Remnants of Ian Expected To Be Gone By Mid-Weekend -UPDATE

As Hurricane Ian makes it’s second landfall today near Charleston, South Carolina, residents in Northeast Georgia are already experiencing its effects with wind and rain.

As Hurricane Ian moves closer to the South Carolina coast, residents in Northeast Georgia are experiencing its effects with a little wind and precipitation.  However, the good news is that the forecast for this area is improving.

Trisha Palmer is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg office.  She says the center of the storm has shifted east.  It’s now predicted to pass to the east of Charlotte late tonight/early Saturday morning.  That means Ian’s impact in this area is has been reduced.

“We do expect some rain to be moving into the area this afternoon especially this evening, and then that rain will be lifting out overnight.  As this system sort of lingers, we do have some lingering rain off and on through the weekend, but very light. So overall, we don’t expect a whole lot of rain out of this system for your area this weekend, so those rainfall totals have decreased from the system because the track of the storm has shifted east with the latest forecast.”

Palmer says the predicted rainfall for Northeast Georgia is now only expected to be a half an inch to an inch.  She also expects temperatures in the 60’s and wind speeds in the 20-mile-per hour-range.

The expected wind and rainfall has force the postponement of the Canon Fall Festival.  The event has been moved from Saturday to Saturday, October 15.