SCENE OF A CRIME
IN BROWARD.
DEPUTIES ON THE SCENE WHERE A
MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED NEAR THE
STORM.
>> Anchor: YOUR WEATHER
AUTHORITY IS TRACKING HURRICANE
MATTHEW, A MONSTER HURRICANE 4
STORM AS IT CHURNS THROUGH THE
CARIBBEAN.
>> Anchor: BETTE DAVIS AND MAX
MAYFIELD HAVE T LATEST FROM
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.
>> Anchor: THIS REMAINS A VERY
POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 145 MILES PER
HOUR, PRESSURE A 945 MILLIBARS.
AND IT'S A SLOW MOVER HEADING
NORTHWEST AT FIVE MILES PER HOUR
OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA.
ON THE SATELLITE VIEW, YOU CAN
SEE HOW WELL PUT TOGETHER IT IS.
AND H LARGE IT IS AS IT'S
CHURNS OVER THESE WATERS.
YOU'RE ALSO NOTICING THE EYE,
WHICH WAS SO DISTINCT, NOW SEEMS
TO BE CLOSING OFF A BIT.
NEW NONETHELESS, IT REMAINS A
POWERFUL HURRICANE, MOVING
SLOWLY OVER THE WALKS.
THE OUTER PERIPHERY SLASHING THE
ITEMS, THE DOMINICAN, HAITI.
TONIGHT, HAITI AND JAMAICA GET
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AND
HURRICANE CONDITIONS BY
TOMORROW.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE PROJECTED
PATH, THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE
NORTH WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AND
REMAINING A VERY FORMIDABLE
SYSTEM AS THE CORE GETS CLOSE TO
THAT SOUTHWEST TIP OF JAMAICA --
PARDON ME, HAITI, IF NOT MOVING
RIGHT OVER HAITI AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRACK
IT TOWARDS THE NORTH.
ON TUESDAY, HERE COMES EASTERN
CUBA RIGHT IN THE ZONE OF THE
PATH OF THE SYSTEM.
AND FROM THERE, TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY, OVER THE BAHAMAS IT
GOES.
AND NOTICE BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.
STILL IMPACTING PARTS OF THE
BAHAMAS.
SO WEDNESDAY, CENTRAL BAHAMAS.
AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER
AREAS OF THE BAHAMAS.
IF IT'S NOT RIGHT OVER, JUST
EAST OF, AS IT'S CONTINUING ITS
TREK UP TOWARDS THE NORTH.
AND ALSO NOTICE AT THE END OF
THE PROJECTED PATH, HOW IT JETS
OUT AND CLIPS THE SOUTHEAST
COAST OF THE U.S.
THE ONE THING I'M SURE YOU'RE
NOTICING ABOUT THE FORECAST CONE
IS THAT IT APPEARS SOUTH FLORIDA
IS OUTSIDE THE CONE.
MORE AND MORE, IT IS LOOKING
LIKE THIS IS GOING TO STAY
OFF-SHORE OF US.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS
FOR US IN A FEW SECONDS.
BUT FIRST I WANT TO BRING IN OUR
HURRICANE SPECIALIST, MAX
MAYFIELD.
>> Anchor: THIS IS REMARKABLE
THAT MATTHEW CAN MAINTAIN THAT
SMALL PIN HOLE EYE, BECAUSE
NORMALLY THEY DON'T LAST THAT
LONG.
I'LL BE SURPRISED IF THAT
MAINTAINS ITSELF ALL THE WAY
UNTIL I GETS INTO THE GREAT
ANTILLES.
DON'T FOCUS ON IT BECOMING A
CATEGORY 3 OR 4 OR BACK AND
FORTH.
IT'S THE DIFFERENCE OF BECOMING
RUN OVER BY A TRAIN OR
18-WHEELER, NEITHER ONE OF THOSE
IS GOOD.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THE LITTLE
EYE HAS BECOME CLOUD COVER.
THE RAIN BANDS EXTEND OUT
220 MILES OR SO TO THE NORTHWEST
AND PROBABLY 350 MILES TO THE
NORTHEAST AND EAST.
JUST REMEMBER, IF THIS COMES
NORTHWARD, THERE'S GOING TO BE A
LOT OF WEATHER ON BOTH SIDES,
PARTICULARLY THE EASTERN SIDE.
AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD
FOR HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE
COMMUTER MODELS YOU SEE ALL OVER
THE PLACE, WEBSITES AND
GOVERNMENT SITES.
I CAN ASSURE YOU WE SHOULD NOT
BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT BLUE LINE.
IT'S A CLIPPER.
I CAME TO THE HURRICANE CENTER
IN 1972.
THE HURRICANE CENTER HAS USED
THAT MODEL SIN THE 1980
s.
SO LET'S SIMPLIFY THINGS AND
LOOK AT WHAT WE ALWAYS SHOW HERE
LOCAL10, THE MORE RELIABLE
MODELS.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A FAIR
AMOUNT OF SCATTER HERE.
MOST OF THEM CONTINUE CLIPPING
EASTERN CUBA INTO THE BAHAMAS
AND NORTHWARD FROM THER
THERE'S ONE OUT LIAR IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM.
AS BETTY SAYS, WE'LL KEEP THE
CORE EAST OF US.
HOW DOES THE HURRICANE CENTER
HANDLE THAT? THEY TAKE THE
BETTER MODELS AND MAKE A
CONSENSUS USING THE MORE
RELIABL MODELS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONE,
YOU'LL FIND THE CONE HAS THAT --
YOU HEARD THE CENTER OF THE CONE
IS NEAR THE CONSENSUS MODEL.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
LET ME SHOW YOU THE TWO BEST
MODELS.
THE CLOSEST TO SOUTH FLORIDA, BY
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, THAT'S
THE CLOSEST FORMED APPROACH
RIGHT NOW.
SHOWING THE CORE EAST OF US, THE
EUROPEAN MODEL IS ANOTHER REALLY
GOOD MODEL.
IT ALSO HAS THE COASTAL
APPROACHING ON THURSDAY, BUT
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
YOU KNOW, I'M FEELING GOOD HERE
BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE NOW,
EVERYTHING IS OFF TO THE EAST.
THE THING TO REMEMBER RIGHT NOW,
THE CENTER OF THE CONE IS
250 MILES AWAY FROM SOUTH
FLORIDA.
THE AVERAGE FORECASTER IN FOUR
DAYS IS ABOUT 125 MILES.
>> Anchor: WE WANT TO BOTTOM
LINE THIS FOR OUR SOUTH FLORIDA
VIEWERS HERE TONIGHT.
BUT ALSO NOT FORGET ABOUT WHAT
IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN IN PLACES
LIKE HAITI, THE FLASH FLOODING,
THE MUT
THE MUD SLIDES.
IT'S GOING TO BE LIFE
THREATENING.
HERE AT HOME, SPECIFICALLY SOUTH
FLORIDA, THURSDAY AND WEDNESDAY,
STRONG WINDS WILL BE LIKELY.
WINDY WEATHER THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY.
WE'LL WATCH F THAT AND AN
INCREAS
INCREASE IN THE RAIN FALL.
>> Anchor: THAT'S A SLOW MOVING
SYSTEM THAT IS GOING TO KEEP THE
HURRICANE CONDITIONS OVER THE
ISLANDS FOR A LONG TIME AND THE
SAME THING FOR HAITI AND THE