Adios Marco, Lucky With Laura?

I won't spend much time talking about Marco since he will shortly be downgraded to a Depression .  Satellite views confirm an exposed center with what's left of the earlier storms to his NE rapidly diminishing..

Whether his center passes south or north of NOLA won't matter since there is no weather around it.
If he was going south of the city, I believe we'd be seeing ESE surface winds.  But that's not the case and is why I still think the center will move over or north of Lake P.

Seas are 7-8 feet out over the open Gulf and I want you to remember that when Laura passes by on Wednesday.  Let's look at her features.

Obviously she is a much bigger disturbance, but she remains disorganized as she approaches the western tip of Cuba.  She should enter the open Gulf after midnight since her forward speed remains very fast(WNW @ 20 mph)

The NHC's center line track has not shifted at all and their confidence in where Laura is going has allowed them to issue Hurricane Watches for the upper Texas & SW LA. coasts.   We are outside the cone of error, however we will be on the stronger side of this storm.  IF Laura become a Cat. 2 (as predicted) or even a Cat. 3,  our surge here (3-5') will likely be way more than Marco.   As long as Laura's track doesn't start shifting back to the east, SE LA/MS should miss any major impacts.   Impacts will be higher from Pt. Fourchon westward.   I do not plan on closing my shutters or moving my potted plants.   So far our double whammy hit from 2 Hurricanes will not happen as Marco fizzled and Laura should stay far enough south & west.   Until Laura passes 90 degrees west latitude, I will not let down my guard nor so should you.  Next update after 10 pm.  Stay tuned!