Tropical Storm Ian continues to bring dangerous wind, rain and storm surge conditions to parts of Northeast Florida and is expected to regenerate into a hurricane by Thursday evening,

At 2 EDT, Tropical Storm Ian is located 40 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral, FL, and is located 275 miles south of Charleston, SC. It has maximum sustained winds of 70 mph and is moving north by northeast at 9 mph.

A turn toward the north is expected late today, followed by a turn toward the north-northwest with an increase in forward speed Friday night. On the forecast track, Ian will approach the coast of South Carolina on Friday. The center will move farther inland across the Carolinas Friday night and Saturday.

Tropical Storm Ian continues to bring dangerous wind, rain, flash flooding and storm surge conditions to parts of Florida as it churns in the Atlantic Ocean. Ian is expected to become a hurricane again by Thursday evening and make landfall as a hurricane on Friday, with rapid weakening forecast after landfall. A hurricane warning has been issued for the entire South Carolina coast. A tropical storm warning has been extended northward to Duck, North Carolina.

The strongest winds right now from Ian are in northeast Florida (Jacksonville), where some gusts have topped 70 mph in Daytona Beach. Additionally, some gusts over 50 mph have been recorded in Gainesville and Jacksonville, and over 30 mph gusts have worked their way along the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina.

Ian is a large tropical cyclone. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 415 miles from the center. A WeatherFlow station in New Smyrna Beach recently reported a sustained wind of 69 mph.

Source: National Hurricane Center