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TROPICAL CYCLONE 13L (LAURA) PUBLIC ADVISORY #25 FORCE THIRTEEN SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE 1520 UTC THU AUG 27 2020 ...LAURA MOVING INLAND AND QUICKLY WEAKENING... SUMMARY OF 1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------- LOCATION...NEAR 31.9 N 93.1 W... MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75MPH...120KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...982MB WATCHES AND WARNINGS ----------------------------------- A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for... * High Island Texas to the Mouth of the Mississippi River
DISCUSSION ----------------------------------- Laura has continued to move inland over west-central Louisiana this morning. Satellite and radar imagery has shown a gradual filling of the eye, and a reduction in Doppler velocities in the northeastern eyewall. The initial intensity is set at 65 kt, based on a reduction of the Doppler velocities and the typical filling rate of inland hurricanes. The highest wind gusts at official observing sites within the past few hours has been at Alexandria, Louisiana, where a gust to 75 kt has been reported. Laura will continue to rapidly weaken today while it moves farther inland. The cyclone will become a tropical storm this afternoon and is expected to weaken to a tropical depression tonight or early Friday. Although Laura is weakening, strong wind gusts are likely to spread over northern Louisiana and Arkansas into this evening.
LOCAL AND OFFICIAL SOURCES BELOW National Hurricane Center (Atlantic) NEXT FULL ADVISORY AT AUGUST 27 2020, 2100 UTC. $$ Forecaster Knack
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