The Atlantic has had eight named storms and not one hurricane. Will forecasters name Isaias in the Gulf by Oct 11?

Tropical Storm Isaias formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 7, becoming the Atlantic season's ninth named storm, with the National Hurricane Center reporting maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. Forecasters expected rapid strengthening, and by Oct. 8 Isaias had intensified into a Category 2 hurricane, the season's first — a milestone that arrived later in the year than almost any season on record, nearly tying the latest first-hurricane date, set in 1905. The storm formed in warm Gulf waters off eastern Mexico and tracked toward the northern Gulf Coast, with hurricane warnings issued from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to Florida's Bay/Gulf County line and landfall expected near the Alabama-Florida border. The hurricane center warned of damaging wind, storm surge and flash flooding, with forecasts of 3 to 7 inches of rain and locally up to 10 inches near the point of landfall. About 63% of Gulf oil production was temporarily shut in as producers evacuated platforms ahead of the storm. The community had been skeptical a storm would be named in this window, with only 33% voting yes, making this one of the day's larger misses relative to the outcome. The slow start to the Atlantic hurricane season, followed by a sudden late intensification once Isaias developed, continued a pattern of unusually quiet activity punctuated by rapid escalation.