Late Morning Alabama & Regional Update
Probably the best news was the downgrade of Hurricane Ida to a tropical storm. Still can be a lot of foul weather with a tropical storm.
At 11:45 am, radar showed showers as far north as the Montgomery area. Closer to the coast, heavy showers had spread inland into South Baldwin County and also into NW Florida in the Pensacola, Destin area. Heavy rain will reach Mobile soon.
Spreading north steadily.
A Tropical Storm Warning continues all along the North Gulf Coast from Mississippi into NW Florida.
SPOT COASTAL AND OFFSHORE REPORTS AT 11 AM
Mobile…light rain, wind east, gusts 25
Gulf Shores…light rain, east, gusts 26
Destin…light rain, wind east, gust 24
Pensacola Navy…steady rain, wind east, gusts 26
Pascagoula…wind ENE gusts 28
East Dauphin Island, wind ENE, gusts 28
Petit Bois island…wind ENE gusts 38
12 miles south of Orange Beach…wind ENE gusts 38, 12 foot waves
115 miles SE Pensacola, gusts 50 mph, 16 foot waves
East Gulf…wind SSE gusts 27, 18 foot waves
Gulfport…cloudy wind NE, Gusts 25
New Orleans…cloudy wind NE, gusts 25.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
J.b. Will the dry Air rushing into the system cause high winds ?, like Birmingham received with the last tropical system a couple years ago!