here's the latest from CNN.
CNN) -- Hurricane Isabel regained strength Saturday returning to the most powerful Category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The adjustment came at 2:10 p.m. EDT after an Air Force Reserve and National Oceanic and Atmospheric hurricane hunter aircraft reported surface wind speeds of 192 miles per hour (308 km/h). Sustained winds are more than 160 miles per hour (257 km/h).
The storm is in the Atlantic Ocean, hundreds of miles from the nearest speck of land and heading west.
The storm had dropped to a Category 4 hurricane in the center's 11 a.m. EDT advisory.
It is uncommon for Category 5 storms -- the highest designation on the Saffir-Simpson scale -- to maintain their intensity for longer than 30 hours, according to Max Mayfield, director of the hurricane center. Category 5 hurricanes are said to be capable of inflicting catastrophic damage, according to the scale.
At 11 a.m., the center of the hurricane was about 405 miles (650 km) northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with hurricane force winds extending about 85 miles (140 km) from the eye, according to the latest advisory.
The storm continues to move west at about 10 mph (17 km/h).
The current five-day forecast path shows Isabel traveling west over open ocean parallel to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic before turning slightly to the north Monday and traveling parallel to the Bahamas.
That trajectory would take the storm toward the coasts of Georgia or the Carolinas. However, the "steering currents" directing the storm are too weak to accurately determine its path beyond the next five days, Mayfield said.
"We'll have to see whether it continues that movement toward the southeast U.S. or turns a little bit more to the north," he said.
"The good news is that we have plenty of time to watch it. Take the weekend, look over your hurricane plan and know what you'll do if it does move toward your community."
No storm watches or warnings have been issued, but people in the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are being warned that large ocean swells and dangerous surf conditions are likely in the next several days.
The 11 a.m. position of Isabel was longitude 22.2 N, latitude 61.5 W.
I hope this biatch doesn't hit Florida, I just moved back here and I'm getting settled. Reminds me of my freshnam year when they evacuated us from the dorms because of Fickle Floyd
