Hurricane Ian gains strength, could affect SC weather by Friday

now let's specifically talk about hurricane Ian the winds are sustained right now at 105 but it's gusting to 125 and again its position right now is just south of the western tip of Cuba the eye is trying to form but the most important thing is that right now as a category 2 hurricane the winds are really whipping up with tropical and hurricane watches and warnings strewn all over Florida and Western Cube but what's anticipated is that it's already rapid intensifying from this morning it went from a tropical storm to a category two by tomorrow afternoon it's going to be a category four has the potential of up to 140 mile an hour winds and trajectory right now makes it look like it may make landfall either Wednesday night or early Thursday morning as a possible category three or down to a category one still uncertain where it's going to make landfill but more importantly for us it looks like Friday afternoon north of Jacksonville it's already a tropical depression with 35 mile an hour winds and then by Saturday in Rock Hill with 30 mile an hour wins five day tracks will more or less keep the same thing but the key issue is this we may be on the dirty side or the right side of the line but we're not expecting significant weather other than heavy rainfall and strong winds 75 on Wednesday Thursday through Saturday wind gusts over 35 with heavy rainfall will possibly strong storms on Saturday and then the rain starts tapering offices Sunday and Monday

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Length: 1min 25sec (85 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 27 2022