Hurricane "Ian" now upgraded to Cat 1 ....aircraft found Ian to be a Hurricane on Recon mission into the storm... max winds of 75mph.. expect a rapid run at Major Hurricane status....

Meteorologist / reporter in Jacksonville FL for First Coast News ^ | 9/26/2022 | Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Recon

[caww]

Airforce is finding Hurricane Strength winds in the center of Ian.

[abb]

Here is a live cam of Grand Cayman.

https://www.iplivecams.com/live-cams/the-westin-grand-cayman-seven-mile-beach-resort-east-view-cayman-islands/

[StAnDeliver]

Reed Timmer is live right now working out the Tampa flooding scenarios...

[knarf]

Nahhhh, I'm

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[woodbutcher1963]

Jim Cantori must be must be creaming his pants with anticipation.

[StAnDeliver]

This last spaghetti-model run has two legit models dead-center SGI, and one more legit model straight at PBC.

[Romulus]

Doesn’t sound good, does it? I have sweated this out myself so many times; I know all about this anguish and dread. Praying for a more westerly track that would help not just my friends but all of us paying insurance premiums in the coastal zone.

[Maskot]

No kidding! This poster wants cameras recording and a front row seat in front of their tv to watch all the death and destruction in real time…who thinks like that? This is real life, not Hollywood and hurricanes are devastating for folks in the path. Sounds like they’re wanting “the hurricane experience” like Vegas does for the “CSI experience”. It’s kinda sick….

[Jane Long]

After 43 years in Florida, we moved to New Mexico. No natural disasters.

NM is a man made disaster, with it's bluest of blue lib governance.

[Maskot]

What’s there to understand? It’s destruction everywhere and no safe place to hide. Power is out for sometimes weeks, roads impassable, debris, damage, fallen trees, water everywhere. Fly down today and stay somewhere in the path of this storm. You’ll love it! 🙄. Good lord….

[V_TWIN]

Cantori is in Clearwater eagerly awaiting the opportunity to don his batting helmet.

Already predicting an 8 foot storm surge.

[thefactor]

Charlie Christ is hoping for a high body count, for sure.

[nomorelurker]

“Here is a live cam of Grand Cayman.”

Looked at it yesterday and about dawn this morning, things are now picking up.
Don’t understand why the flimsy cabana things were not taken down. They are already starting to fall apart.

[CatHerd]

Joe Bastardi is predicting that if Ian takes this more northerly track it will fall apart like Lili (2002) before making landfall. Let’s hope it does fall apart.

[pnz1]

11 am update coming up..

[CatHerd]

Tampa under mandatory evacuation

https://mobile.twitter.com/CityofTampa/status/1574403415316144128

[caww]

Even if it drops to that storm surge will be bad.

[caww]

Looks that way - best to be prepared for the worst - as short of God putting his finger on this and redirecting it looks to hit Florida and do some damage ...even if only a tropical storm.

[pnz1]

Bumped track slightly East

[caww]

Hunker down! Maybe even get out of town! Once it passes Cuba we’ll have a better idea.

[pnz1]

5-10 ft surge Tampa Bay..