Isaac weather update 7am. New this morning is a western shift in the track of Isaac. A hurricane watch has been issued from the mouth of the Mississippi to the Florida Panhandle. The satellite imagery still does not show a very healthy storm. Pressures are just at 995mb (29.38"). The GFS and European models have traded places.
The GFS model now has a more westerly drift in the path towards the Mississippi delta. The European model pushes the storm closer to Mobile, Alabama. Either way the spread of the models after 36 hrs is quite uncertain. Hurricane watches now extend all the way West to the mouth of the Mississippi not including New Orleans.
Here's the latest from the National Hurricane Center. . .
SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...23.1N 79.0W ABOUT 205 MI...330 KM ESE OF KEY WEST FLORIDA ABOUT 215 MI...350 KM E OF HAVANA CUBA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH...100 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB...29.38 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EASTWARD TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA...NOT INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO INDIAN PASS.
