Look out northern gulf! Hurricane Isaac now projected as a CAT 2 storm, or higher

[Baclava]

now projected to be a very dangerous storm once it enters the gulf

[aquart]

1. State of emergency declared in Florida.

Port of Tampa Bay will be closed after 3 am.

Pray that all the Republicans stay safe as my mother wants no sympathy for them. This means they have to come in out of the rain.

[NightWatcher]

2. reminds me of Ivan's track, but Ivan was a killer storm

hope this stays weaker than that

[Baclava]

5. Ivan was a monster - we definitely don't want that, thousands of people lost their homes

[HooptieWagon]

3. Tampa should escape the worst.

Not looking good for the Panhandle and Big Bend areas though. Even though only a projected cat2, Isaac is a pretty large storm, which generates a larger storm surge than wind strength alone would suggest. Ike was an example of that effect.

[Baclava]

7. wobble, wobble - models now heading west

[rasputin1952]

4. A slight movement to the North and Tampa...

might just get plastered w/rain and some ferocious wind.

Perhaps Rick Perry can pray for rain, the skies would clear and the state might just burst into flame like TX after Perry's prayers!

I don't wish a plague of bad weather on anyone but there is an imp inside of me that grins when the GOP gets their due....

[Baclava]

6. Big shift to the west in tracks - look out New Orleans!

[Marrah_G]

8. Oh no

Not the gulf coast........

[Baclava]

9. FL gulf coast, Mississsippi gulf coast, AL gulf coast, LA gulf coast

this one might hit em all pretty bad, some worse than others

[Baclava]

10. new models trending even farther west (8am Sun)

[NutmegYankee]

11. Other than New Orleans, the western track could help with the drought.

That long red track would goes right across the drought region.

[Baclava]

12. Hurricane Watches are now up west to Morgan City, LA including New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain

still so much uncertainty - if this storm does go farther west, it will have more time to strengthen over water, and the weather experts are still stumped as to where it's heading, let alone it's intensity at landfall

so yeah - if want a big hurricane to water your lawns, this could be the one for you

[pintobean]

13. It's been getting bigger

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. This is exactly why they will never name such a storm "Hurricane Captain Stubing" n/t

[Baclava]

15. or maybe it wants to go to Texas

[Baclava]

16. 5 am Mon - tracking west again, downgrading intensity