re: Zeta - The cleanup begins

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Yeah Metairie is now 75 mph sustained and 98mph gusts

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How trustworthy is that one source

I am still seeing 41 sustained and 49 mph gusts for metairie

99.8

In Belle Chasse will ride it out. I will post pics

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I am still seeing 41 sustained and 49 mph gusts for metairie

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Where do you see this info?

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My best friend has a camp a few miles out in the marsh by boat from 4 Point Marina. The man across the channel from him pretty much lives in his camp. Last time I was there he was on the roof cussing at the top of lungs downing pints of shite whiskey. I can imagine him riding this hurricane out Lieutenant Dan style tonight.

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His camp must be off Deer Bayou. That's the only guy I know that lives out there. We talked to him for a good while on Sunday. good ole baw.

Driving back home to NOLA from work is going to be fun today around 4

To be fair, pretty much all forecasts until the past day or so were saying this storm would weaken closer to the coast due to the water temps and dry air out west. As it happens, conditions are fluid as always and the forward speed timing factors is what mattered here. It's 2020 these storms have not all exactly made a lot of sense. Sally is a prime example of a nice middle finger to forecasting.

Wind graphs from the National Weather Service. NSW Link

On the homepage, enter your zip code. When you get to the forecast page for your area, select Hourly Weather Forecast under More Information. That will take you to the graphs. You can filter out which ones you don't want to see with the checkmarks, and hitting submit.

10AM Forecast Advisory is out

Moving 10 degrees (east of North) has begun

Winds 80 knots over NOLA

HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 26.9N 91.7W AT 28/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 20 NM

PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR 10 DEGREES AT 16 KT

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 976 MB
EYE DIAMETER 25 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 80 KT WITH GUSTS TO 100 KT.
64 KT....... 30NE 30SE 0SW 0NW.
50 KT....... 60NE 60SE 20SW 20NW.
34 KT.......120NE 130SE 40SW 60NW.
12 FT SEAS..180NE 150SE 90SW 120NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.

REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 26.9N 91.7W AT 28/1500Z
AT 28/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 26.0N 91.8W

FORECAST VALID 29/0000Z 30.1N 89.9W...INLAND
MAX WIND 80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT.
64 KT... 30NE 35SE 0SW 0NW.
50 KT... 60NE 70SE 30SW 30NW.
34 KT...120NE 140SE 50SW 60NW.

FORECAST VALID 29/1200Z 35.3N 83.9W...INLAND
MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 60 KT.
34 KT... 60NE 80SE 0SW 0NW.

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How trustworthy is that one source

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National Weather Service surface wind Forecast for Metairie
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