Terrebonne Parish terminating intergovernmental agreement with Rec 2-3 for Bayou Country Sports Park
October 9, 2020
TPCG Update: Curfew continues; floodgates to remain closed
October 9, 2020
Hurricane Delta currently has 105 mph winds and is moving north at 14 mph. The center is forecast to pass over Lake Charles. Our area will continue to experience high winds and rain. Power outages are a possibility. The Houma Airport is reporting wind speed at 28 mph, with gusts at 44 mph. Wisner Station at Port Fourchon is reporting wind speed at 34 mph. LUMCON is reporting wind speed at 38.7 mph. HNC Bubba Dove Floodgate is reporting wind speed at 29.74 mph.
In Lafourche Parish, as of 4 p.m., LA 1 from Golden Meadow to Leeville remains OPEN at this time, but water is expected to rise through the evening, and it’s possible the highway will be closed at some point tonight. All pontoon bridges are closed to vehicular traffic, and all lift bridges are closed to marine traffic (but remain open to vehicles).
At 400 PM CDT (2100 UTC), the center of Hurricane Delta was located near latitude 29.3 North, longitude 93.2 West. Delta is moving toward the north-northeast near 14 mph (22 km/h), and this motion is expected to continue through Saturday morning. A motion toward the northeast is then expected through Sunday night. On the forecast track, the center of Delta should make landfall along the coast of southwestern Louisiana during the next few hours, and then move across central and northeastern Louisiana tonight and Saturday morning. After that time, the system is forecast to moves across
northern Mississippi into the Tennessee Valley.
Maximum sustained winds are near 105 mph (165 km/h) with higher gusts. Some weakening is possible before landfall, with rapid weakening expected after landfall. Delta is forecast to weaken to a tropical storm tonight and to a tropical depression on Saturday.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 40 miles (65 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 160 miles (260 km). The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network station at Texas Point recently reported sustained winds of 62 mph (100 km/h) and a wind gust of 78 mph (126 km/h). The National Ocean Service
station at Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana, recently reported sustained winds of 53 mph (85 km/h) and a wind gust of 64 mph (104 km/h).
The estimated minimum central pressure is 966 mb (28.53 inches). The National Ocean Service station at Calcasieu Pass recently reported a pressure of 983.8 mb (29.05 inches).
