Spot Reports at 10:30 a.m.

Southwest Pass reporting wind gusts to 90 mph.

Pilots Station East is now calm, where it was reporting 98 mph gusts in the eyewall earlier, a pretty clear indication that the wind equipment was damaged.

Winds are gusting to 53 mph at the Lakefront Airport in New Orleans, 41 mph at Louis Armstrong International. Belle Chasse is gusting to 51, Galliano to 48.

The strongest winds on the Mississippi Coast are 31 mph at Gulfport.

Other observations from the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama Coasts:

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
N.O. INTL ARPT LGT RAIN 79 75 87 NE28G41 29.69F FOG
N.O. DWNTWN HE HVY RAIN 79 74 84 NE10G28 29.71F
N.O. LAKEFRONT LGT RAIN 82 76 81 E39G53 29.71F
RESERVE* CLOUDY 75 73 92 N17G30 29.75F
SLIDELL LGT RAIN 78 73 84 NE17G32 29.80F
BATON ROUGE LGT RAIN 72 72 100 N14 29.87F
BOOTHVILLE* NOT AVBL
BELLE CHASSE* LGT RAIN 79 78 97 E31G51 29.63
BOGALUSA* CLOUDY 78 73 86 NE12 29.91R
GALLIANO* LGT RAIN 77 74 89 NE32G48 29.43F
NEW ROADS* CLOUDY 76 71 86 E6 29.91S
GONZALES* PTSUNNY 76 73 90 N17G24 29.79F
HAMMOND* CLOUDY 75 73 94 NE14G22 29.84F
HOUMA* NOT AVBL
MCCOMB PTSUNNY 82 75 79 E10G18 29.95R
PICAYUNE* N/A 75 72 88 NE16G24 29.85F
GULFPORT LGT RAIN 77 75 93 E21G31 29.86F
BILOXI CLOUDY 78 76 94 E16G26 29.87S
PASCAGOULA LGT RAIN 77 74 90 E12G18 29.92R
MOBILE REG APT HVY RAIN 73 73 100 VRB7 29.99R VSB 1
BROOKLEY FIELD LGT RAIN 80 76 87 E18G37 30.00R FOG
GULF SHORES CLOUDY 74 73 95 E15G21 29.97F
PENSACOLA RAIN 78 76 93 S23G31 30.02R FOG
NAS PENSACOLA NOT AVBL

Landfall should occur within the hour near Port Fourchon or just west of Grand Isle. The Air Force Hurricane Hunters are racing east to get one more center fix before that happens.

Stay tuned…

Category: Alabama's Weather, ALL POSTS, Tropical