Hurricane Isaias is making its way toward landfall on the Gulf Coast late tonight or early Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm strengthened to Category 3 on Friday morning as it continued to push its way toward shore, the National Hurricane Center confirmed.
Spaghetti models predict the storm to make landfall somewhere between Gulf Shores, Alabama and Fort Walton Beach, Florida, according to storm tracking site Cyclocane. Spaghetti models are collections of storm-tracking forecasts that plot the storm’s path and are overlaid on a map to provide a rough consensus on its track. It’s important to realize that, regardless of where the storm makes landfall, Hurricane Isaias is a large storm with hurricane-force winds extending up to 30 miles and tropical-storm-force winds extending up to 185 miles, according to the 8 a.m. ET NHC forecast.
As the storm pushes in toward land, Hurricane Isaias’ arrival can be watched in real-time via cams along the Gulf Coast. We’ve gathered a collection of webcams that are livestreaming now.
Pensacola, Florida webcams
The YouTube channel Florida Traffic, which sources its camera feeds from the Florida Department of Transportation, has a livestream showing road conditions in Pensacola as Hurricane Isaias approaches.
Another YouTube channel, the Santa Rosa Island Authority, has three cameras pointed along the beach in Santa Rosa Island, located between Pensacola and Fort Walton Beach.
Fort Walton Beach webcams
The Wyndham Garden Fort Walton Beach hotel’s YouTube channel features a view of Okaloosa Island in the Pensacola area as the storm rolls in.
Gulf Shores, Alabama beach webcams
The Beach Club Resort & Spa’s YouTube channel offers an elevated live view of Gulf Shores.
Biloxi, Mississippi beach webcams
The City of Biloxi YouTube channel features a webcam from the top of the city’s lighthouse. It provides a view of the beach and the road that runs along it.
This story will be updated as more livestreams become available.
Source: https://mashable.com/science/hurricane-isaias-beach-webcams-gulf-coast-cams-landfall-live
