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Theyre going to get it all the way up the coast. if this track holds true, and remember, thats the reason we show a cone, a forecast cone, it can be anywhere. that line doesnt have to ride the middle of the cone. thats the ideal projection from the hurricane center for their forecast to ride right through that middle. but it can be to the right of it and it can be to the left of it. in this case, it kind of held off to the left of the cone so well watch that storm and we believe this forecast wi...

Hunter aircraft flew through it and found a gust at 160. therefore, now, were back up to category 4 aga5 again. it just went right over dominica. it was a devastating hit. the prime minister there saying we need help of all kinds. it was a devastating storm. the storm is still very powerful, moving into open water again. it got a little torn up over dominica, a little bit, but now back up into that warm water. where is the next hit? st. croix, puerto rico. about 155-mile-per-hour category 4 abou...

Inland, some that stay offshore. the models have done an awful job with this storm in terms of the exact track. >> right. we generally know where its going but there are three options, if it goes a little east and goes above pinellas and above tampa this is a population area that floods very quickly. if it goes off course all of this area getting a lot of wind but we could have dodged the worst of it if it stays offshore. >> its the cone that you want to focus on. thats what got some people in t...

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I, if you look at the, what we call the cone of uncertainty, anything within that cone is fair game at this point. so, we are talking about a a wide swath and its going to be moving up the spine of florida for almost 24 hours. >> someone was talking to me about the difference between andrew and this. this is moving slower than andrew. >> moving slower and andrew went from east to west. cleared of the state in about four or five hours. this is going to be a 24-hour plus event. going up the coast....

The track has not changed much although last night it moved 60 miles eastward and maybe another 20 to 30 more have been added on. we still have a cone of uncertainty that does head to the west coast of florida. but anyone from the keys up towards wilmington need to be aware of this. if you planning your evacuation this is when tropical storm winds move into your area. think two days ahead, don. >> what about the winds in the storm surge. whats expected? >> if you take a look at the path and when...

Saw significant wind damage and all the higher elevations. think about this, wolf. hurricane hunter just flew through the storm and at 600 feet above sea level found a wind gusts at 188 miles per hour. the higher you go in a hurricane the higher the wind speed as well. then guadeloupe did see a significant impact with the northern eyewall and now its back in the ocean gaining more strength. this is still a very big storm. likely to be a category 4 or 5 landfall in puerto rico. the entire island ...

Better. through and into the gulf of mexico would be terrible because it would hit the back side of florida and still be a category 4 or 5 storm. the real threat is if this storm moves right over monroe county, lets say ocean reef which is the top of key largo, into key biscayne and central florida right through the middle -- let me tell you, thats the middle of the cone. we always say dont look at it but we need to look at it because thats where well talk about the greatest possible loss of lif...

The dominican republic or haiti, but the outer bands are starting to lash it and will for the next couple of hours. the track shows it moving towards turks and caicos, we could see 20 foot storm surges there, already evacuations taking place there. not much of a change from this morning to this evenings track, but there was a change from last night. shifting it eastward toward miami about 60 to 70 miles an hour off to the east, there is still a cone of uncertainty here, alan, each day is importa...

But now as this moves on, with 185-mile-per-hour winds still, the pressure, david, is actually dropping. so we could still see strengthening yet tonight. thats whats so frightening. look at the hurricane warnings. look at turks and caicos, and the southern bahamas, and freeport and nassau into the hurricane watch. turks and caicos could see a 20-foot storm surge. these islands have elevation of a couple of feet. the timing, thursday into friday, and friday into saturday, its north of cuba, and s...