Hurricane Ian's landfall came close to initial forecast, despite some shifts along the way
Hurricane Ian barreled into the southwest Florida coast Wednesday as a Category 4 monster just miles from where the National Hurricane Center initially projected it could hit.
In the days leading up to landfall, the forecast shifted the center of the track as far north as Florida’s Big Bend on Sunday and also hovered over Tampa Bay on Sunday and Monday. The potential track forecast ignited fears the densely populated Tampa and St. Petersburg area could get its first direct hit since a 1921 hurricane.
Ultimately, Ian made landfall more than 100 miles to the south, very near the first position estimate for a potential Florida landfall.
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