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Were getting through the storm surge right now and the high winds. that will continue throughout the day here on saturday. so were not done with it just yet. so you see on our big monitor here, this is something that youll be seeing the next couple days. this radar image will be impressive. the storm has made second land fall. look how healthy it looks. you dont see a dramatic difference from the time made land fall to now. the storm isnt weakening quickly. the impacts will continue and on and o...

Are the higher cloud tops. the eye right now is about 90 miles from the coast. look at that. lets not forget about this. thaechb satellite showing us the thunderstorm activity to the north. it is typical when you get land fall like this. if you track this it is nine hours from now. we were thinking maybe it would stall and it still could. be prepared. 10:00 or 11:00 local time. the system still moves in. the national hurricane system brings it in as a category 3. and then if you continue it out ...

Do is ban guns in those locations. that is not because of gun violence. >> president trump is scheduled to speak at the meeting friday. he then will host a fundraiser for karen handel. >> nasas cassini spacecraft has survived an unprecedented trip between saturn and its rings. scams 1900 miles above saturns cloud tops and came within 2 miles of the innermost ring. project scientists say show details never seen before page 21 21 21 more crossings are planned. up next, well talk to the panel but w...

Do is ban guns in those locations. that is not because of gun violence. >> president trump is scheduled to speak at the meeting friday. he then will host a fundraiser for karen handel. >> nasas cassini spacecraft has survived an unprecedented trip between saturn and its rings. scams 1900 miles above saturns cloud tops and came within 2 miles of the innermost ring. project scientists say show details never seen before page 21 21 21 more crossings are planned. up next, well talk to the panel but w...

Derek van dam with more on that. >> this isnt a major threat for the country, including mumbai. it could bring a significant amount of rainfall to that area, just kind of causing more of a nuisance, more than anything. where the path of the storm is going is the interesting part. ill show you what im talking about, george. take a look at this. this is tropical cyclone 3. doesnt look like much now. you can see the tops of the thunderstorm clouds indicated with that shading of orange and red. that...

As searchers continue to search over the java sea. simply put airplanes want to fly. it is very very hard to make them not fly. and whether its a technical malfunction, human error or bad weather, it usually takes more than a single factor to actually bring an aircraft down. that said the weather in front of airasia 8501 was daunting and potentially dangerous even if it only triggered a chain of other events that may have doomed the airliner. tom, take us through what we know about the weather a...

Has been quite tumultuous in the region, in fact its monsoon season. as our meteorologist janice dean has been pointing out all day here. looking at the satellite behind you really does paint a grim picture when youre talking about air travel? >> julie that was the satellite imagery we received at the time where we lost the flight or lost contact with the flight, and you can see the cloud tops here, so this is infrared satellite imagery, meaning that we look at the cloud tops and the shades that...

About gindzing ingfinding a black box right now. >> we say all this as a matter of speculation. for all we know the mane may not have crashed at this point. >> thats true. >> we will find out in the hours and days to come. oliver mcgee thank you very much. now more on the condition that could have contributed to the planes disappearance. >> this is the monsoon season in this area of the world meaning that winds have shifted and they typically see their heaviest rain, thunderstorms and strong w...

Mark? >> good afternoon, richard. we continue to follow the weather situation surrounding that air asia flight 8501. on the screen now is the flight path through the java are sea from indonesia up toward singapore was the planned path. it does appear the weather played a big role in what happened with this flight. the colors you see on the screen. this is our enhanced infrared imagery. looking down on the earth at the clouds, the brighter thor colors, yellows and reds indicating the higher cloud...

Its lighting up the higher cloud tops. we know these are higher. that does not occur where the last position is. its reasonable to assume thunderstorms will be in the region. its been a terrible month. but these thunderstorms are much smaller in size. we have a small island here. you were asking about 0 to 5 feet it was considered calm. vessels are in the area. were under two hours for that. >> thank you very much for that update.