Hurricane Warning SE Louisiana To Al/MS Border Watches Extended East
Hurricane Warning SE Louisiana To Al/MS Border Watches Extended East
Satellite loops and Air Force recon reports show Nate is getting better organized though it is doing it slowly so far. Nate is moving northward on a steady clip and since landfall is going to occur on the Gulf Coast tomorrow night, Hurricane Warnings are now posted from Grand Isle LA. to the Alabama Mississippi border. This northward motion for the last 12 hours or so has caused the hurricane model track guidance to shift eastward with a landfall east of New Orleans. This is the reason why Hurricane Watches have been extended eastward to the parts of the Florida Panhandle
..NATE STRENGTHENING OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA…
…HURRICANE AND STORM SURGE WARNINGS ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST…
SUMMARY OF 1000 AM CDT…1500 UTC…INFORMATION
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LOCATION…18.7N 85.0W
ABOUT 175 MI…280 KM SE OF COZUMEL MEXICO
ABOUT 165 MI…260 KM NNE OF ISLA GUANAJA HONDURAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…50 MPH…85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 21 MPH…33 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…996 MB…29.42 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
A Hurricane Warning is now in effect from Grand Isle Louisiana
to the Alabama/Florida border.
A Storm Surge Warning is now in effect from Morgan City Louisiana to
the Alabama/Florida border, and for the northern and western shores
of Lake Pontchartrain.
A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect for metropolitan New
Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas, and from west of
Grand Isle to Morgan City Louisiana.
A Hurricane Watch is now in effect east of the Alabama/Florida
border to the Okaloosa/Walton County Line.
A Storm Surge Watch is now in effect east of the Alabama/Florida
border to Indian Pass, Florida.
A Tropical Storm Watch is now in effect east of the Okaloosa/Walton
County Line to Indian Pass, Florida.
The Government of Cuba has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the
Provence of Pinar del Rio and a Tropical Storm Watch for the
Provence of the Isle of Youth.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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At 1000 AM CDT (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Nate was
located near latitude 18.7 North, longitude 85.0 West. Nate is
moving toward the north-northwest near 21 mph (33 km/h) and this
motion is expected to continue through Saturday, with a turn toward
the north and northeast expected Saturday night and Sunday. On the
forecast track, the center of Nate will move across the
northwestern Caribbean Sea today, and move near or over the
northeastern coast of the Yucatan peninsula this evening. Nate will
then move into the southern Gulf of Mexico tonight, approach the
northern Gulf coast Saturday, and then move near or over the
northern Gulf coast Saturday night or Sunday.
Reports from Air Force Reserve and NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft
indicate that maximum sustained winds are now near 50 mph (85 km/h)
with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecast during the
next couple of days, and Nate is expected to become a hurricane by
the time it reaches the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 115 miles (185 km)
mainly to the east of the center.
The minimum central pressure estimated from the Hurricane Hunter
data is 996 mb (29.42 inches).
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