Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook This product is updated at approximately 2 AM, 8 AM, 2 PM, and 8 PM EDT from June 1 to November 30. Special outlooks may be issued as conditions warrant. 
 
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 GIS data: .shp ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. Satellite and radar images indicate that showers and thunderstorms associated with the low pressure area located about 90 miles east of Vero Beach, Florida, have changed little in organization during the last few hours. Environmental conditions continue to be favorable for development, and only a slight increase in the organization and persistence of the thunderstorm activity would result in the formation of a tropical depression. The low is moving southwestward at about 5 mph, but is expected to turn westward tonight and northward by Wednesday when it will be near the east coast of Florida. If this system becomes a tropical cyclone, a tropical storm watch could be required for portions of the central or northern Atlantic coast of Florida. A turn toward the northeast near the southeastern U.S. coast is expected by Thursday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. Forecaster Brown Comments about this graphic? Please complete a short survey. 
 
 ||||| Tropical Storm Isaac is already hitting the Florida Keys with rain and wind, and it may become an even stronger hurricane as it makes its way toward the northern Gulf Coast. 
 
 Workers put up shutters at a local cafe in Key West, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012, as the prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac. Isaac gained fresh muscle Sunday as it bore down on the Florida Keys, with forecasters... (Associated Press) 
 
 A cyclist rides his bike in Key West, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac gained fresh muscle Sunday as it bore down on the Florida Keys, with forecasters warning it could grow into a dangerous... (Associated Press) 
 
 Craig Jones, left, and Kimberly Branson secure their boat in Key West, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaac. Tropical Storm Isaac gained fresh muscle Sunday as it bore down... (Associated Press) 
 
 A person walks by a sign warning about Hurricane Isaac, in Key West, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Isaac gained fresh muscle Sunday as it bore down on the Florida Keys, with forecasters warning it could... (Associated Press) 
 
 Victoria Balladares and boyfriend Jose Requejo experience the rain at Miami Beach as Tropical Storm Isaac hits the area on Sunday, Aug., 26, 2012, in Miami. Isaac gained fresh muscle Sunday as it bore... (Associated Press) 
 
 Isaac is expected to make landfall somewhere along the Gulf Coast by Tuesday or Wednesday _ the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. That storm caused disastrous flooding all along the coast. A hurricane hasn't hit the Gulf Coast since Ike in 2008. 
 
 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
 
 Party officials are trying to cram four days of convention events and festivities into three as Isaac approaches. The storm is not expected to directly hit Tampa, but those in attendance _ and especially those protesting outside _ can expect to get wet. 
 
 DAMAGE 
 
 Most of the damage down by Isaac so far has been in the Caribbean. At least seven people were killed by flooding in Haiti, including in tent cities filled with earthquake victims, and two others in the Dominican Republic. Isaac scraped Cuba, downing power lines and trees. As of early Sunday afternoon, the storm was just beginning to hit the Florida Keys and had done little damage aside from scattered power outages. 
 
 WHERE WILL IT HIT? 
 
 On Sunday afternoon, Isaac is expected to pass over the Florida Keys. From there, it will hit somewhere along the northern Gulf Coast. 
 
 Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center have warned that right now, it's extremely difficult to determine exactly where on the Gulf Coast Isaac will make a direct hit. But it is expected to gain significant strength over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and is likely to become at least a Category 2 storm. And it is a massive system: Tropical storm conditions extend as far as 200 miles from the center, meaning even communities not in the direct path could get a lashing.
– Florida is getting its first taste of Tropical Storm Isaac, with strong wind and rain pelting the Florida Keys beginning this morning as the vast 200-mile-wide storm picks up strength and moves in on the continental US. Isaac's path after the Keys is still uncertain: Forecasters warned he could strike anywhere from New Orleans to the Florida Panhandle, reports the AP. South Floridians, however, largely shrugged. "This isn't a storm," snarked one man who hadn't put up storm shutters. "It's a rain storm." But Key West wasn't messing around, with a long line of taillights moving north, windows boarded up, and shuttered airports and businesses. A storm surge of up to 4 feet was expected, and Isaac could spawn tornadoes before picking up speed in the warmer Gulf waters. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency and is ducking out of the scaled-back Republican National Convention in Tampa. Isaac is expected to be a forceful Category 2 hurricane when it reaches the Gulf Coast Tuesday or Wednesday, the AP reports. Follow its path here.