000 WTNT54 KNHC 291948 TCEAT4 TROPICAL STORM ISAAC TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092012 300 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...ISAAC CONTINUES TO LASH NEW ORLEANS AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST WITH VERY HEAVY SQUALLS... AT 300 PM CDT...2000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS ESTIMATED BY NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.9 WEST...OR ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. DURING THE PAST HOUR...A WIND GUST TO 70 MPH WAS REPORTED AT MARSH ISLAND LOUISIANA AND A GUST TO 67 MPH WAS REPORTED AT GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI. SUMMARY OF 300 PM CDT...2000 UTC...INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------- LOCATION...29.9N 90.9W ABOUT 45 MI...75 KM SSE OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM W OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...975 MB...28.79 INCHES $$ FORECASTER STEWART/ZELINSKY