Issac Intensifying tonite- Eye appears to be forming

Tonite, things seems be going from bad to worse for Haiti.  Over the last 5 hours Issac has been going through intensification and slowing down as it approaches Haiti.  The Hurricane Center will report the latest finding in 10-15 minutes.  The pressure has been falling all evening and to the east in the Dominican Republic, Barahona reported 50 MPH gust but they have not reported in nearly 3 hours.  There have been no hourly observations from Port Au Prince for about the last 4-5 hours.  As long as Issac remains off shore, it will likely intensify before going onto land. 

My reading based on Reports from CNN is that people are still in the tent cities.  I do not think that they will be able to stand up to strong tropical storm force wind for very long.  The heavy rain is also on the way.  Clearly not the best scenario developing tonight for Haiti.  The shortwave IR and now IR images show that a small eye seems to be developing.  Should be confirmed by aircraft over the next few hours.