Houston/Gulf/FL Peninsula (Laura and Marco)

[Arcadian]

I have stupid meeting at 11am but will post the advisory. Basically though its expected that Galvaston/Houston area will be on the dirty side of the storm based on some projections.

they're at least updating this area.

List of Evacuation Orders in Texas, Louisiana Ahead of Hurricane Laura | The Weather Channel

Here's a list of communities in Texas and Louisiana that issued mandatory evacuation orders ahead of Hurricane Laura. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com

weather.com

 

[whitewave]

Marco blipped and made landfall. @whitewave did y'all even notice?

No! Lol. Had no idea.

 

[whitewave]

We may not even get anything from Laura at this point.

She looks like she could be a monster though, so Houston, be ready!

 

[tyty333]

Oh no, Cat 3...boo hiss! We (and I mean my DH) would have to be putting up the storm shutters.

I'm hoping the weather broadcasters are wrong and it only makes it to a 2 at most. Fingers crossed for you guys!

 

[Arcadian]

New track update at 5pm. I heard tha there are some wobbles here and there which can change the track of the eye but, still big enough storm that those lttle wobbles may not matter much.

 

[Arcadian]

Laura is now on track to be a cat 4 at landfall.

It will also continue to be a storm well inland, and, this storm is very wide. will not post any scary pictures but its enormous and well formed. Classic hurricane signature look with a face.

Outside the cone will get hurricane force to tropical storm force winds at landfall, most of the damage of storm surge will be felt on the east side to the mississipi possible alabama border.

Please heed your local evacuations. I'm scared for those having to deal with this!

 

[Arcadian]

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[Slickk]

Stay safe all!!!

 

[missy]

Keeping good thoughts for everyone affected. Stay safe!

 

[Matata]

I hope people are paying attention and evacuating. Scary stuff.

Hurricane Laura Comes Ashore Threatening 'Unsurvivable' Storm Surge

The storm made landfall at 1 a.m. ET with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, just 7 miles per hour short of Category 5 classification.

www.npr.org

 

[junebug17]

This is pretty scary, keeping all those affected in my thoughts.

 

[Arcadian]

Pressure down to 948. Flooding happening already. Gonna be a very long night for many.

 

[Queenie60]

I'm sorry @Arcadian - sending prayers your way and thank you for checking in. Please let us know that you're okay tomorrow if you can.

 

[Arcadian]

I'm sorry @Arcadian - sending prayers your way and thank you for checking in. Please let us know that you're okay tomorrow if you can.

Florida is fine thankfully, and we got our little taste of Laura already...thankfully only wind!

 

[Arcadian]

...800 PM CDT POSITION UPDATE...
...POSSIBLE TORNADOES OCCURRING IN LAURA'S OUTER BANDS OVER
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

SUMMARY OF 800 PM CDT...0100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...28.7N 93.1W
ABOUT 95 MI...155 KM S OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA
ABOUT 95 MI...155 KM SSE OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...150 MPH...240 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 335 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...937 MB...27.67 INCHES


the storm is now on the cusp of a Cat 5 At this point it barely matters if the pressure continues to drop.