456 FPUS74 KLIX 121208 NOWNEW SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 710 AM CDT MON AUG 12 2002 LAZ059>069-121400- LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER TERREBONNE- ORLEANS-ST CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLE...HOUMA...METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS 710 AM CDT MON AUG 12 2002 .NOW... CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOWER PARISHES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AROUND 15 MPH THROUGH 900 AM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND AN OCCASIONAL CLAP OF THUNDER WILL ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY AS IT MOVES ACROSS LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA. $$