Katrina forecast #6: Category 5 with historical damage..

[Josephine96]

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EXPERIMENTAL HURRICANE FORECAST
HURRICANE KATRINA
NJN WEATHER CENTER
550AM SUN AUG 28TH 2005

Hurricane Katrina continues to grow in size and in strength as she approaches Louisiana in the GOM. Her winds were 145 mph at 5am advisory.

Katrina is forecast to make landfall in far Eastern Louisiana.. This could easily also put the eye and the most dangerous conditions right over if not very near New Orleans. A mandatory evac order for the entire city of New Orleans should be issued soon.

Most of the city of New Orleans is below sea level.. so there will be catastrophic damage from this storm by both winds and rains as well as storm surge. It may take days, even weeks to clear out all the flood waters should Katrina not make a sharp jerk to the left or to the right very soon.

Intensity is also a problem. She is currently a 4.. with the potential of becoming a 5.. I will even go out and forecast her becoming a 5 and being 1 at landfall.

Anybody still on the coast or in New Orleans should have already left and if you choose to stay, you're probably putting yourself at a potential death sentence. That's how serious this storm is right now.

Here's my experimental 5 day forecast on Katrina.
Today: More strengthening. She's a textbook hurricane. Max winds: 155 mph
Monday: Making landfall and going directly over New Orleans. Max winds: 165 mph
Tuesday: Accelerating NW.. Weakening.. Max winds: 45 mph {depending on how fast she weakens}
Wednesday: A lot of rain for the Mid Atlantic. Max winds: 40 mph
Thursday: Well extratropical by now. Lots of rain up and down the eastern seaboard. Max winds: 35 mph