特別消息: 五級颶風卡特里娜第二報

登陸前後美國的颱風報告:

789
WTNT52 KNHC 290953
TCEAT2
HURRICANE KATRINA TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

AT 5 AM CDT...1000Z...THE CENTER OF MAJOR HURRICANE KATRINA
WAS ESTIMATED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT AND NOAA/NWS LAND-BASED DOPPLER RADAR TO BE NEAR
LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST. THIS POSITION
IS ABOUT 35 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND 35 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLE
LOUISIANA...AND ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS
LOUISIANA.

DURING THE PAST HOUR...GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 87 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 114 MPH...A FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING
PROGRAM WIND TOWER IN GALLIANO LOUISIANA REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 79 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 100 MPH...AND A GUST TO 85 MPH WAS REPORTED
AT NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT.

FORECASTER STEWART

$$

387
WTNT62 KNHC 291116
TCUAT2
HURRICANE KATRINA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
610 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...KATRINA MAKES LANDFALL IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

AT 610 AM CDT...1110Z...HURRICANE KATRINA HAS MADE LANDFALL IN
SOUTHERN PLAQUEMINES PARISH LOUISIANA...JUST SOUTH OF BURAS...AS A
CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 140 MPH TO
THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

FORECASTER PASCH

$$

102
WTNT52 KNHC 291158
TCEAT2
HURRICANE KATRINA TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS ESTIMATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.5 WEST. THIS POSITION IS
ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA...AND ABOUT 75
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI.

PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 113 MPH
WITHIN THE PAST HOUR AT THEIR OFFICE.

FORECASTER PASCH

$$

從報告,可能知道登陸時間為11GMT(即香港時間8月29日下午7時)
最高平均風力87mph(140km/h),實測陣風是114mph(185km/h),
登陸氣壓為918hpa,僅次於1969年颶風Camille的909hpa