>> ONLY ON 10, A FAMILY FRIGHTENED BECAUSE OF THIS DANGER IN THE DARK.
THE NEWS STARTS NOW.
>> GOOD EVENING, OFF THE TOP
AT 6:00 TONIGHT, TRACKING
NICOLE.
BROWARD COUNTY IS UNDER A
HURRICANE WATCH AS THE
SUBTROPICAL STORM HEADS FOR
FLORIDA.
34 COUNTIES, INCLUDING
MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD ARE
UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
>> HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE UP
IN THE BAHAMAS.
YOUR WEATHER AUTHORITY IS
HERE.
HURRICANE SPECIALIST AND STORM
SURGE EXPERT MICHAEL LOWRY IS
STANDING BY.
>> WE BEGIN WITH OUR CHIEF
CERTIFIED METEOROLOGIST BETTY
DAVIS.
HEY, BETTY.
>> GOOD EVENING.
SUBTROPICAL STORM NICOLE IS
MORE THAN 400 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHWESTERN
BAHAMAS.
THAT’S WHERE THE CORE OF THE
SYSTEM IS.
WINDS AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 9 MILES
PER HOUR.
HERE’S THE FORECAST TRACK FROM
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.
THE CONE SHOWS THE SYSTEM
WORKING ITS WAY WESTWARD
TOMORROW.
HEADED TOWARD LAND FALL LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT SOME POINT
ALONG THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA.
IT’S SUCH A SPRAWLING SYSTEM
THAT THOSE IMPACTS WILL BE
FELT FAR AND WIDE.
MAKES ITS WAY TOWARDS THE
NORTHWEST BAHAMAS ON
WEDNESDAY.
AS FAR AS WHERE PRECISELY THE
CORE OF THE SYSTEM COMES IN,
WE CAN’T PINPOINT THAT JUST
YET.
SPRAWLING AND EXPANSIVE, THAT
IS KEY IN TERMS OF THE IMPACTS
THAT WILL BE FELT.
NORTHEAST WINDS, THAT ON SHORE
FLOW, JUST THAT BROAD OVERALL
FLOW AROUND THIS SYSTEM,
THAT’S GONNA HAVE SOME MEANING
IN TERMS OF THE COASTAL IMPACT
IMPACT.
WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 40 PLUS
MILES PER HOUR.
I WANT TO BRING IN OUR
HURRICANE SPECIALIST AND STORM
SURGE EXPERT MICHAEL LOWRY TO
TALK MORE ABOUT SUBTROPICAL
STORM NICOLE.
KIND OF COMPLICATED, MICHAEL
BUT IMPACTFUL.
>> DESPITE THE COMPLICATED,
CONVOLUTED FORECAST, WE’RE
CERTAIN THIS IS GOING TO HAVE
FAR REACHING COASTAL EFFECTS,
WHICH I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
HERE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE INFRARED
PICTURE, FIRST THING I WANT TO
POINT OUT TO YOU IS THIS IS A
LARGE SYSTEM.
SORT OF REITERATING THE COMMA
SHAPED PATTERN TO THE WINDS.
IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A
TROPICAL STORM BECAUSE IT’S A
HYBRID BETWEEN THIS BIG WINTER
SOMETIME STORM AND SOMETHING
TRYING TO DEVELOP INTO A
TROPICAL ENTITY.
NOTICE WHERE THE CENTER OF
THIS IS.
WE’RE SEEING SOME
THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE FORMING
NEAR WHERE TH CIRCULATION
CENTER IS.
WE’RE GONNA WATCH AND SEE IF
THAT PERSISTS.
WE HAVE HIGH PRESSURE, THAT’S
PART OF THE STORY TO THE
NORTH.SOUTH.
SQUEEZED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
IS A WIDE CENTER OF THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
STORM SURGE WATCH FOR OVER 400
MILES OF COASTLINE.
THAT WILL COMPOUND ISSUES. THE WAVES ARE GONNA BE BREAKING, THE WATERS ARE GONNA
BE HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY
TYPICALLY ARE, 2-4 FEET TO THE
NORTH OF BROWARD AND PALM
BEACH COUNTIES.
WE’RE GONNA GO THROUGH SEVERAL
HIGH TIDE CYCLES.
BEGINNING TOMORROW MORNING AND
GOING INTO THE BIGGEST IMPACT
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WE’RE GONNA SEE COASTAL
FLOODINGFLOOD
ING IN THOSE FAMILIAR SPOTS.
THURSDAY MORNING, WE COULD SEE
MINOR LINGERING COASTAL
FLOODING.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HIGH TIDE