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Tropical Hurricane Ian

Could be right but I think it’s gonna be a little north north and west of that area. Somewhere around this yellow arrow.
I’m gonna take the blend of the models with a lean to the Euro camp and go a bit north of there near Cedar Key… though that can obviously change. That’s still gonna put Tampa in danger of a major storm surge, even from weakening storm as winds would be pushing water straight up the Bay for 12 hours or more.
 
SUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...17.0N 80.8W
ABOUT 160 MI...260 KM S OF GRAND CAYMAN
ABOUT 430 MI...695 KM SE OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB...29.26 INCHES
60 mph and 991 mb.
 
In fairness the ICON is a bit on its on island with that now. Even though a few EPS members still do it, more now are actually west of the mean. Of course two days ago the ICON was having it cross FL then become a fish storm, so slowly but surely it’s coming into line with others
 
I don’t really see any movement to the east compared to 18z… maybe the western plots have tightened up a bit to narrow the cone, but the eastern plots haven’t really moved all day. I think you’ll see the NHC stay pretty close to the previous forecast tracks at the 11pm update
 
Notice by landfall on all model sets there show somewhat significant weakening ..major hurricane to high end cat 1
One thing to remember though is that even with the weakening, this still would create a significant to major storm surge. Tampa for instance, would see wind coming straight up the bay for at least 12 hours
 
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