NEWS RELEASE
Thursday, October 08, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.
NEWS RELEASE
NOAA HURRICANE HUNTERS INDICATE THAT ISAIAS CONTINUES TO
INTENSIFY...
...PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM STORM SURGE AND
DAMAGING WINDS ALONG THE WARNING AREA OF THE GULF COAST SHOULD BE
RUSHED TO COMPLETION TODAY...
At 4:00 a.m., the center of Tropical Storm Isaias was located by NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft near latitude 23.3 degrees North, longitude 91.2 degrees West. Isaias is moving toward the
east-northeast near 15 km/h. A turn toward the northeast is expected later today followed by a turn northward on Friday. On the forecast track, Isaias is expected to pass to the north of the Yucatan Peninsula later today and make landfall along the U.S. northern Gulf Coast within the warning area late Friday or early Saturday.
Maximum sustained winds have increased near 130 km/h with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is expected through early Friday,
and Isaias should remain a strong hurricane as it approaches
the northern Gulf Coast on Friday night.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 km from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 150 km.
Tropical Storm Isaias is not a threat to Jamaica.:
The Meteorological Service will continue to monitor the progress of this system.
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