Ian is slated to move into the Carolinas on Friday. Ian is a category 1 hurricane with winds of 85 mph. As of 4 am the storm was 145 miles from Charleston, SC and moving NE at around 10 mph. The hurricane will make landfall Friday afternoon near Charleston, SC. Rain, wind and surge has already started in the Carolinas and will continue through Friday and Saturday. A new area slowly moving off the coast of Africa has a 840% chance of tropical development in the next 5 days. It may become a tropical depression next week. There are no current tropical threats to SE LA.