SATELLITES AND NEWS FEEDS AND
BRING YOU IMAGES IN A HALF AN
HOUR.
>> LAYRON, THANKS A LOT.
NOW LET’S GET THE LATEST ON
HURRICANE IAN WITH THE LOCAL
10 WEATHER TEAM.
>> HURRICANE SPECIALIST AND
STORM SURGE EXPERT MICHAEL
LOWRY AND CHIEF CERTIFIED
METEOROLOGIST BETTY DAVIS ARE
HERE WITH THE VERY LATEST.
>> HI, EVERYONE.
WINDS OF 140 MILES PER HOUR AS
THAT EYE CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS
WAY INLAND.
THE ONE THING I’M NOTICING
WITH THIS NEW ADVISORY,
MICHAEL, LAST HOUR MOVING AT 9
MILES PER HOUR.
NOW 8 MILES PER HOUR, HOW MUCH
SLOWER IT CAN GET.
A LOT OF WOW FACTORS GOING ON
HERE.
>> TRENDING THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
SOMETIMES YOU THINK THE STORM HAS COME IN.
HAS COME IN. IT’S WEAKENING, WE’RE DONE
IT’S WEAKENING, WE’RE DONE
WITH IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE EYE HERE OF THIS ONE COMING ASHORE ABOUT
THIS ONE COMING ASHORE ABOUT
3:00, A LITTLE AFTER 3:00.
SOME VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS,
BETTY.
YOU AND I WERE JUST TALKING THERE, STILL BEING MEASURED.
THERE, STILL BEING MEASURED.
WE HAVE WIND GUSTS TO THE
SOUTH OF FORT MYERS.
A VERY GUSTY WIND, GUSTY
STORM.
FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS A
BIG WATER EVENT. YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES AND
YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES AND
HOW MUCH THE EXKSXTENT OF THE
FLOODING FROM THE STORM SURGE
THAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR.
>> FORT MYERS HAS BEEN IN THAT
ON STORY FLOW PRETTY MUCH ALL
AFTERNOON.
>> PORT CHARLOTTE, CHARLOTTE
HARBOR.
A LOT OF POPULATED AREAS WITH
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO TYPICALLY
LIVE HERE.
HOPEFULLY THOSE PEOPLE GOT OUT
OF HARM’S WAY AND EVACUATED. IT’S TAKING ITS TIME, NOT
IT’S TAKING ITS TIME, NOT
MOVING VERY
THIS ONE REALLY MAKING
HISTORY ALREADY.
WE HAVEN’T EVEN SEEN THE END
OF IT YET.
TIED FOR THE FIFTH STRONGEST
HURRICANE TO MAKE LAND FALL IN
THE UNITED STATES.
GOING BACK TO 1851.
IT’S JUST REMARKABLE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE,
CERTAINLY, THE STRONGEST
HURRICANE ON RECORD FOR THIS
PART OF FLORIDA.
>> THAT’S NOT ALL.
IT’S ALSO DONE SOME REMARKABLE
THINGS AS IT HAS MOVED ACROSS
PARTS OF FLORIDA.
THE HIGHEST STORM SURGE ON
RECORD FOR NAPLES.
AND THAT IS SINCE 1965.
>> YES, REALLY SHATTERING THE
RECORD THERE.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS
HURRICANE IRMA.
WE ALL REMEMBER THAT ONE IN
2017.
BUT YEAH, SHATTERING THE
RECORD THERE.
EVEN DOWN INTO THE KEYS, WE
WERE A LITTLE SURPRISED BY HOW
MUCH WATER THIS DROVE INTO THE
KEYS LAST NIGHT.
THIRD HIGHEST STORM SURGE ON
RECORD FOR KEY WEST.
THAT GOES BACK OVER 100 YEARS.
THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE
HURRICANES THAT HAVE MOVED BY
THE KEYS.
THIS WAS A BIG STORM, IS A BIG
STORM, WILL BE A BIG EVENT
THROUGH THE PENINSULA.
>> I REMEMBER THE LOOK ON YOUR
FACE WHEN THEY UPPED THE ANTE
ON THE STORM SURGE FORECAST
FOR THE KEYS LAST NIGH.
>> A NUMBER OF FACTORS
HAPPENED AT THE TIME.
WE HAD A HURRICANE GROWING IN
SIZE.
GOT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE
KEYS THEN WAS ORIGINALLY
FORECAST.
AND THE COMBINATION OF THOSE
TWO REALLY JUST BROUGHT A LOT
OF WATER DOWN INTO THE KEYS.
THIS IS THE LATEST ADVISORY
FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER.
AS OF 5:00, WINDS 145 MILES
PER HOUR.
WEAKENING JUST A TICK, AS YOU
WOULD EXPECT AS IT MOVES
INLAND.
AS BETTY POINTED OUT, ONE OF
THE BIG FACTORS HERE IS THE
RAIN THIS IS GOING TO PRODUCE,
THE FRESH WATER SIDE OF THE
FLOODING, THAT SLOW NORTH
NORTHEAST MOVEMENT.
>> AND LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE FORECAST CONE.
TAKES IT ACROSS CENTRAL
FLORIDA INTO NORTH NORTHEAST
FLORIDA.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
GONNA BE FELT ALL THE WAY UP
TOWARDS JACKSONVILLE.
AND THEN THERE, FLOODING
ISSUES THAT WE WERE JUST
DISCUSSING.
>> YEAH, YOU’RE GONNA SEE THIS
LONG ARM OF THE STORM
EXTENDING ACROSS FLORIDA.
BUT EVEN INTO TAMPA, AS THIS
PULLS BY TO THE NORTH, THE
WINDS ARE GONNA SHIFT BACK TO THE WEST.
THE WEST.
WE SAW THE WATER PUSH OUT.
HAPPENING DURING THESE BIG
EVENTS WHEN THE WINDS ARE
MOVING OFFSHORE.
BUT THEY’RE GONNA SWITCH
AROUND TO THE WEST.
WE COULD SEE STORM SURGE INTO
TAMPA BAY.
SOME MINOR, EVEN MODERATE FLOODING.
AND THEN INTO JACKSONVILLE,
NORTHEAST FLORIDA, CALLING FOR
UP TO 7 FEET OF STORM SURGE POSSIBLE INTO PARTS OF ST.
POSSIBLE INTO PARTS OF ST.
JOHN’S UP THERE ALONG THE
COAST.
THAT IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN
FALL BEING FORECAST.
>> NOTICE, IT DOESN’T
IMMEDIATELY PUSH OFFSHORE OVER
THE WESTERN ATLANTIC.
IT’S FORECAST TO SNAKE BACK IN
TOWARD THE CAROLINAS.
>> IT IS.
GONNA BRING SOME RAIN FALL,
GONNA BRING SOME WEATHER UP
THERE.
THANKFULLY HERE ON THE
BACKSIDE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WE’LL BE ON THE DRY SLOT OF
WE’LL BE ON THE DRY SLOT OF