Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Lake Ponchartrain and Lake Maurepas, Gulf of Mexico
2026-01-10 · near Lakefront Airport - Xlkf Weatherflow, Lake Ponchartrain and Lake Maurepas, Gulf of Mexico
38 MG
Magnitude
Event narrative
The KNEW ASOS at Lakefront Airport measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 44 mph or 38 knots.
Wider weather episode
A line of showers and thunderstorms moved across the coastal waters of southeast Louisiana ahead of a slow moving frontal boundary on January 10th. Within this moist and unstable airmass one stronger storm intensified as it moved over Lake Pontchartrain and produced a severe thunderstorm wind gust at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport ASOS.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1311146. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.