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The true consensus of the model is where theyre putting their new cone out there. its an impressive-looking storm. its too far away to show you on radar because the only closest radar would be puerto rico and now that would be above its radar beam. >> thanks so much, chad. well check back with you as needed. people across florida are preparing for the worst as hurricane dorian approaches. cnns nick valencia is in daytona beach. how are people preparing? >> it is beautiful today, fredricka, dayto...

Strengthening and where you see it headed. >> well, john, thats what weve been watching the last couple of days is really the path has a lot to do with how strong the storm is going to get. this path a little further east like this, its warm-water. not a lot of sheer in the atmosphere, thats another one of the ingredients, and time. theres plenty of time, warm-water and the atmosphere looks pretty good for more strengthening and a very strong storm to hit florida. >> looks like its going to hit ...

Expected until monday. >> yeah, its one of those difficult decisions, but were taking it very seriously. we have all departments starting to get ready and start working on the plan. theres prewritten plans we have so that if this hurricane were to come this way, we feel pretty confident that were going to experience some tropical storm winds any us way based on the projections of where the storm is going. and where we sit within the cone of uncertainty. so were geting the message out to the depa...

Across and be in the gulf of mexico and still be in the cone. so thats why we all have to watch this. we still have really about four days before landfall, but not four days to make preps, because this will start to make more wind here in three days or less. well get tropical storm force winds on sunday for sure. what else has been near dorian? jean, frances, hugo and irma. it had an eye for a while earlier today but that eye has weakened at this point. hurricane hunter flying away from it found...

A good thing in terms of the storm because it allows it to intensify. there is nothing to weaken the storm in the short term. long term, the question where does it go from here? its going to start to curve back towards the state of florida and in fact, just about owns the entire state of florida is in the cone of where a potential landfall point could be and perhaps making landfall as high as a category three storm. the question is why florida? because by all normal circumstances, these storms a...

The southern tier of florida. the southern tier of this cone here has actually pushed the storm a little farther south so even the florida keys could be involved. if it takes that southern trajectory, this could be a strong storm between the gulf of mexico beyond the initial landfall into florida. the perspective shows you when you look four to five days out have significant variability in it. the american model brings it in in the overnight hours potentially monday, northern florida, southern g...

Be impacted by the winds and rain, but if youre from out-of-state you need to realize any one of those areas around the state could be impacted by this hurricane. >> we see it strengthening to a category 3 as it approaches the coast of florida, but then we can see in that model behind you, we see that one as it sits over the peninsula. what happens then? is there a potential for it to move back over the gulf of mexico? >> weve seen some models do that and the next run doesnt do that. and thats w...

The 11:00 p.m. update. which well pass along to you. we have the hurricane hunters flying through the center of the storm as we speak. they have picked up on winds over 80 miles per hour. so clearly hurricane force. it is strengthening and it will continue to do so for the next several days. really the only thing between here and the southeast coast of u.s. is open ocean warm bath water. >> were talking about the potential of the storm getting really big and we dont know exactly where the storm...

P.m. update which, of course, well pass along to you as soon as we get it. we have the hurricane hunters flying through the center of the storm as we speak. they have picked up on winds over 80 miles per hour, so clearly hurricane force. it is strengthening and it will continue to do so for the next several days. really, the only thing between here and the southeast coast of the u.s. is open ocean warm bath water. don? >> so were talking about the potential of the storm getting really big and we...

Be an impact cone. so being inside or outside of that line doesnt suddenly make you safe or unsafe. its really just meant to represent a historical likelihood where the center of the storm might track. and its only a two-thirds likelihood at that. >> i have to ask about the climate crisis. you are an expert in this. how has the climate crisis made hurricanes like the one we are seeing on the screen right now more dangerous? >> in general, i dont think it has to a large degree. we havent seen a l...