POWERFUL HURRICANE IAN EMERGES INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO… …NEW WATCHES AND WARNINGS ISSUED FOR FLORIDA, GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
At 1100 AM EDT (1500 UTC), the center of Hurricane Ian was located near latitude 23.0 North, longitude 83.5 West. Ian is moving toward the north near 10 mph (17 km/h), and this motion is expected to continue today. A turn toward the north-northeast with a reduction in forward speed is forecast tonight and Wednesday. On the forecast track, the center of Ian is expected to move over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico in a couple of hours, pass west of the Florida Keys later today, and approach the west coast of Florida within the hurricane warning area on Wednesday and Wednesday night.
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