Hurricane Isaac

Public Advisory 13



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WTNT34 KNHC 302032
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
HURRICANE ISAAC ADVISORY NUMBER 13
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092006
500 PM AST SAT SEP 30 2006

...ISAAC STRENGTHENS BUT IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LAND...

INTERESTS IN NOVA SCOTIA AND NEWFOUNDLAND CANADA SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF ISAAC.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 59.5 WEST OR ABOUT 315 MILES...
505 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.

ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND
A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY
SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ISAAC IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...65 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125
MILES...205 KM.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 989 MB...29.21 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...31.6 N...59.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.

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FORECASTER BLAKE/STEWART