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Cone. we extend the cone and our friends here in eastern massachusetts and cape cod is in the left most portion of that cone. well have to watch that friday, friday night sneaking past safely past new england. notice the intensity. its at about 130 now. they dont have it weakening all that much. over the next two to three days, it only dpoez from about 130 to about 105. they think it will stop turning the water in the same exact spot and then be over warmer water so it wont be weakening as quick...

Saying the odds of any direct landfall in florida are pretty much over. they have been saying we kind of knew that throughout the last two days. now the cone is completely off the coast. none of our computer models are taking it towards the florida areas. you will get the indirect effects, the tropical storm forced winds, power outages here and there. were not going to have the devastation from the wind. rain is not going to be an issue. we have to watch out for the storm surge. even a storm thi...

To there were those trucks that come zblodown. >> the convoys. >> everybody is ready for whatever happens. we would love it if nobody is needed. >> if its a minor impact through the u.s. and we can focus our attention on helping the bahamas, that would be fantastic. >> kind of amazing that on the map you showed, cape cod, nantucket arent even in there after a few days. >> people have been asking, interest in those areas. by the time it got up there, it would be a noreaster-type storm. it could b...

The cone of uncertainty is off the coast of florida. the cone is off of all of the georgia coastal areas, too. the thing that is interesting, a 120, 120, 115, hurricane center thinks 120, 120, 115, hurricane center thinks as it begins to move it will be over some warmer water and it should at least maintain its current intensity. so its not going to be weakening that much, they still have it all the way into thursday morning still as a major hurricane being a category 3. so, again, this would br...

Clearly theyre fans of msnbc. but, again, theyre waiting together as a family they tell me to make those last-minute domestic violenc decisions whether to stay or whether to go. the authorities tell me they are purposely leaving the bridges to the mainland open. they wont be closing them, not even when the winds reach 40 or 50 miles per hour because they want to give locals a chance to leave if, indeed, that storm does not turn and these people get into a hairy situation. chris? >> tonight theyr...

The entire island. the storm hovered over the island for several days. this is a category 2 at this point, mering the southeastern coast of florida. before we move on to other topics in the show, as promised, an update from meteorologist bill karins with nbc news. bill? >> were watching the storm closely. its still right on, about 80 miles off the east coast of florida. the heaviest bands are now rotating closer to the coast. and this will be the peak of the storm from areas of volusia county ...

Powerful storm. >> its it disheartening. its as if were fighting war with the enemy and we have absolutely nothing. wereless. the only thing we have is god so we can pray to god. >> thanks a lot, morgan, for that. so dorian churns at a snails pace, it will get dangerously close. the path will be turning east. this storms cone moving just off the jacksonville coast. from our nbc station in miami,unse with again from daytona beach. so water still calm. looked like windy, but right now you know, ...

With the cone moving just off the jacksonville coast. and theyre looking at some of the modeling bill karins was showing us. the fingers of dorian. well, they should be over right now. storm surge, are they ready? >> reporter: thats right, richard. in fact were right by the halifax river and that is part of the concern where we could see flooding, even with dorian off the coast not actually making land fall here. that impact potential is still a major concern. in fact we are continuing to boo un...

Moving through here and there. storm surge could still be a problem. you have the big storm that will pile the water up. so if you have coastal interests and thats why they have a lot of evacuations taking place. it doesnt weaken much after this. over maine a pretty strong storm, all the way up to the south carolina coast. if you have interest in south carolina and eastern north carolina, you still have the possibility of a direct landfall from a category 2 hurricane which is nothing to sneeze a...

Emerald isle, still the norfolk, virginia beach areas. it only drops in intensity to about a category 2 for eastern north carolina. category 2 is -- you are going to have some damage, you are going to have some significant problems and power outages, too. that would potentially be thursday night into friday. thats the new part of that forecast. for people that have interests up in new england, only cape cod and nantucket, marthas vineyard are in that cone, by then it would be transitioning into ...