SATURDAY AND
THIS IS A CBS 4 NEWS
HURRICANE ISAIAS UPDATE .
GOOD MORNING, WE'RE
TRACKING HURRICANE ISAIAS , IT
IS MAKING LANDFALL AND A CAT: 1
. IT HAS DECREASED A LITTLE
BIT TO 80 MILES PER HOUR
INSTEAD OF 85 MILES PER HOUR
AND LOCATED 40 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF NASSAU . TROPICAL
STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND BROWARD
COUNTIES . WE WILL SEE
HURRICANE WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR
AREAS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND
NORTH OF THERE A HURRICANE
WATCH FOR COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY
AND HURRICANE WARNINGS
CONTINUING FOR THE NORTHWESTERN
AND PARTS OF THE CENTRAL HAMAS .
CURRENTLY HURRICANE ISAIAS IS
DUMPING HEAVY RAINS . THEY
COULD SEE ANYWHERE TO 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN AND POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODS. HURRICANE
CONDITIONS LIKELY FOR THE
BAHAMAS TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE
OUTSIDE OF THAT CONE . THE
CENTER IS FORECASTED TO BE JUST
TO THE EAST . WE ARE GOING TO
SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS LATER TODAY .
RIGHT NOW WE JUST SEE SOME RAIN
BANDS HERE AND THERE . TONIGHT,
WE SEE ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO
THE COAST . THAT'S WHEN WE WILL
LIKELY SEE MORE OF THOSE
BLUSTERY WINDS ESPECIALLY FOR
PALM BEACH COUNTY . AND THEN
YOU SEE IT MOVE NORTH,
NORTHWEST . EVENTUALLY IT COULD
BE NEAR OR JUST OVER THE
CAROLINA COAST AS A TROPICAL
STORM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
AND THEN WRITE UP THE ATLANTIC
SEABOARD COULD BE NEAR OR OVER
PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST
COASTLINE . IT IS A LONG-
DURATION EVENT, IT IS A LITTLE
RAGGED THIS MORNING SOME
WINDSHEAR, DRYER . THERE IS A
LOT OF WARM WATER HERE OVER THE
BAHAMAS AND THAT'S WHY IT IS
STILL A HURRICANE . IN TERMS OF
IMPACTS HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA,
THE WIND IS REALLY OUR BIGGEST
CONCERN . WE ARE TALKING THE
POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT FOR PEAK
WINDS IN TERMS OF RAINFALL,
MAYBE 2 TO 4 INCHES IN NORTHERN
BROWARD COUNTY WITH ISOLATED
ACCOUNTS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
NOT MUCH RAIN . THERE IS A
THREAT FOR STORM SURGE ABOVE
GROUND LEVEL AS WE HEAD TO
MIAMI BEACH . IN TERMS OF ANY
FINAL PREPARATION NOW IS THE
TIME . COMPARED TO WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN LATER ON TODAY .
BECAUSE WIND IS SUCH A BIG
CONCERN WE ARE GOING TO SEE
POWER OUTAGES . JUST WANT TO
CHECK OUT ON THOSE FLASHLIGHTS
AND BATTERIES . KEEP IN MIND
WITH YOUR SHUTTERS, WE ARE NOT
EXPECTING HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
BUT IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER OR
MORE COMFORTABLE WE WOULD
RECOMMEND AND THEN FOR US RIGHT
NOW WE ARE WAKING UP TO A WARM
START, LOW TO MID 80s . WE ARE
SEEING SOME RAIN BANDS GETTING
CLOSER TO THE COAST . WE
ALREADY HAD SOME SHOWERS
EARLIER . THEY ARE FAST-MOVING
AND THERE ARE SOME SHOWERS
HEADING TOWARDS HOMESTEAD . WE
HAVE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 26 TO 35
SO FAR THIS MORNING . GUSTS
COULD REACH 35 TO 40 MILES PER
HOUR AS WE GET INTO THE
AFTERNOON.
POSSIBLY EVEN OVERNIGHT WE
COULD SEE GUSTS OF 35, 38 MILES
PER HOUR . IS NOT REALLY EVEN
TOMORROW OR THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WE BEGIN TO SEE THE
WINDS RELAX A LITTLE BIT . EVEN
UNTIL THAT IS GOING TO BE QUITE
BREEZY . GUSTY SQUALLS, WE WILL
SEE SOME PEEKS OF SUNSHINE AS
IS THE CASE ALREADY THIS
MORNING . HURRICANE WARNING IN
EFFECT FOR COASTAL WATERS.
IT'S NOT SAFE TO BE IN THE
WATER OR ON THE BEACH THE ROUGH
SURF, SEES WILL BE 7 FEET TO THE
9 FEET . TROPICAL CONDITIONS
COULD BE WORSENING HERE AS WE
HEAD INTO LATER THIS EVENING
AND AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY BY
THE END OF THE DAY ESPECIALLY
CERTAINLY IMPROVING AND THEN
HOT WITH A CHANCE FOR SOME