time will tell if this is just a wobble of an indication of the start of the northerly turning trend already. Fickle storm isn't it? At the outset it would appear that the GFDL model is still holding it's own as it has earlier this year, even though all models seems to be having trouble with this storm.

Everyone keep safe this year - and if the storm is headed your way, don't mess around. Get out! One of my first insureds I visited in Milton stayed last year for Ivan and ended up in their attic after 4 feet of water filled thei house - they had to break an escape hole in the roof.


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Re: eyewall [Re: Rick on boat in Mobile]
      #50054 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:43 AM



Look at that pressure drop gang. 981 mb at this buoy. Initial recon is showing an expanding windfield into the NW also.


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Re: flight delay [Re: FloydRTurbo]
      #50055 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:43 AM

11:00's up. Showing Cat 3 with landfall all little bit more west...

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200512_5day.html

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Re: flight delay [Re: susieq]
      #50058 - Fri Aug 26 2005 10:52 AM

one thing that is quite noticably different from the NHC last track versus the new track is the turn to the NE as it approaches the coast... I think once it gets on that N track, anyone above and to the right of it is going to get pounded...

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