Katrina Prepares for Landfall
At 3:30 PM on Thursday, Katrina officially became a hurricane, with wind speeds of 75 miles per hour. At 5 PM, the center of the storm was located about 15 miles off the Florida East coast, between Ft. Lauderdale and Boca Raton. The satellite image below was taken just before landfall, around 4:15 PM.
The expected path of the storm continues to place it south of the metro Atlanta area. The image to the right is the Weather Service’s estimate of total precipitation between 8 AM today, and 8 AM Tuesday. As you can see, most of the rain will be to the east of the storm’s track.
Metro Atlanta could end up with as little as a quarter inch of rain, or as much as several inches depending on the storm’s path. Areas to our east, including Savannah and Augusta could end up with six to nine inches of rain by the time the storm moves to our north late Tuesday.
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