ELLIOT JUST TOLD YOU ALL THE
WAYS YOU CAN STILL LISTEN IN AND
MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE STAYING
TUNED TO ALL THE INFORMATION.
WE HAVE THAT ADVISORY AND LIMENT
SETTE.
I CAN SEE HER WALKING OUT
TOWARDS WEATHER CONTROL AND
WALKING TOWARDS THE MAP SO SHE
CAN ADVISE UP.
I HAVE MY SNEAKERS ON.
WE ARE RUNNING A MARATHON
HERE AS WE TRACK HURRICANE IRMA.
WE DO HAVE SOME DHANGS.
CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE NOW.
IRMA HAS WEAKENED.
THIS HAS BEEN THE TREND
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AS IT HAS
BEEN INTERACTING HERE WITH THE
LAND AND CUBA.
AND OF COURSE BATTERING THE
NORTHERN COAST OF CUBA STILL.
BUT THE MAX SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
125 MILES-AN-HOUR.
IT IS MOVING 280 DEGREES MEANING
JUST DUE NORTH OF WEST NINE
MILES-AN-HOUR.
SO THE PRESSURE IS TO 41
MILIBARS.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE
LOCATION BASED ON THE
POSITIONING IN TERMS OF WHERE IT
IS FROM KEY WEST.
SO 175 SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST AND
IT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE
MAKING ITS WAY HERE ALONG THE
COAST OF CUBA AND THEN
POTENTIALLY MAKING THAT TURN
TOWARDS THE NORTH.
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
BUT HERE'S THE DEAL.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SEEING THAT
IT'S WEAKENED AS OF THIS
ADVISORY SH THE HURRICANE CENTER
IS EXPECTING THAT IT WILL
RESTRENGTHEN AND WITH REASON.
IT IS GOING TO BE MOVING OVER
VERY WARM WATERS HERE AS IT
MOVES AWAY FROM CUBA AND INTO
THE FLORIDA STRAITS AND THAT
WARM WATER OF COURSE HELPS TO
PROVIDE FUEL FOR THESE HR CANES
TO INTENSIFY AND IT IS STILL
FORECAST TO MAKE LAND FALL OR BE
NEAR THE KEYS AS WE HEAD INTO
TOMORROW MORNING AS CAT GROOE 4
AND THEN LIKE LEEFR MOVING
NORTHWARD HERE.
COULD BE MAKING ANOTHER LAND
FALL ALONG THE SOUTHWEST
CONE THIS IS ARE A MASSIVE
HURRICANE AND I'LL REMIND YOU
OVER AND OVER WE CAN'T LET OUR
GUARD DAWN BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING
THE IMPACTS.
ALL THOSE RAIN BANDS, AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOS,
FLOODING, STORM SURGE AND YOU
CAN SEE JUST HOW LARGE THE WIND
FIELD IS AND I'LL TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
IRMA IS CONTINUING TO MOVE
NORTHWARD ALONG THE GULF COAST
OF FLORIDA.
THE TRACK CONTINUES TO SHIFT
WEST WARD IN COMPARISON TO
YESTERDAY, WHAT A DIFFERENCE A
DAY MAKES.
AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY MORNING,
LIKELY HERE NEAR THE BIG BEND
OF FLORIDA AND THEN HEADING
INTO THE PANHANDLE AND LIKELY
INTO GEORGIA AS WE HEAD INTO
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY CONTINUES
NORTHWEST WARD HERE ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST STATES MAYBE ALABAMA
AND TENNESSEE AND THON WE'LL
SEE IT WEAKEN TO AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE BY THEN.
NOW WE'RE SEEING THE HIGHEST
THREAT NOR FOR HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS PRETTY MUCH ALL ALONG THE
GULF COST OF THE STATE AND
THAT'S STRETCHING EVEN MORE
NORTHWARD NOW AND ALSO
ENCOMPASSING THE KEYS OF COURSE
WHICH COULD BE REALLY
DEVASTATING AND CATASTROPHIC
SITUATION FORTUNATELY FOR
MONROE COUNTY AND THAT'S THE
REASON MANY ARE EVACUATING AND
TRYING TO GET OUT.
EVEN IF IT'S AT THE LAST
MINUTE.
IF YOU CAN DO SO, DO IT.
THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING AND
DANGEROUS HURRICANE.
[ BRIEF PAUSE IN CAPTIONING ]
A LOT OF DESTRUCTION IN
IRMA JUST SLAMMED CUBA FOR A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME AS WELL AS
PARTS OF THE BAHAMAS.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
SATELLITE VIEW, YOU CAN SEE HOW
HUGE THE HURRICANE IS THE AND
-- AND THE REASON WE'RE TELLING
US NOT TO FOCUS THAT BROWARD
AND DADE ARE NOT IN THE CONE
BECAUSE TROPICAL FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD OF 200 MILES AND
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS UP TO 70
MILES FROM THE CENTER.
AND HURRICANE IS LARGER THAN
THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THAT
IS WHY THE ENTIRE STATE WILL BE
HAVING TO CONTEND WITH IRMA
HERE FOR AT LEAST THE 24 TO 36
HOURS POSSIBLY THROUGH MONDAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG
DURATION EVENT BUT WE WILL BE
HERE FOR YOU WITH YOU THROUGH
IT ALL SO WE CAN HELP YOU
PREPARE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
AND THE WAY I WANT TO PREPARE
YOU FOR WHAT YOU WANT EXPECT AS
WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY
TODAY IS BY SHOWING YOU THIS
WIND FIELD.
ALL RIGHT.
LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT THE YELLOW
AREA IS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS.
THE ORANGE AREA HURRICANE FORCE
GUSTS AND THE RED AREA IS THE
CORE OF IRMA AND THE HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS, OF COURSE THE MOST
DANGEROUS AND MOST DESTRUCTIVE.
AND WE ARE DEALING WITH
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ALREADY ACROSS THE KEYS AND A
KROGS MUCH OF BROWARD AND DADE
COUNTY AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.
TONIGHT, AS SOON AS THIS
EVENING WE WILL START TO SEE
THE HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS
ACROSS THE KEYS AROUND 9P.
AROUND MIDNIGHT, 1, 2 P.M.
LIKELY HURTS FORCE CONDITIONS
ARRIVING ACROSS THE KEYS.
HURRICANE GUSTS ACROSS EXTREME
SOUTHERN DADE COMPANY AND
TROPICAL FORCE WINDS FOLLOWING
THAT.
OVERNIGHT, THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL BE THE WORST
NOT ONLY FOR BROWARD AND DADE
COUNTY BUT, OF COURSE, WE'RE
SEEING THAT THE MOST
DEVASTATING WEATHER COULD BE
HERE ACROSS THE KEYS, WE'RE
SEEING THE HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS LIKELY LASTING ALL THE
WAY THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING,
WHEN IT'S EXPECTED TO MAKE
LANDFALL OR JUST BE NEAR THE
KEYS AND THEN CONTINUE MOVING
NORTHWARD.
SO CHECK THIS OUT: EVEN AS WE
HEAD THROUGHOUT SUNDAY, WE WILL
BE DEALING WITH HURRICANE FORCE
WIND GUSTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
FLORIDA.
BROWARD AND DADE COUNTY ON THE
EASTERN SIDE OF THIS AND ON THE
BACKSIDE, THE KEYS AS WELL, AND
EVEN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS,
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO
A VERY DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY
DESTRUCTIVE WIND, MEANING
DOWNED TREES WHICH WE ARE
ALREADY SEEING AND DOWNED POWER
LINES AS WELL.
THE BACKSIDE OF THE HURRICANE,
MONDAY MORNING, STILL TROPICAL
STORM FORCE COULD BE LINGERING
AND THEN THAT ALL CONTINUES TO
RIDE UP NORTH ACROSS THE REST
OF THE STATE.
THAT'S WHAT THE MODELS ARE IN
AGREEMENT WITH.
WE'VE BEEN SEEING THEM COME
TOGETHER AND TRACKING AND
SHIFTING A LITTLE MORE FOR THE
WEST AND KEEPING IT MOVING
ACROSS THE KEYS AND TOWARDS THE
SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA.
THE MROLGDZS ARE PROVIDING
HIGHER CONFIDENCE THIS WILL
LIKELY BE THE PATH OF MOVING TO
THE WEST AND HEAD UP NOORED
WARD HERE ACROSS THE GULF COAST
OF FLORIDA.
STILL OUR BIGGEST THREATS ARE
EXTREME WIND SHLGS LIFE-
THREATENING STORM SURGE,
ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT -- EXTREME
WIND AND LIFE-THREATENING STORM
SURGE AND ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT AS
BAD AS WE EXPECTED YESTERDAY IN
BROWARD AND DADE COUNTY.
TORNADOS, FBLG, WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
HURRICANE WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR
THE BAHAMAS AND CUBA AND MOST
OF THE PENINSULA HERE AND AS WE
HEAD A LITTLE NORTH, THE BIG
BEND, THE COASTAL AREA UNDER
HURRICANE WATCH AS WELL AS
NORTHEAST COAST OF FLORIDA AND
THEN STORM SURGE WARNINGS AND
WATCHES CONTINUE AS WELL AS THE
FACT WE HAVE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IN PLACE FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE
AND THEN WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES AND WARNINGS STRETCHING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE.
LOOK AT THIS VIEW FROM OUR
MIAMI CAMERA.
WE'RE DEALING WITH THE SQUALLS
AND GUSTING DOWNPOURS MOVING IN
THE OUTER RAIN BANDS ALREADY,
DAVE.
KEEP IN MIND THE SYSTEM IS
STILL 175 MILES AWAY FROM THE
KEYS AT THIS TIME.
I WANT TO SEE IN TERMS OF THE
RADAR AND RAIN BANDS AND WHAT
FOLKS AT HOME NEED TO BE AWARE.
THEY REALLY NEED TO BE INSIDE.
YEAH, THE SQUALLS CAME
THROUGH.
THEY JUST CAME THROUGH FLORIDA
CITY, THE 18 MILE HOME STRETCH.
WHEN YOU GET THE SHARP CONTRAST
FROM RADAR TO NOTHING.
THAT'S A SQUALL, THE RAIN COMES
THROUGH AND A QUICK DOWNPOUR
LIKE WE HAD, WHAT TED WAS IN.
WE GAVE A WIND GUST ABOUT 62
MILES AN HOUR IN HOMESTEAD.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO WATCH THESE
MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AND
THIS IS WHAT IS LOOKS LIKE NOW
ON THE RADAR.
WE'LL WATCH THESE PUSHING
THROUGH.
THERE'S THE SHARP CONTRAST FROM
THE RAIN TO NOTHING AND THEN WE