My concern is the storm surge. I have close friends on St Pete Beach, so a few inches will make all the difference.
...as posted in another thread...
Per this morning 5 AM updated forcast track...http
The 2am marker point for Ian’s location, puts it just West of Tampa Bay. An incoming tide along with the storm surge and wind on top of it. High tide for Tampa Bay is 4am Thursday morning, right as the storm is pushing a storm surge inland. This (plus 8” of rain) isn’t good for them at all.
Tide chart here...
https://www.tides.net/florida/2170/?year=2022&month=9&day=29
The opposite effect happened during Irma, which sucked the water out of the bay. Images...
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hurricane+sucked+the+water+out+of+tampa+bay&t=fpas&iax=images&ia=images