WELCOME BACK TO CBS4'S
CONTINUING COVERAGE OF
HURRICANE IRMA.
IT IS MARCHING TOWARDS THE
STATE OF FLORIDA.
I AM ELIOTT RODRIGUEZ . I AM
WITH VANESSA BORGE .
WE HAVE A NEW ADVISORY SO
LET'S HEAD OVER TO
METEOROLOGIST CRAIG SETZER .
I WILL TOUCH BRIEFLY ON WHAT
IS GOING ON WITH THE WEATHER.
HERE IS THE LATEST RADAR.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A CORNER OF
THE INFLUENCE OF IRMA.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE
PRESSURE GRADING START TO
INCREASE.
THE SHOWERS ARE NOT MOVING TOO
FAST.
THESE ARE MOVING FASTER, AND
THESE MOVING EVEN FASTER AT 50-
60 MILES PER HOUR.
AS THIS UNFOLDS, THIS GETS
CLOSER AND CLOSER.
THESE BANDS KEEP COMING
THROUGH.
EVENTUALLY WE SEE A BIT OF A
CIRCLE AND THAT WILL BE THE EYE
WALL SHOWING UP ON THE RADAR IN
MIAMI.
THE STORM IS STILL ABOUT 300
MILES AWAY.
WITH US CATCHING IT ALREADY
HERE, FROM A RADAR PERSPECTIVE,
YOU CAN SEE HOW BIG THE STORM
IS.
THE HEAVIEST WEATHER RIGHT NOW
COMING ONTO MIAMI BEACH AND THE
UPPER KEYS.
THAT IS MOVING ON OUT.
THE WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO BLOW
A LITTLE HARDER.
THESE IRON -- THESE ARE THE
HIGHER WINDS.
THE SITES HAVE A MARK ON A VERY
SHALLOW SPOT OFFSHORE.
THIS ONE IS EIGHT MILES
SOUTHEAST OF KEY BISCAYNE.
MOLASSES REEF IS NEAR KEY
LARGO.
THOSE ARE OUT OVER THE WATER.
SO IF THE WIND PICKS UP, THESE
WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
WIND CLOSE TO THE COAST.
ONCE YOU GET INLAND, THE WINDS
DROP OFF.
HERE IS THE GRAND BAHAMA TWO-
HOUR NORTHEAST, WINDS OUT OF
THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25
GUSTING UP TO 31.
DEERFIELD BEACH GUSTING UP TO
41.
FOWEY ROCKS, SOUTHEAST OF KEY
BISCAYNE GUSTING UP TO 32
MILES PER HOUR RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS WHERE IT IS HEADING.
IT IS CREEPING TO THE WEST.
THE STORM IS MOVING LAST AND
THOSE NUMBERS ARE INCREASING
FASTER THAN THOSE NUMBERS.
CHECK OUT THAT VALUE RIGHT
THERE.
THAT IS THE DIRECTION THE STORM
IS HEADING, SLIGHTLY NORTH AND
WEST.
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER IT WILL
MAKE ENOUGH OF A TURN TO AVOID
THE CORE OF CUBA.
RIGHT NOW IT IS VERY CLOSE.
PART OF THE COURT IS ON SHORE
IN CUBA RIGHT NOW.
IT COULD BE VERY BAD FOR CUBA.
315 MILES NOW SOUTHEAST OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA.
WINDS AT 155 MILES PER HOUR
THIS IS THE TIMEFRAME AT 2:00
A.M.
ON FRIDAY.
THIS STORM IS NEARLY AT A
CATEGORY 5 RIGHT NOW.
BY 2:00 A.M.
IT WILL BE A CATEGORY 5. THIS
IS A VERY STRONG CATEGORY 4
STORM RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT A GREAT BIG LEAP INTO
CATEGORY 5 AT THIS POINT FOR
US.
BUT THE IMPLICATION IS
SIGNIFICANT AND SEVERE.
THE LAST -- I MISSPOKE EARLIER.
CAT 5 DO HAPPENED OVER THE
OCEAN.
BUT NOT THAT OFTEN ON LAND.
THERE WAS A GREAT HURRICANE IN
1935 WHEN A CATEGORY 5
HURRICANE WENT ACROSS THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS AND
OBLITERATED IT.
I AM TRYING TO GET PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THAT.
EVERYTHING WAS LEANING DOWN
AFTERWARDS.
A MAN IN 2011 HAD PICTURES AND
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES SHOWING A
TRAIN THAT THEY SENT DOWN
BACKWARDS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
HAVE TIME TO TURN IT AROUND.
THE WATER PUSHED THAT TRAIN OFF
THE TRACKS.
THE PEOPLE IN THE TRAIN CARS
THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO RESCUE
HAD TO STAND ON TOP OF THE
CHAIRS IN THE TRAIN FOR SEVERAL
HOURS UNTIL THAT STORM SURGE
STARTED TO GO DOWN.
THE WAY THEY WARN PEOPLE IN
1935 WAS TO TAKE AN AIRPLANE
AND TO DROP BANNERS SAYING
HURRICANE WARNING.
THAT IS THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS
EVENT.
WHETHER IT IS CATEGORY 5 OR A
HIGH CATEGORY 4, IT WILL BE A
SIGNIFICANT EVENT.
THIS IS 2:00 P.M.
SUNDAY NOW.
THIS IS NOT GETTING ANY CLOSER
AND IT'S NOT GETTING ANY
FARTHER AWAY AT THIS POINT.
THERE ARE MANY POSSIBILITIES.
THESE MODELS ARE TRENDING A
LITTLE BIT TO THE WEST.
NEW MODELS WILL BE COMING IN
SOON.
I WILL BE SHARING THOSE WITH
YOU.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THESE
TRENDS VERY CLOSELY.
AGAIN IT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT
THREAT FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN