Re: Hurricane Katrina
Just got this off the web:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
DUE TO THE SOUTHWESTWARD PATH TAKEN BY KATRINA OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN FLORIDA...ITS CENTER SPENT ONLY ABOUT SEVEN HOURS OVER LAND...AND MUCH OF THAT TIME OVER THE RELATIVELY MOIST EVERGLADES. AS A RESULT OF THIS AND THE FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT... KATRINA DID NOT WEAKEN ALL THAT MUCH OVERNIGHT...
...EMERGING OVER THE WARM WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. WSR-88D RADAR IMAGERY FROM MIAMI AND KEY WEST STILL DEPICT AN IMPRESSIVE CYCLONE... WITH STRONG CONVECTION CONTINUING JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER... WHICH STILL QUALIFIES AS SOMEWHAT OF AN EYEWALL...
KATRINA IS REASSIGNED HURRICANE STATUS WITH INTENSITY OF 65 KT.
...ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT KATRINA WILL BE A DANGEROUS HURRICANE IN
THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
THIS SEEMS EVEN MORE LIKELY NOW GIVEN ITS CURRENT STRENGTH EMERGING AGAIN OVER WATER. AS KATRINA MOVES FARTHER NORTH IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO... ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SHOULD ONLY BECOME MORE CONDUCIVE FOR STRENGTHENING AS A LARGE UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE DOMINATES OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO... IT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT KATRINA COULD ATTAIN MAJOR HURRICANE STATUS BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL SOMEWHERE ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST.
Scat Kat! 
