The old weather plate has been full today over a wide area, but things are also important along the Gulf Coast due to the oil spill. Brisk SE and south winds were the story again today and that will not change immediately. Here are a few spot reports of wind conditions along the coast based on official observations at 5:00 this afternoon:
Mobile/Brookley Field…SE 15, gusts 24
Gulf Shores…SE 17, gusts 29
Destin…SE 13, gusts 22
Pascagoula…SE 17, gusts 22
East Dauphin Island…SE 24, gusts 30
Middle Mobile Bay Light…SE 25 sustained
12 miles S of Orange Beach…SE 22, gusts 26, 6-foot waves
Biloxi…SE 14, gusts 24
Gulfport..SE 20, gusts 25
All of the wind reports are in mph.
