Tropical Storm Isaias became Hurricane Isaias on Wednesday evening. It’s the 1st hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season. Video via NOAA/ CIRA. After the longest wait on record in the satellite era, this year’s Atlantic hurricane season has its first hurricane: Hurricane Isaias. Isaias formed as a tropical storm in the southwestern Gulf on Wednesday morning, October 7. By 10:30 p.m. CDT, it had strengthened into a hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 km/h). As of 4 a.m CDT, October 8, Isaias has strengthened slightly, now with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h). It’s about 170 miles (270 km) northwest of Progreso, Mexico, and 420 miles (676 km) south-southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has warned that Isaias continues to intensify. When it approaches the northern Gulf Coast on Friday, Isaias is forecast to be a strong category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 110 mph (177 km/h). This is just shy of a category 3, the major hurricane threshold. As it approaches land, strong wind shear will work to weaken the hurricane, but it is still expected to bring significant impacts to communities along the Gulf Coast...

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Tropical Storm Isaias has formed off eastern Mexico. Forecasters expect it to strengthen into a hurricane and hit the Gulf Coast later in the week. (NOAA via AP)

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Tropical Storm Isaias, a cyclone in the Gulf of Mexico, is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by Thursday, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. If it does, Isaias would be the latest-forming first hurricane in the Atlantic season since reliable records began. As of Wednesday morning, Isaias sat about 260 miles (420 kilometers) off the coast of Progreso, Mexico, and NOAA forecast that it is headed toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, including parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Isaias’s winds are up to some 45 miles per hour (75 kilometers per hour) as of this writing. To be considered a hurricane, winds must hit or surpass 74 mph (119 kmh). On supporting science journalism If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. If Isaias makes landfall as expected, the storm will likely bring strong gusts and heavy rainfall, with the potential for flash flooding and dangerous storm surge, says Jennifer Tate, a meteorologist at NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center. As Scientific American previously reported, hurricane activity in the Atlantic typically...

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