Current Conditions in SE LA,
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
810 PM CDT WED OCT 2 2002
LAZ056>069-030300-
ASSUMPTION-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-ST CHARLES-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-
UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-
UPPER TERREBONNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLE...HOUMA...METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS
810 PM CDT WED OCT 2 2002
.NOW...
...OUTER SQUALL BANDS FROM HURRICANE LILI CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS
SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COASTAL LOUISIANA...
LARGE BAND OF TROPICAL RAINSHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NORTHWEST TO ASSUMPTION AND IBERVILLE PARISHES. THIS BAND WILL ROTATE
NORTHWEST THROUGH 10 PM AND PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES PER HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS UPWARDS
TO 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR IN THIS BAND ARE POSSIBLE.
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/la/shortterm.html