re: Delta Moves On...Cleanup Begins

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Is the hurricane hitting New Orleans or what?

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All data points to a direct hit on NOLA from the SW. please stay tuned though because things could change.

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Why? It sucks.

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Sarcasm, man. Poking fun at the pissing contest going on in here right now over who has experienced the worst hurricane conditions.

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How long does it make it “sustained”?

10min? 60min? 2 hours?

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A minute in the US. There are other ways to calculate it though.

This will be my third damn storm this year. Was on vacation at South Padre when Hannah hit. Had the West eyewall of Laura just wipe our arse and now this fricker.

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RIP Price's roast beef po-boys

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Ain’t that the truth. Right up the street from my parents’ house.

Made one the other day on toast.

Storm Geo Update:

Key Points

1. We have nudged the final landfall point to west to south of White Lake, LA. 2. There is still a good bit of uncertainty about Delta's intensity at landfall.

Our Forecast

The center of Delta is now back over the water north of the Yucatan Peninsula, which has allowed a NOAA reconnaissance aircraft to investigate. On its first pass through the center, the plane found max sustained winds of 75 mph to 80 mph and a much higher pressure than prior to landfall. Delta has weakened to a Category 1 hurricane this afternoon. However, conditions in its path are favorable for strengthening over the next 24-36 hours, and it is quite possible that Delta strengthens back to a Category 3 hurricane with max sustained winds of 115 mph by tomorrow evening. Beyond then, Delta will begin encountering increasing wind shear as it moves over the slightly cooler water of the Continental Shelf. This should result in gradual weakening up until landfall Friday afternoon. Delta's winds could be as strong as 100 mph at landfall, though there remains a good deal of uncertainty in the landfall intensity. All dynamic model guidance continues to trend westward with Delta's final landfall on the Louisiana coast. We have adjusted the predicted landfall about 20 miles to the west of our 9 AM advisory Landfall is predicted to be south of White Lake, LA by 3 PM Friday afternoon. Delta will be tracking north-northeastward at over 15 mph when the center crosses the coast. This should prevent any extreme rainfall amounts across south Louisiana.

Expected Impacts On Land

Northern Gulf Coast There is a risk of widespread, long lasting power outages as well as significant wind damage within about 50 miles either side of Delta's path across Louisiana. Damage from tidal surge is also possible. Inland flooding could also occur due to heavy rainfall.

Expected Impacts Offshore

Central Gulf of Mexico The first squalls may reach the deepwater lease areas south of Louisiana by noon on Thursday, though they may not reach the waters offshore southeast Louisiana in the Mississippi Canyon area until Thursday evening. Outer squalls may reach as far west as the Alaminos Canyon and East Breaks leases Thursday afternoon, and the Galveston and High Island leases on Friday. The next advisory will be issued by 9 PM CDT. Meteorologist, Chris Hebert

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way too many people concern themselves with the center line only

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I agree especially since the worst impacts are felt 20 miles west and 30-40 miles East of the line. I originally looked up the trends to show how accurate NHC has been.

Will the High Ridge over Florida stay in place for 48 hours.....

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I bet less than 50 posters on the site had actually experienced sustained hurricane force winds

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Oh no, why did you do that.

Count me in, Gustav in Houma.

Well anyone that posts here that went through Camille will be the winner.