Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Gulf of Mexico

Marine Thunderstorm Wind February 3, 2024 · Lake Borgne, Gulf of Mexico

55 mph

Measured gust (48 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The mesonet station NOFD Engine 31 at Venetian Isles measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 48 knots or 55 mph.

The wider storm

A surface low developed in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. As this low and developing cold front appendant to it tracked east along the northern Gulf Coast, a wide swath of showers and coastal thunderstorms moved across the coastal waters. Lightning data showed that the vast majority of storms to be offshore, where the warm sector was. It's in this area that the storms were able to utilize available elevated instability. Further buoyancy from pressure height falls as the surface low moves in closer and mid-level heights fall enhanced robustness of thunderstorms. Several marine locations recorded severe wind gusts.

Began near Shell Beach Station (shbl1) (30.0639, -89.8109).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1162365. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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