Good Tuesday everyone. Isaac is bearing down along the gulf coast today and will likely roar ashore in Louisiana late today into early Wednesday. This should be a strengthening storm capable of widespread destruction for areas in its path. I have all the tracking tools you need to follow Isaac.
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The remnants of Isaac should slowly lift northward along or just west of the Mississippi River over the next few days.The system should then head eastward across the Ohio Valley this weekend. The exact track of the storm through the region won’t be known for a few more days. It is safe to say we will get showers and storms from Isaac. How much remains to be seen, but the potential is there for some decent totals. I will update as needed today.
Have a great Tuesday and take care.
Isaac was a hurricane yesterday about 3:00 PM EST for a brief time, but they didn’t “officially” call it a hurricane until today.
Meanwhile, a tropical disturbance west of the Cape Verde Islands is trying to get cranking. It’s struggling a bit at the moment, but if it hangs in as it heads for the Caribbean, it could become Tropical Storm Kirk. It’s only moving at 15mph, so it would be a while before becoming a potential threat to land. There’s also Tropical Depression #11 that may soon become TS Joyce, but #11 is expected to stay at sea.
BTW, the radar at NWS Wilmington OH is back in service as a dual-pol radar.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/iln/dualpol.php
With Wilmington finished, NWS Charleston WV will soon start its dual-pol upgrade (a few KY counties are under jurisdiction of either Charleston or Wilmington).
A little good news for New Orleans; Isaac as of 10pm central time is staying at 80mph winds, staying the same pressure, so perhaps little chance of more strengthening as the eye comes ashore. But there’s still a report of a 10 ft storm surge. Freshwater flooding from heavy rains remains a threat as Isaac has slowed to a crawl.
The latest track puts the remains of Isaac closer to Joplin MO and then towards South Bend IN. So much of KY and TN may miss out. Good for lack of flooding, but less change of making a dent in the drought. But the track of course is not set in stone, much can change in the next few days.
The tropical wave near Cape Verde could be the next threat to North America long down the road. The next name for a tropical storm would be Leslie (correcting my earlier post).
Tropical Depression #11 has now indeed become a tropical storm, it’s TS Kirk (correcting my earlier post, there was a short-lived TS a few days ago named Joyce that soon dissipated). TS Kirk may come close to Bermuda, otherwise it will stay at sea.
chris plz tell me if isaac is heading torward inez ky
There is only three gurantees in life. (death,taxes,and bogus weather models)