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 Winds are expected to pick up as the system progresses, increasing to about 70 mph by the afternoon. Bands of heavy rain, thunderstorms and squalls are expected to extend several hundred miles northward and eastward from the system's center, impacting much of western Florida and the central and eastern Gulf
coasts. Total rainfall accumulations of up to 10 inches are possible in the Florida Peninsula, while total rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches, with maximum amounts of 15 inches, are possible along the eastern and central Gulf
coasts.
In addition to this activity, a few tornadoes will become possible along the eastern and central Gulf
coasts, from southeastern Louisiana through southern Mississippi, the Florida Panhandle and the western Florida Peninsula.
These coastal areas are also at risk of flooding by rain as well as by rising waters due to storm surge and tide. Dangerous surf and rip current conditions will continue to effect the Florida Peninsula, the Florida Keys, and the central and northwestern Bahamas.
For updated information on Tropical Storm Isaac, visit http://www.wunderground.com/tropical.
Elsewhere in the East, wet, unsettled weather will continue in the Mid-Atlantic and the southeastern corner of the nation with areas of rain and thunderstorms.
Meanwhile, a trough of low pressure and a cold front with waves of low
pressure will push eastward through the Midwest. Showers and thunderstorms
are anticipated near the cold front as it extends from the Great Lakes
through the southern Plains.
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