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HURRICANE ISAAC ADVISORY NUMBER  38
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT SEP 30 2000

..ISAAC EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 38.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  49.2 WEST OR ABOUT 1120
MILES...1800 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.
 
ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ISAAC IS FORECAST TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 290 MILES...465 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...38.7 N... 49.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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