FORCE WINDS.
WE ARE SEEING SOME OF THOSE
OUTER RAIN BANDS.
SO, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
WIND FIELD, THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
THIS IS THE REASON THAT WE
CONTINUE TO STRESS THAT YOU
CAN'T JUST FOCUS IN ON WHERE
THE CENTER WHERE THE CORE OF
THE HURRICANE WILL BE MAKING
LANDFALL AS THAT WIND FIELD IS
VERY EXTENSIVE.
THIS YELLOW AREA, THAT'S THE
AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS.
ORANGE INDICATING HURRICANE
FORCE WIND GUST, AND THE RED
AREA IN THE CENTER THAT'S A
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT YELLOW
SHADED AREA MOVING IN ON SOUTH
FLORIDA.
KEEP AN EYE ON THAT TIMELINE AS
WE HEAD INTO THE MORNING TODAY
AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.
YES, WE WILL BE DEALING WITH
THOSE TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS AND THEN LIKELY AS WE
HEAD INTO THE EVENING, WE WILL
START TO SEE THE HURRICANE
FORCE GUSTS ACROSS THE KEYS AND
FOR BROWARD AND DADE COUNTY,
STILL DEALING WITH THE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS TONIGHT.
OVERNIGHT, WE WILL START TO SEE
THE HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS
ACROSS BROWARD AND DADE COUNTY
AND THE LIKELY DEALING WITH THE
SUSTAINED HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS
ACROSS THE KEYS WHICH COULD BE
JUST DEVASTATING.
NOT GOOD NEWS FOR THE KEYS.
AND WE ALSO EVEN ACROSS MIAMI
DADE OVERNIGHT AND INTO
TOMORROW MORNING WE WILL BE
DEALING WITH THOSE HURRICANE
FORCE WIND GUSTS AND HURRICANE-
FORCE WINDS WILL BE LIKELY
ACROSS THE KEYS AND PARTS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA AS WE HEAD
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND INTO
MIDDAY.
BUT AGAIN THE GREATEST THREAT
FOR THOSE SUSTAINED HURRICANE-
FORCE WINDS THAT CORE THE MOST
DESTRUCTIVE PART OF THIS
HURRICANE MOVING LIKELY TOWARDS
THE SOUTHWEST COAST AS WE HEAD
INTO THE AFTERNOON AND THEN
INTO TOMORROW NIGHT COULD BE
OVER TAMPA AS A CATEGORY 3 AND
LIKELY MOVING ACROSS THE BIG
BEND AND PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG
DURATION EVENT.
MEANING, THAT ALL ACROSS THE
STATE OF FLORIDA, WE COULD BE
DEALING WITH THE IMPACTS FROM
IRMA FOR POSSIBLY UP TO 24
HOURS.
IT REALLY IS IM-- UNPRECEDENTED
AND THIS HURRICANE IS A BEAST
AS WE ARE SEEING THAT IT IS
JUST PUMPELING PARTS OF THE
NORTHERN COAST OF CUBA,
BAHAMAS, AND CONTINUING TO MOVE
HERE ALONG THE COAST OF CUBA,
AND WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT
SOME LATEST COMPUTER MODELS.
IN AGREEMENT THAT IRMA WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS COASTAL CUBA,
NORTHERN COAST THERE, AS WE
HEAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY
THEN START TO TAKE THAT TURN
POSSIBLY INTO THE EVENING AND
TONIGHT AND THEN WE ARE SEEING
MOST OF THE MODELS ARE TIGHTLY
PACKED TOGETHER IN AGREEMENT
THAT IRMA WILL LIKELY MOVE AND
MAKE LANDFALL SOMEWHERE ALONG
THE KEYS AND THAT'S WHAT THE E
RESULT O -- EURO AND GFS MODEL
IS COMING TOGETHER TO LET US
KNOW THERE'S HIGHER CONFIDENCE
IN THE FORECAST PATH.
IF WE GO ALONG WITH THE CURRENT
ADVISORY AND FORECAST PATH,
IRMA WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTHWARD
INTO THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF
FLORIDA, FORT MYERS, NAPLES AND
TAMPA.
I WANT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE
TROPICAL STORM KATIA MOVING
INLAND ACROSS EASTERN MEXICO.
AND HERE IS IRMA.
LOOK AT HOW HUGE THIS HURRICANE
IS.
THE FACT WE ARE SEEING SOME OF
THOSE RAIN BANDS GIVES YOU AN I
IDEA -- AN IDEA OF HOW LONG WE
WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IRMA.
AND JOSE IS HEADING TOWARDS THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
THESE FOLKS HAVE ALREADY DEALT
WITH IRMA AND THOSE AREAS JUST
COMPLETELY FLATTENED BY IRMA
AND NOW DEALING WITH ANOTHER
CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, AND IT'S
JUST A TERRIBLE SITUATION
THERE.
WE ARE REALLY GOING TO KEEP
THEM IN OUR THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS.
BUT HURRICANE JOSE IS NOT A
THREAT FOR US IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
I KNOW MANY YOU HAVE HAVE BEEN
REACHING OUT, CONCERNED ABOUT
JOSE, AND THIS IS THE FORECAST
CONE.
JOSE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS
AND TAKE A TURN TOWARDS THE
NORTHWEST AND CURVE BACK OUT
INTO THE OPEN WATERS OF THE
ATLANTIC.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A CLOSE
LOOK AT THE SATELLITE HERE FOR
IRMA BECAUSE WE ALWAYS KEEP AN
EYE ON WHETHER THE HURRICANE
WOBBLES A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT,
TO THE LEFT, AND EARLIER,
OVERNIGHT, IT WAS TAKING A JOG
HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A
SOUTHERLY JOG AND THEN NOW IT
IS LOOKING LIKE IT'S STARTING
TO TRACK A LITTLE MORE NORTH OF
DUE WEST AS A CATEGORY 4. SO
THAT'S A CHANGE FOR THE 5 A.M.
ADVISORY IF YOU ARE JOINING US.
WE ARE STILL UNDER A HURRICANE
WARNING.
THE BAHAMAS AS WELL AS THE
NORTH COAST OF CUBA UNDER
HURRICANE WARNING.
AND WE ARE SEEING THE HURRICANE
WATCHES EXTENDING HERE'S LONG
THE NORTHEAST COAST OF FLORIDA,
AND ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS
HERE OF THE BIG BEND AS WELL.
REMEMBER, I MENTIONED THAT
YESTERDAY, WE WILL LEEK LIE SEE
THE WATCHES AND WARNINGS GOING
OUT FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
AND ALSO, THE STORM SURGE
WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN
EXTENDED NOT ONLY FOR US BUT UP
AND DOWN THE EAST AND GULF
COAST OF THE STATE.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, NOW
THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE CORE IS
GOING TO BE ON THE WEST SIDE
AND WE WILL DEAL WITH THE DIRTY
SIDE AND THE MOISTURE PUMMELED
UP WE WILL SEE A INCREASING
CHANCE FOR VERY TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND ALSO FLOODING SO
FLOOD WATCHES IN PLACE FOR US
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AND A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND
METEOROLOGIST DAVE WARREN WILL
HAVE MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
BUT IN TERMS OF OUR BIGGEST
THREATS IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WE
ARE STILL SEEING THE POTENTIAL
FOR DOUGH INSTRUCTIVE WINDS,
LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE,
AND ALSO SOME HEAVY RAIN AND
EVEN THE RISK OF TORNADOES AND
IN TERMS OF THE STORM SURGE, OF
COURSE IT'S NOT LOOKING AS
EXTREME AS YESTERDAY WHEN WE
THAT YOU THE CORE MIGHT BE
MOVING DIRECTLY ACROSS EITHER
MIAMI DADE COUNTY OR BROWARD
COUNTY, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE
SEEING ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS
OF BROWARD COUNTY THE STORM
SURGE COULD BE A FOOT FROM
LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEAR POMPANO
BEACH AND FORT LAUDERDALE, PORT
EVERGLADES.
SAME AROUND AVENTURA A FOOT OR
MORE OF STORM SURGE.
BUT FOR BAY HARBOR ISLAND, AND
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, EL PORTAL
AND PARTS OF DOWNTOWN MIAMI
BRICKEL, KEY BISCAYNE, THE
SURGE COULD BE MORE THAN 3 FEET
THERE.
AND THEN DOWN ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY, AROUND
CORAL GABLES THE SAME THING.
MORE THAN 3 FEET.
BUT AREAS SHADED IN ORANGE IS
WHERE WE SEE HIGH STORM SURGE
POSSIBLE GREATER THAN 6 FEET.
THAT'S WHEN WE SEE THE WIND
PUSHING THE WATER UP AND OVER
HERE ACROSS THE LAND.
AND THAT IS POSSIBLY EVEN GOING
TO BE MORE EXTREME FOR POMPANO
BAY CUTLER BAY.
7 TO 10 FEET AND THROUGH PARTS
OF HOMESTEAD AND DOWN THROUGH
THE KEYS, WE ARE SEEING A
MEDIUM POTENTIAL MEANING STORM
SURGE RANGING FROM 6 TO 7 FEET
POSSIBLE.
SO, IN TERMS OF WHAT TO EXPECT
TODAY, THE RAIN SQUALLS ARE
MOVING IN.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ON
THE INCREASE, AND THEN
OVERNIGHT HURRICANE FORCE WIND
GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
TOMORROW, HURRICANE CONDITIONS
ARRIVING.
ALTHOUGH, AGAIN, WITH THE EYE
LIKELY MAKING LANDFALL MORE TO
OUR WEST OR SOUTHWEST I SHOULD
SAY ACROSS THE KEYS, WE ARE
GOING TO BE DEALING WITH A
POSSIBILITY STILL OF SOME
SEVERE STORM SURGE, HEAVY RAIN
FLOODING, THE RISK OF TORE THAT
I HADOS THE -- TORNADOES AND
THE WORST OF THE WEATHER WILL
BE ACROSS THE KEYS AND WE WILL
DEAL WITH HURRICANE FORCE WENDS
LIKELY AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT --
WINDS LIKELY AS WE HEAD
THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW
HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 100 MILES PER
HOUR WITH MORE ON THE LOCAL