[Tropical] Tropical Cyclone Update

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WTNT64 KNHC 292157
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Hurricane Ida Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL092021
500 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...IDA PASSING JUST EAST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA...
...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING
CONTINUES IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

A Florida Coastal Monitoring Program observing station at the South
Lafourche airport recently reported a sustained wind of 93 mph (150
km/h) and a wind gust of 122 mph (196 km/h).

A Weatherflow site near Dulac reported a sustained wind of 91 mph
(146 km/h) and a wind gust of 116 mph (187 km/h) within the last
hour.

Also within the last hour, a Weatherflow site near Jefferson Parish
reported a sustained wind of 48 mph (78 km/h) and a wind gust of 82
mph (131 km/h).

The New Orleans Lakefront Airport reported a sustained wind of 58
mph (93 km/h) with a wind gust of 83 mph (133 km/h).


SUMMARY OF 500 PM CDT...2200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.6N 90.6W
ABOUT 5 MI...10 KM E OF HOUMA LOUISIANA
ABOUT 40 MI...65 KM SW OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH...215 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 330 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...938 MB...27.70 INCHES

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Forecaster Stevenson/D. Zelinsky
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