have been ordered to evacuate as hurricane ian is bearing down on the states gulf coast. just a moment governor ron desantis will join us. the latest from this category three storm. fox weather meteorologist ian oliver is with us. this looks like it is going to be a direct hit right over it looks like somewhere north of fort myers right towards tampa. ian: still a reasonable scenario here. this is a monster of a storm. still a category three as you mention. 120 miles per hour. we had this inner i wall that has been degrading. what that does is it spreads out of that winfield over at much larger area. we have seen these impacts start already. we need to warnings throughout the afternoon and evening across much of south florida. we got some active ones right now. a lot of spin in these powerful outer bands of the intense. 90 miles out of the west of key west. we reported there a wind gusts up to 71 miles per-hour miles per hour. that is greatly removed from the intent in a. w
90 miles out of the west of key west. we reported there a wind gusts up to 71 miles per-hour miles per hour. that is greatly removed from the intent in a. we are up to coasted hurricane force winds. this is a powerful storm and when that is getting larger and this is the latest forecast track. the national hurricane center. any public left, it is not if with these impact. it is who gets the worst of it. for storm surge it, it will be whoever is on the southern and eastern side of the eye while as it moves are short. we are talk about category four storm at landfall. at some point tomorrow afternoon or evening. well, the peak surge mechanical possible again, right at the landfall point. occurring at high tide from the southern part of the bake down to naples. some of these areas could see up to 12 feet of surge and just to put that into perspective, a lot of areas like this on the coastline in florida, fort myers beach, beautiful beach town. it is a barrier island. max elevation there o