Friday’s update adds 265 cases to state total
October 9, 2020
Lafourche announces bridge closures close due to high winds
October 9, 2020
Hurricane Delta is now a category 2 storm ahead of landfall. The eye is currently located approximately 80 miles South of Cameron Parish.
Local wind speeds have been picking up, but staying mostly below 30 mph at this time. LUMCON weather station is reporting 21.3 mph. Terrebonne Bay Weather Station is reporting 29.8 mph. Wisner Station at Port Fourchon is reporting 24.2 mph. HNC Bubba Dove is reporting 26 mph. KHUM (Houma Airport) is reporting 31 mph with gusts to 40 mph.
At 100 PM CDT (1800 UTC), the center of Hurricane Delta was located near latitude 28.7 North, longitude 93.6 West. Delta is now moving toward the north-northeast near 14 mph (22 km/h), and this motion should continue through Saturday morning. A turn toward the
northeast is expected later on Saturday. On the forecast track, the center of Delta should make landfall along the coast of southwestern Louisiana during the next several hours, and then move across central and northeastern Louisiana tonight and Saturday morning.
Maximum sustained winds are now near 110 mph (175 km/h) with higher gusts. Slow weakening is expected before landfall, with rapid weakening expected after the center moves inland.
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 50 mph (80 km/h) and a wind gust of 57 mph (92 km/h). Lake Charles Regional Airport recently reported a wind gust of 60 mph (96 km/h). The minimum central pressure estimated from Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft data is 963 mb (28.44 inches).
