000 WTNT54 KNHC 291750 TCEAT4 HURRICANE ISAAC TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092012 100 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...ISAAC MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...HEAVY SQUALLS CONTINUE TO LASH NEW ORLEANS AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST... AT 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS ESTIMATED BY NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA. ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND GUST TO 70 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI. SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------- LOCATION...29.8N 90.8W ABOUT 45 MI...70 KM SW OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA ABOUT 55 MI...90 KM SSE OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...974 MB...28.76 INCHES $$ FORECASTER STEWART/BEVEN/ZELINSKY