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Click here, select visible image, and animate the loop. The track could take it from S. Florida to the Carolinas. Regardless where it goes, it will be a monster storm.

HURRICANE ISABEL DISCUSSION NUMBER 20 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2003 SATELLITE INTENSITY ESTIMATES ARE A CONSENSUS T6.5...127 KT...AND SO THE ADVISORY INTENSITY IS INCREASED TO 125 KT. THE MOST RECENT 3-HR AVERAGE OBJECTIVE DVORAK INTENSITY ESTIMATE WAS JUST BELOW 130 KT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS CURRENTLY NO UPPER-LEVEL OUTFLOW TO THE NORTH... THERE ARE TWO VERY EFFICIENT OUTFLOW CHANNELS OPERATING TO THE WEST AND EAST OF THE HURRICANE. ISABEL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD. WIND RADII HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY INWARD BASED ON A RECENT QUIKSCAT PASS....

BULLETIN HURRICANE ISABEL ADVISORY NUMBER 12 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 PM AST MON SEP 08 2003 ...ISABEL NOW A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE... AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISABEL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 44.5 WEST OR ABOUT 1135 MILES...1825 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. ISABEL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH ...20 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR 135 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES ISABEL A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON...

MIAMI -- Isabel strengthened from a tropical storm into the fourth Atlantic hurricane of the season today, but forecasters said it was still several days from reaching land. Hurricane Fabian, meanwhile, was losing strength but gaining speed in the northern Atlantic, two days after plowing through Bermuda. Forecasters said the other major Atlantic storm, the tropical depression that passed over Florida Saturday, could strengthen back into Tropical Storm Henri. At 10 a.m. CDT, Isabel had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, just above the 74 mph threshold for a hurricane. The storm was 1,610 miles east of the Leeward Islands...