The National Hurricane Center initiated advisories -- and the all-important track maps -- on Tropical Depression Nine on Tuesday afternoon. Forecasters said the depression could become Tropical Storm Isaias (pronounced ees-ah-EE-ahs) by Wednesday and then the first hurricane of 2026 on Thursday as it tracks northward toward the Gulf Coast.

While the hurricane is forecasted to the west of North Carolina, it will bring inches up rain to most of the state.

A storm brewing off of Mexico is forecast to move into Alabama on Saturday. Keep track of the latest updates on the path of Hurricane Isaias, the Tuscaloosa forecast and more.

Clouds increase tonight, and we’ll see a mix of clouds and sun on Friday, but we’ll be dry. Hurricane Isaias is forecast to make a central Gulf Coast landfall sometime Friday night. This will send

Hurricane Isaias is churning in the Gulf, and is expected to make landfall as a category 2 storm.

Hurricane tracker: Nolo is no longer a hurricane. The powerful storm remains about as strong, but it changed names to a typhoon as it crossed the international dateline in the Pacific Ocean. Hurricane Rachel continued heading westward on a path away from Mexico.

Isaias strengthened into a hurricane over the Gulf, ending the longest wait for a first hurricane since record-keeping began in the 1800s and putting the central Gulf Coast on alert for a weekend