Re: Gulf Coast residents urged to get out (LA, MS)



ເຖິງພີ່ນ້ອງລາວໃນ ອາເມຣິກາ ໃນເຂດພາກກາງຕອນລ່າງ ພິເສດເມືອງ ນີວໄອເບີເຣັຽ, ນີວໂອລິນ ຣັຖລຸຍເຊັຽນາ; ເມືອງ ກອຟພອດ, ບາລັກສ໌ຊີ ຣັຖມີຊີຊິບປີ ແລະພີ່ນ້ອງລາວຢູ່ທາງ ໂມບຽວ ຣັຖ ອາລາແບມມາ ຄ່ອຍພາກັນ ຣະມັດ ຣະວັງເປັນພິເສດເດີ ດ້ວຍພາຍຸ ໃຕ້ຝຸ່ນ ແຄັຕຕຣີນາ ຂໍໃຫ້ທຸກໆຄອບຄົວ ປະຕິບັດຕາມ ຄຳສັ່ງທາງຣາຊການ ຂອງເມືອງພວກທ່ານ... ເພາະເປັນພາຍຸທີ່ຮຸນແຮງ ແລະອັນຕະຣາຍ ບາງທີ່ຄວາມແຮງ ຂອງລົມອາດຈະແຮງເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນອີກ ກ່ອນພາຍຸຈະເຂົ້າເຖິງຝັ່ງ. ສ່ວນຄົນລາວທຳງານ ໃນບໍ່ນ້ຳມັນ ລຸຍເຊັຽນາ ກໍໃຫ້ຣະວັງ ພາຄອບຄົວອອກຈາກ ເຂດອັນຕະຣາຍເດີ ແລະທຸຣະກິດລາວ ຢູ່ແຖວ ນີວໄອເບີເຣັຽ ກໍມ້ຽນມັດ ຕະລາດແລ້ວປິດ ພາກັນອອກຈາກ ທີ່ຕໍ່າ ໃຫ້ໄກທີ່ຈະໄກໄດ້ ເພື່ອຊີວິດແລະສັພສິນຂອງພວກທ່ານ ຕ້ອງເຊື່ອຟັງ ຄຳສັ່ງທາງການເດີ...
ຂໍໃຫ້ຄົນລາວທຸກໆຄົນໃນຣັຖແຖບນັ້ນປອດພັຍກັນທຸກໆຄົນ
ຮັກແພງ
ຜູ່ບ່າວລາວ


8:00 p.m. ET 8/27/2005
Now a very dangerous Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph and forecast to become a Category 4 storm later tonight with winds as high as 140 mph. Everyone along the northern Gulf needs to take this hurricane very seriously and put action plans into play now. Hurricane Katrina has begun to make a deliberate, gradual turn to the west-northwest during the last few hours. Based on this trend of turning toward the Gulf Coast, hurricane watches have now been hoisted from Intracoastal City, La., to the Florida-Alabama border. This includes the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. These will likely be changed to warnings later tonight.


From this point on through landfall, Hurricane Katrina will continue to turn, first toward the west-northwest Saturday, then to the northwest on Sunday, then finally toward the north before making landfall on Monday. Well ahead of the center there will be high surf crashing ashore in the northern Gulf starting Saturday into Sunday. You'll need to use extreme caution along all of the northern Gulf beaches from Louisiana to western Florida due to this increased surf. Extreme damaging winds, high life threatening storm surge, deadly flooding rains with possible tornadoes are expected at landfall. Once Hurricane Katrina makes landfall it will progress inland Monday into Tuesday with a trail of flooding rains and damaging winds across Mississippi and Alabama and then into Tennessee. Late Tuesday into Wednesday the very heavy rains and gusty winds will progress from the Tennessee Valley to the eastern Ohio Valley.

Hurricane Katrina is in a region of light wind shear, and is therefore anticipated to gather further strength, reaching a strong Category 4 storm prior to landfall.

The Air Force Reserve Reconnaissance Hurricane Hunters made some interesting observations Saturday morning. Just before 5 a.m., small hail was observed in the southeast quadrant at a height of roughly 8000-9000 feet. Around 11 a.m. EDT, concentric eyewalls (meaning two of them, one inside another) were witnessed.

Winds are finally slacking off in the Florida Keys after a wild Friday. After its landfall on Thursday evening, Hurricane Katrina moved off the southwest coast of Florida on Friday but continued to slam the Florida Keys with wind gusts of 60 to 85 mph and torrential rains for most of the day. During Friday, Key West had nearly 10 inches of rain; the fourth wettest day on record and the wettest August day on record. The Dry Tortugas National Park to the west of Key West had sustained winds of 82 mph and a gust to 105 mph in the outer rainbands and squalls.

Hurricane Katrina made landfall south of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., around 6:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Reports of wind gusts of 60 to 95 mph were widespread across southeast Florida with widespread power outages and tremendous tree damage. Falling trees and other accidents are blamed in the deaths of seven people so far. Radar estimates and actual observations show about 8-to-20 inches of rain fell across southern Florida with a great deal of flooding, especially near the Homestead area.

Elsewhere, there are two areas of low pressure in the central Atlantic. One low pressure is a system that has been monitored for several days now. It is centered about 900 miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands. The strong area of low pressure has dealt with a harsh environment ever since its existence; namely persistent southwesterly shear. Because of this, thunderstorm activity continues to be well removed away from the surface circulation. That being said, the system could develop further in the upcoming days and will be monitored for possible development.

The second area of low pressure is located several hundred miles southeast of the aforementioned low. It is currently lacking thunderstorm activity but it has the potential for slow development over the next several days.

Tropical Storm Irwin formed off the west coast of Mexico and is now located about 450 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. It is not expected to gain hurricane strength but build to a moderate to strong tropical storm over the next few days. Fortunately, Irwin will head west away from the Mexican coastline with only a threat to marine interests.

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