Katrina is looking pretty damn good on infrared

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Katrina is looking pretty damn good on infrared

#1 Postby logybogy » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:00 am

I'm not sure I buy it's still only 50 MPH.

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#2 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:02 am

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Looking good also here, we need a RECON immediately!!!
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Re: Katrina is looking pretty damn good on infrared

#3 Postby Cookiely » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:02 am

logybogy wrote:I'm not sure I buy it's still only 50 MPH.

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No way its 50.
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#4 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:03 am

Miami radar showing a eye closing off...Could get interesting.
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#5 Postby Scorpion » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:09 am

I went to bed expecting a Ft Lauderdale hit. Now it looks as if the center is getting pretty darn close to my latitude. Looking like a Palm Beach County hit.
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#6 Postby cyclone_eye » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:12 am

Katrina is looking okay and folks in Fla will get a few good puffs. I'd be more careful with the tropical wave just behind which will bring more rain and disruption than Katrina will bring for a few hours.

I am glad she is not a hurricane and will not become a hurricane before Fla
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#7 Postby Scorpion » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:13 am

What are you talking about? Could be a hurricane right now for all we know, theres no recon out there. Also has 12 hours to go.
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#8 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:23 am

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#9 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:27 am

I don't know about you but I feel so frustrated to have a developing cyclone right next to my door and not having a RECON there. :grrr:
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#10 Postby Thunder44 » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:29 am

Freeport in Bahamas, finally reporting TS force winds. 5am they had winds sustained at 43mph. 6am they have sustained winds at 39mph. They are close to the center.

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/MYGF.html
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#11 Postby superfly » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:34 am

Scorpion wrote:What are you talking about? Could be a hurricane right now for all we know, theres no recon out there. Also has 12 hours to go.


No way it's a hurricane right now, but strengthening is likely before it makes landfall.
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#12 Postby thefixed » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:36 am

I went to sleep last night with everyone saying a forecast shift to the south is expected and i awoke with the landfall matching up with my coordinates. But this thing is looking better and better.
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#13 Postby jpigott » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:37 am

IR is looking more impressive, but the radar presentation doesn't look all that good. By looking at the IR there would appear to be more wrapping on the western side than the radar indicates?
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#14 Postby Jevo » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:38 am

thefixed wrote:I went to sleep last night with everyone saying a forecast shift to the south is expected and i awoke with the landfall matching up with my coordinates. But this thing is looking better and better.


Looks like this storm is going to come in directly at the broward/palm beach county line..... If was betting even money Id say deerfield by looking on my florida map
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#15 Postby Thunder44 » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:38 am

This is station is reporting 35kt sustained winds with gusts to 39kts at 10z

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=SPGF1

The center is about 40 miles or so to the the SW so it looks like 50mph intensity is about right.
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#16 Postby NC George » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:39 am

Look at the Miami NWS radar loop - you can see it starting to wrap up, soon Katrina will have a 360 degree eyewall.
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#17 Postby wxwatcher91 » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:49 am

so with 43mph winds in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas and a pressure of 1001mb, we can probably say with confidence that the pressure is lower than the 1000mb in the 5am advisory right?
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#18 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:51 am

I think we can...Also surface reports on the hour doe's not clearly tell how strong the storm is. Durning Emily when it passed over that island they only got 65 mph winds. But she had winds of nearly 90 mph at the time. So it doe's not show a clear picture. Can't wait for recon.
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#19 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:55 am

Look at this eye developing. It will likely be closed but the Eastern side is very powerful right now. Watch that yellow/red wrap around.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS ... kamx.shtml
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#20 Postby wxwatcher91 » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:58 am

Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:Look at this eye developing. It will likely be closed but the Eastern side is very powerful right now. Watch that yellow/red wrap around.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS ... kamx.shtml


I was just about to post the same thing...

is it just me or do we have a fist?

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hey, the theory has worked before :wink:
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