CBS 4 NEWS YOUS ARE CLOSING --
COVERING EVERYTHING.
FIRST, THE BRAND NEW
INFORMATION.
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY WAS
THAT WITH THE NEW ADVISORY AND
THE 2:00 ADVISE I THE
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY, THE
STORM STRENGTHENED SOME TO
CATEGORY THREE WITH WINDS OF
115 MILES AN HOUR.
HURRICANE HUNTERS HAVEN'T BEEN
IN THERE FOR A WHILE, SO THEY
WON'T CHANGE THE WIND SPEED
ONCE UNTIL IT ONCE AGAIN IS
INVESTIGATED.
THE SATELLITE APPEARANCE WHICH
I'LL SHOW YOU IN JUST A SING IS
GETTING MORE IMPRESSIVE.
IT IS LIKELY THIS STORM IS
STRENGTHENMENT.
SOMETIMES THE HURRICANE CENTER
A, ERRS ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION.
LET'S SEE EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING
ON INSIDE THE HURRICANE.
115-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS.
CATEGORY THREE.
THIS WAS IN THE FORECAST.
NO SURPRISES HERE IN THE
INTENSIFICATION.
IF IT HAD WEAKENED
SUBSTANTIALLY OR STRENGTHENED
MUCH, MUCH MORE, THEN WE WOULD
BE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT GOING ON,
BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
ONE THING OF NOTE IN THIS
ADVISORY IS RIGHT THERE.
THE DIRECTION THE STORM IS
MOVING IS NOW NO LONGER
NORTHWEST.
WHAT WE CALL WEST/NORTHWEST.
IT IS NOT GOING NORTH AS MUCH
ANYMORE AS IT IS GOING WEST.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS GOING
THIS WAY FASTER THAN IT IS
GOING THAT WAY.
I'LL DRAW LINES IN THE NEXT
HALF HOUR SO YOU CAN POINT
THOSE OUT BETTER.
IT HAS ALSO SLOWED DOWN A
LITTLE BIT.
NOW THE SPEED IS NINE MILES AN
HOUR.
EARLIER IN THE DAY, IT WAS
GOING ABOUT 12 MILES AN HOUR.
IT IS DOING WHAT WE THOUGHT IT
WOULD DO UP TO THIS POINT.
IT HAS ALSO GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT
BIGGER.
THE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND 25 MILES.
THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS,
WINDS OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR
EXTEND OVER 100 MILES.
LET'S LOOK AT THE FUTURETRACK,
AND THERE WE ARE BETWEEN NOW
AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
STILL A LITTLE BIT OF A TURN
GOING ON HERE, BECAUSE BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE STORM HAS
DAMPENED OUT.
THE FORECAST IS FOR
INTENSIFICATION.
CATEGORY FOUR HERE NOW AND IN
THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS MOST
LIKELY.
THE OUTER COAST IS REALLY HIT
HARD HERE.
IN TEXAS, FAR SOUTH MOST LIKELY
EVEN AS THE NASSAU AND NEW
PROVIDENCE THERE.
SO THEN GOING INTO MONDAY, THE
STORM HAS SLOWED SUBSTANTIALLY.
YOU NEAR -- IF IT WERE TO GO A
LITTLE FASTER.
THE LITTLE BIT SLOWER MIGHT BE
BEHIND A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
SOUTH.
THEN TO THE NEXT FORCAST POINT,
WE START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF
A PUSH THEREFORE CAST TO REACH
THE POINT.
THEN AFTER THAT, IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTH.
IT IS -- THERE ARE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF POSSIBILITIES, SOME
THAT INVOLVE FLORIDA AND SOME
THAN DON'T INVOLVE THAT WITH A
STORM MOVE AGO LOCK THE COAST
OR JUST OFFSHORE OR ONSHORE.
WE'RE GOING TO INVESTIGATE THAT
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THE EYE IS REALLY BECOMING
VISIBLE ZOOMING IN ON THE HIGH
RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY
THERE.
THAT IS A PICTURE EVERY MINUTE.
YOU CAN SEE VERY, VERY HIGH
DETAIL.
SO THE TWO BIG MODELS WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY WERE
PRETTY FAR APART AND THAT WAS
CONCERNING.
AND THEN LAST NIGHT, THEY KIND
OF GATHERED TOGETHER, BUT THEY
WERE GATHERING TOGETHER OVER
SOUTH FLORIDA.
THEY ARE CLOSER TODAY.
WE THINK THERE IS MORE
CONFIDENCE.
THERE IS STILL SOME DIFFERENCE.
THE EUROPEAN MODEL, IT TOOK THE
SCARY DIVE TO THE SOUTHWEST.
THAT IS NOT THERE ANYMORE.
THERE IS MONDAY.
THERE IS TUESDAY MORNING.
THE EUROPEAN MODEL BASICALLY
PARTS THE STORM, THE GPFS MODEL
MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST HERE AND
THEN AS WE GO INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
NOW, BOTH STORM CENTERS ARE
MOVING NORTH.
ONE IS JUST OFFSHORE AND ONE
THE OVER THE PENINSULA.
AND REALLY REALLY CLOSE CALL N.
THIS CASE, WE HAVE TO PREPARE
FOR ANY VARIANT IN THE MODEL
BECAUSE IT COULD STILL COME
HERE IN AN INTENSE HURRICANE.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT
EVACUATIONS WITH EMERGENCY
MANAGERS.
SUNDAY, OPPORTUNITY FOR LAST-
MINUTE PREPS.