Landfall Soon: 5 p.m. Position Update and Weather Observations

I don’t think a hurricane could choose a section of the U.S. Coastline to make landfall with fewer surface observation stations.

Lake Charles is no longer reporting.

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
BEAUMONT LGT RAIN 72 71 97 N41G62 29.39 FOG
LAKE CHARLES NOT AVBL
CHENNAULT AP NOT AVBL
SULPHUR NOT AVBL
LAFAYETTE CLOUDY 77 74 90 E13G44 29.38F
NEW IBERIA LGT RAIN 78 77 96 SE39G60 29.40F FOG
ABBEVILLE NOT AVBL
PATTERSON NOT AVBL
SALT POINT N/A 79 77 94 SE31G58 29.44F
FORT POLK HVY RAIN 70 69 98 N26G37 29.61F FOG
FULLERTON HVY RAIN 70 68 93 N14G35 29.58F FOG
ALEXANDRIA HVY RAIN 71 69 93 NE21G33 29.65F FOG
DERIDDER N/A 70 68 95 N26 29.55F
OPELOUSAS HVY RAIN 74 74 100 MISG 29.46F

Hurricane Delta Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL262020
500 PM CDT Fri Oct 09 2020

…5 PM CDT POSITION UPDATE…
…EYEWALL OF DELTA MOVING ONSHORE OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF
LOUISIANA…

A NOAA National Ocean Service water level gauge at Freshwater Canal
Locks, Louisiana, recently reported storm surge inundation of over
7 feet above ground level.

A WeatherFlow observing site near Cameron, Louisiana, recently
reported a sustained wind of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a wind gust to
78 mph (125 km/h)

The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network station at Texas Point
recently reported sustained winds of 65 mph (105 km/h) and a wind
gust of 74 mph (119 km/h).

A wind gust to 71 mph (114 km/h) has been reported at the Jack
Brooks Regional Airport near Port Arthur, Texas, within the past
couple of hours.

SUMMARY OF 500 PM CDT…2200 UTC…INFORMATION
———————————————-
LOCATION…29.5N 93.1W
ABOUT 25 MI…40 KM SSE OF CAMERON LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…100 MPH…155 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 14 MPH…22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…968 MB…28.58 INCHES

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Forecaster Brown

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