According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, as of one o’clock this afternoon Hurricane Nate was located at 27.6 degrees north, 88.9 west, or about 105 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River, moving north-northwest at 25 miles an hour. Maximum sustained winds are 90 miles an hour.  Tropical storm winds are expected to reach the mouth of the Mississippi River around 4 o’clock this afternoon with the eye of the storm reaching  us around 7 as a category two hurricane.

Governor John Bel Edwards says there is still time for Nate to move more toward Louisiana or more toward Mississippi and Alabama…

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A hurricane warning remains in effect from Grand Isle to the Alabama/Florida border, for the greater New Orleans area and Lake Pontchartrain.

A tropical  storm warning is still in  effect for Lake Maurepas and west of Grand Isle to Morgan City.