Looking for a satelitte/IR/WV pic

[Javlin]

Here, I edited a microwave animation that covers the period in question. I removed the 36 hours prior to the morning in question:

http://myweb.cableone.net/nolasue/Katrinamicro.gif

The microwave animation seems to show an eyewall replacement cycle beginning near landfall.

Boy where we lucky and N.O. for alittle dry air.I have never seen that clip.

[f5]

Here, I edited a microwave animation that covers the period in question. I removed the 36 hours prior to the morning in question:

http://myweb.cableone.net/nolasue/Katrinamicro.gif

The microwave animation seems to show an eyewall replacement cycle beginning near landfall.

Boy where we lucky and N.O. for alittle dry air.I have never seen that clip.

the SW eyewall becomes open as you can see the thunderstorms weaken

[wxmann_91]

What is interesting - and the MIMIC loop reveals this - is that the eyewall replacement cycle begins during the evening and is not nearly complete when the shear hits Katrina. This is interesting, since it's possibly the worst case scenario outside of maintaining Cat 4/5 status - a rapid expansion of windfield that makes Katrina more resistant to shear and dry air as it makes landfall. The outer eyewall is stripped by the shear and dry air and technically as Kat is over St. Bernard Parish the eyewall replacement cycle completes and the inner eyewall rebuilds itself, opposite of what is suppose to happen. This is evidenced by the KMOB and KLIX radars which clearly show Katrina contracting right before landfall. And then it completes the cycle as it moves in, and though shear is impacting the storm still, apparently QG enhancement cancels this out. New convection fires and the eye actually clears out as it continues to move inland.

Interesting stuff... lots we have to learn about the inner processes of hurricanes. I had never even begin to think of an Eyewall Replacement right after the TC report came out, but upon closer examination of the sats and radar, it seems that may just be the thing that prevents Katrina from losing any more strength.

[f5]

had she finished the ewrc earlier the winds were of probably went back up over 170 mph

[wxmann_91]

had she finished the ewrc earlier the winds were of probably went back up over 170 mph

Probably not, although she could've been easily Cat 4 or marginal Cat 5 at landfall.

[Jim Cantore]

had she finished the ewrc earlier the winds were of probably went back up over 170 mph

Probably not, although she could've been easily Cat 4 or marginal Cat 5 at landfall.

there are no margonal cat 5's it goes on forever

[f5]

had she finished the ewrc earlier the winds were of probably went back up over 170 mph

Probably not, although she could've been easily Cat 4 or marginal Cat 5 at landfall.

there are no margonal cat 5's it goes on forever

CAT 5 do CATASTROPHIC damage so there not marginal about a cat 5 Camille&labor day hurricane had stronger winds then Andrew but the damage was the same beacuse one you get winds above 156 its pretty much the same.there is no F6 also beacuse anything beyond f5 is pretty much the same

[wxmann_91]

had she finished the ewrc earlier the winds were of probably went back up over 170 mph

Probably not, although she could've been easily Cat 4 or marginal Cat 5 at landfall.

there are no margonal cat 5's it goes on forever

CAT 5 do CATASTROPHIC damage so there not marginal about a cat 5 Camille&labor day hurricane had stronger winds then Andrew but the damage was the same beacuse one you get winds above 156 its pretty much the same.there is no F6 also beacuse anything beyond f5 is pretty much the same

Well sorry if I offended anybody. I meant marginal as in max wind speed, in other words, 160 mph.

[Jim Cantore]

Cat 5

156mph-1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0mph

[Jim Cantore]

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 aka 1 googl

[wxmann_91]

The law of physics states that nothing except for light can go at or above 670,616,629 mi/hr, or in SI units, 299,792 m/s. So technically 156 - 670,616,628 mph.

[Jim Cantore]

Then I guess the wind needs to be arrested

[SouthFloridawx]

one google plex