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WES WE'RE ABOUT 48 HOURS
LESS THAN 48 HOURS BEFORE
MICHAEL MAKES LANDFALL AND OF
COURSE WE WILL FEEL THE EFFECTS
HERE.
WE WILL.
IT'S GOING TO HIT FLORIDA
REALLY HARD BUT THE LEFT OVERS
ARE STILL GOING TO MAKE AN
APPEARANCE.
ANY OTHER WEEK IN THIS MONTH
ANGELA OUR BIG STORY, HOW WARM
IT HAS BEEN AND WILL BE.
OUR BIG STORY WOULD BE A COLD
FRONT.
A REAL COLD FRONT COMING
FRIDAY.
BUT WHILE ALL THAT IS
HAPPENING, MICHAEL IS STEALING
THE HEADLINES.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED
ME THIS TO COMPARE YOU KNOW
WE'RE ALL STILL THINKING ABOUT
FLORENCE WHICH WAS THREE PLUS
WEEKS AGO.
AND MATTHEW, THE THREE YEAR
ANNIVERSARY FOR MATTHEW IS
MONDAY.
IT IS NEITHER ONE OF THOSE.
MICHAEL IS COMING FROM A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION AT A
DIFFERENT SPEED BRINGS
DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO IMPACT
US IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO
BE DEVASTATING BUT IT'S ALSO
NOT GOING TO BE A MINOR
EVENTER.
THIS - - MINOR EVENT.
THE CHANGES, IT IS NOW A
CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE.
IT DID STRENGTHEN ONCE AGAIN.
THERE'S A LOT OF DRY AIR TRYING
TO KNOCK THIS THING DOWN.
THERE'S A LOT OF UPPER LEVEL
WIND SHEER WORKING AGAINST IT
BUT IT STILL MANAGED TO
STRENGTHEN NOW A CATEGORY
THREE.
YES WE HAVE RAIN TOMORROW BUT
THAT'S KIND OF INDIRECTLY
RELATED TO MICHAEL.
FOR US THE MAIN IMPACTING WILL
BE HERE THE SECOND HALF OF
THURSDAY.
SO I CAN PROBABLY EVEN CALL
THIS A HALF DAY EVENT.
THAT'S HOW FAST THIS THING HAS
BEEN MOVING.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BRING FAST
WINDS.
50-MILES-PER-HOUR, MAYBE TWO TO
5-INCHES OF RAIN..
ALL OF THAT IS COMING HERE.
THIS IS YOUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
LIVE LOOK AT TEMPERATURES AND
RADAR.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S ANOTHER WARM
DAY.
WE'RE NINE FOR NINE SO FAR THIS
MONTH WITH WARM DAYS.
EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN
ABOVE AVERAGE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.
NOTHING SEVERE.
BUT WE DON'T REALLY NEED EXTRA
RAIN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE
PLENTY COMING ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.
SO IT'S COMING IN TWO BATCHES.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE
HURRICANE.
DOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
BUT OUT AHEAD OF IT THIS BATCH
OF RAIN THAT IS GOING TO ARRIVE
HERE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
SO THAT'S TOMORROW'S RAIN.
AND THIS WILL BE OUR RAIN
COMING ON THURSDAY.
AGAIN, MICHAEL IS COMING HERE
TO NORTH CAROLINA.
IN THE MEANTIME TONIGHT, WE
HAVE THOSE SMALL CHANCES OF
RAIN FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
THEN GENERALLY DRY.
BUT STAYING MOSTLY CLOUDY
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF FOG
POSSIBLE BY YOUR WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
NORMAL OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD BE
IN THE 50s THIS TIME OF YEAR.
BUT WE'RE INCREDIBLY WARM
DURING THE DAY AND IN THE
EVENING.
THAT WILL CHANGE AS WE HEAD
INTO THE WEEKEND.
THE LATEST FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER JUST GOT IT
LIKE TWO MINUTES TILL 5:00.
120-MILE-PER-HOUR WIND MAKING
IT A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE
AND IT'S STILL MOVING NORTH AT
12.
THAT DIDN'T CHANGE BUT THE WIND
HAVE INCREASED.
IT IS 817 MILES FROM RALEIGH
AND I'M GOING TO USE THAT AS
KIND OF OUR GROUND ZERO BECAUSE
I THINK AT SOME POINT THAT
NUMBER IS GOING TO GET AS LOW
AS 10 MILES.
MAYBE LOWER THAN THAT.
SO WE'LL BE WATCHING THAT.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN LESS
THAN 48 HOURS.
HERE'S THE TRACK.
IT'S A LOT MORE NARROW THAN
SOME OF THE OTHER TRACKS.
REMEMBER HOW ROUND AND CIRCULAR
THE TRACK HAS BEEN.
THIS IS BECAUSE WE'RE A LOT
MORE -- THEN WEAKENING TO A
TROPICAL STORM THEN RACING
ACROSS OUR STATE THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A HALF DAY
EVENT FOR US.
AS FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST,
I WILL PUT THE 11:00 A.M.
FORECAST IN WHITE AS YOU CAN
SEE, IT MAY HAVE NUDGED.
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT AND OUR
IMPACTS AT THIS POINT ARE GOING
TO CHANGE.
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK
AT.
WE WILL GO HOUR BY HOUR.
THE EYE WILL BE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
THE TROPICAL STORM WILL BE
RIGHT OVER OUR AREA THE EYE
WILL SOMETIME THURSDAY NIGHT
THEN RACING OUT TO SEA BY EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING.
SO IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN VERY
QUICKLY BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THE IMPACTS WILL BE MINIMAL.
RAIN IS GOING TO ARRIVE AT A
DIFFERENT TIME THAN THE EYE.
WEDNESDAY AT 8:00 A.M.
WE HAVE THE SECOND BATCH MOVING
THROUGH.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
THEN WE GET A BREAK AS WE HEAD
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
EXCUSE ME WEDNESDAY NIGHT,
THURSDAY MORNING.
WE HAVE DRY WEATHER AND THEN
LUNCHTIME THURSDAY HERE COMES
THE HEAVY RAIN IT WILL LAST ALL
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.
THAT'S WHEN THE WIND WILL PICK
UP.
BUT NOTICE IT IS OUT OF HERE
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
AND WE HAVE DRY WEATHER AND
SUNSHINE ON THE WAY FRIDAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING
TRANSFORMATION THAT WE GO
THROUGH.
TOMORROW WE HAVE A GOOD RAIN
CHANCE IN THE AFTERNOON.
STILL WARM.
IT'LL STILL BE WARM.
AND MUGGY ON THURSDAY AS WE ARE
UNDER AN ALERT DAY AS THE
IMPACTS OF MICHAEL WILL HIT OUR
AREA.
FRIDAY IT'LL BE COOLER, IT'LL
BE SUNNY.
MAYBE STILL A LITTLE BREEZY.
AND IT'LL ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE
FALL AS WE HEAD INTO THE
WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF