Tampa and St. Petersburg, along with nearly all of Florida except the panhandle and extreme southeast portions of the state, are in the National Hurricane Center’s forecast cone for Hurricane Ian, forecasters said.
A portion of the west coast of Florida from north of Englewood to the Anclote River, including Tampa and St. Petersburg, is under a hurricane watch. The storm is forecast to be a major hurricane — Category 3 of higher — in the early morning hours of Thursday when it is near Tampa Bay.
The system strengthened into a hurricane Monday morning and a state of emergency is in effect for nearly the entire state.
Here’s the latest forecast track including the so-called “spaghetti models,” which show the range of possible tracks based on various computer models:
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