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Significant dry air. there is also some sheer, those two things work against hurricane development. here is a look at the forward forecast radar, a lot of outer ba bands pushing into louisiana and texas, rainfall is going to be the big story with this. especially because at the this point, it is only moving three miles per hour. it has time to dump a pretty good amount of rain across both of these states. widespread amounts 4 to 6 inches, there will be some spots that pick up 8, 9, 10 inches of ...

Dry air trying to wrap into the storm in the mid-and lower levels of the atmosphere. that is what has prevented the storm from intensifying more over the last couple of days. its still battling the dry air. thats an enemy to hurricane development. but unfortunately all the forecast models indicate that its moving into a more moist varmt. its going to be easier for the to intensify the next couple daysfare people watching in florida on the southeast coast how dangerous could it get zbhoo right no...

Hurricanes you have been through before? >> reporter: this storm is all about what we call rapid inte e intensification. 24 hours ago we had a minimal hurricane, now we have one of the strongest hurricanes at the top of the scale. this is nothing to play with. irma did the same thing. this area of the atlantic with the caribbean is prime for hurricane development this year. weve seen these hushlg hurricanes spin up over the last four weeks and just go absolutely nuts in terms of intensification ...

Intensifying storms that weve ever seen. in about 24 hours it went from a tropical storm all the way to a category 5 storm. one of the reasons this is an el nino year. we have warmer than normal sea surface temperatures. temperatures right along the mexican coast are running in the mid-80s. thats very ripe for hurricane development. theres also very low wind shear. so all of the environmental factors are in place. it is going to be a very, very strong storm when it makes landfall. el nino year w...

To see that. remember it will balance itself out. a week from now or so, the cold in the west will be spreading east and knock down the warmth and it will all go back and have to start other again. the biggest thing this year is this tornado outbreak if it comes over the next several days will stick out like a sore thumb because of the lack activity so far. were less than 25% of normal. only several of maybe 15 20 tornados above the record low for the date. its been a quiet season. you would exp...

Is it odor coincidental. we had a slow tornado season. this is the start of it. i think hurricane activity off the southeast coast of the united states and obviously what you refer to in denver. are they tied or different events? >> what happens is the atmosphere goes through periods where theres a lot of amplification, buckling of the jet stream. and there are periods where this flattens out. this case its buckled into the western part of the united states. that pumps the ridge over the north e...

Temperatures in the eastern pacific ocean and that is what causes all kinds of changes across the world >> what is the potential impact on the united states? >> then we see changes with the weather and one is with the hurricane season. in the atlantic ocean you will see increase wind sheer and that will hinder the hurricane development so less activity with the hurricane season. and colorado state university and dr. gray every year issue a forecast for the 2014 or following at lantic season and ...

Im, like, a fourth generation here and this was devastating. >> reporter: that was a year ago after superstorm sandy slammed into the northeastern united states. today the atlantic hurricane season has been a dud. take a look at the numbers. only two hurricanes had formed in the atlantic this year and neither one has been a major hurricane. a category 3 or greater. so, whats the science behind the lack of hurricanes this year? >> its going to be the question of the season and i think there are a...

The water temperatures will be fairly conducive to further development. so as a consequence we could see a category 1 hurricane develop by this afternoon. well be receiving another update from the national hurricane center coming up at 8:00. a category 2 hurricane going into thursday. as it begins to move into cooler waters, we think it will be downgraded to a category 1. all those theoretical but we look at the water temperatures here and very conducive to hurricane development with water tempe...