Ian’s Eyewall Moves Ashore With Winds At 155 MPH

September 28, 2022 News, Weather

The Miami Herald reports:

The “extremely dangerous” eyewall of Category 4 Hurricane Ian begin moving ashore in southwest Florida late Wednesday morning with a powerful wind field that covered almost half the state.

Ian could bring catastrophic damage to the southwest Gulf Coast coast while raking much of Florida with hurricane and tropical storm force winds and flooding rains of up to two feet. But the most immediate and life-threatening concern was storm surge — the waters of the Gulf of Mexico pushed inland by Ian.

The surge predictions from the National Hurricane Center soared overnight to 12 to 18 feet for Englewood to Bonita Bay, a forecast so high a new color was added to the National Hurricane Center’s peak storm surge prediction map.

Florida Politics reports:



The National Hurricane Center reported the eyewall for Hurricane Ian has started to move onshore in Sanibel and Captiva in Lee County. Meteorologists still report maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, shy of Cat 4 classification. The storm is moving north-northeast at 9 mph.

A Weatherflow station near Sanibel Island reported to the National Hurricane Center recently reported sustained winds of 71 mph and a wind gust of 98 mph. Meanwhile,a River, Estuary, and Coastal Network station at Redfish Pass recently reported sustained winds of 67 mph and a wind gust of 84 mph.

Storm surge is still looking like 12-18 feet for Englewood to Bonita Beach, including Charlotte Harbor, 8-12 feet from Bonita Beach south to Chokolsokee, and 6-10 feet from the middle of Longboat Key to Englewood.

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