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ISAAC: Now a Hurricane
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 22477878:MV8xOTcxMjE3XzMzMDkzMzM0XzlCQjQ2QTYz] [quote:DoorBert:MV8xOTcxMjE3XzMzMDkwNDg3X0Y2QjM1Qjc5] If he continues west, he will go right over the Loop Current. http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/products/tc_realtime/products/storms/2012AL09/OHCNFCST/2012AL09_OHCNFCST_201208280000.GIF This is the hot water that spinned up Katrina to a Cat 5. [/quote] the loop current is no more....katrina was before the oil spill and all the corexit...there is no comparison to katrina since the gulf conditions are not the same today... there is no hurricane reported in the gulf...period. Pititown LA, Wind speed is 22MPH...far cry from hurricane status.....it's a hurricane 'watch'....maybe, but no hurricane right now. http://www.intellicast.com/Local/WxMap.aspx [/quote]
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Last three recon fixes show a nearly due west track
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Latest from NHC:
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC ADVISORY NUMBER 29
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092012
400 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012
...ISAAC ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING A HURRICANE...SIGNIFICANT
STORM SURGE AND FRESHWATER FLOOD THREAT TO THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST...
SUMMARY OF 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...27.5N 88.1W
ABOUT 125 MI...205 KM SSE OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ABOUT 205 MI...330 KM SSE OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...977 MB...28.85 INCHES
AT 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.1 WEST. ISAAC IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO WITH A
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
BE NEAR OR OVER THE LOUISANA COAST TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND ISAAC IS LIKELY TO BECOME A
HURRICANE LATER TODAY. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST UNTIL
THE CENTER MOVES INLAND.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 977 MB...28.85 INCHES.
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