COVERAGE OF HURRICANE NICOLE STARTS RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE REPORTER SPREAD OUT ALL OVER
WITH A CATEGORY ONE STORM IS
MOMENTS FROM MAKING LANDFALL.
>> OUR HURRICANE SPECIALISTS IS
STANDING BY.
>> IT IS MAKING PROGRESS THINGS
ARE GOING TO PLAN MORE AND MORE
GETTING CLOSER TO LANDFALL AS
OF THIS LATEST ADVISORY LET’S
SEE WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN
TERMS OF LOCATION THIS IS THE
FORECAST TRACK AND YOU CAN LOOK
AT IT AND THE CIRCULATION YOU
CAN TELL WHAT’S HAPPENING AND
THIS IS STARTING TO PUSH CLOSER
TO THE SHORELINE THE CATEGORY
ONE HURRICANE MAKES LANDFALL
TONIGHT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE
OF HOURS WE WILL STAY IN THE
VICINITY. RAIN BANDS WHIPPING
UP AND AROUND AND IT’S THESE ON
THE BOTTOM SIDE THAT HAD BEEN
LASHING SOUTHERN SECTIONS AND
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING LOCALLY
FOR THE POTENTIAL OF WINDS THAT
GUST WE HAVE SEEN THAT PLAYING
OUT AT TIMES AND PLACES LIKE
WEST PALM BEACH KEEPING AND I
WERE THIS HAS BEEN PERSISTENT
AND IS DELIVERING SOME RAINFALL
AND GUSTY WINDS AT THIS POINT
THEY ARE GUSTING TO 35 MILES AN
HOUR. I HAVE TO STEP AWAY TO
LOOK AT THAT. AND THIS IS WHAT
WE HAVE TONIGHT I WILL BRING IN
OUR HURRICANE SPECIALISTS AND
STORM SURGE EXPERT. MICHAEL IT
LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO SEE
THE FRONT PART OF THIS I MOVING
ASHORE.
>> IT IS THE WESTERN WALL OF
THIS HURRICANE. NOT A VERY
DISTINCT ONE BUT I WANT TO SHOW
YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE ON
THE SATELLITE AND RADAR. AND
YOU ARE CLOSE TO FORT PIERCE
MAYBE NORTH OF FORT PIERCE BUT
THE LANDFALL WHEN IT IS
DECLARED FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER YOU IMAGINE
THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE AS
THEY CIRCLE IT SORT OF THE
MIDDLE PART OF THAT SO ANOTHER
20 MILES SOON NEXT HOUR OR TWO
WE WOULD EXPECT THIS TO COME
ASHORE. NOT SEEING THE WINDS
TOO STRONG. MOST OF THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE WEATHER. WHAT WE SEE
WRAPPING AROUND HERE THAT HELPS
TO BRING DOWN THE STRONG WINDS
THAT ARE STRONGEST AT 2000 FEET
ABOVE THE SURFACE MAXIMIZING
MAKING MORE EFFICIENT WINDS AND
THAT’S WHY WE SEE THE STRONGER
WINDS TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE
CENTER OF CIRCULATION IS I WANT
TO TALK ABOUT THE COASTAL SIDE
IT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST CALLING
CARD IT RESEMBLES A NOR’EASTER
IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE,
BUT THEY HAVE FAR-REACHING
COASTAL IMPACTS AND THAT HAS
BEEN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN WITH
NICOLE. THE WORST OF OUR
FLOODING WITH NICOLE UP AND
DOWN THE COAST BUT YOU CAN SEE
WE ARE HEADING INTO A LOW TIDE
AND THIS IS A GOOD POINTS TO
THE STORY BECAUSE IF THE TIDE
WERE GOING UP THE COASTAL
FLOODING WOULD BE WORSE AND SO
IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE A TOP 10
EVENT FOR AREAS NORTH OF US WE
HAVE SEEN A EVENT DOWN HERE IN
MIAMI COUNTY AND WITH MODERATE
FLOODING THIS EVENING BUT THE
GOOD NEWS IS THAT OUR WEATHER
FOR BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE WILL
BE IMPROVING VERY QUICKLY
TIMING THIS OUT YOU CAN SEE
IT’S GOING TO START
ACCELERATING QUICKLY UP TO THE
EAST OF TAMPA AND WINDS WILL
COME DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY.
OCEANS WILL BE CHOPPY WE WILL
NOT WANT TO GET INTO THE WATER
FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK BUT
THE WINDS ARE DYING DOWN. WE
WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE
HURRICANE CENTER SAYS WHAT WE
EXPECT IT TO BE A HURRICANE
THAT MAKES LANDFALL IT WILL BE
THE THIRD HURRICANE TO STRIKE
IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER YOU
HAVE TO GO BACK 87 YEARS TO THE
YANKEE HURRICANE TO FIND ONE
THAT HIT THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.
SO A HISTORIC EVENT BUT