That’s the Apache Platform observation highlighted in the image above. Click to enlarge.
FAST FACTS FROM 8 PM ADVISORY
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LOCATION…29.0N 89.6W
ABOUT 30 MI…50 KM WSW OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ABOUT 75 MI…120 KM SSE OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…80 MPH…130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 8 MPH…13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…968 MB…28.59 INCHES
NOTES
14 foot storm surge in Mississippi River at Port Sulphur.
130,000 without power now in Louisiana. Over 30,000 in New Orleans. Power just went out at the hotel we manage on the Westbank in Gretna. Gonna be a long night for folks with no power.
9.4′ above normal tide at Shell Beach. TWC reporting that is nearly up to the 9.5′ height measured in category 2 Gustav. Shows the power of a large storm.
Grand Isle C-MAN station reporting 85 mph gust.
LOCAL REPORTS FROM NWS SLIDELL
…Site 24 miles south of Venice was in the eye. Wind dropped to 9 mph at 6:36 and was 12 mph at 6:48.
…At 7:15, the Apache Platform…in the Mississippi Canyon measure a sustained wind of 83 mph gusting to 105 mph. Anemometer height 90 meters above platform elevation.
FROM PATRICK MARSH OF OU
OU SMART-R #1 (located 100 yards NW of Houma Airport’s north-south runway is measuring 85mph (38 m/s) at 700 m AGL. At surface, we’re (estimating) sustained near 50 with frequent gusts near 65.
