>> Julie: SOUTH FLORIDA, GOOD MORNING. WE’RE TRACKING THE DISTURBANCE.
REMEMBER THE DISTURBANCE I TOLD
YOU ABOUT THAT WE WATCHED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.
THE OUTER BANDS BRINGING US
DOWNPOURS SINCE YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT THE SYSTEM
IS TRYING TO GET ITS ACT
TOGETHER.
WE HAVE AIR FORCE RESERVE OUT
THERE INDICATING TO US THAT AS
OF 5:00 a.m. THE WINDS ARE AT 40
MILES PER HOUR.
PRESSURE 1003 MILLIBARS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.
REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT WITH
THIS SYSTEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY
ARE EXPECTING THE SYSTEM TO
BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER
TODAY, IT WILL BE NAMED TROPICAL
STORM ALEX.
I WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION
WE’RE UNDER A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR BROWARD MIAMI-DADE
AND THE KEYS.
EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN SEE WE’RE
NOT EVEN IN THE PROJECTED PATH.
I KNOW HAVE ALREADY FELT IT.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU DROVE IN IT
YESTERDAY.
WE’RE ALREADY DEALING WITH THE
BANS OF THE SYSTEM.
THEY’RE WELL DISPLACED FROM THE
CENTER OF THE CIRCULATION.
WELL INTO CUBA, THE FLORIDA
STRAIGHT, FLORIDA KEYS AND
STARTING TO CREEP INTO BROWARD
AND MIAMI-DADE.
AGAIN, I DON’T WANT YOU TO FOCUS
JUST ON THE FORECAST PROJECTED
PATH WITH THIS SYSTEM BECAUSE
THE AFFECTS ARE BEING FELT WELL
AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION.
LOOKS LIKE THE TIMING OF THIS,
THE SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH
JUST NORTH OF WEST PALM BEACH
POSSIBLY AROUND SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
AGAIN, WE’RE GOING TO SEE A
DELUGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS,
PROLONGED RAIN FALL IS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW.
WHAT DOES A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING MEAN?
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IN THE
NEXT 46 HOURS.
SOME AREAS IN THE KEYS ARE
ALREADY SEEING WINDS GUSTING IN
THE 30s IN THESE STORMS.
AS FOR RAIN FALL TOTALS WE’RE
EXPECTING AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8
INCHES POSSIBLY A FOOT OF RAIN
IN ISOLATED AREAS ONCE
EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE’RE SEEING A
LITTLE BREAK PROSECUTE THE RAIN
IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI.
HERE’S THE DOWNPOURS WE’RE
SEEING.
I-95, DAVIE.
WE’VE GOT A SHIELD OF STORMS
FROM WESTON FROM I-95 TO THE
BEACH.
BROWARD BOULEVARD ABOUT TO SEE
THE DOWNPOURS.
AT LEAST SEEING A NICE BREAK BY
HOLLYWOOD.
SURFSIDE, WE’VE GOT A DOWNPOURS.
A LITTLE BREAK ON FIFTH STREET.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM PINE CREST
TO CORAL GABLES AND BRICKELL AND
UPPER KEYS AS WELL.
IT IS ALL A BIG RAIN FACTOR WITH
THIS SYSTEM.
YOU CAN SEE THIS CLOUD COVER.
OUR VISIBLE CLOUD COVER SHOWING
THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, THE DAMAGE IS
ALREADY DONE.
WE DON’T NEED ANY MORE RAIN.
LOOK AT THIS.
WE RECEIVED ALMOST 5 INCHES OF
RAIN IN SUNRISE, WESTON DOWN
TOWARDS PEMBROKE PINES AND
MIRAMAR.
OVER 2.5 INCHES YESTERDAY.
ADD ANOTHER 4 TO 8 TO POSSIBLY A
FOOT OF RAIN.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
YOU KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
FLOODING.
ACCOMPANIED WITH THE FLOODING IS
THE WIND.
YOU CAN SEE THE FORECAST MODEL
PROJECTS THE WINDS GUSTING IN
THE 30s BY THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE KEYS.
POSSIBLY EVEN THE 40s BY
TONIGHT.
MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD, OUR
WINDS WILL START TO GUST A
LITTLE LATER AS THE BANS
APPROACH GOING INTO TONIGHT AND
INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
SO WE’RE TALKING AN ALL DAY RAIN
EVENT GOING INTO NEXT 24 TO 48
HOURS.
WORST OF THE WEATHER THIS
MORNING, STARTING TO CREEP IN
FROM THE KEYS TO MIAMI-DADE AND
THEN TONIGHT, BROWARD COUNTY,
HEAVY RAIN, GUSTY WINDS.
FLASH FLOODING DEFINITELY A
POSSIBILITY.
SATURDAY MORNING, BLUSTERY BANDS
OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THOSE
WINDS INVOLVED, YOU’LL
DEFINITELY NOTICE IT AND THEN BY
SATURDAY EVENING, ALL IS QUIET
WE’LL DRY OUT NICELY AGAIN, THE
DAMAGE IS DONE, WE’RE EXPECTING
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5 TO 8 MORE
INCHES OF RAIN IN THE FORECAST.
POSSIBLY A FOOT ONCE EVERYTHING
IS SAID AND DONE.
SO LET’S BE PREPARED FOR IT.
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.