MIAMI, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- After a brief downgrade, Hurricane Isabel regained strength Saturday and was again a "Category 5" storm.
An Air Force Reserve and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration "hurricane hunter" aircraft reported surface wind speeds of 192 mph, CNN reported.
The storm had dropped to "Category 4" strength in the center's morning advisory, but the advisory was revised by the National Hurricane Center by mid-afternoon.
The five-day forecast has Isabel traveling west to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic before turning slightly to the north Monday and traveling parallel to the Bahamas, and perhaps to the U.S. coasts of Georgia or the Carolinas, CNN reported.
"We'll have to see whether it continues that movement toward the southeast United States or turns a little bit more to the north," Max Mayfield, of the hurricane center, told CNN. "The good news is that we have plenty of time to watch it."
