Satellite Radar Hurricane Katrina

As katrina moved further north and made a second landfall along the mississippi louisiana border the nws doppler radar in mobile kmob measured winds up to 132mph between 3 000 4 000 feet above ground level in the morning.

Satellite radar hurricane katrina. Launch web map in new window this tracker shows the current view from our goes east and goes west satellites. Katrina s maximum windspeeds at landfall near grand isle la may have been as high as 140mph. Watch the new 2005 animation https www yout. It is estimated that 80 90 approximately 104 119mph of the maximum.

A hurricane track will only appear if there is an active storm in the atlantic or eastern pacific regions. This is an image of hurricane katrina on sunday august 28 2005 at 5 30 pm edt 21 33 utc as seen by the tropical rainfall measuring mission satellite s pr precipitation radar virs visible infrared scanner tmi tropical microwave imager and the goes spacecraft. Infrared satellite image of hurricane katrina approaching south florida from august 25 at 12 32 pm edt 1632 utc. Central pacific hurricane center 2525 correa rd suite 250 honolulu hi 96822 w hfo webmaster noaa gov.

Let s remind ourselves of where katrina began and just what it did to florida and the gulf coast 10 years ago. View animation caution 11mb file. Radar loop of katrina landfalling. Radar reflectivity image while katrina was crossing the coast from august 25 at 6 31 pm edt 2231 utc.

August 24 to 29 goes 12 colorized animation. The world meteorological organization has since retired the name katrina from its list of hurricane names. Hurricane katrina appeared suddenly in the bahamas moved quickly across southern florida intensified to category 5 in the warm water mild wind conditions. Trmm looks underneath of the storm s clouds to reveal the underlying rain.

Katrina was just one of 28 named tropical cyclones during the 2005 hurricane season but due to the tragedy it caused it remains the one most remembered.