Friday night, Tropical Depression Nine developed into Tropical Storm Ian in the southeast Caribbean Sea and the forecast by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami expects it to reach
National Hurricane Center forecasters say there is “increasing confidence” that Tropical Storm Ian will strengthen into a major hurricane as it approaches the west coast of Florida early next week.
Tropical Storm Ian is expected to rapidly strengthen into a hurricane over the weekend as the system heads for Florida next week. Ian is currently located south-southeast of Kingston Jamaica packing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.
Tropical Depression 9 formed in the Caribbean Sea early Friday morning and forecasters say it could strengthen into our next named storm Hermine with possible impacts to Florida.