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This is 3,000 barrels of oil, 126,000, 130,000 gallons. again, these pipelines carry it to the shore. where again? were not sure of. lets follow the winds that push the sea currents. anyone in southern california will tell you you have the onshore flow, offshore flow. even though you see that red box, where the oil sheen is, at 5.8 miles in length, when you have the winds pushing on shore at a less density with this crude oil, you can almost expect that field to expand. by the time it makes its ...

Parts of the us and canada are seeing a severe heat wave — which forecasters say could mark the start of one of the most extreme and prolonged high temperatures ever recorded there. in the us all of washington state, oregon and parts of idaho, wyoming and california will see temperatures soar dramatically, possibly to over 45 degrees celsius, or around 115 degrees fahrenheit. and a heat wave stretching across western canada, from british columbia into southern saskatchewan and up through yukon...

We think those santa ana winds are going to be ferocious and to all the firefighters who go out there and go towards danger and to help all of the residents, of course, our prayers and our hearts are out to them. winds right now in oxnard, east northeast 21 miles per hour. we have offshore flow, santa ana winds, high pressure anchored there. the winds go through the valleys and canyons, they heat up, they travel very fast. they come every year. but the conditions right now are ripe for wildfire ...

With this new policy that could last a decade. crazy times. storm system drops from canada and the southern plains. the strong high pressure builds in. the winds funnel down from the mountains towards the coast, that offshore flow, and thats when we get the high wind gusts. the worst of it will be thursday and friday. people are going to lose their power because of this event, and every time we have events like this and on top of that we have the dangers if any fires form they would rapidly be s...

It, had a wind gust of 139 miles per hour. had a wind sustained at 129. this is the real deal. this isnt just some make-up, oh, lets push the numbers up so people panic. no, this is truly now a category-four hurricane that will make landfall close to panama city beach. its close enough that we can see it on the radar. the eye is on the bottom of the screen there approaching that florida panhandle coast. now, on the one sides we have st. marks thats going to get a significant surge. the other sid...

Hours ago and the storm has moved 150 miles is all in the last 30 hours inincredibly slow moving storm. big gauges. here is our concern rivers at major flooding. thats the purple, moderate flooding is the red. take a look at what happens major flooding going on down across south carolina, north carolina, in across parts of virginia. the rain thats going to fall. going to down all the rivers and seeing a lot of rivers well above their record levels that they have ever seen and likely stay that wa...

As bad. you are beginning to hear words from county officials that they may be dodging a lot of the worst. the winds are strong and they are blowing behind me. its the offshore flow that is helping things out. the ocean i showed you a couple of hours ago is blowing out to sea. we are at high tide and when the winds switch, i think thats going be advantageous high tide. a couple of cars are out. north of here, the police are no longer responding to emergencies. in the county you are in, they are ...

So the prolonged event. and interesting enough, with time, some people even further to the south that have offshore flow, give it some time, be patient. that could switch the wind direction and start pushing the water in. >> we have seen a change in wind direction. miguel was just talking about that in carolina beach. we have seen that here in wilmington. tell us how that impacts the feeling on the ground. >> yeah. it makes a big difference. you start getting these wind shifts. but with time it ...

Whats going on here. north myrtle and myrtle, still have offshore flow coming in around the storm and around this way. offshore flow not pushing storm surge to you yet but getting you wet. every time one of these bands comes by, the winds go up about 10 miles per hour. you get one band and then its 45 miles per hour. the next band, 55 miles per hour. so this is going to be an all-night affair for you. if youre to the northeast of the storm, it has dried out some. some. theres still a lot of mois...

>> shepard: that eye of the storm heading towards columbia and greenwood and anderson in gainesville in that direction. >> it is, seems like the forecast is pretty close to on track, really slow movement, even becoming a storm or so weakening with the wind, 8:00 a.m. sundays thats not a lot of real estate, still having the center in south carolina but an important point to make here, some areas in charleston as he had offshore flow. if you move the center in lynn, the flow around that can actual...