000 FPUS74 KLIX 271850 NOWLIX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 150 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2008 LAZ056>070-272100- ASSUMPTION-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-ST CHARLES-ST JAMES- ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLE...HOUMA...METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS 150 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2008 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE HOUMA AND NEW ORLEANS AREAS...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND RAINFALL RATES OF ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. $$