Isaias -- the ninth named storm of 2020 -- formed Wednesday over the Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center says.
The storm is delivering 50 mph sustained winds extending outward up to 345 miles, and currently sits about 155 miles south of Ponce, Puerto Rico, NHC said. Get updates on the storm and check your local forecastIsaias is forecast to make landfall over southern Dominican Republic before noon Thursday and then reach near Florida over the weekend. There is uncertainty where and how strong the storm will be when it nears FloridaRead MoreForecast models are split.
There were Tropical Storm warnings issued before the storm even formed. The reason it was called"Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine" is because the storm did not have a round center of circulation, says CNN meteorologist Chad Myers. Instead, it was very elongated."When a circular center finally formed, that is when they began to call it a tropical storm.
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