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Tropical Storm Isaias, currently near hurricane strength with 65 mph winds, is moving in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to intensify into a hurricane before landfall between Mississippi and Florida. The US National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane watches for parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle, warning of heavy rain, storm surge, and possible tornadoes.
A low pressure system in the western Gulf of Mexico is forecast to strengthen into a tropical storm, with forecast models giving it a decent chance of reaching hurricane strength. No hurricane has formed in the Atlantic yet this season, which would be unprecedented in the modern record dating to World War II, when aircraft and satellite monitoring began.
A developing storm in the Gulf of Mexico has a high probability of intensifying into a hurricane within the next two days, according to weather models. Forecasters indicate it is likely to make landfall along the U.S. coast.
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A developing nor'easter is expected to bring strong northeasterly winds, heavy surf and rain from North Carolina to Nova Scotia this weekend, with gusts of 60 to 70 mph forecast for New England on Friday and Saturday. Forecasters warn of coastal flooding, beach erosion, dangerous rip currents, isolated power outages, and flight delays at New York and Boston airports, though the storm's exact track and duration remain uncertain.
The Atlantic hurricane season has passed its usual mid-September peak without producing a single hurricane, an unusual lull caused by Saharan dust and strong wind shear suppressing storm development. Records dating to 1851 show only one prior year, 1941, without a hurricane by mid-September, and the National Hurricane Center says essentially no chance of one forming before Thursday.