Tropical Storm Ian in the Caribbean Sea is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the system will enter the southeastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday after it crosses western Cuba as a hurricane.
“And the National Hurricane Center is currently projecting a landfall on the western side of Florida either Thursday or Friday, possibly as a major hurricane, but note that the storm path projections are likely to change a bit,” said Keim.
Keim says three-to-five-day forecasts tend to get altered.
“Right now it looks like a Florida problem,” said Keim
LRN meteorologist John Wetherbee says the National Hurricane Center is predicting this system will develop into a major hurricane.
“That’s real rapid intensification and you don’t make those forecasts lightly,” said Wetherbee.
As of Sunday afternoon, Tropical Storm Ian had maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour.
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