Here it comes. The first rain from the approaching front: STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHWEST LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN... AT 1224 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS TO 33 KNOTS... 21 NM WEST OF ORLEANS MARINA...OR ABOUT 11 NM SOUTH OF LAKE MAUREPAS...MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... 4 NM NORTHWEST OF ORLEANS MARINA AT 130 PM MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO 33 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES... LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:42:49 +0000