Due to the high interest in the oil spill, here is a roundup of wind reports along and offshore from observations at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Wind is very important in an event like this…
The wind will be getting stronger as we go through the weekend.
Brookley Field/Mobile…SE 14 mph (all speeds in MPH)
Destin…SE 15
Fort Walton (Mary Ester)…SE 12
Naval Air Station/Pensacola…south 15, thunderstorm in progress
Valparaiso…SE 13, gusts 21
Pascagoula…SE 16
East Dauphin Island…SE 16
Middle Mobile Bay Light…SE 22
12 miles south of Orange Beach…SE 19, gusts 22
Gulfport…SE 15
Panama City…east 10, gusts 20, thunderstorm
Southwest Pass…SE 18, gusts 21
Boothville…south 17, gusts 25*
Sulphur, La.,…SE 18, gusts 31
Data Buoy, 30 south of High Island…SE gusts 16, six foot waves.
* Boothville is about as far SE in Louisiana as you can go. It is very close to where the Mississippi dumps into the Gulf of Mexico
