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Predicting dorians path weve heard of the bermuda high being a factor but thats just one to me what are these variables that are making it so hard to predict. yes of the remuda high is off the east right now and its been sitting there and the question for a while was how close would that come to the coast that effects the steering currents that dorian will be susceptible to so theres that over the ohio valley theres a trough kind of a big area of low pressure and that screw story up the closest ...

There has never been a country that has accumulated more power to advance the human condition, and every time, the united states steps up. just so everybody knows, i mean you were a storm chaser. you know the history of hurricanes.you know the tracks e hurricanes. lets start with the bahamas and what we are seeing here. this thing, im watching and watching. its hovering like a helicopter. almost 200 mile-per-hour sustained winds. why? why so slow moving? >> joe: well, because the steering curren...

Will remain that way. but notice the cone of uncertainty has now left the coast of florida. it is slightly off. that means with this cone of uncertainty, that that eye could be anywhere within that cone. but this is the first time in a long, long time that it has left the florida coastline, and it is staying away from georgia. however, that cone of uncertainty continues to slide to south carolina and north carolina. that doesnt mean we wont have our problems with storm surge, batting rainfall. w...

The grand bahama islands. the one moving slower was 1965. it was betsy. it moved 12 miles in 30 hours, but that was over land, excuse me, over water. if we look at the history of this, jake, all these storms want do is transfer their heat from near the equator to the colder waters and the colder air at north. thats it. they want to take the path of least resistance. what we have going on is a strong area of high pressure that has been up to the north of us and its been shifting this. in fact, a ...

Why is this hurricane still on top of us? they usually come and go within 24 hours. ive never seen anything like this. the steering currents are to blame. they got together. we have a big ridge of high pressure, bermuda high that basically pushed this almost into florida. we have another high to the north and west. it stalled out. finally that is the one that will be pulling the hurricane up to the north away from grand bahama. say in about six to eight hours. six to eight hours more of this, 12...

You got the eye. people are going to be out very specific, and hes not also wandering, perhaps looking up at referring to the house bill that the stars. youll be able to see them. was passed back in february, 180-mile-an-hour winds come back which nancy pelosi is hoping will go to the senate and on the southern side. this is going to be a long finally get passed there, and night. its going to be a long day tomorrow and the day after that. theyre urging mitch mcconnell, we get into florida and th...

Up above. once this is done with the bahamas, it will be devastating to see that. theres the center. 45 miles out. we have hurricane warnings that are now in effect from boca raton down to cape canaveral. 24 hours here, 48 hours to the north and then tropical storm watch in effect for central florida, disney world might be seeing some tropical storm force winds by the time we get into the middle of the week. this is a slow mover. what is horrible for the bahamas may be good for florida. the long...

>> by midnight tonight we are expected to begin experiencing some strong winds and tomorrow, me me mete -- 180-mile-an-hour winds. this thing has now made landfall i think somewhere around 2:00 where were going to really get basically twice across abacos the full weight of the hurricane. and so forth. and now look at that, just the so i -- like i say, we just wait incredible eye moving through the eastern part of grand and see what happens, you know? >> and youre prepared to be in bahama. that s...

To melbourne. can you imagine that? also notice the turn eventually taking it east of jacksonville by the time we get into wednesday, 8:00 p.m. then it curves out to sea. the big question is when is that turn going to occur? it hasnt happened yet. think of a cruise ship. if the captain says all of a sudden, we got to turn this thing around, well, youre not going to be able to do that on the fly because that momentum will continue. so the steering currents are going to want to pull this up, but d...

To the north and east, that will give us a better -- we dont know yet if it is going to make that turn. all the indications are there. we have the steering currents in place. they just need to get the players in place and then well see that turn and better determine where it will make the path. >> when are we getting the next advisory? >> 5:00 a. >> thank you. joining me now from charleston, south carolina nbcs kathy park. good to talk to you this afternoon. appreciate it. from what i understand...