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So only down. only went down from 105. >> gusts are still possible. >> still a category 2, yes. 100-mile-per-hour winds. it is now located about 40 miles east-northeast of sarasota. about 50 miles southeast of tampa. the pressure is not rising all that fast. the key thing i was looking at, i was waiting for the hurricane center to redo their storm surges and they have. so here is the new one. cape sable to captiva, theyre saying 4 to 6-foot storm surge. the captiva area, they have dropped that. ...

Are. >> sure enough. every time a cell comes onshore, a wind band comes onshore, that wind gusts gets to 95. and here is the bay. this is biscayne bay. before you go coral gables, again easy 90, 95. its this open area here, heres government cut with the cruise ship park, this is open. all this water is pouring into key biscayne and into biscayne bay. across the bay and across and into miami. and thats whats flooding now. this wind direction will not change for two to three more hours. and the wa...

The majority of the wind is still blowing that direction. but i began to, im definitely feeling a shift. there is a little shift in the wind direction because its not constantly pushing ne way, im getting a mix of the wind here. >> yeah, right now the storm surge is around three feet or so. we would like to blow that water back out so we need that southerly wind direction going. thats when we will see wind in the streets. >> youll know, when you see those tries back there, they were leaning that...

The storm surge. maybe one to three foot of -- from the very beginning, since probably yesterday. so its still really relative. i mean, i do know when the storm gets near and possibly passes over us, the wind direction will shift and my sanctuary that im talking fr rightow will no longer be a sanctuary. >> were speaking with a florida keys resident who decided no it to evacuate. you mentioned power is out. what precautions have you taken? how long can you go in terms of food and water without po...

That borders this part of naples, proper, come on by. people are trying to ferry around as soon as they can. now, i know chad were supposed to be telling them not do it now you tell me why, what is coming yet here that they have to worry about? >> well, chris, honestly, the backside is coming. we know it is and if you venture out for 15 feet to let your dog do some duty, thats okay but i dont want you walking down to the ocean for sure and seeing whats going on there because thats where the wate...

Snowstorm in the wind in a we could plan it five days in advantage. so the european model did a bit better, but you see the water on that live shot there on the right. because of the wind direction, still pouring through, theres kits here, and just with my son for spring break went to this really beautiful sanctuary down here in key biscayne. you need to go when they clear it up. that intracoastal will be the area that may push more water up intoford lauderdale with a surge is typically not a pr...

The coast, not far from the florida keys. were not as concerned about storm surge. it is the wind thats a major issue. as a matter of fact, just as you know, we are transmitting via live view, a network of cell phone towers to transmit a signal to you live. we are astonished the cell phone towers havent blown over in these winds. we did anticipate we would lose communication at some point. >> migel, stand by. hang on. i want to go to mike seidel in miami beach. >> 50 plus miles per hour, we had ...

Releasing -- essentially the opposite of the weather balloon, instead of going up the sonds go parachute and data back to the aircraft, temperature, gps, wind direction, wind speed.gets gath the aircraft. we transmit it to the national hurricane center. goes directly into the computer models forecasting the track which everybody in the entire southeastern u.s. is now focusing on that track. to we are dropping 33 of those sonds on our mission this evening in order to refine the accuracy of the tr...

This is the aircraft that flies across the top of the storm at 45,000 feet, and what we do, theres a key element to our mission, is that were releasing dropsondes which are essentially the opposite of a weather balloon. instead of going up, these sondes fall by parachute and send data back to the aircraft. critical temperature, gps, wind direction, wind speed. all that data gets gathered by the aircraft. we transmit it to the national hurricane center. goes directly into the computer models fore...

Altitude hurricane hunter reconnaissance aircraft. this is the aircraft that flies across the top of the storm at 45,000 feet. and what we do, the key elements of our mission is that were releasing drop sons, which are the opposite of a weather balloon. instead of go up, they fall by parachute and transmit data back to the aircraft, critical data like pressure, temperature, gps, wind direction, wind speed. all that data gets gathered by the aircraft and we transmit it by satellite to the nationa...