ZCZC MIATCEAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM HURRICANE ISAAC TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092012 900 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...CENTER OF ISAAC OVER WATER AGAIN... ...HEAVY RAINS...HIGH WINDS...AND STORM SURGE FLOODING CONTINUE... AIRCRAFT AND RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT THE EYE OF ISAAC HAS WOBBLED WESTWARD DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS...AND THE CENTER IS NOW BACK OVER WATER TO THE WEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AT 900 PM CDT...0200 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS ESTIMATED BY NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 89.7 WEST...OR ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA...OR ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA. A SUSTAINED WIND OF 46 MPH WITH A GUST TO 67 MPH WAS JUST OBSERVED AT LAKEFRONT AIRPORT IN NEW ORLEANS. A SUSTAINED WIND OF 67 MPH WITH A GUST TO 85 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE AUTOMATED STATION IN GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA. IN ADDITION...A WIND GUST TO 71 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT GALLIANO LOUISIANA. A STORM SURGE OF 9.9 FEET WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT A NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGE AT SHELL BEACH LOUISIANA. A STORM SURGE OF 6.2 FEET WAS OBSERVED AT A NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGE IN WAVELAND MISSISSIPPI. SUMMARY OF 900 PM CDT...0200 UTC...INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------- LOCATION...28.9N 89.7W ABOUT 80 MI...130 KM SSE OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA ABOUT 75 MI...120 KM SE OF HOUMA LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...968 MB...28.58 INCHES $$ FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/BERG NNNN
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