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Our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth tracking the storm. t weaken a storm is dry air gets in there. that does happen and its hard to forecast. that could be one thing. if that did happen, it might inhibit some of the strengthening. the official forecast at the national hurricane center center right now is for that category four. the other thing that could happen is fluctuation in that strength that happens once you get the strong storms. they go through eye wall replacement cycles and that can...

I want to go to tom who joins us with the very latest. >> anderson, the latest advisory keeps it as a powerful cat dweg three, but the pressure has dropped, which means it is getting stronger. they go on to say that it is getting better organized. and something we rarely do but should do more is explain this infrared imagery. when you look at imagery like this, those bright colors, those are the colder and higher cloud tops. for the last several loops we have been watching most of that on the no...

The pressure has dropped, which means its getting stronger. they go on to say, the national hurricane center, that its getting better organized. and something we rarely do but should do more is explain this infrared imagery. when you look at a satellite imagery leek this, those bright colors, those purple colors, anderson, those are the colder and higher cloud tops. and for the last several loops weve been watching most of that on the northern and northwestern flank. weve been waiting for it to ...

You can see this is the coldest cloud tops and where you see this black shaded area, thats where we have the worst of the winds, the worst of the storm surge. we are seeing a little bit of an erosion on the east side of this storm but dont let your guard down. this is going to be one of the worst storms weve ever seen. you can see the well-defined eye. its very rare you see such a circle, a clear circle eye and all of the core of the winds staying very compact and close together. 145 mile-per-ho...

Account of how things are going. >> mariana, thank you. i hope youre able to build in down time because its so important. we need everybody sharp and being careful when you do venture out. bill karins, she just mentioned what weve been talking about. this was the storm out of nowhere. nobodys fault. its the fault of wind shear not showing up to cut these cloud tops in half the way it was expected. >> all of our computer modeling and mathematical formulas that spit the information out and i stand...

Colder cloud tops, the energy. were starting to see it almost complete a full cycle now. what this may mean now is now that its putting on the brakes going from 15 miles an hour to 10 to 5 it may strengthen a little bit more. were only 10 miles an hour from category 3. we really cant worry about those numbers because its already bringing with it the life threatening elements it had when it was way back in the atlantic. however, notice we have the tornado warning. weve had some hurricane gusts al...

Shows us where the highest -- the colder cloud tops are, what happened earlier today, it stopped intensifying, which was great, thats what stopped it from going to a category 2. winds at 85 miles per hour, when we get the core going on shore. the highest gusts should stay under 100, maybe close to 100. with irma, they got up to 130, 140. minor roof damage, a lot of trees coming down. well get the new update at 11:00, with a new path, new intensity. as far as the 1:00 a.m. position goes. 2:00 eas...

Weather history. why is this happening? i mean, two weeks of devastation. >> yeah. so right now what youve got is the eye of this storm moving right across the island. the worst winds. and of course the rain are carried along with that eye that are now fanning out. we have no way to show you where the heaviest rain bands are. bill is going to walk you through all this later. the color enhancement, you want to look for the deepest shades of red. the deepest shades of red will show you where the i...

So lets get to the details. here is the satellite move, start to go look more impressive. some of the colder cloud tops located there with the convection right in the center of the storm. again, there are various models that we look at and we continue to harp on these things because various models show us a different path of jose. in fact, the global model, which was the american model, shows almost a landfalling hurricane into the new england coastline from the middle of next week. the european...

Showing us, ed, thank you so much. in dickenson, texas, today. i want to head to the cnn meteorologist center in atlanta. break this down for us, what do the next few hours look like for that area? >> well, the next few hours pretty much if you look at infrared satellite imagery, the brighters colors are the higher cloud tops. doesnt show the rain at the surface, but it gives you an idea if you go north of austin, youre into some of the heavier downpours, some of the more severe weather or thund...