Most 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.
Although it is still several days away, the system is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by Monday morning. A state of emergency is in effect for nearly the entire state. Saturday morning updates show a slight shift in the storm’s path to the west.
Here’s the latest forecast track including the so-called “spaghetti models,” which show the range of possible tracks based on various computer models: