About 90 minutes ago, winds were clocked to 75 mph in a peak gusts at the BURL1 tower (USCG) located at Burrwood, Louisiana....near the Mouth of the Mississippi River.
Here's the report from the Penn State Buoy site...
30/19 BURL1 28.9 -89.3 25.1 23.9 170 41 G 47 170 65 1012.3
Translation:
June 30...2 p.m. CDT (19z)
Burrwood USCG tower (BURL1); located lat 28.9 N and 89.3 W
Temp: 25.1°C (77 F)
Dewpt: 23.9°C (74 F)
Wind south or 170° @ 47 mph sustained (41 kt); currently gusting to 54 mph (47 kt)
Peak gust in past hour 75 mph (65 kts)
Barometric Pressure: 1012.3 mb or 29.89"
PW
Gusts to hurricane force at Mouth of Mississippi (Burrwood)
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