Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was a catastrophic tropical cyclone that had a long and complex meteorological history, spanning a month from August 8, to September 7, 2005. Katrina's origins can be traced to the mid-level remnants of Tropical Depression Ten, a tropical wave, and an upper tropospheric trough. The tropical depression emerged as a wave off West Africa on August 8, the second wave followed on August 11, while the trough factored into tropical cyclogenesis between August 17 and 23. The mid-level remnants of Tropical Depression Ten merged with the second tropical wave on August 19 while located north of Hispaniola. Subsequent interaction with the trough spurred convective development, resulting in the formation of Tropical Depression Twelve over the Bahamas on August 23. Deep convection soon blossomed and following the development of rainbands the system intensified into a tropical storm. As it strengthened into a hurricane, Katrina made its first landfall in the Miami metropolitan area… Read by Bernstein2291. Recorded June 11, 2007; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=135862868 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorological_history_of_Hurricane_Katrina Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meteorlogical_histor-125256.ogg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). This episode is a format-shifted (MP3) copy redistributed under the same license. Chapter images come from the recorded article via Wikimedia Commons; each chapter links its file page for credits. This show is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.