APPROACH OF TROPICAL STORM
ISAIAS.
IT WAS GRADED EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON FROM HURRICANE TO A
TROPICAL STORM.
WE ARE EXPECTING TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS LATER ON THIS
EVENING.
THAT WAS A GOOD PICTURE TO
LOOK AT.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH CRAIG.
ALL THE MORE REASON TO KEEP AN
EYE ON THIS RIGHT ?
YES, IT WILL PROBABLY BE A
HURRICANE AGAIN BEFORE ALL IS
SAID AND DONE.
WE WILL GO OVER TO THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AND TALK TO
THE DIRECTOR.
CAN, FROM A FASCINATING
METEOROLOGY STANDPOINT OF VIEW,
THE STORM HAS BEEN ONE TO WATCH
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
STRENGTH OF THIS STORM AND HOW
IT PLAYS A ROLE HERE.
THIS HAS BEEN A TRICKY ONE
FOR SURE.
THE INTENSITY HAS BEEN TOUGH
AND INTERESTINGLY IN THIS CASE,
THE INTENSITY DOES IMPACT THE
TRACK IF YOU TAKE ABOUT A WEEK
OR TRACK ON THE EAST SIDE AND A
STRONGER STORM ON THE WEST SIDE
THERE SO MANY STEERING CURRENTS
GOING ON IN SHEER AND DRY AIR
IMPACTING THE STORM AND THEN
YOU GET FRICTIONAL COMPONENTS
WITH THE IMPACTS OVER THE
ISLANDS THOSE REALLY TRICKY
FORECAST.
NOW THAT WE ARE OVER THE
FLORIDA STRAITS AND WE HAVE THE
NOCTURNAL CONVENTION WHICH A
LOT OF TIMES WE SEE THESE AT
NIGHT YOU START GETTING THIS
CONSTRUCTION OF THE STORM LIKE
A CONVENTION AROUND THE STORM
SO WE ARE FORECASTING IT TO
BECOME A HURRICANE OVERNIGHT.
BUT SUCH A IMPORTANT POINT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TROPICAL
STORM AND A HURRICANE IS 1 MPH.
THOSE RAIN BANDS WE NEED TO
WATCH.
YOU CAN GET 50-60 MILE-PER-HOUR
WIND GUSTS IN THOSE RAIN BANDS.
WE ARE TALKING A SLOWER
MOVING STORM AS WELL.
WE THOUGHT THE EARLIER BUT IT
SEEMS THE DEPARTURE OF THE
STORM WILL BE A LITTLE DELAYED
AS WELL AS ONSET.
DEFINITELY IT SLOWING DOWN,
WE EXPECT THAT NORMALLY WHEN WE
START TO GET THESE STORMS
OCCURRING.
YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, ALMOST
LIKE A SHIP AND IT HAS TO TURN
THEY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN BEFORE
THEY DO THAT.
IN THIS CASE YOU START TO GET
WOBBLING AND CONVECTION THAT
IMPEDES THE PROGRESS.
YOU'LL GET VARYING SPEEDS BUT
STILL APPROACHING THE FLORIDA
COAST TO START TO LOOK AT THE
FLORIDA AREA.
INTO MONDAY'S BEING SO CLOSE TO
BELIEVE THAT HURRICANE WARNING
UP IT'S JUST TOO CLOSE TO OF
COMFORT TO LET OUR GUARD DOWN.
OF COURSE.
THAT'S WHY THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING.
I THINK WE WILL SEE TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS.
ESPECIALLY IN BROWARD AND
TROPICAL STORM GUSTS IN MIAMI
DADE.
YES ESPECIALLY IN THE RAIN
BANDS.
THEY MOVE FAST, YOU CAN GET
SOME OF THE HIGH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS.
YOU CAN GET TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS AND SEVERE WEATHER.
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON AS WE GET
CLOSER TO THE COAST TO SEE
WATERSPOUTS AND IF IT GETS ON
LAND THERE COULD BE MORE
TORNADOES SO SOMETHING WE HAVE
TO WATCH OUT FOR.
OKAY CAN K EN GRAHAM.
THE STORM HAS BEEN OPPOSING UP
AND DOWN HE SAID AND THE CENTER
IS DOWN HERE BUT THE BIG, BIG
THUNDERSTORM POLES TO THE NORTH
OF IT, IT'S A SIGN THAT IS
PROBABLY KNOCKING TO CONTINUE
TO WEAKEN.
IT'S DOWN FROM 75 TO 75 MPH BUT
NO MORE WEAKENING.
WE LIKE THE STRENGTHENING
BECAUSE OF THE STEERING
CURRENTS.
IT WILL TEND TO TURN IT MORE TO
THE NORTHWEST.
70 MILE-PER-HOUR STRONG
TROPICAL STORM MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 10 MILE-PER-HOUR, THE
PRESSURES DOWN BUT STARTING TO
COME BACK UP.
150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT
LAUDERDALE.
THERE ARE THE HURRICANES THAT K
EN MENTIONED.
MAY EVEN MAKE LANDFALL ON THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST NORTH OF US.
MIAMI-DADE AND FLORIDA.
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS IN THE
INLAND AREA DOWN AS FAR AS KEY
LARGO.
YOU CAN SEE THE HURRICANE
WARNINGS CONTINUE, FOR THE
NORTHWEST BAHAMAS AND NOW
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND
HURRICANE WATCHES GOING UP FOR
PART OF THE COAST NORTH OF US.
HERE IS THE COHEN, THE THREAT
CO NE.
IT IS THE THREAT OF HURRICANE
CONDITIONS IN THERE IS THE
OUTLINE OF IT.
IT STARTS FROM A POINTS, AND
THEN IT SPREADS OUT.
YOU CAN SEE THE TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS FORECASTED OVER
SPREAD FOR US TONIGHT AND THEN
OVER SPREAD MUCH OF THE COAST
TOMORROW LOOK AT THIS.
THE FORECAST TAKES IT AS A
TROPICAL STORM ALL THE WAY UP
SCURRYING UP THE EAST COAST.
TRUST ME EVERYONE ALONG THE
EASTERN SEABOARD IS WATCHING
THIS ALMOST AS CLOSELY AS WE
ARE.
WE ARE WATCHING A VERY CLOSE.
HURRICANE HUNTERS HAPPEN OUT
DURING THE DAY THAT'S AN AIR
FORCE PLANE.
THIS IS A NO A PLANE THAT'S
BEEN DOING RESEARCH.
NOW WE HAVE A G4 WHICH IS GOING
TO CIRCLE THE STORM AND THEY
WILL DROP INSTRUMENTS INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE.
SO IN TERMS OF GARBAGE IN AND
GARBAGE OUT THEY WANT A PICTURE.
HERE'S A RADAR AND YOU CAN SEE
THE SQUALLS.
THEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.
THE BIG THING, THAT I THINK HAS
SAVED US WITH THE STORM AS THE
WIND SHEAR IN THE DRY AIR.
THIS TIME OF YEAR, AFRICAN DUST
IS OUT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF RED, RIGHT
ON THE SIDE OF THE STORM.
THAT IS PUSHING IN, AND THE LID
FROM KEEPING THIS THING GOING
CATEGORY TWO OR THREE.
THE WATERS VERY WARM.
SQUALLS TONIGHT IT WILL PASS BY
TOUR NORTHEAST WITH A LOW OF
82.
TOMORROW IT WILL START OUT
STORMY AND THE WINDS WILL
INCREASE BY THE AFTERNOON
TOMORROW WIND AND STORMS.
IT'S SO WINDY.
AND IT WILL TAKE US TO THE