UNDATED - The latest projections have Hurricane Ivan on a track that would bring it over Northeast Georgia Friday - setting us up for a repeat of the heavy rains and damaging winds we had last week from Frances.
Ivan still has not made that expected turn to the northwest, but remains a dangerous Category Five hurricane.
A hurricane warning remains posted for the westernmost parts of Cuba. There's also a tropical storm watch for the Florida Keys from the Seven-Mile Bridge westward, but that could be lowered later today. They evacuation order for the Keys has already been rescinded.
At 6:00 Monday morning, Hurricane Ivan was centered about 120 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba. Movement remains to the west-northwest at about nine miles an hour, though the turn to the northwest is still expected in the coming 24 hours.
Top sustained winds are back up to about 160 miles an hour. Some fluctuation is expected.
The center of the official forecast track shows Ivan's center about at Pensacola or Mobile at midweek. But forecast models vary landfall from Apalachicola westward to New Orleans. Forecasters say it's highly dependent on just when Ivan makes its expected turn, and that northern or even some northeastern movement can be expected later.
With that in mind, the northern Gulf coast from about Cedar Key westerward to Morgan City remains in the forecast cone.
(The Associated Press contributed to this story.)
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May 6th, 2024
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