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Heavy Precipitation and Strong Winds in the West; Locally Severe Weather in the East and Central Plains

Several atmospheric river events will bring widespread moderate to heavy precipitation and strong winds to much of the Pacific Northwest and California through early next week. A few storms might produce locally strong to damaging wind gusts over a portion of eastern North Carolina and Central Plains later today. More thunderstorms are forecast in the middle Mississippi Valley region on Sunday.
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Coastal Waters Forecast for Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas (GMZ530) (Text-Only)
NWS Forecast for: Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas (GMZ530)
Issued by: National Weather Service New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Last Update: 352 PM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021		Print

Tonight: Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. Dominant period 4 seconds.

Saturday: East winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. Dominant period 4 seconds.

Saturday Night: Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. Dominant period 4 seconds.

Sunday: Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. Dominant period 4 seconds. Slight chance of showers in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Dominant period 4 seconds. Slight chance of showers in the evening.

Monday: Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. Dominant period 4 seconds. Chance of showers.

Monday Night: Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Dominant period 4 seconds.

Tuesday: North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east late in the morning, then becoming southeast in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Dominant period 4 seconds. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Dominant period 4 seconds. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight.

Wednesday: Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Dominant period 4 seconds. Showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet. Dominant period 4 seconds. Chance of showers.


Zone Forecast: Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas (GMZ530)

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