9:30pm Update
* Finishing up coordination conferences with various weather entities...The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is wrapping up the finishing touches on their 10pm CDT forecast package. Here are some highlights.....NHC will shift track slightly west of their current track they will have it making landfall somewhere near Biloxi..
..HPC (Hydrometeorological Prediction Center) has shifted even further west, with landfall along the central Louisiana coastline..
..Intensity seems sure to skyrocket over the next 24 hours..NHC has Katrina as a Category 4 hurricane at landfall - this would be a very significant event..
..UNCERTAINTY in forecast track is at an all-time high..Model data seems to be clustering in Louisiana, but others take it anywhere from Florida to Mexico..
..Preparations should begin as soon as possible for potential power outages and wind damage across central Mississippi and Alabama..Impossible to pinpoint the area of maximum threat until we get a better handle on where landfall will occur..But, we must prepare for the worst while hoping for the best..
posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 9:32 PM
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