DANA PERINO AND THIS IS "THE
DAILY BRIEFING."
THE BIG STORY, HURRICANE DORIAN
STRENGTHENING BY THE HOUR, NOW
UPGRADED TO A CATEGORY THREE
HURRICANE AS FLORIDA BRACES FOR
WHAT COULD BE THE MOST POWERFUL
STORM IN A GENERATION.
GOVERNOR DESANTIS URGING PEOPLE
TO GET READY.
>> TIME TO ACT IS NOW.
THIS STORM IS SLOWER THAN
THOUGHT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS AGO.
WE LEASHING AT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS COMING SOMETIME
SUNDAY NIGHT.
SO MAKE THE PREPARATIONS THAT
YOU NEED.
YOU DO HAVE SOMETIME.
BUT THAT TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
>> Dana: CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
RICK RYMUTH JOINS US.
I UNDERSTAND THE LATEST JUST GOT
UPGRADED TO CATEGORY 3 STORM.
>> THE GOVERNOR WAS JUST SAYING
FOUR FIVE DAYS AGO WE DIDN'T
EVEN THINK WE WERE GOING TO HAVE
IS A STORM IN FLORIDA.
NOW WE HAVE THE SIGNIFICANT
STORM.
THERE'S A 2:00 INTERMEDIATE
ADVISORY THAT CAME OUT.
THEY UPGRADED TO IT A CATEGORY
3.
THEY CONTINUE TO FLY IN AND OUT
AS THEY WILL DO CON STANLEY
UNTIL THE STORM MAKES LANDFALL.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON SATELLITE
IMAGERY.
THE COMPLETE ADVISORY THAT CAME
OUT AT 11:00, COMPLETE ADVISORY
AT 5:00, AS ABOUT 11:00
SATELLITE IMAGERY WILL TELL YOU
WAS NOT LOOKING LIKE IT IS NOW.
AN EYE HAS DEVELOPED THAT SHOWS
THAT THE STORM HAS BECOME BETTER
ORGANIZED.
WE ALL SEE THAT ON THE SATELLITE
IMAGERY.
YESTERDAY ONE SIDE WAS BEING
LOBBED OFF OF IT.
THAT HAS STOPPED AND IT WILL
LIKELY SUBSIDE FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE TIME BEFORE IT MAKES
LANDFALL OR GETS AROUND THE
FLORIDA KOEFRT LINE.
BECAUSE OF THAT WE EXPECT IT TO
STAY IN THAT MAJOR HURRICANE
STATUS THE ENTIRE WAY THROUGH.
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON WHEN
IT MAKES A RIGHT HAND TURN.
IT WILL MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN.
IT WILL HAPPEN ONCE IT CROSSES
THE PENINSULA OF FLORIDA.
ALL OF THOSE ARE STILL IN PLAY.
BEST CASE, OR BEST GUESS WOULD
BE THAT IT WILL MAKE A LANDFALL
SOMEWHERE IN THAT SOUTH OR
CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST LINE.
THEN MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE THAT TURN
HAPPENS, HAS REALLY BIG IMPACTS
FOR EACH SPECIFIC LOCATION.
SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY
WHAT THE CONDITIONS ANY ONE
LOCATION WILL RECEIVE.
EVERYBODY AT THIS POINT NEEDS TO
BE PLANNING FOR ALL OF THE WORST
CONDITIONS COMING.
I WILL TELL YOU SOMETIMES WE
HAVE STORMS AND WE TALK ABOUT,
WELL, IT'S A STORM SURGE EVENT
OR A WIND EVENT OR FLOODING
EVENT.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
BE ALL THREE OF THEM AND THAT'S
WHY WE'RE SO CONCERNED ACROSS A
REALLY POPULATED AREA OF
FLORIDA.
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL TRACK.
IT DOES SLOW DOWN BY THE TIME WE
GET TO MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
SO WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT
FLORIDA DEALING WITH A STORM FOR
PROBABLY AT LEAST TWO DAYS.
WE ALSO CAN'T RULE OUT A
GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA HIT AS
WELL.
>> Dana: I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP
THERE.
BAHAMAS RIGHT IN THE EYE?
>> THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS WE'RE
REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT.
SOUTHERN BAHAMAS NOT CONCERNED.
THE BAHAMAS ARE REALLY FLAT.
THERE ARE NO MOUNTAINS THERE
THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO BREAK
APART.
THEY'RE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF
RAIN AND POTENTIALLY HAVE A
STORM SURGE IN THAT NORTHWEST
AREA, FREEPORT COULD BE DEALING