GOOD MORNING.
RIGHT NOW HURRICANE ISAIAS IS
MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS LOCATED 80 MILES SOUTH,
SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU.
HERE'S THE LATEST 5 AM
ADVISORY.
IT IS A CATEGORY 1 WITH MAX
WINDS AT 85 MILES PER HOUR.
THE CHANGES THAT IT HAS SLOWED
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 12 MILES
PER HOUR IN THE FORECAST IS
CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THAT
GENERAL DIRECTION.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST
FUTURE TRACK, THIS IS FROM THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.
IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE MORE
NORTH AND NORTHWEST POSSIBLY
TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW
EVENTUALLY NORTH AND NORTHEAST.
THE ENTIRE ATLANTIC SEABOARD
NEEDS TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON
THIS ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH
FLORIDA WE HAVE BEEN NOTICING
HOW THE FORECAST COHEN HAS BEEN
SHIFTING LEFT AND RIGHT THE
PAST 24 HOURS.
THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE
CANNOT GET CONFIDENT WITH THE
CONE, AS OF RIGHT NOW IN
FLORIDA WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR
THE POTENTIAL TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EVEN OF THE PARTS
OF NORTHERN BROWARD AND PALM
BEACH COUNTY WE SEE THE
POTENTIAL FOR HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS.
THAT IS THE REASON A HURRICANE
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
AREAS NORTH OF US IN PALM BEACH
COUNTY.
HURRICANE WATCH IS IN PLACE FOR
COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY AND A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN PLACE
FOR ALL OF COASTAL AND METRO
BRIAR BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY AND SOUTHERN MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED.
HURRICANE WARNINGS IN PLACE FOR
THE BAHAMAS WHERE CURRENTLY WE
ARE SEEING THE HURRICANE IS
PUSHING THROUGH AND BRINGING
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF THE
BAHAMAS.
HURRICANE CONDITIONS CONTINUE
FOR THE BAHAMAS MOVING FROM THE
CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN
BAHAMAS AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE
DAY TODAY.
BECAUSE ISAIAS HAS SLOWED DOWN
A LITTLE BIT, WE ARE GOING TO
SEE THE TIME OF ARRIVAL OF THE
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND
THE POTENTIAL IMPACT FOR US
LATER THAN WE ANTICIPATED AND
WHAT WAS FORECAST YESTERDAY.
AS WE GO INTO LATE MORNING WE
WILL LIKELY SEE TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS BUT ESPECIALLY AS
WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
THAT IS WHEN ISAIAS WILL LIKELY
BE A CLOSEST TO THE COAST.
RIGHT NOW THE FORECAST IS THE
CENTER REMAINING OFFSHORE OVER
IN THE BAHAMAS.
ANY WOBBLE IN THAT TRACK COULD
DETERMINE HOW WORST THE WEATHER
COULD BE FOR US.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY, TONIGHT INTO
TOMORROW MORNING IS WHEN WE
COULD SEE SOME OF THE WORST OF
THE WEATHER ESPECIALLY FOR
PLACES LIKE PALM BEACH COUNTY
AND AREAS NORTH OF THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE ISAIAS WILL RIDE
UP THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA AS
WE GO INTO TOMORROW AND IT
COULD BE OFFSHORE OF THE
SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED
STATES.
WE HAVE SEEN THE POTENTIAL THAT
IT COULD BE NEAR OR MOVING OVER
PARTS OF THE CAROLINA COAST AS
WE GET INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK IT
COULD BE NEAR THE NORTHEAST NEW
ENGLAND COASTLINE.
SOMETHING THAT I SAID ALL THE
ATLANTIC SEABOARD WILL BE
WATCHING CLOSELY.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ESTIMATED
TIME OF ARRIVAL OF THE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS AND
POTENTIALLY HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS.
YOU NOTICED AS WE GO INTO LATER
THIS MORNING AROUND NOON TIME
IS WHEN WE COULD SEE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS.
ESPECIALLY AS WE GO INTO THE
EVENING , THAT IS A CHANGE FROM
YESTERDAY, AND TONIGHT IS WHEN
WE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY SEE
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND
OVERNIGHT STILL, IT IS NOT
UNTIL ISAIAS LIFTS NORTHWARD
AND AWAY FROM US AS WE GO INTO
THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY TOMORROW
AND THE AFTERNOON WHEN WE WILL
START TO SEE GRADUAL
IMPROVEMENT.
AS WE LOOK AT THE SATELLITE
IMAGE, IT IS LOOKING A LITTLE
RAGGED.
IT IS BATTLING WINDSHEAR AND
DRY AIR.
NONETHELESS, IT IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN A HURRICANE AS THESE ARE
WARM WATERS HERE OVER THE
BAHAMAS.
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
BRING WEATHER THERE.
WE HAVE WIND GUST 40 MILES PER
HOUR EARLY THIS MORNING SOME
RAIN BANDS MOVE THROUGH AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MORE OF
THOSE SQUALLS AND RAIN BANDS AS
WE GO THROUGHOUT THE MORNING
AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
AS WE GO INTO THIS AFTERNOON
AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH
TOMORROW MORNING, PEAK WINDS
COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 25, 45
MILES PER HOUR GUSTING UP TO
60 MILES PER HOUR.
IN TERMS OF RAINFALL 2-4 INCHES
OF RAIN WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS
NORTH OF BROWARD.
WE ARE TALKING 1-3 INCHES OF
RAIN FOR SOUTHERN MIAMI-DADE
AND THE KEYS.
THERE IS A THREAT FOR STORM
SURGE WE HAVE A HIGHER THAN
NORMAL TIED BECAUSE OF THE FULL
MOON WE COULD SEE STORM SURGE 1-
3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
LET'S CHECK IN ON THE RADAR,
MOST OF THE RAIN IS IN PALM
BEACH COUNTY MOVING WEST OVER
THE EVERGLADES.
RIGHT NOW IT IS QUIET AND
BROWARD COUNTY BUT I AM KEEPING
AN EYE ON THIS RAIN BEEN THAT
IS MOVING WESTWARD AND WE ARE
DEALING WITH RAIN BAND ACROSS
THE MIDDLE KEYS, MARATHON AND
THAT WILL BE THE TREND, THE
WIND IS FAIRLY CALM 5-15 MILES
PER HOUR, BUT THE EUROPEAN
MODEL IS SHOWING BY NOON WE
COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40
MILES PER HOUR AND AS WE GO
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IT COULD
BE PRETTY GUSTY, GUSTING AS
HIGH AS 35, 40 MILES PER HOUR
AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT AND
POSSIBLY EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING.
THAT RAINFALL POTENTIAL,
ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 1-3 INCHES
FOR DADE COUNTY AND 2-4 INCHES
FOR BROWARD.
NOTICE THE HIGHER TOTALS
EXPECTED FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY
AND OF COURSE WE WILL HAVE
ANOTHER UPDATE AND MORE UPDATES
COMING UP DURING THE NEWSCAST
AND OUR LOCAL NEWSCAST AT 9 AM.