Hurricane ISAAC

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HURRICANE ISAAC INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  17A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL092006
800 PM AST SUN OCT 01 2006
 
...ISAAC ACCELERATING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AVALON PENINSULA
OF NEWFOUNDLAND...WHICH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CAPE RACE AND ST.
JOHNS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 37.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 59.6 WEST OR ABOUT 715 MILES...
1150 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR. 
AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ISAAC IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  ONLY SLIGHT WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL AS IT NEARS NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145
MILES...230 KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...37.3 N...59.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...985 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME/KNABB
 
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