The Latest Watches and Warnings: Look at Wind Gust Potential for Alabama

A hurricane watch was added for the New Orleans Metropolitan area at 4 p.m., including Lakes Ponchartrain and Maurepas.

Here are the wind watches and warnings by zones.

Storm surge warnings were already in effect for the lakes. Here are the storm surge watches and warnings.

Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Mobile and Baldwin Counties, just in case the storm jogs a little further east than expected. If the official track materializes, sustained winds will not reach tropical storm force on the Alabama coast.

These are wind gusts off the NWS National Digital Forecast Database for 7 p.m. tomorrow night, showing winds gusting to 45-55 mph in coastal Mobile County, with 30-40 mph gusts over Mobile and Baldwin Counties.

The pink colors near and to the east of the center are gusts of 70-90 mph. Red is 50-70 mph. Orange is 40-50 mph. Yellow is 35-40 mph. Green is 30-40 mph.

Over Central Alabama, winds will gust to 30-35 mph tomorrow night into Thursday. As the center moves up through Central Mississippi early Thursday morning, winds could gust to 35-40 mph over West Central Alabama in places like Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Jasper, and Birmingham.

Close to the Alabama/Mississippi border, winds could gust to 55 mph early Thursday morning.

Category: Alabama's Weather, ALL POSTS, Tropical