Storm Structure News Today

youre live in the cnn "newsroom." hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. im fredricka whitfield. right now in the state of florida a state of emergency is in effect statewide, and the governor is calling up the national guard as tropical storm ian gains strength and moves closer to floridas west coast. ian is expected to intensify into a cat gather 4 had and making landfall as early as wednesday night. governor desantis is urging people to prepare now. >> expect heavy rains...

On Wednesday, March 13, The National Weather Service and Morgan County Office of Emergency Management will hold Storm Spotter Training. The event is free and open to the public and will be held at 6 p.m. in the Bloedorn Lecture Hall at Morgan Community College in Fort Morgan.  Registration for the free presentation can be […]

Telling us what does the storm structure look like, an x-ray of the core. well get a heads-up that maybe, indeed, this rapid intensification will happen. >> okay. so a lot of the data collection when youre in the plane, youre flying right through the hurricane. and i think a lot of folks are wondering, what is that like? it sounds like a lot of turbulence. explain what that experience is. >> its a very surreal experience. i was just flying fiona before we had ian. its not like an air baseline fl...

Would have prevented the communications. >> could an updraft in a thunderstorm push this plane up 2,000 feet? i know it can drop. can it push it up that much? >> i dont know about this particular airplane. let me tell you about one incident i had in colorado with an aircraft that did do exactly that and broke apart in the air. they had flown into a similar storm structure over the top of the rockies. they continued to fly because of something we refer to as pilot push. they have this desire to b...

How do you determine what road to go down that will avoid that because that can kill you. >> you know, you definitely have to have the experience, i think, when you are close to tornadoes. they can have erratic paths. i have even seen people, storm chasers, chased for 20 years that preached safety their whole lives almost killed by tornadoes as well. you know, thats one with our armored vehicle, one thing we dont have to worry. unless its too strong. but in that case well stay back. you can look...

been carrying throughout the east coast. back to you. >> no doubt about that. thanks. well continue to check in with you. lets check in with affiliate wcbs whos driving around in brooklyn, see what the scene is there. >> doing everything that residents can expect and even more. well get by this. we will get by this. >> there are some gutsy calls involved here. when you start telling people to evacuate, thats something many have never been told to do before. when you make the decision i...

hurricane irene, now officially made landfall as a category 1 storm on the east coast of the united states. the most up-to-date satellite image we can show you now of re irene, showing wear and tear, described as sloppy, not very well organized but starting to get more disorganized. you can see it there, it was a more organized storm over the past couple of days but as its making landfall now and making its way up the east coast maybe not so much so. it has been lashing out at the caro...

battle to the compound of moammar gadhafi, pushing inside and knocking over statues of the long-time libyan leader. making off with weapons but finding no sign of him or his family. >> the reuters news agency reports that gadhafi has been heard on a local radio station. now according to reuters in his radio address gadhafi says his withdrawal from the compound was a tactical move. his location is still not known as weve said. >> meantime, pockets of fighting remain, including at tripol...