Hurricane Ian tracker

Hurricane Ian made landfall in west Cuba as a Category 3 storm and is on a path that could see it hitting Florida as a Category 4. Georgia leaders say they ...

For this particular event because it's so widespread - it's going to cover most of South Georgia - we do have materials in Macon ready to deploy," GEMA Director James C. The center defines a major hurricane as a Category 3 storm or higher, meaning maximum sustained winds of at least 111 mph, and Ian became a Category 3 hurricane earlier Tuesday. Ron DeSantis declared a statewide emergency and warned that Ian could lash large areas of the state, knocking out power and interrupting fuel supplies as it swirls northward off the state’s Gulf Coast. Floridians lined up for hours in Tampa to collect bags of sand and cleared store shelves of bottled water. update that Ian made landfall in Cuba as it continued to strengthen, with sustained winds of 125 mph. Tuesday morning, Ian became a major Category 3 storm and made landfall in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province.

The storm was forecast to roll off Cuban and then strengthen over warm, Gulf of Mexico waters to a Category 4 storm. Updates.

Significant, prolonged river flooding is expected across central to northern Florida.] [Limited flash and river flooding is expected over portions of the Southeast into the mid-Atlantic mid-to-late week.] [WHAT IS STORM SURGE?: ] [It's often a hurricane's deadliest and most destructive threat](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/18/storm-surge-definition-hurricane-threat/9797051002/) [Florida National Guard called into duty] [Florida Gov. [strengthen to a Category 4 storm over warm, Gulf of Mexico waters](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/26/hurricane-ian-rapid-intensification/8119513001/). [Category 4 storms can cause 'catastrophic' damage] [If the storm struck as a Category 4 hurricane, it could cause "catastrophic" damage, and power outages could last weeks or months, according to the National Weather Service's description of storms that strong. [Hurricane categories, explained: ] [Breaking down the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind speed scale](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/19/hurricane-wind-speed-saffir-simpson-scale/9807231002/) [What is 'rapid intensification'? [Hurricane Ian tracker] [Ian will slow down over the Gulf, growing wider and stronger, “which will have the potential to produce significant wind and storm surge impacts along the west coast of Florida,” the hurricane center said.] [Ian was forecast to emerge over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico](https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2022/09/26/hurricane-tracker-where-is-ian-headed/8118340001/) on Tuesday and approach the west coast of Florida on Wednesday and Wednesday night. The storm's winds were forecast to approach 140 mph by late Tuesday.] ] ["Rapid intensification" is a process in which a storm undergoes accelerated growth: The phenomenon is typically defined to be a tropical cyclone (whether a tropical storm or hurricane) intensifying by at least 35 mph within 24 hours. "Just go straight across the state to Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach." The Gulf is going to be very angry as this comes in." "Because of the size of the storm, it's kicking up a lot of surge. Along with the howling winds, parts of Central Florida could see 12-16 inches of rain with 2 feet possible in isolated areas. Hundreds of thousands of Floridians faced mandatory evacuation orders as the National Hurricane Center expanded the hurricane warning along more than 150 miles of the state's Gulf Coast.

On the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, the wind categories are: Tropical depression: up to 38 mph; Tropical storm: 39 to 73 mph; Category 1 hurricane: 74 ...

- Category 2 hurricane: 96 to 110 mph - Category 1 hurricane: 74 to 95 mph It's moving north at 10 mph.

Landfall is predicted late Wednesday into early Thursday; the storm threatens to bring a "life-threatening storm surge," destructive winds, flooding rains ...

The strongest winds will be found within the eyewall, or a semi-unbroken band of intense convection — downpours and thunderstorms — that encircle the eye. That will cut back on rainfall totals south of the center, though a widespread 3 to 7 inches is still likely. The storm’s slow forward speed will increase the risk of serious flooding. That’s why storm surge warnings are in effect for Tampa Bay and areas to the south, where confidence is highest of dangerous impacts. As hurricanes swirl counterclockwise, onshore winds and the greatest surge potential is found south of the center of circulation. That’s because of the long, shallow and gently-sloping continental shelf in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Florida’s offshore bathymetry, or the shape of the sea floor, is extremely conducive to serious flood events. That’s a slight decrease from the previous 5- to 10-foot surge forecast that was predicated on the storm’s eye passing just to its north. By late Thursday, Ian will have begun curving northward to the northwest of Orlando, bringing tropical-storm impacts to north Florida. Predicting the exact strength of Ian is a challenge. Still, that will leave Ian as an intense hurricane until landfall, at which point a more hasty decrease in strength is predicted, as it becomes removed from the warm ocean, or its fuel. Weather models late Monday converged in their simulations of Ian to make landfall somewhere between Tampa Bay and Cape Coral in the Wednesday evening to Thursday morning time frame.

Hurricane Ian Tracker: See the latest forecast graphics including spaghetti models and the storm's predicted path.

fox10phoenix #hurricaneian #florida Hurricane Ian strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane as it battered western Cuba early Tuesday morning and is forecast ...

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From Fort Myers to Sarasota and Tampa, here's the Hurricane Ian forecast for cities in Florida. More U.S. cities like Atlanta, Raleigh and Charleston will ...

The National Hurricane Center is forecasting 2 to 4 inches of rain and a 10 to 20 percent chance of tropical storm conditions. While winds below tropical storm force are currently forecast, the National Weather Service is warning that the forecast could change to feature sustained winds at tropical storm strength. A [flood watch](https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=FLZ045&warncounty=FLC095&firewxzone=FLZ045&local_place1=Orlando%20FL&product1=Flood+Watch&lat=28.5047&lon=-81.3742) has also been posted for Orlando, which is expected to start seeing tropical storm conditions by Wednesday morning. The National Hurricane Center is warning residents to be prepared for wind speeds up to that of a Category 2 hurricane, as there remains considerable uncertainty in Ian’s eventual track, size and strength as it passes near Jacksonville. [storm surge warning](https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=FLZ165&warncounty=FLC071&firewxzone=FLZ165&local_place1=2%20Miles%20N%20Saint%20James%20City%20FL&product1=Storm+Surge+Warning&lat=26.5343&lon=-82.0882) and a [hurricane warning](https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=FLZ165&warncounty=FLC071&firewxzone=FLZ165&local_place1=2%20Miles%20N%20Saint%20James%20City%20FL&product1=Hurricane+Warning&lat=26.5343&lon=-82.0882), with a [flood watch](https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=FLZ265&warncounty=FLC071&firewxzone=FLZ265&local_place1=Villas%20FL&product1=Flood+Watch&lat=26.5611&lon=-81.8639) also in effect until Thursday night. Regardless, Sarasota is expected to take a severe punch from the storm, with Regardless of how windy it gets, the city is already seeing impacts from Ian; a [flood watch](https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=FLZ072&warncounty=FLC011&firewxzone=FLZ072&local_place1=Miami%20Gardens%20FL&product1=Flood+Watch&lat=25.9794&lon=-80.2028) and [tornado watch](https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=FLZ072&warncounty=FLC011&firewxzone=FLZ072&local_place1=Miami%20Gardens%20FL&product1=Tornado+Watch&lat=25.9794&lon=-80.2028) are posted. Tornadoes will also be possible as the storm tracks closer to the city. Tropical storm conditions will begin Wednesday morning, with hurricane-force winds expected to begin Wednesday afternoon and not abating until Thursday afternoon. Freshwater flooding is also likely, with 4 to 8 inches of rainfall likely, with locally higher amounts possible. A modest storm surge of up to one foot is also possible. [tropical storm watch](https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=FLZ173&warncounty=FLC086&firewxzone=FLZ173&local_place1=Miami%20FL&product1=Tropical+Storm+Watch&lat=25.77&lon=-80.2) for the possibility of sustained winds climbing to tropical storm force.

Hurricane Ian is making its way through the Gulf of Mexico with its sight set on Florida, and people all along the coast are concerned about how it will ...

The National Weather Service's Joel Cline wants residents to know when danger is coming. But he adds, "If people think of a hurricane as a dot and a city as ...

You take the heat from the tropics and you move it toward the mid-latitudes. That's physics: You've got a lot of heat at the equator and you don't have a lot of heat at the poles. So you have higher winds over a larger area in the hurricane and maybe not as high in the center. The way the planet handles that is, it takes heat and transports it. It has to go off to the northeast at some point in time. In the tropics, it goes east to west. And little differences will matter to people on the ground, where they live. Over the weekend, Ian's predicted path shifted briefly to Tampa, then far north to the Tallahassee area in the Panhandle — and then it moved south again. On Monday, for instance, it stressed that "there is still significant uncertainty in the track of Ian, especially in the 3-5 day time frame." While a map tends to highlight the eye of the storm, Ian is spinning hurricane-force winds up to 35 miles out from its center, with tropical-storm-force winds four times as far. "There's a reason we have this cone of uncertainty," Joel Cline, the tropical program coordinator for the National Weather Service, told NPR. First off, there are very few "easy" hurricanes to forecast and they're all different.