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Another Gulf of Mexico low-pressure system causes strong winds
and winter precipitation
on January 19, 2008 |
...WINTER
STORM SYSTEM WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW AFFECTS
THE AREA...
ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF STRONG SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVING
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO BROUGHT
WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL...SOME WINTER PRECIPITATION...AND
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
STRONG WINDS TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA FROM LATE
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.
AS WITH THE PREVIOUS GULF LOW A FEW DAYS
PRIOR...RAINFALL WAS SEEN
AREA WIDE WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH MOST LOCATIONS
SEEING BETWEEN A
HALF INCH AND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. HOWEVER...AS
ARCTIC AIR BEGAN
TO FILTER INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY
MORNING...RAIN BEGAN TO MIX
WITH SNOW AND SOME SLEET ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SNOW WERE RECEIVED FROM
INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
TEXAS INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA...GENERALLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE
HIGHWAY 190 CORRIDOR. ALTHOUGH SNOW FELL RATHER
INTENSELY FOR
BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME...LITTLE MORE THAN A LIGHT
DUSTING WAS SEEN
ON ELEVATED SURFACES AS TEMPERATURES REMAINED
SEVERAL DEGREES
ABOVE FREEZING.
IN ADDITION TO THE PRECIPITATION...A TIGHT
PRESSURE GRADIENT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE
GULF PRODUCED
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS IN THE COASTAL
WATERS AS WELL AS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR. SUSTAINED
WINDS AND GUSTS
TO GALE FORCE WERE COMMON OFFSHORE...WHILE A
LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED WELL OUT INTO THE
GULF EVEN PRODUCED
SOME WIND GUSTS OVER HURRICANE FORCE IN THE FAR
OUTER COASTAL
WATERS.
BELOW IS A LIST OF SOME PEAK WIND AND WAVE
MEASUREMENTS FROM LATE
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY JANUARY 18-19 2008 FOR
INLAND AND OFFSHORE
WEATHER REPORTING STATIONS IN THE NORTHWESTERN
GULF OF MEXICO:
SITE
LOCATION
PK SUST PK WIND PK WAVE
WIND GUST
HEIGHT
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GARDEN BANKS 72 150 SW AMELIA LA
- 100 MPH
EUGENE ISLAND 281 82 S BURNS POINT
- 80 MPH
EUGENE ISLAND 330 105 SW AMELIA LA
55 MPH 71 MPH
FGBL1
111 SSE SEA RIM TX 51
MPH 56 MPH
MARSH ISLAND 268 63 S NEW IBERIA LA
41 MPH 52 MPH 9
FEET
HIGH ISLAND 263 88 S SABINE PASS TX
41 MPH 48 MPH
BUOY 42362
131 SSE AMELIA LA
- 47 MPH
BUOY 42035
39 SSW SEA RIM TX
38 MPH 47 MPH 8
FEET
BUOY 42019
146 SSW AMELIA LA
38 MPH 45 MPH 14 FEET
MRSL1
42 SW NEW IBERIA LA 36 MPH
44 MPH
HEBERT`S MARINA 15 SSW LAKE CHARLES
LA -
39 MPH
SABINE PASS
SABINE PASS TX
30 MPH 38 MPH
SEA RIM ST PARK 10 WSW SABINE PASS
TX 28 MPH 36 MPH
LAKE CHARLES ARPT LAKE CHARLES LA
28 MPH 36 MPH
SE TX REG ARPT PORT ARTHUR TX
26 MPH 36 MPH
LAFAYETTE ARPT LAFAYETTE LA
26 MPH 36 MPH
NEW IBERIA ARPT NEW IBERIA LA
28 MPH 35 MPH
CALCASIEU PASS 2 S CAMERON LA
26 MPH 33 MPH
SALT POINT
SALT POINT LA
20 MPH 29 MPH
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