FPUS74 KLIX 191814 NOWLIX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1214 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009 GMZ530-LAZ058>070-192115- LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST- UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...THIBODAUX... RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...KENNER... NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...HOUMA... BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...CUT OFF... GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 1214 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009 .NOW... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE THROUGH 3 PM AS A DRY COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGER IN GUSTS CLOSE TO THE LAKE FRONT AND IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF NEW ORLEANS WHERE WINDS GET FUNNELED TO STREET LEVEL THROUGH THE HIGH RISE STRUCTURES. $$ 24