EVEN STEP OUTSIDE IF YOU DO
ENCOUNTER ONE.
THEY ARE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE
WINDS GO BELOW 40 MILES-AN-HOUR.
WE ARE A WAYS TO GO BEFORE THAT
HAPPENS.
YES, QUITE A WAYS.
CRAIG, WE HAVE HAD THAT TORNADO
WARNING IN A NUMBER OF AREAS,
THAT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELED.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IRMA IN
TERPS OF THE KEYS.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH IRMA IN
TERMS OF THE KIES AND THEN WE
WILL -- KEYS AND THEN WE WILL
CHECK IN WITH THE INTERMEDIATE
ADVISORY.
THN WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE
TRACK AGAIN.
WE NEED TO REMIND EVERYBODY
ABOUT THAT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING
US ON RADIO, I AM GOING TO TRY
TO TALK IN VERY DESCRIPTIVE
TERMS HERE.
I KNOW I WON'T DO AS GOOD AS A
JOB AS I HOPE TO BUT IM GOING TO
DO THE BEST I CAN CONSIDERING I
HAVE HAD ONE HOUR OF SLEEP IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE
RADAR PRESENTATION.
THAT IS WITH THE NORTHERN EYE
WALL WHICH LOOKS LIKE A HALF
CIRCLE NOW OVER THE LOWER KEYS.
OVER KEY WEST WE'VE HAD WIND
GUSTS TO NEARLY 80 MILES-AN-HOUR
AT TE KEY WEST NAGS A.M.
WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.
IT -- NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.
IT RUNS OVER THE OVERSEAS
HIGHWAY TO THE MILE SEVEN -- SE
MILE BRIDGE.
.
THE INSIDE PART OF THE EYE WALL,
THAT IS IS ABOUT TO REACH THE
OVERSEAS HIGHWAY FROM ABOUT BIG
PINE OR AT LEAST TO -- OVER TO
BIG CAPA KEY.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HELD OUT,
IF YOU ARE THERE, YOU ARE ABOUT
TO GET A BREAK IN THE ACTION.
THE CENTER IS LOCATED, AND LET
ME PUT A DISTANCE MEASURING TOOL
ON IT HERE.
SO WE CAN TALK JUST ABOUT HOW
FAR AWAY IT IS MUCH THE CENTER
IS LOCATED RIGHT NOW ABOUT NINE
MILES, 8 MILES FROM MAKING LAND
FALL, WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT
15 MILES TO THE EAST, SOUTHEAST
OF KEY WEST.
THE OTHER THING, LET ME ZOOM OUT
HERE JUST A LITTLE BIT AND IT
SHOULD PUT IT BACK INTO MOTION
HERE AND SHOW YOU THE KIND OF
SIZE OF THIS EYE WALL THERE.
THERE IS THE EYE WALL FWE
MEASURE THE DISTANCE ACROSS FROM
ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER, WE START
NEAR KEY WEST AND GO ACROSS TO
THE OTHER SIDE.
IT IS ABOUT 45 MILES WIDE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE SAYING WHEN
IT WAS STILL OVER THE OCEAN AND
STILL WELL TO THE SOUTH.
SO, ABOUT FROOI MILES WIDE.
JUST ABOUT TO THE HARBOR ON THE
WEST END OF VA CA KEY ON THE END
OF MARATHON THERE.
IT MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE CONTACT
WITH IT.
LET'S TOUCH BASE WITH THE
ADVISORY NOW.
I AM GOING TO GIVE THE LATITUDE
AN LONGITUDE.
BECAUSE AT THIS
POINT I CAN EVEN MAKE THE POINT
THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE PLOTTING
THE POSITION.
THE LATITUDE IS
25.5 NORTH THE LONGITUDE IS 1.5
WEST.
IT HAS 135 MILES-AN-HOUR WINDS.
IT IS MOVING TO THE NORTH,
NORTHWEST.
IF YOU HAVE A COMPASS.
THE PRESSURE HAS BEEN HOVERING
130 MILES-AN-HOUR WINDS.
IT IS 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
KEY WEST.
THAT'S THE CENTER.
LET'S GO FORWARD INTO TIME HERE.
LET ME EXPLAIN THAT THE WIND
RINGS HERE.
THE RED IS THE HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS.
THE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS KOR
ALL OF MIAMI DADE.
GOING AHEAD INTO TIME HERE NOW,
AS THE STORM MOVES AWAY,
2:00 P.M.
POSITION IS LOCATED
ALMOST HALFWAY BETWEEN NAPLES
AND KEY WEST.
LET'S BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
I DON'T WANT TO GO THAT QUICKLY,
BECAUSE I WANT TO VIBE WHAT'S
GOING ON IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
BACK MEAN DOWN TO THE 2:00 P.M.
POSITION, PLEASE.
LIZ HORTON IS DOING AN AMAZING
JOB HOOND THE SCENES ON THE
GRAPHICS.
I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO
HER HANDLING SOCIAL MEDIA.
THIS IS LOCATED HALFWAY BETWEEN
NAPLES AND KEY WEST MUCH THE
CLOSEST APPROACH IS IN MIAMI
DADE WHERE THERE IS WIND GUSTS.
THE STORM IS PULLING AWAY
LITERALLY FROM THE LOWER KEYS.
SO NOW LET'S GO FORWARD INTO
TIME.
HERE WE ARE CLOSEST APPROACH
NEAR NAPLES WILL BE LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
AND YOU CAN BACK UP JUST A
LITTLE BIT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT
WEIGHS GOING ON WITH SOUTH
FLORIDA THERE.
THE STORM IS PULLING AWAY IN THE
EVENING AND THE WINDS WILL BE
COMING DOWN AS WE GO INTO THE
EVENING.
FORT MEYERS AT 7:00 P.M., THE
CONE AND THE CORE VERY CLOSE TO
NAPLES AND FORT MEYERS IF IT
FOLLOWS THE CENTER OF THE TRACK.
LET'S FOLLOW IT A LITTLE FURTHER
IN TIME GOING UP THE COAST.
IT'S MIDNIGHT NOW AND THE WINDS
ARE NO LONG R GUSTING TO
HURRICANE FORCE THROUGHOUT MIAMI
DADE AND MOST OF THE FLORIDA
KEYS.
THE WINDS ARE ONLY IN THE 30 TO
40 MILES-AN-HOUR RANGE.
THAT'S MIDNIGHT TONIGHT MUCH.
BUT THE WORST OF THE WEATHER IS
IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA WITH THE
FORECAST INTENSITY OF A MAJOR
HURRICANE.
THE WORST OF THE WEATHER IS OF A