"The National Hurricane Center has placed the New Orleans area under a hurricane watch for Isaac, which is now forecast to make landfall at Gulfport on Wednesday at 7 a.m. as a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 105 mph. The new forecast extends the hurricane watch area westward to Morgan City.
Hurricane conditions are possible in the watch area along the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, with tropical storm conditions possible by Monday night.
The Slidell office of the National Weather Service said Isaac's winds on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain are likely to reach 30 to 50 mph, with gusts to 70 mph, Tuesday night, increasing to 50 to 70 mph, with gusts to 90 on Wednesday.
Storm surge could reach 7 to 10 feet along the Mississippi Sound and into Lake Borgne, and 5 to 10 feet along the rest of the eastern side of the Mississippi River."
Mark Schleifstein reports for the New Orleans Times-Picayune August 26, 2012.
SEE ALSO:
"Priebus: Isaac Landfall Tues. Won't Stop RNC" (Politico)
"Isaac Heads For U.S. Gulf Coast After Drenching South Florida" (Reuters)
"New Orleans to Pensacola Face Direct Hit by Cat. 2 Isaac" (AccuWeather)
"Isaac Forces RNC To Delay Start of Tampa Convention To Tuesday" (The Hill)
"Isaac Forecast To Make Landfall as Category 2 Hurricane" (Los Angeles Times)
"Storm Isaac Bearing Down On U.S. Refining Hub" (Reuters)
"Gulf of Mexico Oil, Gas Operations Affected By Storm" (Reuters)
"Tropical Storm Isaac Drenches Haiti, Swipes Cuba" (Reuters)
"U.S. Gulf Oil Producers Shut Output Ahead of Storm Isaac" (Reuters)
"Isaac Storm Surge Could Put $36 Billion Worth of Homes at Risk" (Reuters)
"U.S. Government: 24.19 Percent U.S. Gulf Oil, 8.24 Percent Gas Output Shut on Isaac" (Reuters)
"RNC Protesters Make Do With Tents, Tarps as Isaac Soaks Region" (Tampa Bay Tribune)
"Isaac Threatens to Eclipse RNC Media Coverage" (Newsmax)
"Tampa, GOP Likely To Duck the Worst of Isaac" (USA TODAY)
"Hurricane Isaac Would Be A PR Disaster For The Republican Convention" (Forbes)
"Isaac Dampens Mitt Romney’s RNC Plans" (CBSMiami/AP)
"Isaac Casts Storm Cloud Over RNC" (ABC/WPVI)
