FLORIDA DEPUTY WHO SUDDENLY FOUND HIMSELF STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF A GUN.
>> LOCAL .10 NEWS STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
>> OFF THE TOP AT 5:00 ON THIS
FRIDAY, WE’RE TRACKING
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE IN
THE CARIBBEAN AND FLORIDA IS
IN THE CONE OF CONCERN.
>> THESE ARE THE LATEST
FORECAST MODELS FOR THE
PROJECTED PATH OF THE STORM.
YOUR WEATHER AUTHORITY WILL
BREAK THEM DOWN FOR YOU.
>> HERE IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE
SIZE OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
NINE AS THE 5:00 P.M. ADVISORY
COMES IN FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER.
GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS JUST
ISSUED A STATE OF EMERGENCY
FOR 24 COUNTIES, INCLUDING
BROWARD, MIAMI-DADE AND MONROE
>> HURRICANE SPECIALIST AND
STORM SURGE EXPERT MICHAEL
LOWRY AND CHIEF CERTIFIED
METEOROLOGIST BETTY DAVIS HAVE
YOUR TROPICAL UPDATE.
BETTY, LET’S START WITH YOU.
>> HI, EVERYONE.
NOT YET A TROPICAL STORM.
IT’S STILL A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION.
SO IT HAS SOME ORGANIZING TO
DO BEFORE IT GETS THAT
UPGRADE.
LET’S RUN THROUGH THE STATS,
THE SYSTEM IS 430 MILES AT
THIS POINT EAST SOUTHEAST OF
KINGSTON, JAMAICA.
BY THE WAY, JAMAICA GOING
UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WATCH.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE THERE ON SUNDAY.
WINDS AT 35 MILES PER HOUR
MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 15
MILES PER HOUR.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE FORECAST
CONE FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER.
NOTICE IT DOES SHOW IT
STRENGTHENING TO A TROPICAL
STORM AS IT APPROACHES JAMAICA
ON SUNDAY.
AND THEN A HURRICANE AS IT’S
APPROACHING THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
ON MONDAY.
AND BY THE WAY, THERE’S A
HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE CAYMAN
ISLANDS.
AND THEN CHECK OUT THAT MONDAY
EVENING INTO TUESDAY TIME
FRAME MAKING A TRIP NEAR
WESTERN CUBA, HEADING OVER AND
INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO IT GOES.
CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE STATUS.
NOTICE THE KEYS AND ALSO SOUTH
FLORIDA, THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
STILL IN THIS FORECAST CONE.
IT’S FORECAST TO BECOME A
MAJOR HURRICANE.
SO CLEARLY, THERE IS STILL
SOME UNCERTAINTY, MICHAEL.
ARE YOU NOTICING ANYTHING WITH
THIS FORECAST CONE?
WAS THERE A SLIGHT SHIFT MAYBE
TO THE LEFT IN THE END OF THE
TIME FRAME, JUST A LITTLE BIT
MAYBE?
>> MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT,
BETTY.
NOT A BIG CHANGE THERE IN THE
FORECAST FROM THE HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5:00.
WHAT I’M MOST INTERESTED IN
RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
VISIBLE SATELLITE PICTURE IS
WHERE THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION TAKES SHAPE.
THIS ONE IS STILL A VERY
DISORGANIZED TROPICAL
DEPRESSION.
AT THIS POINT, WE DO HAVE
HURRICANE HUNTERS THAT ARE ON
THEIR WAY OUT TO INVESTIGATE
TO SEE HOW STRONG THE WINDS
ARE.
IT’S REALLY JUST 5 MILES PER
HOUR THAT DIFFERENTIATES
BETWEEN A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
AND A STORM.
YOU CAN SEE THE SPIN TO THE
CLOUDS HERE.
WHAT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING
IS WHERE THOSE THUNDERSTORMS
COME TOGETHER.
IF THEY COME TOGETHER FARTHER
TO THE SOUTH DOWN HERE THEN TO
THE NORTH, THAT’S GONNA IMPACT
WHERE THIS IS ULTIMATELY GOING
TO
TO HEAD.
TO HEAD. FIONA IS GONNA MOVE OFF TO THE NORTH.
WE’RE GONNA HAVE TROPICAL
STORM IAN OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS MOVING TO THE WEST.
WIND SHEER IS GONNA RELAX A
LITTLE BIT AND ALLOW THIS TO
GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN.
WHERE IS IT GONNA HEAD FROM
THERE?
BIG DIP IN THE JET STREAM
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S.,
BRING IN SOME FALL-LIKE
TEMPERATURES.
THAT’S GONNA START TO PULL
THIS TO THE NORTH.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE THE
CENTER OF CIRCULATION TAKES
SHAPE.
ANYWHERE FROM THE SOUTHERN
GULF EVEN TO THE EAST OF
FLORIDA AS POSSIBILITIES.
THOSE ARE SORT OF THE GOAL
POSTS, IF YOU WILL, THE
MAJORITY OF THE MODELS RIGHT
THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
OUR MAIN MOST RELIABLE
COMPUTER MODELS, NEXT MONDAY
INTO TUESDAY.
WE’RE SQUARE IN THE THREAT
HERE.
IF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE IN SOUTH
FLORIDA, BE PREPARED FOR THE
POSSIBILITY THAT WE’RE GONNA
SEE EVACUATION ORDERS AT SOME
POINT OVER THE WEEKEND.
OF COURSE, LISTEN TO YOUR
LOCAL OFFICIALS IN TERMS OF
WHERE YOU SHOULD GO AND WHEN
YOU SHOULD GO.
BUT JUST GET IN THAT MIND SET.
WE COULD SEE TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS IMPACTING SOUTH
FLORIDA AS EARLY AS TUESDAY
MORNING.
SO THIS ONE’S GONNA CREEP UP
ON US REALLY QUICKLY.
THE CONCERN HERE IS AS IT GETS
INTO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN,
THERE’S THE POSSIBILITY THAT
THIS COULD STRENGTHEN INTO A
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT HURRICANE.
STILL A BIG THREAT HERE FOR US
IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
SOMETHING WE’RE GONNA KEEP A
CLOSE EYE TO.
LIKE FOOTBALL, HURRICANES CAN
BE A GAME OF INCHES AND THIS
ONE MAY BE THE CASE FOR WHAT