Hurricane Katrina Satellite Imagery

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Hurricane katrina satellite imagery. Noaa hurricane katrina satellite image of hurricane katrina overlaying a thermal display of sea surface temperatures for the caribbean sea and atlantic ocean august 27 2005. Please direct all questions and comments regarding goes e goes 16 images to. Satellite images and tracking maps of category 5 major hurricane katrina 2005 august 23 31. Hurricane katrina 12 45z august 29 2005 about 40 miles southeast of new orleans louisiana and about 65 miles southwest of biloxi mississippi.

The imagery posted on this site is of the gulf coast of louisiana mississippi and alabama after hurricane katrina made landfall. The regions photographed range from grand isle louisiana to gulf shores alabama. Katrina s maximum windspeeds at landfall near grand isle la may have been as high as 140mph. It is estimated that 80 90 approximately 104 119mph of the maximum.

The aerial photograph missions were conducted by the noaa remote sensing division the day after katrina made landfall august 30 and concluded september 9. Max wind speed 175mph. 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. Hurricane katrina operational significant event images.

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. Finally the video shows landsat satellite imagery of new orleans before and during the flooding as well as a more recent view of a city still rebuilding from the hurricane some five years later. The storm formed late on august 23 and developed quickly into a tropical.