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Taking the podium. >> it is anticipated to exit land in cuba very soon. it is now a major hurricane. category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. overnight and into this morning some of the modeling that has been done is now projecting a landfall south of tampa bay. i know we have talked about the cone of uncertainty where landfall was projected. we had it north florida and that has been consistently moved maurice into the florida peninsula. yesterday evening a lot of...

It should intensify to a category four late tuesday or earl wednesday. theres going to be large waves, but it will not be a direct hit or a lot of damage in the keys. and then we got this forecast that includes the cone. as i mentioned, almost fort myers, all the way over to panama city. this red line is what the forecast is. it could really -- theres a forecast error built in. thats why we have this cone. we could see a landfall of sarasota or could have it up here towards the big bend and mayb...

To do with this particular storm. but in general, the storm is going to stay inside that cone about two-thirds of the time. a lot of talk on the internet on the weekend. the twitter-verse was going crazy. who is doing better, the european or gfs. here is the european yesterday, here is european today. heres the american model yesterday, here is the american model today. you can see the distance, were goating smaller. we do think we know where this is going. the closer it gets, as its only one or...

20 gallons of water. so do what you need to be prepared. weve been in contact with the major retailers like publix and walmart. they are constantly resupplying. i know -- >> were going to pull away from this press conference. florida governor ron desantis urging residents to do what they have to do to prepare as hurricane ian takes aim at western florida. and and the center of that cone of uncertainty is tampa, florida. so lets speak to the mayor right now jane castor joins us live. jane, we app...

Interrupt the strength. this is surface winds 2:00 a.m. thursday. it will affect havana. if you look at the track and this is concerning. anyone following theres been some fluctuation. yesterday more toward tampa. the cone of uncertainty really shows this pretty much coving this area. category 4 to 2. do not pay attention to the numbers. that water underneath a category 4 is carried with it. two scenarios. this is the european model. catastrophic coming into tampa way. sarasota, bradenton. this ...

Winds and we believe this will be a category 3 when it moves into western cuba. these are the winds, surface winds, at 2:00 in the morning on tuesday. high surge. maybe 12, 14 foot. if you look at the model differences, and ive been talking about the adjustments. yesterdays models wanted to bring this in and the worst case scenario, tampa, st. pete and areas southward. todays models shift up to the panhandle. what the national hurricane center is doing is compromise and were going to look at the...

Happen later on today to the next 48 hours. a strong tropical storm right now with winds at 50 miles per hour. it is still getting organized. thats going to take time looking messing on the satellite. we have hurricane warnings in effect for grand cayman and western cuba. hurricane conditions are expected there over the next couple of days. we also have watches in effect for central cuba. here is the path. notice by tuesday morning, just two days for now, we go from a tropical storm to a major c...

Needed. john a typical storm, they say they typically had at about 30,000 hand sandbags. a chart the department of public works director and he tells me that in his 30 year career, hes never seen predictions for a category four storm potentially hitting tampa bay. hes very concerned right now. everyone, again, in full preparation mode in the bay. and facts, that translates to local stores, we are seeing people trying to get access to supplies like water, batteries, were seeing active store shelv...

Is for that heavy rain. one thing we do know, though, fred, is that somewhere we are going to have that target point over florida. beginning tuesday and wednesday, you are going to start to see that flash flood threat begin to increase across florida and hopefully we can get that cone of uncertainty narrowed down considerably in the next 48 hours. >> alison, thank you so much. we look forward to the next update. priscilla, to you. how might this storm impact the presidents plans? >> reporter: bi...

Tropical storm ian is expected to intensify into a major hurricane today. >> joe biden and ron de santis making emergency declarations as the powerful storm is supposedded to reach the sunshine state by thursday. rachel: will nunly is live from tampas river front. >> reporter: with the latest forecast cone that came out at 8:00, tampa is very much in play. this is an area that is not too familiar with large scale evacuationses from major hurricanes so theres a lot of concern about flooding here ...