BUT, WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CRAIG
SETZER.
CRAIG.
IT HAS BEEN A BUSY DAY
WEATHERWISE.
I USUALLY LIKE TO START WITH,
WE ARE FEELING BETTER, WE ARE
FEELING WORSE.
BUT, IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING
TO FOLLOW CLOSELY STEP-BY-STEP.
I KNOW THE FOLKS AT THE
HURRICANE CENTER ARE JUST
EXHAUSTED.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY VERY TRICKY
FORECAST.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY
TOUGH ONE.
HERE IS WHERE WE STAND RIGHT
NOW AT 5:00.
SEVEN MILE AN HOUR WINDS.
THAT IS DOWN.
THE STORM IS GOING TO BE
ANYWHERE FROM 8, 210, 212-MILES-
PER-HOUR NOW.
THE WINDS ARE GOING TO
GRADUALLY COME UP A LITTLE BIT
LATER ON.
AND THEN LEAVE LATER ON DURING
THE DAY TOMORROW.
WE HAVEN'T HAD REALLY THE
SUSTAINED WINDS THAT START TO
COME UP AS THE TROPICAL STORM
INFLUENCE GETS CLOSER.
IT IS A DRUG POST ON NOW.
THE BIGGEST ISLAND OF THE
BAHAMAS AS OF 5:00.
HERE IS A SATELLITE LOOP OF THE
DAY.
A DOES HAVE IMPLICATIONS.
YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE LOGO
CENTERED THERE.
WE CALL THAT AN EXPOSED CENTER.
THAT CENTER, THAT IS WHAT WE
TRACK.
YOU CAN SEE THE CENTER ONCE
AGAIN, AND TRACK IT VERY WELL.
THE STORM IS MODERATELY STRONG.
WHEN IT IS EXPOSED LIKE THAT,
THE STORM IS NO LONGER
STRENGTHENING BECAUSE WHAT IS
SUPPORTING THE STORM IS THERE
IS TREMENDOUS THUNDERSTORMS,
AND ALL OF THE AIR IS BEING
PULLED UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
THAT IS WHAT IS MISSING TODAY.
SO, OF COURSE, THE STORM
STARTED TO WEAKEN.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF
STEERING CURRENTS GOING ON IN
THE ATMOSPHERE.
THAT IS FOR A WEAK STORM.
THAT IS WHAT THAT LITTLE CIRCLE
THERE IS EXPERIENCING.
THAT IS FROM WHAT IS STRONGER
STORM, A DEEPER STORM IN THE
ATMOSPHERE IS EXPERIENCING.
THE WEAKER STORM IS CLOSER TO US
. SO, WHEN IS IT IS IN ITS
STRONG PHASE, AND IT GOES
THROUGH ITS WEEK FACES.
HERE IS WHAT IT DID EARLIER.
IT STARTED TO STRENGTHEN AGAIN,
AND IT IS GOING TO TRY TO MOVE
BACK TO THE NORTHWEST LIKE THAT.
IT IS SHOWING UP ON THE RADAR,
AND SHOWING UP IN THE MODELS.
THE STRONGER SOLUTIONS OVER
THERE, AND WE MADE KIND OF GET
A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.
THE RADAR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN
QUITE INTERESTING.
LOOK AT THAT.
SO, THE CENTER IS DOWN HERE.
AND, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
THING?
IT IS PULLING AWAY FROM US.
THERE ARE VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST
WINDS BLOWING AGAINST IT.
REMEMBER, IT IS A DEEP, IT'S
GOT DEPTH TO IT.
IS BASICALLY THE TOP OF ITS
GAME IS BEING PUSHED AWAY.
ONCE AGAIN, PEELING AWAY AND
SPINNING OFF.
YOU DO NOT SEE THAT VERY OFTEN.
HERE IS WHAT ELSE WE ARE
LOOKING AT THIS AFTERNOON.
QUICK MOVING SHOWERS COMING IN.
WE HAVE THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNINGS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA,
HURRICANE WARNING NORTH OF
BROWARD COUNTY, HERE IS THE
EXTENT OF THE TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS.
THIS, OF COURSE, BASED ON THE
5:00 NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
ADVISORY.
HERE ARE THE ONE A.M.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS.
4 A.M.
PROBABLE STORM CONDITIONS
THROUGH NORTHEAST MIAMI DAY,
MUCH OF BROWARD, NOW, THAT
THING IS OUTSIDE OF THIS YELLOW
AREA HERE, WE WILL STILL SEE
THOSE TROPICAL WIND GUSTS.
FINALLY, TOMORROW IT FINALLY
STARTS TO POUR OUT OF HERE.
WE ARE BRACING FOR A TROPICAL
STORM THAT IS GOING TO HAVE
SOME DRIER AIR INTO WRITING AS
WE GO FORWARD IN TIME.
CONCENTRATE ON POWER OUTAGES.
SO, GOOD IDEA IS TO PLACE
FLASHLIGHTS BY YOUR BED,
BEDSIDE TABLE, SOMEWHERE YOU
KNOW WHERE IT IS SO WHEN THE
POWER GOES OUT, YOU CAN FIND IT.
MAYBE FREEZE SOME BOTTLED WATER