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Here, this is visible on the radar. thats offshore. its good news, weve had hurricane force wind gusts across the shore here in puerto rico. were going to see a pull off towards the west. folks tomorrow. its no way around it. they are going to have these low-lying islands probably washed over with storm surges. once he gets here, the water is incredibly warm. we expect to see the storm maintaining maybe category 5 or category 4 strength. then sunday, the cone, somewhere here we expect to see the...

Heavy rain bands, which is some very good news. still warnings for the turks and caicos which started evacuations. as well as southeast bahamas. theyre looking at storm surge close to 15, maybe 20 feet. only about 6 feet for the northern coast of puerto rico. theyre going to be in the worth quadrant, that northeastern quadrant where the surge and the winds are going to be howling. still now looking for a turn to the north. this track has changed slightly from what it was 24 hours ago. this morni...

Well see if this is a meaningful change or just a wobble and it goes back on its path. well know probably in an hour or two to see what this is going to do to see if it does change path a little bit, which would make the forecast different. by 11:00, you will know. >> chad myers, well check in with you, as always. >> unbelievable, watching the path of that storm. we want to go to haiti. the storm is passing the dominican republic and haiti as we speak. paula newton is there. paula? >> reporter: ...

Right now the hurricane watch for south florida stretches all the way around the southern tip of the peninsula from bonita springs on the gulf coast all the way down, up to jupiter inlet on the east. everybody of course paying attention, watching closely. really starting to show some real concern and borderline panic in many cases. >> the last thing they need is panic. calm as you exit. the cone of uncertainty remains the same. we talk about the area of most likelihood, its the cone you need to ...

You get the idea, you see the pink. why do a hurricane watch? its a timing thing. 48 hours? 72 hours? 36 hours? all about what the watches and warnings are posted. warnings absolutely will be posted tomorrow as that thing moves our way. a large storm not losing power what so wfr aa direct impact in the center of the cone right near miami, florida. the worst possible case scenario moving over ocean reef and key largo all the way almost to tabernier. people in the key refusing to evacuate. i cant ...

It was enough to change the national hurricane center path of projection. ill show that to you here in just a second. just getting you up to speed with the latest stats, winds of 185 miles per hour. again, one of the strongest storms weve ever seen here in the atlantic basin. 15 miles west of st. maarten. well get a new advisory out. now it takes it just north of puerto rico where the eye wall may not come on shore now. again, this is an hour-by-hour situation. that would be very good news for p...

So it is going to reintensify. make no mistake, thats going to happen. the other thing is, we could see another wobble to this -- to the path. there may be a little further east, it may be a little further west. people should not focus when they see our graphics and they see our path to focus on the path. what you need to focus on is that cone of uncertainty as kristen was talking about. this is an area, give or take, of 75 to 100 miles that just a couple of miles shift in that trajectory and al...

Information that you have now to predict this storm versus what you had even a year or five years ago and how important it is for us to listen to these warnings today. >> okay, satellites were the big advancement in the 60s in weather forecasting and that was awesome. we had an eye in the sky and no longer standing there in the dark waiting for something to show up that we didnt know what it was or how big it is. since then people will satisfy what have you done since then? we have finally toole...

Could cause, obviously, some landslides and heavy flooding along the coastline. theyre expecting a storm surge of 20 to 25 feet because theyre going to be in the north and northeastern quadrant. thats where the winds are, and those winds will be a little stronger on surf waves as they crash into that area. from last night until this morning, the national hurricane center shifted their center -- now where we have our little category 4 in southern florida -- shifted to about 17 miles eastward. the...