Grand Isle, LA already 70mph winds

[LSU]

Updated 7:25p central time.

Wow.

And they're not even in a rain squall.

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/US ... earch_city

[LSU]

Not a mistake because Venice is reporting gusts in the high 60's.

[skysummit]

Wow...I would love to drive down there to check it out, but I'm sure La 1 is already under water.

[LSU]

Grand Isle in the past 15 minutes got blasted by 90 mph gusts.

This is quite incredible considering how far away the storm is. The NHC was dead wrong on the wind field of this storm. A hurricane warning should have been placed in SELA this morning. There is still not one, even with these winds!!!

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

How can there be 70 mph or even 90 mph winds this far away from the storm. I don't think this is for real.

[jkt21787]

I am very skeptical of those wind gust reports. I can't find them at all on the NWS page.

[scostorms]

This is getting me scared. I like a good hurricane, no matter what y'all say, but this is just becoming too much.

[LSU]

3 independent stations are reporting on this.

Grand Isle: gust to 90 at 8:45p central: http://www.weather.com/weather/local/US ... earch_city

Port Sulphur: gust to 88 at 8:45p central: http://www.weather.com/weather/local/US ... earch_city

Venice: gust to 86 at 8:45p central: http://www.weather.com/weather/local/US ... earch_city

[HollynLA]

No, it's true. My dh was in lower terrebone earlier this afternoon and he said it was already gusting pretty good. Grand Isle's winds can be found at weather.com. Also look up Venice, Empire, Morgan City(centeral LA).

[cjrciadt]

The last wind field report.
Though watching GRLevel3 at least two or three fast bands just went thru dont throw those numbers out yet.

[Ixolib]

Grand Isle in the past 15 minutes got blasted by 90 mph gusts.

This is quite incredible considering how far away the storm is. The NHC was dead wrong on the wind field of this storm. A hurricane warning should have been placed in SELA this morning. There is still not one, even with these winds!!!

LSU - Have you been able to verify this info from any other source? Also, do you know if Grand Isle was evacuated for Rita?

[Gator Mike]

That couldn't possibly be accurate, could it?

[jkt21787]

3 independent stations are reporting on this.

Grand Isle: gust to 90 at 8:45p central: http://www.weather.com/weather/local/US ... earch_city

Port Sulphur: gust to 88 at 8:45p central: http://www.weather.com/weather/local/US ... earch_city

Venice: gust to 86 at 8:45p central: http://www.weather.com/weather/local/US ... earch_city

Sustained 29, gusting to 90? Gusts are hardly that far above sustained winds, especially when sustained is that low.

Not to mention there has been NO report on this by NHC or any media outlet. I just don't buy it right now.

[Josephine96]

If those wind gusts are accurate, then let the ride of Rita begin.. It's gonna be very bumpy. Stay safe all in the path

[LSU]

Why is every station on the coast of SELA giving this information if it is incorrect? If one or even two stations were doing this, you might have a point, but all of them. And I've been watching these areas for the past two hours -- the gusts have consistently climbed from 40 to 50 to 70, back to 60, and now up to 90.

[jkt21787]

Why is every station on the coast of SELA giving this information if it is incorrect? If one or even two stations were doing this, you might have a point, but all of them. And I've been watching these areas for the past two hours -- the gusts have consistently climbed from 40 to 50 to 70, back to 60, and now up to 90.

I'd like to know their source, because that data is not appearing on the NWS hourly data reports nor on their website. They show those stations as not available or not reporting.

[whereverwx]

Wow, that's incredible.

[jpigott]

good lord we need to stay on top of this. If these reports are accurate (and i don't see how they are not considering many stations are reporting the same thing) the wind field has gone beserk

[hurricanedude]

this seems more reasonable
Current Conditions
Updated: 8:40 PM CDT on September 22, 2005
Observed At: Galliano, Louisiana
Elevation: 3 ft / 1 m
77 °F / 25 °C
Light Rain
Humidity: 83%
Dew Point: 72 °F / 22 °C
Wind: 16 mph / 26 km/h from the NE
Wind Gust: 34 mph / 56 km/h
Pressure: 29.73 in / 1007 hPa
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Scattered Clouds 2300 ft / 701 m
Scattered Clouds 3400 ft / 1036 m
Scattered Clouds 4200 ft / 1280 m

(Above Ground Level)

[GulfHills]

I'm in Tallahassee, Fl. We've had gusts of 31mph.