Posted on 09/28/2022 6:30:00 AM PDT by rktman
AccuWeather forecasters are honing in on where -- and when -- Ian looks likely to make landfall along Florida's Gulf Coast, bringing with it dangerous storm surge, powerful winds and heavy rain.
Hurricane Ian, nearly a Category 5 storm packing 155-mph sustained winds, was bearing down on the Florida Gulf Coast Wednesday morning, threatening disaster from life-threatening flooding and wind damage and drawing comparisons to some of the most notorious hurricanes to ever blast the state. AccuWeather forecasters continued to hone in on precisely where landfall will occur and have upped the storm’s rating on the AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes to a 5 -- the scale’s highest designation.
"There is the potential for Ian to hit as the strongest hurricane on record for the southwestern to west-central part of the Florida Gulf coast," AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski said.
As of 9 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Hurricane Ian had maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, just 2 mph shy of Category 5 intensity. Ian was moving north-northeastward at 10 mph, and was about 60 miles southwest of Manasota Key, Florida. Hurricane-force winds extended outward 40 miles and winds of tropical storm force reached 175 miles from the center, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
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That’s a big one. Stay safe, Floridians.
High and dry here in Texas. No evacuations. LOL.
Hasn’t landed yet as far as I know. Got kin in Port Charlotte area. Low land.
Good Lord - I hope not.
That's BAD.
Yeah, 51 deg and light to no wind at our place. In NevaDUH. Done the hurrincane thing a time or 20.
“When will Brandon come out and blame this on DeSantis COVID policies?”
Has AOC adjusted her Clock Of Doom for this?
That’s what I”m talkin’ about. Got down to 55 here last night.
Prayers up for everyone in this thing’s path. This looks like a mean one.
My sister is there - in Dunedin next to Clearwater. Praying they all stay safe. 🙏🙏🙏
That was Report when they thought it was going to be direct hit on Tampa. If it gets into bay all bets are off.
FoxNews has hurricane coverage on 24/7, much like the Queen’s funeral.
No production costs!!
The current storm track has the eye passing a few miles east of my house at a category 1 strength here in Winter Haven (central Florida). Lots of rain and eerily dark outside right now.
Interesting. Ave Maria still has power
Stay safe. Trying to see any cams on 528 near Cocoa where we used to be.
Is Biden going to play the race card with the hurricane?
We live in Bradenton, FL...just north of Sarasota, and have friends and family in Ft. Myers. So far, gusty winds and rain. We’ll get a lot more of both as we head into the afternoon. I’ve been through a few hurricanes and it definitely gets quite dodgy. I will tell you that Gov. DeSantis is doing a GREAT job...so expect the Demon-rats to use this crisis (and any crisis) as an opportunity to bash our Republican governor.
I don’t know ..as the dims from biden down are a little light on details about EVERYTHING.
Oklahoma is the new lightning strike capital.
Not a joke.
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