Hanna And Ike

The forecasts have shifted Hanna’s landfall west again. NOGAPS suggests a landfall south of Jacksonville, FL, on Thursday evening, and GFS suggests a landfall just north of Savannah, GA, sometime midday Friday, with the unhappy, exposed Georgia coast between both posited landfalls. Hurricane strength is currently forecast to be a little less powerful than Gustav was at landfall: perhaps Category 2 for Hanna.

Aiken, SC, warning: Be alert to heavy rainfall and winds this weekend!

Tampa warning: If the southern landfall holds, Tampa’s weather is bound to be perturbed by such a nearby hurricane.

Meanwhile, Tropical Depression 97L has been christened Tropical Storm Ike. NOGAPS currently suggests that it will be at the Florida Keys in a week, and a potential threat to Tampa, and other cities along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, in about 9 days.