Tracking Hurricane Ian, remnants expected locally by the weekend

THE SALVATION ARMY SAYS IT WILL SEND UNITS TO THE AFFECTED AREAS ONCE THE STORM PASSES, AND IMMEDIATELY START SERVING THREE MEALS A DAY. COLIN: OBVIOUSLY, WATCHING THIS TRACK, WAITING FOR LANDFALL TO HAPPEN. ALLISON: SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL PART OF THE STORM, THE EYEWALL, IS STARTING TO MOVE INLAND. THOSE REPORTS ARE COMING IN LEFT AND RIGHT FROM AREAS AROUND FORT MYERS OVER TOWARD SANIBEL ISLAND. WATCHING THAT CLOSING IN. STILL A VERY POWERFUL CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE AS IT MAKES ITS WAY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. THIS AREA HERE THAT IS STARTING TO APPROACH JUST NORTH OF KITTY EVA, THIS IS WHERE SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE GOING TO BE MOVING INLAND. VERY CLOSE TO I-75 RIGHT HERE. THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST, CLOSER TO PORT CHARLOTTE. TECHNICALLY, LANDFALL HAS NOT HAPPENED YET. WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CENTER OF THE EYE MOVE INLAND BEFORE WE CAN SAY IT MADE LANDFALL. SOME OF THOSE WEATHER REPORTS COMING IN JUST SINCE THE 12:00 HOUR. WE HAVE SEEN UP TO 84 MPH WINDS REPORTED IN SANIBEL, FLORIDA. THESE WIND REPORTS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO UP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ON TOP OF THE CATASTROPHIC WIND THREAT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A POWERFUL AND HIGH STORM SURGE. THIS COMING INTO PLAY TO APPROACH HIGH TIDE. THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT ABOUT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON. 12 TO 18 FEET OF STORM SURGE. THE STORM SURGE COULD GET TO FIVE TO EIGHT FEET. THE STORM SURGE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT LESS. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A FOUR TO SIX FOOT SURGE CLOSER TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE MAJOR FOR ALL OF FLORIDA. SO FAR, RADAR HAS ESTIMATED IN THE LAST 12 HOURS SOME AREAS CLOSE TO PORT CHARLOTTE, CLOSE TO SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL, ON THE EAST SIDE OF FLORIDA, CLOSER TO SEBASTIAN — AREAS NORTH OF MIAMI — AROUND NAPLES, ALMOST 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. WE STILL COULD SEE ANOTHER SEVEN TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA. THIS INCLUDES FROM THE WEST COAST TO THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA, AROUND THE JACKSONVILLE AREA. AND THEN FORT MYERS AROUND SARASOTA COULD SEE UP TO 10 TO 20 PLUS INCHES OF RAINFALL. THIS IS GOING TO BRING IN A LOT OF RAIN. ONE THING THAT IS PROMISING WITH THIS — I DON’T FEEL IT IS GOING TO SLOW DOWN AS MUCH. FORT MYERS UP TO ABOUT SARASOTA, IT IS STILL SITTING AT A CATEGORY FOUR. WINDS SUSTAINED UP TO 155 MPH, JUST TWO MILES SHORT OF BEING A CATEGORY FOUR STORM. AS WE WERE SEEING EARLIER WITH THE NBC METEOROLOGIST, IT IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE CATEGORY IS ABOUT THE IMPACT. THAT CATEGORY IS FOR THE RECORD BOOKS. IT IS GOING TO MAINTAIN ITS HURRICANE STATUS. MOVING CLOSER TO ORLANDO, OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC, MAKING ANOTHER LANDFALL CLOSER TO SOUTH CAROLINA’S COAST. IT STARTS TO MAKE ITS WAY CLOSER TO US IN GREATER CINCINNATI. THOSE SHOWERS ARE GOING TO BE LEFT FROM IAN. AFTER THAT, WE ARE GOING TO START TO SEE SOME SUNSHINE. TODAY, WE ARE ONLY SITTING AT 56 DEGREES. QUITE CHILLY OUTSIDE. IT FEELS LIKE FALL OUT THERE. UP TO 61 FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS AFTERNOON. SATURDAY IS LOOKING A LITTLE BIT DRIER COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT INITIALLY. TEMPERATURES MAKING THEIR WAY INTO THE UPPER 60’S. TOMORROW, IT LOOKS VERY NICE, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE CHILLY. DOWN INTO THE MID AND LOW 60’S THROUGHOUT THE GAME. BOTH ARE GOING TO BE WEATHER IMPACT DAYS AS SOME OF THOSE LEFT OVER REMAIN CLOSER TO US HERE IN GREATER CI

Tracking Hurricane Ian, remnants expected locally by the weekend

Ian moves further inland as a major hurricane. Remnants arrive in Cincinnati by the weekend.

Updated: 1:21 PM EDT Sep 28, 2022

Ian moves further inland as a major hurricane. Remnants arrive in Cincinnati by the weekend.

Ian moves further inland as a major hurricane. Remnants arrive in Cincinnati by the weekend.