Extra Notes About Gustav

* New advisory around 7 this morning
* Storm Prediction Center has a slight risk of severe thunderstorms and spinoff tornadoes during the next 24 hours for SE Louisiana. For Labor day, that expands to include the east half of Louisiana, nearly the south half of Mississippi, Extreme South Alabama and all of NW Florida.
* 54 of the 64 parishes in Louisiana under a state of emergency.
* All of New Orleans under order to evacuate.
* We all also post a new advisory on “almost forgotten” Tropical Storm Hanna in a little while.
* Here is an updated forecast for New Orleans and surrounding areas:
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LAPLACE…RESERVE…DESTREHAN…NORCO…
METAIRIE…KENNER…NEW ORLEANS…BELLE CHASSE…CHALMETTE…
VIOLET
536 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

…HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT…
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING…

.TODAY…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
50 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH HURRICANE
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN
THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
30 MPH INCREASING TO 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.LABOR DAY…HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS 55 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
85 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 55 TO 75 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 100 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR
100 PERCENT.
.MONDAY NIGHT…HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. LOWS
IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
80 MPH DECREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. HIGHS
IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
30 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 90 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
60 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN
THE MID 80S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN
THE MID 80S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 90S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS
IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 80S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

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