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FNUS72 KNHC 091957
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SPOT FORECAST FOR 46 F/V...USCG
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
357 PM EDT Fri Oct 09 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EDT on October 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NWS
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER/TROPICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECAST
BRANCH AT (305)229-4425.

.DISCUSSION...Hurricane Isaias is near 28.2N 87.2W, or about 140 nm
south of Pensacola, Florida and 110 nm southeast of the mouth of
the Mississippi River at 12 PM CDT with a pressure of 959 mb, and
is moving north-northeast at 14 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 105 kt
(120 mph) with gusts to 130 kt (150 mph), and the minimum central
pressure is 959 mb. Isaias will move to near 29.7N 86.8W this evening,
then move inland and weaken to a tropical storm near 32.1N 87.1W Sat
morning. Ahead and east of Isaias, very hazardous marine conditions are
expected as numerous showers and thunderstorms are presently occurring
over Gulf waters north of 28N between 84W and 89W along with very
rough to very high seas. Conditions at the incident location will
deteriorate rapidly during the remainder of the afternoon and into
tonight.

Latitude = 28.6055
Longitude = -87.3133

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Numerous showers and
                    scattered thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Surface winds (kts).Hurricane force winds. Northeast winds 6 to 83
                    knots with gusts to around 109 knots shifting
                    to the west 6 to 73 knots with gusts to around
                    95 knots late in the afternoon.
Wave height.........37 feet.
Wave period.........13 SECONDS.
Wave period.........13 SECONDS.
Wind wave...........18 feet.
Sea surface temp....84 Degrees Fahrenheit.

TIME (EDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........100 100 100
Weather cov.....NUM NUM NUM
Weather type....RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCT SCT SCT
Temp............78  78  78
SFC wnd dir.....NE  NE  W
SFC wnd spd kts.83  83  73
SFC wnd gst.....125 125 109
Wave period (s).13  13  13
Wind wave (ft)..18  18  18
Wave height (ft)35  35  37
SST (F).........84  84  84

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Numerous showers and
                    scattered thunderstorms early in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 77.
Surface winds (kts).Hurricane force winds. West winds 6 to 73 knots
                    with gusts to around 95 knots becoming
                    southwest and decreasing to 22 to 39 knots with
                    gusts to around 50 knots early in the evening,
                    then decreasing to 13 to 27 knots overnight.
Swell height........North swell 20 feet.
Wave height.........37 feet subsiding to 12 feet.
Wave period.........13 SECONDS.
Wind wave...........18 feet decreasing to 6 feet.
Sea surface temp....84 Degrees Fahrenheit.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........100 100 98  98  98  98  98  98  83  83  83  83
Weather cov.....NUM NUM
Weather type....RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCT SCT
Temp............78  78  77  77  77  77  77  77  77  77  77  77
SFC wnd dir.....W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
SFC wnd spd kts.73  73  39  39  39  32  32  32  27  27  27  20
SFC wnd gst.....109 109 58  58  58  48  48  48  40  40  40  30
Swell direction.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   N   N   N   N
Swell hgt (ft)..36  36  29  29  29  29  29  29  12  12  12  12
Wave period (s).13  13  10  10  10  10  10  10  9   9   9   9
Wind wave (ft)..18  18  11  11  11  11  11  11  6   6   6   6
Wave height (ft)37  37  29  29  29  19  19  19  12  12  12  9
SST (F).........84  84  84  84  84  84  84  84  84  84  84  84

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Scattered showers
                    and thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Surface winds (kts).West winds 10 to 20 knots.
Swell height........South swell 7 feet.
Wave height.........9 feet.
Wave period.........9 SECONDS.
Wind wave...........6 feet.
Sea surface temp....84 Degrees Fahrenheit.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........83  83  84  84  84  84  84  84  71  71  71  71
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............77  77  77  77  77  77  77  77  77  77  77  77
SFC wnd dir.....SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
SFC wnd spd kts.20  20  17  17  17  15  15  15  17  17  17  13
SFC wnd gst.....30  30  25  25  25  22  22  22  25  25  25  20
Swell direction.N   N   W   W   W   W   W   W   S   S   S   S
Swell hgt (ft)..12  12  7   7   7   7   7   7   6   6   6   6
Wave period (s).9   9   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
Wind wave (ft)..6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   4   4   4   4
Wave height (ft)9   9   9   9   9   8   8   8   7   7   7   6
SST (F).........84  84  84  84  84  84  84  84  84  84  84  84

$$
Forecaster...AGUIRRE
Requested by...DANIEL ROCHIN
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2623498.0/NHC
.DELDT 10/09/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL HEARTLANDCC@USCG.MIL