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HURRICANE ISAAC FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  32
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL092012
0300 UTC WED AUG 29 2012
 
CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM WEST OF CAMERON LOUISIANA TO SABINE
PASS TEXAS HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* EAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER...
INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...AND LAKE
MAUREPAS
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* INTRACOASTAL CITY TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER TO DESTIN FLORIDA
* MORGAN CITY TO SABINE PASS TEXAS
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO JUST WEST OF SABINE PASS
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.0N  89.7W AT 29/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT   7 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  968 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  70 KT WITH GUSTS TO  85 KT.
64 KT....... 50NE  50SE   0SW   0NW.
50 KT....... 80NE  70SE  50SW  50NW.
34 KT.......160NE 150SE 150SW 140NW.
12 FT SEAS..240NE 270SE 210SW   0NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.0N  89.7W AT 29/0300Z
AT 29/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 29.0N  89.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 29/1200Z 29.6N  90.6W...INLAND
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 50NE  50SE  20SW   0NW.
50 KT... 80NE  70SE  50SW  50NW.
34 KT...150NE 150SE 150SW 120NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 30/0000Z 30.3N  91.4W...INLAND
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 30NE  60SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT...130NE 150SE 150SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 30/1200Z 31.5N  92.3W...INLAND
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 80NE 120SE  90SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 31/0000Z 33.2N  93.2W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 37.0N  94.0W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 175 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 225 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 02/0000Z 40.0N  91.5W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  15 KT...GUSTS  20 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 03/0000Z 41.5N  86.5W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  15 KT...GUSTS  20 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 29.0N  89.7W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 29/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
 
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