THEY FED US REALLY BELLE AND I AM THANKFUL TO THE HILT AND ALWAYS WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
HERE IS A LOOK AT LAURA IT IS NOW ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES, BUT IT’S ONLY ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF THE COAST SOUTH OF CAMERON.
I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
MAX WINS A HUNDRED FIFTY MILES PER HOUR.
IT’S GOING TO BE MAKING LANDFALL WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS.
HEY, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS.
IT’S KIND OF INTERESTING WHEN WE LOOK BACK IN HISTORY AT THE DIFFERENT HURRICANES THAT HAVE HIT OUR COAST AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS AT THE HURRICANE ACTUALLY OF A HUNDRED FIFTY
MILES PER HOUR HAS HIT THE LOUISIANA COAST BEFORE BUT IT WAS WAY BACK IN 1856 AND THE STORM ACTUALLY DESTROYED THE ISLAND AND SPLIT IT INTO IT WAS COVERED WITH WATER ALL OF THE
BUILDINGS ON IT WERE DESTROYED MANY PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES THAT WAS BACK IN 1856 WITH WINDS OF A HUNDRED FIFTY MILES PER HOUR, WHICH IS WHAT LAURA HAS AND IT’S MOVING, RIGHT?
THERE TOWARDS THE LOUISIANA COAST.
SO HERE IT IS NOW ABOUT 18 MILES OFFSHORE MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 15 SO THAT NORTHERN IOWA WALL IS GOING TO BE MAKING LANDFALL PROBABLY BY ABOUT MIDNIGHT OR SO.
YOU CAN SEE HOW BIG THE AYAHS AND IT’S A IT’S A MONSTER HURRICANE.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
A LOT OF IT IS ON SHORE AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW IN SOUTHWEST, LOUISIANA.
THERE IS A LOT OF WATER THAT HAS MOVED ONSHORE AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE IN THERE AGAIN, AND THEY’VE ACTUALLY SEEN THE PRESSURE DROP NOW DOWN TO 933 MILLIBARS AND THE LAST REPORT
SAID 938 SO UNLIKELY THAT IT WOULD INTENSIFY MORE BECAUSE IT’S BASICALLY GOT LAND INTERACTION.
YOU CAN SEE THE EYE HERE AND THEN UP HERE AT LOOK.
IT’S MOVING SOME MORE LOOK LIKE THE I WAS SHRINKING SOME BUT NOW EYE IS LOOKING KIND OF AT THIS POINT SEES 27 FEET AT THE HIGHEST 16 CLOSES TO LAND.
SO WHEN YOU GOT THAT STORM SURGE YOU GOT WAVES ON TOP OF IT AND THEY’RE JUST A BATTERING RAM.
STILL A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT, BUT WE’VE GOT TORNADO WARNINGS IN EFFECT TO OUR WEST AND THERE YOU CAN SEE THE SEVERE RISK FOR TOMORROW, AND WE’VE GOT THE COASTAL FLOOD
WARNING IN EFFECT THAT THE NORTH SHORE AND OUTSIDE OF THE LEVEE PROTECTION SYSTEM.
WE HAVE SIGNAL OTHERWISE, THEY ARE THE STORM SURGE WARNING AND WE’VE GOT A WATER RISE OCCURRING RIGHT NOW ALONG THE COAST AND THERE THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING WITH THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN
EFFECT MAINLY TO OUR WEST BUT BE AWARE OF THAT.
WE’RE GOING TO GET MORE RAIN BANDS MOVING THROUGH TOMORROW AND NOTICE HOW THAT TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO UNTIL 8 O’CLOCK TOMORROW.
GOSH, WE HAD ALL OF THESE TORNADO WARNINGS, BUT ONE CONFIRMED WATER SPOUT AND TORNADO THAT WAS OVER BY CURV AL THIS IS THE HOUSTON RADAR THAT I’M SHOWING YOU WANT TO SHOW YOU
THE WINDS.
DO YOU SEE HOW THE WIND IS PUSHING?
THAT’S WHAT’S HELPING TO PUSH THE WATER ONSHORE.
SO NOW I’VE GOT THE HOUSTON RADAR UP.
I TRIED TO GET THE LAKE CHARLES RADAR.
IT WAS OUT SO I COULDN’T GET IT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT I PERFECTLY THIS IS KIND OF COOLED THE 3D VIEW OF THE EYE AND SOME OF THE HIGHER STORMS THAT ARE OCCURRING AND AND SEE IT JUST OFFSHORE AND
WHAT’S INTERESTING YOU REALLY GET THE SENSE OF THE MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE PUSHING THAT WATER ONSHORE SO YOU NOT ONLY HAVE THIS FORWARD MOTION OF THE HURRICANE, BUT
YOU’VE GOT THIS COUNTERCLOCKWISE FLOW AND IT’S JUST LIKE A PUMP ENGINE PUSHING WATER ONSHORE AND THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING.
THERE’S LIKE CHARLES RIGHT THERE.
MEANWHILE BACK HOME.
THE RAIN HAS REALLY DIMINISHED.
THERE’S THE TORNADO WE HAD EARLIER.
STILL SEEING RAIN JUST TO OUR WEST AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WHERE THE RAIN BAND WAS AND THERE WERE SOME AREAS THAT GOT SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR US TO LOSE POWER
IN SOME LOCATIONS, BUT MOST LIKELY OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE AND OF COURSE, SOUTHWEST, LOUISIANA AND ALL ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE AS THESE HURRICANES
AND STORMS MOVE TO THE NORTH.
YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE MAJOR POWER OUTAGES HERE IN LOUISIANA AND LIKELY IN ARKANSAS, TOO.
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 45 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS.
THAT’S REALLY GOING TO BE AS WE GET MORE RAIN BANDS AND THAT’S GOING TO BE TOMORROW WINDS NOT TOO BAD RIGHT NOW 1318 23 MILES PER HOUR GUSTING TO 31 AT TIMES BUT EARLIER TODAY 45 MILE PER
HOUR WIND GUST AT HOUMA 43 OF PORT FOURCHON.
SO THE FORECAST WAS REALLY ACCURATE 25 TO 35 AND THEN THE THE HIGHER END 45 LOOK AT OUR FORECAST GOING INTO TOMORROW WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO NOTICE HERE IS THAT THE WIND IS OUT OF
THE SOUTH?
SO THAT MEANS ANY WATER THAT’S MOVED ONSHORE IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE OFFSHORE.
YOU’VE GOT THAT PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW THEN AS WE GO INTO YOUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THAT ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES CONTINUES INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL.
WHAT ABOUT RAINFALL?
WELL THE HEAVIEST RING OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO BE OUR WEST 5 TO 10 TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN, BUT IN OUR AREA MAYBE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN, BUT THE HEAVIER RAIN STILL OVER BY BATON ROUGE, SO THEY’RE
A LOOK AT HURRICANE LAURA AND NOTICE THE FORECAST TRACK.
SO AS IT PULLS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST THE POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD GET SOMETHING OF A TALE OF OUR AREA AND THERE IS THAT AREA THAT EXTENDS SOUTHWARD FROM THE HURRICANE.
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING.
BUT RIGHT NOW TERRIBLE STORM SURGE COULD POSSIBLY GO INLAND 40 MILES MAYBE AS HIGH AS 20 FEET UNSURVIVABLE IS WHAT THE HURRICANE CENTER IS CALLING THIS POTENTIAL STORM SURGE, AND IT
REALLY IS SHADES OF KATRINA READING SOME OF WHAT THEY’RE SAYING AND REMEMBERING WHAT PAUL TROTTER THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SLIDELL HAD SAID SAID ABOUT COUNTRY KNOW
THAT AREAS WOULD BE UNLIVABLE FOR WEEKS ON END.
SO THERE WE CAN LOOK AT THE SIZE OF A HURRICANE AND IT SIMPLY GIVES YOU THE IDEA OF HOW FAR THOSE TROPICAL FORCE WINDS EXTEND AND THAT RED INDICATES HOW LONG WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS.
THERE’S NOTHING TO DIMINISH IT EXCEPT FOR THE LAND AS IT MOVES ONSHORE.
IT’S GOING TO LOSE THE ENERGY SOURCE, WHICH IS THE WARM WATER IT.
GOING TO BEGIN TO DIE DOWN DRY AIR OFF ON THE WEST SIDE.
BUT AT THIS POINT HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTHEAST HELPING TO STEER IT TO THE NORTH, BUT LOOK NO WE IN WINDSHEAR OVER IT AT ALL SO WE CAN CHECK OUT THAT FORECAST HERE COME THESE RAIN
BANDS MOVING THROUGH IN THE MORNING HOURS MORE SO FOR BATON ROUGE THAN WAIT, THEY’RE BEGINNING TO MOVE OUR WAY SEVEN O’CLOCK.
NOW AT 10 O’CLOCK.
AND THEY CONTINUE MOVING TO THE EAST AND OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THESE LOOK REALLY STRONG LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
THAT’S WHY YOU’VE GOT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH, BUT ALSO THE POTENTIAL THAT YOU COULD HAVE TORNADOES ONCE MORE IT’S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE DAYS.
THAT’S WHY THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH POSTED AND YOU CAN SEE THE BANDS KIND OF GRADUALLY MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA AND JUST BE AWARE THAT THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO BE HAPPENING.
HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY AROUND 90 DEGREES AT THE LAKEFRONT.
WE CAN LOOK OUTSIDE MAN.
IT’S TRULY ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE YOU WALK OUT AND YOU ARE WEARING THAT ARE IT.
IS THAT HUMID OUTSIDE 85 DEGREES THE WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST 23 AND THE HEAT INDEX IS 95 MEANWHILE ABOUT THE AREA LOW TO THE MID-80S THE HEAT INDEX MID TO THE UPPER 90S AND HERE IS IS THE
FORECAST MOVING ON SHORE.
HEADING NORTH AND TO NORTH LOUISIANA INTO ARKANSAS THAT TROPICAL STORM.
AND THEN IT MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST BUT THE POTENTIAL THAT WILL GET SOMETHING OF A TAIL ACROSS THE AREA.
HERE’S THE GLOBAL FORECAST MODEL BRINGING IT ON SHORE HEADING NORTH INTO LOUISIANA HEAVY RAINFALL STRONG WINDS IT SHOOTS OFF TO THE NORTH, BUT NO DOES THESE RAIN BANDS THAT WERE GOING
TO GET ACROSS THE AREA?
SO WE’RE GOING TO BE HERE.
WE’RE GOING TO KEEP YOU POSTED AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE NORTHERN I WOLD.
SHOULD BE MOVING ONSHORE WITHIN THE HOUR AND THEN PROBABLY ANOTHER HALF HOUR OR SO.
WE’LL GET THAT OFFICIAL LANDFALL 12:3