FORECAST: Mostly cloudy, windy conditions on Thursday ahead of rainfall from Hurricane Ian
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Thursday will be mostly cloudy with a high near 70 degrees. Winds from the northeast will start to blow in.
The chance arrives early Friday morning. Highs will drop to about 63 degrees.
Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida Wednesday afternoon near Fort Myers as a Category 5 storm.
As it moved inland, Hurricane Ian was downgraded to a Category 2 storm.
The storm will make a second landfall as a tropical storm near the South Carolina-Georgia border Friday evening then push northwest through the Palmetto State Saturday.
The first rainfall will arrive Friday morning but the steadier and heavier rain waits won’t come until early evening.
The worst of the rain should calm down by noon Saturday.
Expected rain totals are 2 to 4 inches in the Charlotte area and between 3 and 6 inches in the mountains.
READ MORE: Tracking Ian: How it will impact the Carolinas, and when
We still have two full dry days before the rain from #Ian gets to us. You'll notice more clouds coming in ahead of the storm and the breeze kicks up tomorrow. Temps stay cool, barely in the lower 70s. Heavy rain threat holds off until late Friday night. pic.twitter.com/PBXXW1KruZ
— Keith Monday (@kmondayWSOC9) September 28, 2022
#Ian has been upgraded to a category 4 with winds of 140 mph and it's forecast to remain at this strength as it makes landfall later today. No changes to our impacts here by the weekend, heavy rain remains the biggest concern with a risk for flooding. More updated on Channel 9. pic.twitter.com/OeQykHkKyL
— Keith Monday (@kmondayWSOC9) September 28, 2022
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