4:00 PM Saturday Katrina Update
* Latest numbers and forecast track in from the NHC:* Winds: 115 mph, gusts to 145 mph
Location: 24.6 N 85.6 W
* The newest track takes it inland south of New Orleans as a strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph with gusts much higher. Form there it would most likely make landfall again along the Mississippi Coast and proceed north and east through Mississippi.
* This scenario would bring destructive winds and very heavy amounts of rain to the area. The potential exists for widespread and lengthy power outages as well as flooding.
* Landfall is forecast to occur sometime Monday morning, with the worst of it around here coming during Monday and into Monday night and early Tuesday morning. The timing will also likely be adjusted as we get closer to landfall..
* As we have mentioned earlier, if the current forecast verifies, east Mississippi and West Alabama would be on the dangerous east side of the hurricane center where tornadoes within the hurricane are most commonly found.
* We are watching this very closely and refining our forecast as more information becomes available and updated. Please keep checking the blog, as well as previous blog enteries and also check out our newscasts for further updates!
posted by Renny Vandewege @ 3:35 PM
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