Somebody help me out....

This is the general tropical discussion area. Anyone can take their shot at predicting a storms path.

Moderator: S2k Moderators

Forum rules

The posts in this forum are NOT official forecasts and should not be used as such. They are just the opinion of the poster and may or may not be backed by sound meteorological data. They are NOT endorsed by any professional institution or STORM2K. For official information, please refer to products from the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service.

Help Support Storm2K
Post Reply
Message
Author
User avatar
TSmith274
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 756
Joined: Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:11 am
Location: New Orleans, La.

Somebody help me out....

#1 Postby TSmith274 » Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:37 pm

Can somebody find a satelite image of Hurricane Katrina at her height of strength? I've googled Katrina, and all I get are pictures of some women named Katrina, and the track of some other hurricane. Anyone have a good high-res picture?
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
cycloneye
Admin
Admin
Posts: 148497
Age: 69
Joined: Thu Oct 10, 2002 10:54 am
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico

#2 Postby cycloneye » Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:40 pm

Image

Impressive pic when she was a cat 5 at August 28th.
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
TSmith274
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 756
Joined: Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:11 am
Location: New Orleans, La.

#3 Postby TSmith274 » Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:42 pm

Thanks, Cycloneye!
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
arkess7
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 2071
Age: 52
Joined: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:25 pm
Location: Edgewater, FL

#4 Postby arkess7 » Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:55 pm

good god thats an impressive picture i never want to see again... :( geez...i know rita was impressive too but i was wondering.......wasnt katrina bigger in size than rita????? that picture sure does look like it....at first i thought both rita and katrina were about the same size... :?: still both very perfect looking canes :eek:
0 likes   
Top
Brent
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 38264
Age: 37
Joined: Sun May 16, 2004 10:30 pm
Location: Tulsa Oklahoma
Contact:
Contact Brent

#5 Postby Brent » Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:57 pm

arkess7 wrote:good god thats an impressive picture i never want to see again... :( geez...i know rita was impressive too but i was wondering.......wasnt katrina bigger in size than rita????? that picture sure does look like it....at first i thought both rita and katrina were about the same size... :?: still both very perfect looking canes :eek:


Yes... Katrina was bigger, but Rita wasn't far behind.
0 likes   
#neversummer
Top
User avatar
wxmann_91
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 8013
Age: 34
Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:49 pm
Location: Southern California
Contact:
Contact wxmann_91

Re: Somebody help me out....

#6 Postby wxmann_91 » Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:59 pm

TSmith274 wrote:Can somebody find a satelite image of Hurricane Katrina at her height of strength? I've googled Katrina, and all I get are pictures of some women named Katrina, and the track of some other hurricane. Anyone have a good high-res picture?


http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=74159&highlight=reference

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/archive/2005/storms/katrina/avhrr/avhrr.katrina.html
0 likes   
Top
User avatar
WindRunner
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 5806
Age: 34
Joined: Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:07 pm
Location: Warrenton, VA, but Albany, NY for school
Contact:
Contact WindRunner

#7 Postby WindRunner » Sun Sep 25, 2005 2:29 pm

Here's the link -

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2005240-0828

Select your resolution of choice (2km, 1km, 500m, or 250m) on the Katrina picture at the bottom. Warning: 250m resoultion picture is of size 6200x8000 pixels and is over 21MB.
0 likes   
Top
WeatherEmperor
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 4806
Age: 41
Joined: Thu Sep 04, 2003 2:54 pm
Location: South Florida

#8 Postby WeatherEmperor » Sun Sep 25, 2005 2:42 pm

absolute monster.

<RICKY>
0 likes   
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Talkin' Tropics”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: kenayers and 312 guests