Lake Pontchartrain Marine Weather

Marine Forecast

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SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
REST OF TONIGHT East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers.
MONDAY East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A slight chance of showers in the morning.
MONDAY NIGHT East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
TUESDAY Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
TUESDAY NIGHT Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south after midnight. Seas around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
WEDNESDAY West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT North winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
THURSDAY North winds around 5 knots, becoming west around 5 knots in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less.
THURSDAY NIGHT Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming north after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less.
FRIDAY North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less.
FRIDAY NIGHT Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Issued Mon, Nov 2 12:56 AM CST · NWS zone GMZ531

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Weather

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Overnight
72°F
Chance Rain Showers
15 mph E
Monday
78°F
Slight Chance Rain Showers
15 to 20 mph E
Monday Night
73°F
Mostly Cloudy
15 mph E
Tuesday
81°F
Mostly Cloudy then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
10 to 15 mph SE

Issued Mon, Nov 2 12:24 AM CST

Tides

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Time (CST) Event Height
Mon, Nov 2 12:20 AM low 0.3 ft
Mon, Nov 2 1:48 PM high 0.8 ft

Conditions

New Canal
5 kt
E · gust 11
76°F air · 73°F water

Observed Mon, Nov 2 3:00 PM CST

Marine weather for Lake Pontchartrain, the Tchefuncte River, Bayou Bonfouca, the Rigolets, Pass Manchac, and Lake Maurepas — New Orleans, West End, the New Canal Lighthouse, the Municipal Yacht Harbor, the New Orleans Lakefront, South Shore Harbor, Metairie, the Bonnabel Boat Launch, Kenner, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, the Northshore, Mandeville, Mandeville Harbor, Madisonville, Slidell, and Eden Isle, Louisiana. Wind, tides, and conditions for sailing, boating, fishing, cruising, kayaking, paddleboarding, windsurfing, kiteboarding, and wing foiling.