Thursday, September 11, 2008: 8pm

Here is the current track of Hurricane Ike...

It currently is a category 2 with winds of 100mph. The storm is predicted to be a Category 3 with 120mph winds as it hits land near Galveston, TX, at 1am on Saturday morning. This track will take Ike right towards Houston.

The first million people have evacuated Galveston with many more evactuating from Houston and other Texas cities along the coast. All Houston airports will shut down at 2pm CDT tomorrow...more are expected to evacuate tomorrow.

Meanwhile, our weather has taken an interesting turn. We will see a good chance of off and on rain for tonight, as well as tomorrow and tomorrow night. This could amount to as much as an inch of rain for this period. Temps in southern Indiana will stay below 80 degrees for Friday, while Kentucky could get into the lower 80s.

Saturday will leave lingering showers over southern Indiana, with clearing across Kentucky. Highs might reach 80 degrees in southern Indiana while temperatures could climb to the upper 80s in Kentucky with lots of humidity.

This will set the stage for an entrance of Hurricane Ike. Ike will start affecting the area on Saturday night with scattered showers/storms.

Sunday will be a VERY INTERESTING day to watch. Winds will be very gusty up to 50mph, and lots of rain is likely to occur. Some isolated tornadoes could occur along with the rain/storms on Sunday with the extreme rotation of the storm. This could be a very fascinating weekend to watch, stay tuned...

The HPC forecast that 3-5 inches of rain is likely over our area in the Friday-Wednesday time period...

Meanwhile, Tuesday-Thursday, after Ike comes through, temps will drop to the mid-upper 70s with clear skies and nighttime lows in the lower to mid 50s.

Alex C.