FIRST ALERT | Chris Bailey tracks a tropical system to Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - As our awesome fall weather rolls on for a few more days, we are focused on a developing Gulf hurricane and the impact it may have on our weather. This impact looks likely from late Saturday through Monday as what’s left spins through here.

Since the weather is awesome through Friday, let’s get straight into the tropical system.

Isaias is forecast to intensify today and may become a hurricane on Thursday. From there, this storm continues to strengthen as it heads toward a late Friday landfall along the central Gulf Coast. From there, this rapidly zips northward toward our region later Saturday and Sunday.

If this does become a hurricane, it would be notable on two fronts. First is that this is the latest we’ve been in the Atlantic Hurricane Season without a hurricane in the modern era.

Rounds of rain arrives from south to north in Kentucky on Saturday. Gusty winds will also be a big issue.

This system will move away late Sunday into Monday.