Cat 5 now?

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Cat 5 now?

#1 Postby coolwater » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:31 am

Looks that way.
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#2 Postby baitism » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:39 am

Maybe, I mean really though Cat 4 or Cat 5....wherever this hits its going to devastate....
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#3 Postby JamesFromMaine2 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:41 am

its 150MPH so not yet a cat 5 however the development continues and if it does continue it IMO it will be a cat 5 no later then 11am!
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#4 Postby mtm4319 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:43 am

JamesFromMaine2 wrote:its 150MPH so not yet a cat 5 however the development continues and if it does continue it IMO it will be a cat 5 no later then 11am!


I thought it was 145.
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#5 Postby coolwater » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:44 am

Check out the latest recon.
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#6 Postby mtm4319 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:46 am

coolwater wrote:Check out the latest recon.


166mph at flight level... but it's less on the ground.
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#7 Postby Thunder44 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:52 am

mtm4319 wrote:
coolwater wrote:Check out the latest recon.


166mph at flight level... but it's less on the ground.


It's suspect.
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#8 Postby mtm4319 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:55 am

Weather Channel just reported 150.
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#9 Postby Thunder44 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:56 am

000
WTNT62 KNHC 280950
TCUAT2
HURRICANE KATRINA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
450 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005


...CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE KATRINA GAINS MORE STRENGTH...

...AT ABOUT 420 AM CDT... 0920Z... AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN HURRICANE KATRINA
HAD INCREASED TO NEAR 150 MPH. KATRINA REMAINS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY
FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.

FORECASTER KNABB

$$




I guess those winds are no longer suspect.
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#10 Postby Scorpion » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:57 am

150 mph and 915 mb sounds suspicious.
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#11 Postby Aslkahuna » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:03 am

Not really, when the pressure falls fast it takes time for the winds to catch up. In addition, Katrina is a larger than average size hurricane so the pressure gradient in the interior won't be quite as tight.

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#12 Postby coolwater » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:04 am

I will go on record right now and say that this thing will get to 165 mph by tomorrow afternoon.
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#13 Postby Thunder44 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:07 am

This is a Cat 5. It won't be long before they find the winds to confirm it.
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#14 Postby Hurricane Cheese » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:12 am

I agree.....Katrina is now poised to become a Cat 5.

She has also "gone annular"....as her symmetry is specatular...
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#15 Postby NateFLA » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:13 am

Oh sleepless nights... :( :eek:
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