Hurricane Warning Issued

Hurricane warnings have been issued from southeastern Louisiana through the Mississippi and Alabama coasts and to Destin on the Northwest Florida coast.

FAST FACTS AT 4 PM
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LOCATION…24.2N 82.3W
ABOUT 40 MI…65 KM SW OF KEY WEST FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…60 MPH…95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 16 MPH…26 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…992 MB…29.29 INCHES

The forecast track has been nudged slightly to the west. The official skinny black line is over Bay St. Louis MS.

The cone of uncertainty extends from Lafayette LA to Navarre Beach, Florida. The circles of the cone reflect two thirds of the average forecast error at each time period for 12, 23, 36 hours etc.)

The 18z NAM model is in. It reflects a landfall at Mobile Bay on Wednesday afternoon. We haven’t received any GFS 18z output yet.

Category: Tropical