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Image from NWS Doppler radar

Last year's Hurricane Ian passed very near Frostproof, but wind shear had caused the storm to "lean" as the offset loops in the image show. That "lop-sided" structure left the strongest surface winds east of the eye, while the heaviest rains fell on the west side. Most areas along the Lake Wales Ridge received between one and two feet of rain.