HURRICANE ISAAC Discussion Thread #17

Hey, new here, but have been reading the forums for the last couple of days. Wanted to say thanks for all the information y'all have been giving.

Sky, I was watching Bob Breck and it sounds like he's saying Isaac may go south-ish? He also commented about Ponchatoula, which is where we are, and I was wondering, are we..basically, out of the woods here?

That is a real possibility I'm afraid to say. Current pressure is 968mb. We'll see if it drops any further.

Is Bob drunk or is he always like this?? :-/

In the morning!!? Where do you think Isaac will be in the morning? Morning are you meaning like in the middle of the night or around 5:00am

It looks like on radar he may have taken a little southwest jog, but no confirmation from recon. Recon has confirmed and the NHC has acknowledged it, that he has pushed west back over water.

For tonight, in Ponchatoula, I think we're ok as I do not think Isaac will move northwest as predicted. Now, if he moved west along the coast, and then north inland, that's when Ponchy would get the worst weather because then Ponchy would be in the northeast quad.

BTW, I live in Ponchy

Will the GFS continue to bat 1000? Will Isaac start its westward trek tonight?

Also the pressure is equal to a Cat 2 hurricane, the only reason the winds had not reach that level was the entraining of dry air prevent strong storm near the to allow the FLW to filter down to the surface. That is not happening any more so if stays over water winds could continue to increase without the pressure dropping.