ELECTION NIGHT. WE HAVE MORE ON THE BIGGEST RACE FOR YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
>> BUT FIRST TRACKING TROPICAL
STORM NICOLE AS IT TAKES AIM
AT THAT EAST COAST.
>> STORM COULD REACH HURRICANE
STRENGTH WHEN IT MAKES LAND
FALL LATER THIS WEEK.
>> BROWARD COUNTY UNDER
HURRICANE WATCH AND TROPICAL
STORM WATCH IN PLACE FOR
MIAMI-DADE.
>> WEATHER AUTHORITY TEAM HAS
COMPLETE COVERAGE.
HAD HURRICANE SPECIALIST AND
STORM SURGE EXPERT MICHAEL
STANDING BY AND WE BEGIN WITH
BETTY.
>> IT’S JUST 4 MILES MILES PER
HOUR SHY OF OFFICIALLY BEING
CLASSIFIED AS A HURRICANE.
AS OF 10:00 O’CLOCK ADVISORY
TONIGHT WINDS OF 70 MILES PER
HOUR MOVING TOWARD THE WEST
SOUTH WEST AT 10 MILES PER
HOUR.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
CLOSER TO THE NORTH WEST
BAHAMAS.
IT’S ABOUT 300 MILES EAST OF
WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA AT
THIS POINT.
SOAL THE WAY IT BECOMES A
HURRICANE.
MOVING OVER OR NEAR THE NORTH
WEST BAHAMAS TOMORROW.
APPROACHING THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA COME WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY THURSDAY HEADED FOR
LAND FALL.
I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU THE
WATCHES AND WARNINGS THAT ARE
UP ALONG THE EASTERN AREAS OF
FLORIDA INCLUDING SOME OF OUR
AREAS. OUR VIEWING AREA AND
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ARE
HURRICANE WARNINGS EXTENDING
FROM THE IMMEDIATE EAST COAST
OF PALM BEACH COUNTY NORTHWARD
ALONG THE TREASURE COAST AND
THEN THAT HURRICANE WATCH IN
EFFECT FOR BROWARD COUNTY.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR LAND
FALL ALONG THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT
COAST OF WEST PALM BEACH OR
PALM BEACH COUNTY NORTHWARD
ALONG THE TREASURE COAST LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
THURSDAY.
HURRICANE WATCH AS I MENTIONED
FOR BROWARD.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR
BROWARD COUNTY AND ALSO A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR
MIAMI-DADE.
SO WE COULD HAVE WINDS GUSTING
TO 40 MILES PER HOUR STARTING
TOMORROW IN PARTS OF POWERED
AND WE ARE EXPECTING THOSE
WIND GUSTS TO 40 PLUS MILES
PER HOUR FOR BROWARD TOMORROW.
WE COULD HAVE IT FOR DADE AND
WE ARE EXPECTING THAT FOR
BROWARD.
THAT’S HOW I SHOULD HAVE SAID
IT.
SO THIS IS A LOOK AT FORECAST
MODEL AND JUST HOW IT SHOWS
THE SYSTEM AS A HURRICANE
CLOSING IN ON THE EAST COAST
OF FLORIDA.
COME TOMORROW NIGHT THERE WE
ARE AT 10:00 P.M.
AND YOU WILL NOTICE SOME HEAVY
RAIN BANDS AROUND THE CORE OF
THIS AND WE WOULD EXPECT THE
GUSTY STRONGER WINDS CLOSER TO
THE CORE OF IT AS WELL SO NO
SURPRISE THAT THAT HURRICANE
WATCH IS CONTINUING FOR
BROWARD BECAUSE WE COULD VERY
WELL HAVE WINDS THAT GUST WELL
OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR.
JUST DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF
THE CORE.
SO ANY WAY GETTING YOU READY
FOR TOMORROW.
BROWARD COUNTY READY FOR WINDS
GUSTING 40 PLUS MILES PER
HOUR.
STARTING AS SOON AS TOMORROW
MORNING WE COULD BE FEELING
STORM FORCE WIND GUST.
WE HAVE THE RAIN BAND COMING
IN.
ROUGH SURF COASTAL FLOODING
AND THEN FOR MIAMI-DADE THE
WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 40
MILES PER HOUR AS WELL TOO.
SO WEDNESDAY INTO PART OF
THURSDAY THE WEATHER IS GOING
TO BE KIND OF ROUGH AROUND
HERE.
WITH THAT LET’S PING IN OUR
HURRICANE SPECIALIST STORM
SURGE EXPERT MICHAEL TO TALK
MORE ABOUT THIS SYSTEM WHICH
IS ALMOST A HURRICANE.
MORE ABOUT THIS SYSTEM WHICH
IS ALMOST A HURRICANE.
>>Reporter: IT IS YES. YOU AND I EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WERE LOOKING AT IT
AND HAD IT IMPROVED IN TERMS
OF THE ORGANIZATION.
HEALTHIER SYSTEM.
THEN IT SORT OF PLATEAUED A
LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF THE
STRENGTHENING RATE TONIGHT AND
AS YOU LACK AT IT RIGHT NOW IT
LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE TRYING TO
GET BETTER ORGANIZED.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
HERE AND WHAT THE HURRICANE
HUNTERS WERE FINDING.
YOU CAN LOOK THOUGH ON THE MAP
AND FIND THE BAHAMAS HERE AND
HERE WE ARE IN FLORIDA ABOUT
300 MALES AWAY.
YOU FIND THE CENTER OF THE
SYSTEM.
YOU CAN SEE THE CONVEX OR
THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE
CIRCULATION CENTER BEGINNING
TO BUBBLE UP AGAIN TONIGHT.
MOST OF THE TIME WITH THE
TROPICAL SYSTEMS THEY GET THE
STRIDE DURING THE OVER NATURE
HOURS.
CURIOUS TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS
WITH THIS ONE.
WE ARE NOT EXPECTING RAPID
RATE OF STRENGTHENING JUST
SORT OF GRADUATE STRENGTHENING
AS BETTY SAID.
5 MILES PER HOUR AWAY.
4 MILES PER HOUR TECHNICALLY
BUT WE ONLY DO BY 5 MILES PER
HOUR INCREMENT FROM BEING A
HURRICANE.
THE HURRICANE NICOLE.
BY THE WAY IF THIS DOES MAKE
LAND FALL IN FLORIDA AS IT IS
FORECAST IT WOULD BE THE FIRST
TIME SINCE 2005 THAT FLORIDA
HAS HAD 2 HURRICANE HAND FALL
IN THE SAME SEASON.
PRETTY REMARKABLE.
YOU LOOK AT THE WATER VAPOR
PICTURE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE DRY AIR ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF THIS.
KIND OF WORK ITS WAY INTO THE
CORE.
IF ANYTHING THAT’S KIND OF HIT
THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS IT’S
NOT ALLOWED IT TO QUICKLY
STRENGTHEN.
WATER IS VERY COOL HERE THE
UPPER LEVEL JUST NOT ALL THAT
CONDUCIVE TO THIS ONE KICKING
OFF THE VERY QUICKLY LIKE WE
HAVE SEEN WITH SOME HURRICANE
AS OF LATE.
BIG STORY THOUGH WITH THIS ONE
IS THE EXTENSIVE WIND FIELD ON
THIS IT’S NOT A SUB TROPICAL
STORM ANY MORE.
PURELY TROPICAL STORM BUT IT
DOES HAVE CHARACTERISTICS OF A
SUB TROPICAL SYSTEM BEING VERY
BROAD WIND FIELD.
LOOK AT SOME OF THE WIND
REPORTS FROM OFFSHORE.
51 MILES PER HOUR GUST.
50 MILES PER HOUR GUST UP
HERE.
THIS IS 300 MILES AWAY FROM
THE CENTER OF WHERE THIS IS.
THIS IS VERY BIG CIRCULATION
EVEN THOUGH THE CORE IS TRYING
TO ESTABLISH ITSELF, IT’S
STILL REALLY THE WIND FIELD
YOU CAN SEE THAT ON OUR WIND
TIMING GRAPHIC HERE.
THE QUELL 0IS THE KIND OF
KIDNEY SHAPED AREA OF THE
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND.
THAT ORANGE AREA IS WHERE THE
STRONGER TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS R.YOU CAN SEE
PRETTY CONTAINED TO WHERE THE
CENTER OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE
HAITIAN IS.
MOVE THROUGH THE BAHAMAS
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS
TOMORROW.
APPROACHING US AS BETTY SAID
RESPECT THE TROPICAL STORM
WINDS ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS.
IN BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY.
DURING THE DAY TOMORROW AND
THEN IT SHOULD COME ASHORE
SOME TIME HATE TOMORROW
PROBABLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS ON THURSDAY TO OUR
NORTH.
YOU CAN SEE THAT LITTLE BITY
EXPANSE OF HURRICANE
CONDITIONS.
HURRICANE FORCE WIND THERE
NEAR FORT PIERCE AND THIS ONE
MOVING INHAND IN STALL FLORIDA
FOR THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
COULD BE A BIG RAIN MAKER BY
THE WAY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN FLORIDA THAT ARE
STILL KIND OF DRYING OUT FROM
IAN LAST MONTH.
LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL STORM
SURGE HERE.
THIS IS THE WATER RISE FROM
THE VERY STRONG PERSISTENT
WINDS THAT WE ARE SEEING.
2 TO FOUR FEET JUST FOR PARTS
OF NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY AND
PALM BEACH COUNTY.
ONE TO 2 FEET DOWN HERE BUT
THIS IS COMING WITH WAVE
ACTION ON TOP OF IT.
YOU BRING THE WATER LEVELS UP
THEN YOU HAVE LARGE WAVES THAT
ARE CRASHING ON TOP OF THAT.
THAT’S WHY WE HAVE A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY AND THEN THE STORM
SURGE WARNING ALL THE WAY UP
THE COAST HERE.
THE GOOD NEWS THOUGH IS THAT
AS THE WIND SORT OF TURN
AROUND ON THURSDAY WE ARE
DRYING OUT AND AT LEAGUE THE
COASTAL CONDITIONS ARE GOING
TO BE SLOWLY IMPROVING THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK.
GET THAT YOU TOMORROW.
TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY.
HIGH TIDE THAT IS COMING IN