BEACH
BEACH SIDE BECAUSE IT IS AN OFF SHORE WIND.
SHORE WIND. THERE IS THE CENTER, POWERFUL
HURRICANE LAURA, CAT 4, WINDS AT
140.
140.
140. THE
140. THE EYE HAS BECOME BETTER
ORGANIZED AND MORE PERFECTLY
SYMMETRICAL.
SYMMETRICAL. WE SHOULD GET SOME INTERESTING
PICTURES COMING OUT OF THAT EYE
LATER TODAY.
LATER TODAY. I'M SURE WE ARE GETTING THE
STADIUM EFFECT THAT YOU ONLY GET
WITH THESE POWERFUL MAJOR
HURRICANES.
HURRICANES. YOU CAN SEE THE CENTRAL DENSE
OVERCAST HERE.
OVERCAST HERE. IT IS VERY HEALTHY AND
INTENSIFYING HURRICANE, EVEN AT
CAT 4 WITH WINDS AT 140.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS STILL
INTENSIFYING.
INTENSIFYING. GUSTS ABOVE 150.
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 16.
THAT WILL PUT IT ON THE
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COAST.
RIGHT NOW IT IS ABOUT 148 MILES
FROM THE COASTLINE.
HERE'S THE VISIBLE SATELLITE.
THIS IS LIKE IF YOU WERE UP IN A
SPACE CAPSULE ORBITING PLANET
EARTH AND YOU TOOK OUT YOUR
PHONE AND TOOK A PICTURE.
THAT'S A POWERFUL HURRICANE.
LOOK AT THE DONUT EFFECT.
A PERFECT DONUT AROUND THE
CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL
HURRICANE BUT VERY INTENSE.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONLY
EXTEND ABOUT 75 MILES FROM THE
SENT.
SENT.
SENT. ON
SENT. ON THE WEAK SIDE, THEY EXTEND
ABOUT 40 MILES FROM THE CENTER.
IT IS AN INTENSE WINDFIELD.
THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WILL
TAKE THE WORST OF IT.
THE FORECAST TRACK TAKES IT INTO
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. STRONG CAT 4, IT'S NOT OUT OF
THE QUESTION, IT COULD BE
NEARING CAT 5.
THOSE WOULD BE SUSTAINED WINDS
ABOVE 157 MILES PER HOUR.
SO LAKE CHARLES AND BEAUMONT,
PORT ARTHUR ARE IN THE MOMENT IN
THE DIRECT CROSS HAIRS OF THIS
VERY DANGEROUS HURRICANE.
WE ARE NOT IN THE CONE.
WE WOULD BE ON THE WEAK SIDE OF
A VERY POWERFUL HURRICANE.
THAT WOULD MEAN WE WOULD STILL
DWET STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE
NORTH ESPECIALLY ON THE COAST.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BROAD
WIND FIELD AND FOCUS ON
GALVESTON.
GALVESTON. THIS IS BY 8:00 THIS EVENING,
WINDS IN GALVESTON GUSTING TO
PROPICAL STORM FORCE.
I THINK WE WILL SEE GUSTS
TROPICAL STORM FORCE FOR
BEAUMONT.
BEAUMONT.
BEAUMONT. THESE MODELS ARE HAVING A TOUGH
TIME TO FIGURE OUT AND GET THE
COMPUTER HEADS AROUND HOW
POWERFUL THE WINDS ARE.
YOU CAN SEE WINDS AT 127 ON THE
LOUISIANA COAST GETTING INTO 2
A.M.
A.M.
A.M. TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. LAKE CHARLES, COMMUTER SAYING 2
127 GUSTS.
127 GUSTS. FOR US IT IS TROPICAL STORM
FORCE JUST ABOUT.
THE WAVE ACTION HAS INCREASED
DRAMATICALLY FROM YESTERDAY.
OFF SHORE, SWELLS OUT THERE 30
TO 40 FEET.
YOU TAKE THE WIND SPEED, DIVIDE
BY 2, YOU GET THE POTENTIAL
HEIGHT OF THE WAVES OVER THE
WATER.
WATER.
WATER. ON
WATER. ON SHORE, WE ARE GETTING SOME OF
THE FAR OUTER BANDS, A COUPLE OF
THUNDERSTORMS, MOVING TOWARDS
LIVINGSTON AND CLEVELAND.
NOTHING SEVERE.
NOTHING SEVERE. WE COULD GET A SPINNER COME IN,
MAYBE A TORNADO.
IT WILL BE IN THE STRONGER BANDS
THAT WE GET THE STRONGER WIND
GUSTS TONIGHT.
GUSTS TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE COMING OUT OF
THE NORTHWEST.
THE NORTHWEST. SO WHAT I HAVE PUT IN THE
FORECAST ERE ARE SUSTAINED
WINDS AND POTENTIAL GUSTS WHEN
THE RAIN BANDS COME IN.
FOR JAW MAKEA BEACH, SUSTAINED
AT 15, GUSTS TO 35.
FOR DOWNTOWN GALVESTON, 15,
GUSTS TO 45.
THAT COULD KNOCK OUT POWER IN
SPOTS.
SPOTS.
SPOTS. FOR BOLIVAR, AS YOU SEE, GETTING
INTO CRYSTAL BEACH, GUSTS TO 50.
EASILY LIKELY IN THE STRONGER
RAIN BANDS.
RAIN BANDS. GUSTS TO 65, BOLIVAR PENINSULA
TO HIGH ISLAND.
IT'S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION
THAT YOU COULD SEE A HURRICANE
FORCE GUST TOWARDS HIGH ISLAND
AS SOME OF THE STRONGER SQUALLS
COME IN.
COME IN.
COME IN. FURTHER INLAND, WINDS WILL BE
LOWER THAN THAT.
I THINK WE MIGHT SEE GUSTS TO 35
AND 40 IN THE HOUSTON AREA BUT
THAT IS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
THE CURRENT PLOTS FOCUS ON THE
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA OR FAR
EASTERN TEXAS COAST.
WE HAVE ONE OR TWO OF THE ARMS
REACHING OUT TO THE WEST BUT IT
IS MOST LIKELY THAT THIS TRACK
IS TIGHT AND WE WILL GET IT
RIGHT ON THE TEXAS LOUISIANA
BORDER.
BORDER.
BORDER. THAT'S THE UPDATE AS IT STANDS
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. WE WILL HAVE A FRESH UPDATE
FORECAST TRACK FROM THE
HURRICANE CENTER AT THE TOP OF
THE 4:00 SHOW.
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