The Bare Necessities of Life

[wxmann_91]

And if you recall correctly, one of them was the KLIX radar loop of the second half of Katrina, which everybody thought didn't exist anymore after the WFO/radar site supposedly went "down".

Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present one necessity of life that hasn't been quite revealed yet... UNTIL NOW... the ENTIRE radar loop of Katrina from KLIX.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/Katrina/k ... _black.gif

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/Katrina/K ... o_loop.gif

Some observations:
1) Katrina's back side was much stronger than I originally thought, in fact, one of the bands that trained over NOLA (and likely contributed to the massive levee failures), was similar to the band that set up over Ft. Lauderdale during the back side of Wilma.
2) The presentation of the reformation of the eyewall on the KLIX radar was almost exactly the same as the KMOB.
3) NOLA East got PWNED as the western eyewall sat there for hours and hours. Meanwhile NOLA Ctrl and West, as stated, probably only received Cat 1 winds. 5-10 miles probably made the difference between 100+ and ~80 mph winds.

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

I recall that missing half Some people, on TV, were saying she was falling apart faster than predicted at the time

[HurricaneHunter914]

Glad that was found. Maybe this will help change the NHC's report on Katrina.

[Extremeweatherguy]

Glad that was found. Maybe this will help change the NHC's report on Katrina.

I doubt it. I don't think there is much to change. I still think Cat. 3 sounds right...that eyewall is simply just not symetrical enough for this thing to have been a Cat. 4/5 at landfall. The strong band on the north side of the eyewall does not wrap all the way around and once making landfall, the back edge breaks up even more. For this thing to have been a 4, I would expect to see a completely wrapping eyewall, and for this to have been a 5, I would expect to see a completely circular and orange/red colored (strong) eyewall.

[wxman57]

Note how the western eyewall passed east of downtown New Orleans. That tiny jog east before landfall spared New Orleans considerably more wind damage, but put my mother's house in the Gulf of Mexico to the east.