The Weather Channel - Day planner - August 27, 2012 1 - 00 pm edt

IS NNELEATHER HURRICANE CENTRAL. ISAAC TAKING DEAD AIM TO THE GULF COAST. STATES IN EMERGENCY FROM EFFECT FROM LOUISIANA ALL THE WAY TO FLORIDA. >> AND FROM WHERE ISAAC IS NOW HEADED.E IT IS EXPERT ANYWHEREYOU WON'T FIND ELSE. ANOMRTSLIVE ANDTED DOWN THE GULF COAST. AS OUR COVERAGE OF ISAAC THEINUES RIGHT NOW ON CHANNEL. EDITION O THIS "DAY PLANNER." >> TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER ACROSS FLORIDA AND NOW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHERS ARE WAISTING AND WATCHING AS WE MOVINGE TO SEE ISAAC COAST. TOWARD THE GULF FORPARELY LEAST A CAT TWO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY EXPECTING THAT. >> HERE ARE THE LATEST DETAILS WE HAVE. FLORIDA,F EMERGENCY IN AND MA, LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI. COASTALY EVACUATION FOR AREAS OF AREAS IN FLORIDA'S PAN PANEL, MISSISSIPPI ALSO UNDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION FOR LOW-LYING AREAS. OFDER STATES LOUISIANA.NOW AREASORY EVACUATION FOR JOHN,S, JEFFERSON, AND PLAQUEAMAN'S PARISHES IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. SHELTERS OPEN AND SANDBAGS AVAILABLE IN THOSE AREAS. IN DEPTH LOOK AT ISAAC WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO CARL PARKER. AS WE LOOK AT THIS SYSTEM, IT'S SO LARGE. WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE SLOW AND BIG, EFFECTING A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR A LONG TIME. ALSOS THAT WHYRIBUTING A LITTLE BIT REFFING UP AS QUICKLY? >> SURE. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. LARGER SYSTEMS GENERALLY DON'T THEYKLYY VERY DON'T WEAKEN VERY QUICKLY. IT'S A BIG SYSTEM, HAVING A HARD TIME CONSOLIDATING THE ENERGY TO THE CENTER. IT'S GETTING MORE ORGANIZED, BUT STILL HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME. OF THE U SEE THE DRIER LIKE SIDE.PING IN BIT LOPSIDED. AS WE ZOOM IN, YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE WRAPPED ABOUT THE CORE THERE. THEY DID FIND HURRICANE FORCE CENTER.RTHWEST OF THE SEEERESTING TO HAT HAPPENS IN THE NEW ADVISORY. THISE RIGHT EASTERNFEATURE FLORIDA, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. THERE'S A VERY SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE STATE.ENTRAL MOVING AN NORTHWEST AT 14. NEW ING THE ADVISORY, PROBABLY IN ABOUT 50 MINUTES OR SO. THEN HERE'S THE FORECAST TRACK. WE ARE EXPECTING THE STORM WILL BECOME A HURRICANE, THE FORECAST HURRICANE CENTER. FORECAST.ONE ONLY THAT GOING TO BE A CATEGORY ONE. POSSIBLE IT WILL GET STRONGER IF THE ENVIRONMENT IS FAVORABLE. NOTICE THE TIME LINE. HERE.AY, EARLY MORNING EVENING. MORNING.AY MORNING.Y AND MENT A VERY LARGE STORM. THAT'S FIGURE TO MEAN A PRO LONGED PERIOD OF WEATHER OVER A WIDE AREA. HAVES EXACTLY WHAT WE FLORIDA. IN THERNG THE RAIN AGAIN.REAS THREE-HOUR LOOP. FLASH FLOODING A BIG WORRY FOR FORT PIERCE. VERYING OFRTSERNN NORTHWESTI, FLORIDA, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. LOCALLY, 20 INCHES. THEY'VE GOT A WELL FORTIFIED LEVY SYSTEM IN NEW ORLEANS, MAY BUTDING,URGE OFEMENDOUS AMOUNT RAIN. PUMPSAVE STRONG AILL BE, BUT IT IN NEW ORLEANS. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE THREATS IN A FEW MINUTES. LET'S GO TO JULIE IN TAMPA WITH THE LATEST ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. HASAC OF THEED CONVENTION.NATIONAL EVENTS WILL START TOMORROW INSTEAD OF TODAY. THEY WILL GAVEL IN THIS AROUND 2:00. AND NGS IMPACTS HERE OTHER THAN LOCALIZED FLOODING EARLY THIS MORNING. WE COULD SEE MINIMAL WATER RISE AS THE WINDS SHIFT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. IGHT NOW THE WINDS ARE STILL EAST.G TO THE SHORE.LOW WE'VE BEEN BETWEEN RAIN BANDS THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE DAY AND AFTERNOON SO FAR. SO NOT GETTING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RAIN TO SPEAK OF EITHER. HASOF THE THINGS THAT ISAAC HOW MUCHS ATTENTION THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL GET BY THE MEDIA. ABOUT 15,000 OF THEM SUPPOSED TO BE HERE ON COVER THE EVENTS. ONE OFFICIAL WHO WILL NOT BE BOBBY ERNOR INDAL WHO ANNOUNCED THAT HE HOMEING BUSINESS HAND. STORM LIKE EVERY OTHER STORM IS NON-PARTISAN. THIS IS A TIME TO ALL COME TOGETHER TO FIGHT THE STORM AND PROTECT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR PROPERTY. ANDRMTHE PLENTYACK ABOUT POLITICS AND POLITICAL SPEECHES, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE, THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE BUSINESS AT HAND. SPEAKING AGO.ENTS GUN IANA REALLY UNDER THE AS WE SPEAK. BUT FOR TAMPA, NOT EXPECTING ANY MAJOR WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO TODAY. USTY SOME SHOWERS AND ARETIONS, BUT THINGS