NEXT ADVISORY
At 1 pm CDT, will post along with new tracking forecast map.
SPOT REPORTS
Nassau, Bahamas…dew point 79 (juicy tropical air)…wind east 25, gusts 37
Miami…partly sunny, wind east 20, gusts 33
Sombrero Key (Florida Keys)…ENE wind 35, gusts 38
Cabo Cruz Cuba…sustained south winds at 47 mph
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES
Between 84 and 86 through the Florida Keys.
CUBA RAIN PROSPECTS
QPF Chart shows 11 inches for West Cuba next 24 hours. Some parts of the island will probably get 20 inches. Cuba has really been hit hard by tropical systems this year. So has Haiti.
EXPECTED LOCAL IMPACT OF IKE DOWN THE ROAD
(Taken from official NWS forecasts)
GALVESTON
Showers and thunderstorms increasing Friday night
Numerous showers and thunderstorms Saturday. Very heavy with heavy rain
NEW ORLEANS
Increasing showers and thunderstorms by Thursday.
Possible Tropical Storm conditions Thursday night, Friday and Friday night, windy
Numerous showers and thunderstorms continuing Saturday
GULF SHORES
ORANGE BEACH
DESTIN
An increase in showers and thunderstorms Thursday and Friday. Numerous at times
NOTE
This does not mean that Isac will landfall on the Alabama-NW Florida Coast, The circulation around Ike will be very large with spiral bands outward a long way from the center. Also, NWS local forecasts do not mention wind speeds that far out,
