Katrina now 80 mph sustained...

[sprink52]

at Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale reported a 92 mph gust. I'll bet Aventura is getting blasted

[WindRunner]

So that's just a weather station reading, nothing official? You should change your title, it's awfully misleading.

[sprink52]

Per TV 12 in West Palm per NWS Miami

[southerngale]

So that's just a weather station reading, nothing official? You should change your title, it's awfully misleading.

Repeating the 7 PM EDT position...25.9 N... 80.1 W. Movement
toward...west near 6 mph. Maximum sustained winds... 80 mph.
Minimum central pressure... 985 mb.

[sprink52]

000
WTNT32 KNHC 252252
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
HURRICANE KATRINA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2005

...EYE OF KATRINA CURRENTLY MAKING LANDFALL BETWEEN HALLANDALE BEACH
AND NORTH MIAMI BEACH WITH 80 MPH WINDS...PORT EVERGLADES JUST
REPORTED GUSTS TO 92 MPH WINDS...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
COAST FROM JUPITER INLET SOUTHWARD TO FLORIDA CITY...INCLUDING LAKE
OKEECHOBEE. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS
AND FLORIDA BAY FROM KEY WEST NORTHWARD. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
IS ALSO IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM LONGBOAT KEY
SOUTH AND EASTWARD TO SOUTH OF FLORIDA CITY. A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM NORTH
OF JUPITER INLET TO VERO BEACH.

AT 7 PM EDT...2300Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR GRAND BAHAMA
ISLAND...BIMINI...AND THE BERRY ISLANDS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS THE FLORIDA WEST
COAST FROM NORTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO ANCLOTE KEY AND FOR THE
EAST-CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST FROM NORTH OF VERO BEACH TO TITUSVILLE
...INCLUDING ALL OF MERRITT ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 7 PM EDT...2300Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.1 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ON
THE COAST BETWEEN HALLANDALE BEACH AND NORTH MIAMI BEACH.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...
THE CENTER SHOULD MOVE FARTHER INLAND ALONG SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY.

LATEST REPORT FROM A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AND THE MIAMI NOAA
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 80 MPH... WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE
LIKELY ON HIGH RISING BUILDINGS. A GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS
KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE
EVERGLADES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 80 MILES.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED
NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF THE LANDFALL POINT.

DUE TO ITS SLOW FORWARD SPEED...KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A
SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...AND THE
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST BAHAMAS. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO
10 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN FLORIDA AND
THE FLORIDA KEYS.

REPEATING THE 7 PM EDT POSITION...25.9 N... 80.1 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 9 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
EDT.

FORECASTER AVILA

$$

How's that for official ????

[tallywx]

Nope, not good enough. Max Mayfield has to provide a voice recording personalized for the poster in question.

[cycloneye]

Only you have to go to advisorie thread.

[WindRunner]

So that's just a weather station reading, nothing official? You should change your title, it's awfully misleading.

Repeating the 7 PM EDT position...25.9 N... 80.1 W. Movement
toward...west near 6 mph. Maximum sustained winds... 80 mph.
Minimum central pressure... 985 mb.

Yeah, sorry about that, forgot about the 2 hour updates (still stuck on 3).

[MzShell]

Wow.....Im just speechless how this system is bombing right before landfall. During even. It may be a force to recon with once it hits the gulf & restrengthen.

[Brent]

Wow.....Im just speechless how this system is bombing right before landfall. During even. It may be a force to recon with once it hits the gulf & restrengthen.

Two words:

GULF STREAM

[sprink52]

Yup...THE GULF STREAM. I remember one cold January morning in 1976 this boy from Birmingham walked onto a Southern Airlines DC-9. It was 28 degrees at BHM airport. Two hours later I landed at Miami International...it was 82 degrees!! The cab driver said two words...Gulf Stream. I never went back (except to visit)

[Jim Cantore]

I wouldnt be suprised if it actully got stronger while going through the everglades like maybe a bump up to 85

unlikely yes

impossible no

[bcp]

is that possible??

[mvtrucking]

is that possible??

I asked the same question earlier. The way she's headed, I wonder how long before she is back over water?

[mtm4319]

is that possible??

I asked the same question earlier. The way she's headed, I wonder how long before she is back over water?

6 to 9 hours, in my estimation.

[Hyperstorm]

Strengthening over land? No.

Maintaining strength over land? Yes, but only for a few hours.

The longer it stays inland, the sooner/more it will weaken. Right now, it's acting like a hurricane that crosses Cuba perpendicularly (Don't lose strength.) But, that's just because it hasn't been over land for long.

Remember Dennis? It moved over Cuba and was surrounded by warm waters all around, but weakened to a Category 1 hurricane from a Category 4 due to the "core" being over land for many hours.

The same thing will happen to Katrina the longer it sits over land, REGARDLESS of how moist/swampy the air is...

[Hyperstorm]

The winds have been dropped to 75 mph, which clearly indicates that the system is weakening (slowly, but surely).

I repeat... The longer it stays over land, the more it will weaken. It doesn't matter how swampy/moist the air is. The core MUST get its energy from DEEP water...