@michaelphillips991: ‼️ ISAIAS NOW A MAJOR CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE WITH 120 MPH WINDS🌀 Despite increasing wind shear, Isaias COULD maintain MAJOR HURRICANE strength all the way up until landfall this evening, according to the National Hurricane Center. The 10 AM CDT update confirms Isaias has intensified into a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 MPH and a central pressure near 959 mb. The hurricane has shifted slightly east of its previous forecast track, with landfall now possible along the extreme western Florida Panhandle THIS EVENING. Sustained hurricane-force winds could extend as far as 100 miles inland into southern Alabama, with hurricane-force gusts possible even farther north into central Alabama. Isaias is expected to move north through Alabama before turning northeast toward the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys on Sunday. Hourly updates from the National Hurricane Center will begin at 11 AM CDT as Isaias approaches the coast.
