New forecast for Isaac calls for weaker hurricane

MIAMI (AP) — Fore­cast­ers are now pre­dict­ing that Isaac will become a Cat­e­gory 1 hur­ri­cane as it crosses the Gulf of Mex­ico instead of a Cat­e­gory 2.

National Hur­ri­cane Cen­ter direc­tor Rick Knabb told ABC’s “Good Morn­ing Amer­ica” Mon­day that Isaac won’t be as strong as they ini­tially thought when it hits land some­where along the north Gulf Coast.

But Knabb urged res­i­dents not to focus their prepa­ra­tions the storm’s cur­rent strength because such storms often do not stick to fore­cast­ers’ predictions.

Already, the storm has brought wind and rain to parts of Florida and caused Repub­li­cans to can­cel Monday’s open­ing ses­sion of their national con­ven­tion in Tampa.

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