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Tropical Storm Edouard is making landfall on the Texas-Louisiana border

Tropical Storm Edouard is making landfall on the Texas-Louisiana border

Posted September 1, 2026 at 1:15 pm

Patrick Brown
Interactive Brokers

It briefly looked like there was a chance that wind gusts would exceed 70 mph, triggering the listing of ForecastEx’s Live Hurricane contracts. The highest probability was in Lake Charles, Louisiana, at about 15%, but probabilities and prices have since reverted to near zero. 

See extensive supporting information and live prices here.

Plot produced by Patrick Brown with Matplotlib. 

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