$2.69.
$2.69. >>> ANOTHER CHECK OF THE WEATHER KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON MICHAEL?
>> WE ARE IN A LULL BETWEEN THE
BAND OF RAIN TODAY AND THE
STORM HEADING OVERNIGHT INTO THE
MORNING HOURS.
THE FIRST BAND INDIRECTLY
ASSOCIATED WITH MICHAEL THE MAIN
RAIN BANDS IN GEORGIA.
YOU CAN SEE THE SYSTEM A LOT OF
RAIN ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE
BECAUSE THE COLD FRONT COMING
FROM THE NORTHWEST SQUEEZING OUT
MOISTURE BUT MOVING VERY
QUICKLY.
THE PROBLEM, THE RAIN TODAY
BEGINNING TO LIFT OUT IS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
SPOTS, SPOTS THAT COULD SEE
HEAVY RAIN TOMORROW. AREAS LIKE
CABARRUS COUNTY, ROWAN COUNTY
AND BACK TOWARD STANLEY,
RICHMOND COUNTIES, YOU CAN SEE
THE LULL OR BREAK IN THE
ACTIVITY DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW.
IS THE FRONT GETS CLOSER, THIS
TROUGH WILL STEER THIS MOISTURE
ARE DIRECTION, FLYING AT US
VERY QUICKLY. YOU WILL SEE THE
RAIN CHANCES RAMP UP OVERNIGHT
INTO THE MORNING HOURS.
LOOK HOW QUICKLY THEY RAMP BACK
DOWN BY THIS TIME TOMORROW.
FOR MORE ON THE WATCHES AND
WARNINGS AND TIMING, QUICK,
LET'S GO TO IISHA SCOTT.
>> LIKELY IN AND OUT VERY
QUICKLY TALK ABOUT THE WARNINGS
HURRICANE WARNINGS IN THE
FLORIDA TOWN HALL THAT INCLUDES
PANAMA CITY AND STRETCHES INTO
CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR OUR AREA WE
HAVE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS IN
EFFECT MAINLY EAST AND SOUTH OF
CHARLOTTE. TALKING PLACES LIKE
ANSON COUNTY AND MONROE,
BUCKINGHAM TO YORK COUNTY EVEN
CHESTER COUNTY RIGHT NOW UNDER
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT
OF RAIN THAT WILL FALL, MORE SO
THE WIND.
THESE ARE THE AREAS MORE LIKELY
TO SEE THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS.
AS WE HEAD FARTHER NORTH NOTICE
THESE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS
GO ALL THE WAY INTO CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA ALL THE WAY TO
THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS.
A WIDE AREA UNDER THESE WATCHES
AND WARNINGS.
LET'S GO THROUGH THE TIMELINE
THROUGH TONIGHT BRAD MENTIONED
THE BAND STARTING TO MOVE OUT.
WE WILL HAVE ISOLATED SHOWERS
OVERNIGHT WITH THE MAIN BAND.
OVER THE HEAVY RAIN MOVES IN
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
WIND WILL PICK UP AS HIGH AS 25-
30 MILES PER HOUR SUSTAINED.
GUSTING UP OVER 35 MILES PER
HOUR AND IF YOU ARE EAST OF
CHARLOTTE YOUR WIND WILL BE
LIKELY HIGHER.
BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE RAIN
STARTS TO TAPER OFF, WINDY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT WIND DOWN TO 15
MILES PER HOUR, SKY START TO
CLEAR AND BY FRIDAY IT WILL BE @
QUITE CHILLY FRIDAY MORNING.
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AS WE KICK
OFF YOUR FRIDAY AND INTO THE
WEEKEND.
TALK ABOUT THE TIMING OF WHEN
WE CAN EXPECT THE RAIN TO MOVE
IN AND MOVE OUT.
>> AMAZING HOW QUICKLY IT MOVES
IN.
YOU MENTIONED HOW QUICKLY HE
MOVES OUT.
6:00 THE COLD FRONT, THE
HURRICANE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL
STORM BUT THE RAIN BANDS MOVING
I WOULD SAY RIGHT AROUND 7-8:00
IN THE MORNING.
9:00 CERTAINLY HEAVY RAIN OVER
US AS IT PASSES SOUTH AND EAST.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEAST AND BY 5:00,
BASICALLY 24 HOURS FROM NOW,
ALREADY EAST OF US AND DRIER,
COOLER AIR WRAPPING AROUND THE
BACKSIDE.
TOMORROW NIGHT YOU WILL GET
COOL AND CLEAR, TEMPERATURES
DROPPED INTO THE 40s AND 50s IN
THIS COOL AIR REALLY
ESTABLISHES ITSELF.
A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR
FOR THE WEEKEND.
THE NEXT FRONT MOSTLY DRY FOR
REINFORCES THE COLD AIR THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.
HOW MUCH RAIN?
THE RAIN TODAY CERTAINLY DIDN'T
HELP THE SITUATION WE COULD GET
AN ADDITIONAL 3-5 INCHES OF
RAIN.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE HEAVY
BAND WILL SET UP BUT IF IT SETS
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WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE HEAVY BAND WILL SET UP BUT IF IT SETS UP OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR IN
THE MIDDLE OF OUR VIEWING AREA
WE COULD SEE FLASH FLOODING BUT
IT MEANS IT COMES UP QUICK AND
GOES DOWN QUICK.
HERE IS THE TIMELINE.
THIS SHOWS YOU THE TIMING AND
IMPACT.
THE HIGHEST WIND THE MIDDLE OF
THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW. HIGHEST
FLASH FLOOD THREAT MIDDLE OF
THE DAY.
TORNADO THREAT NOT 0 BUT
RELATIVELY LOW.
THE POWER OUTAGES PRIMARILY
BECAUSE TREES, TREE LIMBS
COMING DOWN SO YOU SEE THAT
BASICALLY 9:00 A.M.
TO MAY BE ABOUT 6:00 P.M.
TOMORROW, THE MAIN TIMELINE FOR
ALL OF THIS MOVING OUT.
THE GOOD NEWS ON THE BACKSIDE
WE WILL HAVE BELOW AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN 50 DAYS.
UNBELIEVABLE.
60s AND 70S TONIGHT ONE MORE
NIGHT OF SOUPY WEATHER.
TEMPERATURES AROUND 70 THE
PIEDMONT.
WE WILL SEE YOU SCATTERED
SHOWERS, RUMBLE OF THUNDER
OVERNIGHT THE CHECK OUT THE
SEVEN DAY FORECAST.
WHAT A GORGEOUS WEEKEND. AFTER
WE GET MICHAEL OUT OF HERE
TOMORROW AT THIS TIME WE WILL
SEE CLEARING CONDITIONS IN SOME
OF THESE MORNING LOWS YOU MIGHT
NEED THE BLANKET OR