Very wet and windy weekend coming up!

[PTrackerLA]

LAZ043>045-052>055-152200-
ACADIA-IBERIA-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST MARTIN-ST MARY-UPPER ST MARTIN-
VERMILION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...
MORGAN CITY...NEW IBERIA...ST MARTINVILLE
1010 AM CST THU JAN 15 2004

.THIS AFTERNOON...CLOUDY. HIGHS IN UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN THEN A CHANCE OF
RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S. EAST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40
PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...A CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THEN RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
BREEZY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. BREEZY.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.

Those are some really high winds for our area, I wonder why the winds are supposed to be so high?

[Suzi Q]

Pressure gradient?

[PTrackerLA]

I think it could have been an error because now they have adjusted our winds down to 10-20 mph for Saturday. It just happened to catch my eye because we typically only get winds like that after a strong arctic cold front or tropical systems.

[NCn8ochaser]

Yea, it's been windy all day down here. I recorded a gust of 57.2mph earlier (might have been an error). But yea, could be the pressure gradient. By the way, where are you at?