CONE AND SEEING EXACTLY WHERE
THIS STORM WILL MAKE A DIRECT
IMPACT ON FLORIDA.
AGAIN, STILL WAITING FOR THAT
NORTH TURN.
WE DO HAVE AN 8 A.M.
ADVISORY AT
7:47, CAME IN A BIT EARLY THIS
MORNING.
BHAZ THE CHANGE THAT WE'RE
SEEING THIS -- WHAT'S THE CHANGE
WE'RE SEEING WITH THAT?
AS OF 8 A.M., THIS COULD BE
MISLEADING.
IRMA COULD UNDERGO A CYCLE.
WE'LL TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET AT
THIS POINT.
IT IS STILL A MAJOR CATEGORY 4
HURRICANE AND IT IS HEADED OUR
WAY, JUST AS YOU'D MENTIONED,
EUGENE, AND I THINK THAT'S A
GOOD POINT, IT IS NOT A MATTER
OF IF.
IT IS A MATTER OF HOW BAD.
OF COURSE, THERE'S STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY AS TO EXACTLY WHERE
THE CORE, THE CENTER OF IRMA
WILL BE.
WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO TAKE A
TURN TO THE NORTH, BUT WHEN WILL
THAT HAPPEN?
AND AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
LATEST SATELLITE, YOU CAN SEE.
IT IS JUST BEARING DOWN ON THE
BAHAMAS, THE TURKS AND CAICOS
STILL DEALING WITH SOME OF THE
OUTER RAIN BANDS AND ALSO CUBA
DEALING WITH THIS HISTORIC
HURRICANE REALLY.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST
ADVISORY, YOU CAN SEE THE MAX
SUSTAINED WINDS WENT TO 150
MILES PER HOUR AND THE PRESSURE
INCREASED JUST SLIGHTLY TO 927
MILL I BARS.
MOVING WEST NORTHWEST.
HASN'T CHANGED, 60 MILES PER
HOUR.
THIS IS THE SIZE OF THE STORM.
IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE BETWEEN
THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND THE
NORTH COAST OF CUBA.
UNFORTUNATELY VERY WARM WATERS
THAT COULD PROVIDE FUEL FOR IRMA
TO STRENGTHEN A BIT.
RIGHT NOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY TIME FRAME, TAKING A TURN
TO THE NORTH, AND RIGHT NOW MANY
OF THE MODELS SHOWING AND THIS
FORECAST TRACK AS WELL THAT THE
CENTER OF IRMA COULD BE MAKING
LAND FALL SOMEWHERE ALONG THE
UPPER KEYS OR SOUTHERN DADE
COUNTY AND WE ARE ALL INCLUDED
IN THAT CONE.
AGAIN, THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS, HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND WELL OUT FROM THE CENTER.
WE ALL NEED TO PREPARE TO
EXPERIENCE DEVASTATING IMPACTS
FROM IFRMA AND REALLY THE ENTIRE
STATE.
LIFTING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
SPINE OF FLORIDA AS A CAT 4 INTO
CENTRAL FLORIDA AS WE HEAD INTO
SUNDAY, MONDAY MORNING.
CATEGORY 2 NEAR MELBOURNE AND
LIKELY SLAMMING PARTS OF BIG BEN
AND THE PANHANDLE.
INTO TUESDAY MORNING, GEORGIA,
AND THEN LIFTING OFF INTO THE
NORTHWEST INTO TENNESSEE
POSSIBLY AS A DEPRESSION BY
WEDNESDAY, AND THEN AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE.
BUT THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST FACING
IRMA.
IN TERMS OF OUR HIGHEST THREAT
FOR HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS,
REALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF
OF THE PENINSULA.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE POTENTIAL FOR
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AS A HURRICANE
WARNING IS IN PLACE FOR US, THE
BAHAMAS, TURKS AND CAICOS,
HAITI, CUBA.
HURRICANE WATCHES HAVE GONE UP
NORTH OF US ALONG THE GULF COAST
AND EAST COAST.
WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO CONTINUE
TO SEE THESE WATCHES AND
WARNINGS GOING UP ACROSS THE
STATE OF FLORIDA AS WELL AS THE
STORM SURGE WARNINGS AND WATCHES
THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH
THAT HURRICANE WARNING AND THAT
MEANS HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED WITH THE NEXT 36
HOURS.
THE WORST WEATHER IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT, BUT ESPECIALLY
TOMORROW, SUNDAY, INTO MONDAY
MORNING AND THREATS INCLUDE
EXTREME WINDS, LIFE-THREATENING
STORM SURGE.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN EVACUATED,
ORDERED TO EVACUATE, PLEASE SEEK
SHELTER.
FLOODING, HEAVY RAIN, RISK OF
TORNADOES WITH IRMA.
THIS IS THE FINAL DAY TO
PREPARE.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
CHECK IN ON YOUR HURRICANE
SUPPLY KIT.
TOP OFF YOUR GAS.
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHERE THE
BATTERIES, FLASHLIGHT, RADIO IS.
PUT UP YOUR SHUTTERS IF YOU
HAVEN'T ALREADY.
BOARD UP THE WIRNDOES.
SECURE BOATS.
-- WINDOWS.
SECURE BOATS.
BRING IN THE TRASH BIN, ANYTHING
THAT CAN BECOME A DANGEROUS
PROJECTILE WITH THE WINDS.
ALL FINAL PREP SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BY TONIGHT.
YOU SHOULD BE HUNKERING DO I
DOWN AND
TAKING YOUR FINAL SHELTER AS WE
HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
ONE THING ABOUT FINAL
PREPARATIONS, MAKE SURE YOU TALK
TO YOUR FAMILY ABOUT WHAT YOUR
PLAN IS IF IT DOES GET REALLY
BAD.
AND IT COULD, ALL RIGHT?
WE WANT TO KEEP IT REAL HERE,
PREPARE YOU FOR WHAT COULD BE
THE WORST SCENARIO.
WE'RE HOPING FOR THE BEST, BUT
RIGHT NOW THE TRACK IS POINTING
DIRECTLY AT US.
WHERE WILL YOU GO IF THE WINDS
REALLY START HOW LONG AND
INCREASING?
WHAT IS THE STURDEST STRUCTURE
IN YOUR HOME?
WHEN WE WENT THROUGH ANDREW, WE
WENT INTO THE BATHROOM, LISTENED
TO THE RADIO, AND BECAUSE OF THE
WINDS AND THE ROOF BEING
VULNERABLE AND ALSO THE RISK OF
TORNADOES.
MAKE THAT PLAN WITH YOUR FAMILY
NOW, THIS MORNING, SO YOU ALL
KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GO IF
THE WEATHER REALLY GOES DOWNHILL
IN YOUR AREA.
ALL DEPENDING ON ON WHERE THE
CORE OF IRMA LANDS.
MORE ON THE LOCAL IMPACTS,
METEOROLOGIST DAVE WARREN.
DAVE?
WE HAVE TIME TO MAKE A PLAN.
WE DON'T EXPECT THE TROPICAL
FORCE STORMS TO ARRIVE UNTIL
TOMORROW MORNING.
THAT IS WINDS OVER 40 MILES PER
HOUR.
THERE WE ARE FRIDAY MORNING.
STORM HAS ACTUALLY EXPANDED,
MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH A
REGENERATION PHASE HERE BECAUSE
WINDS ARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT BUT
CERTAINLY COULD INCREASE.
BETWEEN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
MORNING, THAT'S WHEN WE SEE THE
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WORK
THEIR WAY IN THROUGH HERE AND
THEN WORK THEIR WAY UP THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA.
SO ONCE THAT WIND STARTS TO PICK
UP AND GOES FROM THERE, TROPICAL
STORM FORCE CLOSE TO 40 MILES
PER HOUR, HURRICANE FORCE OVER
70 MILES PER HOUR AND THE
CATEGORIES GO UP FROM THERE.
SHOWING YOU THIS MAP HERE, THIS
IS CONTINUALLY UPDATING SO WE
MIGHT SEE THIS AREA ACTUALLY
INCREASE AS WE GET A BETTER FEEL
FOR THE STORM.
BUT THIS IS THE STORM SURGE, AND
IT SHOWS HOW MUCH WATER EXPECTED
ON TOP OF THE LAND THERE.
SO HIGH TIED COMING ABOUT NOON
THERE SUNDAY.
MAYBE A LITTLE AFTERNOON.
AND THAT WILL BE THE TIME WE'RE
SEEING THE STRONG EAST WINDS AND
THE WAVES.
SO LOOKING AT THE RISK OF STORM
SURGE INCREASING, THE FARTHER
SOUTH YOU GO, NOW WE'RE INTO
MIAMI DADE COUNTY.
EAST OF ROUTE 1, EAST 95, EASILY
5 TO 8 FEET OF STORM SURGE.
THAT VALUE GOES UP ONCE YOU GET
INTO BUSINESS SKAN BAY.
THIS IS SOUTH THERE, THROUGH BIS
SKAN BAY, YOU SEE CORAL GABLES.
THIS IS A HIGH RISK OF THE STORM
SURGE, 7 TO 10 FEET.
BIGGEST HAZARD THERE IN A
HURRICANE IS THE STORM SURGE.
DEFINITELY ALL OF THE AREAS
BEING EVACUATED, YOU WANT TO GET
OUT OF THIS AREA AND MAYBE WORK
YOUR WAY NORTH BECAUSE THIS GOES
ALL THE WAY AROUND THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA AND IT DOES INCLUDE
THE KEYS.
ON TOP OF THE WINDS, AND THAT
ACTUAL SURGE, WE GET THE WAVES.
THE WAVES WILL REALLY START TO
PICK UP ONCE THE STORM GOES
SOUTH OF THE BAHAMAS.
IT'S KIND OF SHIELDED RIGHT NOW
SO WAVES GOING UP AND DOWN THE
EAST COAST AROUND JACKSONVILLE,
MOVING NORTH.
WE START TO SEE THE WAVES REALLY
START TO INCREASE.
VISIBLE SATELLITE, A REPLACEMENT
CYCLE HERE.
OFTEN YOU SEE THIS HAPPEN WITH
INTENSE STORMS.
THE WIND COULD
GO DOWN A BIT, BUT THEN IT ENDS
UP BEING JUST AS INTENSE.
WINDS DOWN TO 150 MILES AN HOUR
WITH THE LATEST ADVISORY.
WATCH FOR THAT POSSIBLY TO
INCREASE AGAIN AS THE STORM
CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST.
HOT AND HUMID TODAY WITH SPOTTY
STORMS.
WORK AROUND THE STORMS AS YOU
CONTINUE YOUR PREPARATIONS.
WE GET THE SQUALLS COMING IN.
TROPICAL FORCE WINDS CONTINUE,
AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS LATE
AND LIKELY SEEING LAND FALL HERE
SUNDAY, VERY EARLY SUNDAY.
MOVING SOUTH TO NORTH, A
LIFE-THREATENING SURGE AND
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ALL DAY.
WAVES PICKING UP JUST A BIT.
OUR TEMPERATURES INTO THE 80s.
A FEW SHOWERS OUT THERE IN THE
KEYS.
OF COURSE, MUCH OF THE AREA HAS
BEEN EVACUATED ALREADY CLOSER TO
MIAMI DADE, BROWARD COUNTY.
FUTURE WEATHER SHOWS WE'LL HAVE
INLAND STORMS TODAY.
FINISH UP YOUR PREP.
NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN
TODAY.
THEN WE START GETTING THE
SQUALLS.
THERE WAS ONE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
AND WE'LL SEE THEM COMING IN
TOMORROW.
AS THE STORM GETS CLOSER,
SQUALLS COMING IN.
THE WINDS PICK UP AND WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY SATURDAY AND AGAIN ON
SUNDAY.