"All signs indicate we may be about to witness one of the worst weather disasters in U.S. history unfold in the next 72 hours." Likely another $100+ billion dollar storm. Some maps are no longer showing the number 3 anymore at landfall ....but have replaced it with a 4.
NHC .... "However, it is expected that this large system will be fairly resilient to the shear and dry air before landfall.
Therefore, the official intensity forecast continues to show Ian reaching the coast with category 4 intensity. Since radar imagery
indicates that an eyewall replacement is probably underway, this could result in a larger eye evolving overnight. Interests along
the Florida west coast in the Hurricane Warning area should be prepared for a large and destructive hurricane"
