Friday 10am update
Delta is now moving due north at about 13 mph, about 100+ miles south of Sabine Pass. Winds have decreased to 115 mph, and the NHC expects the winds to drop another 5-10 mph before making landfall east of Cameron late this afternoon or this evening. Hurricane Warnings are still in effect from High Island to Morgan City. Tropical Storm Warnings extend west to about Freeport, and East to the Pearl River (La/MS border), In past 24 hours the biggest change in dynamics is that the size of the storm (wind and convection) is significantly larger, about double. Which is probably some of the reasoning of the real estate covered on these watches/ warnings. Fortunately the NHC has this storm zipping along even after landfall, so at least, I don't expect any extreme rain events with it. Although the charts do show some 10" expectations from S. Louisana coast through central Louisiana.
Overall landfall, if you want the bullseye, looks to be in eastern Cameron Parish, which fortunately is pretty much unpopulated.
More than anything, our thoughts are with the folks in SW Louisana. A 6 week two punch of both Laura and Delta is a terrible tragedy for them.
And one last point.... Tropical Storm force winds are now reaching the SE Texas and SW Louisana coasts.
