HURRICANE WATCH from Cameron east to Mississippi River – KPLC

The current projected track would mean no surge or major wind issues for Southwest Louisiana, but until a definite track is nailed down, that threat cannot be totally discounted. Hopefully today, with an actual storm developing and a center of low level circulation to lock in on, we’ll have a better feel for exactly where this storm will make landfall on Saturday, but if recent trends from the past two model runs continue, a landfall further east is only a good thing for Southwest Louisiana, while not so good for our friends to the east in Baton Rouge and New Orleans with respect to the flood threat and the Mississippi River levee on the brink of overtopping.