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Strong winds through parts of japan. notice how its going to be moving as we go through the next several days, we could potentially see possibility some of that making its way up towards the aleutian islands as well as northeastern parts of russia. for the possibility of it making it from japan over to the western coastline of the u.s., right now not that great because we havent had an explosion at the plant. weve been dealing with leaks so that means were dealing with the particle action and th...

To around freezing, unfortunately. and by sunday, we start to see the rain move in again and then by tuesday temps drop and were back looking at snow again. be in a see saw pattern for a while. couple of warm days and then cold days unfortunately. >> shepard: they seem to be running the wind patterns on the loop here because thats what tells everybody how much danger they are in. >> everybody is so concerned for that after this storm moved through, its brought all the winds now out of the northw...

Weather as wind patterns play a big role in dispersement of radioactive particles. well get the latest from the weather channel. were hearing from everybody. people are worried about this and were trying to let you know how much to be worried. youre watching it on "hardball" only on msnbc.

Exposure to radioiodine. >> thank you very much. dr. elsayyed, thank you for coming from the university of miami. a great school. up next, officials in japan are closely monitoring the weather as wind patterns play a big role in dispersement of radioactive particles. well get the latest from the weather channel. were hearing from everybody. people are worried about this and were trying to let you know how much to be worried. youre watching it on "hardball" only on msnbc. [ woman ] welcome back...

Of 1999 for proef lacks is against exposure to radio iodine. >> thank you very much. thank you for coming from the university of miami. a great school. up next, officials in japan are closely monitoring the weather as wind patterns play a big role in dispersement of radioactive particles. well get the latest from the weather channel. were hearing from everybody. people are worried about this and were trying to let you know how much to be worried. youre watching it on "hardball" only on msnbc.

Natural processes move it around, downstream, downstream air wise or water wise. good news i the wind is coming in from the northwest, blowing whatever is coming out of that nuclear plant offshore, and thats going to continue for a while. the only way we have to assess whats -- what amount is in that wind is by their measurements there at the plant. the plant is not putting out radiation, its putting out some material, especially by way of explosion, but its pleblowing offshore. tomorrow japanes...

Is a symbol of power and they want the world to know it is the third biggest economy and still powerful even after a disaster like this. >> third largest economy. thank you so much. >> i want to go to the northeast coast where they followed radiation that leaked from a nuclear plant. tracking the wind patterns and rob explain to us how this impacts the flow of the radiation and how dangerous is this. >> they cool their rods differently. the other thing thats good is everything for the most part ...

United states and it could go around the globe. we do not know. but almost certainly some of it we reach the united states. you with not die from this exposure. think of it like being ex-saysed -- exposed to asbestos. >> so we do not scare anyone at what point do we make an assess ment? when to researchers say yes, there is a cloud that left here and we need to be concerned and track wind patterns and follow the jet extreme. when does that happen? >> we need more information from the authorities...

Than normal. and thats where the name comes from. what it mean on a larger global scale is when you have the colder water in this part of the country, this part of the world, it does affect the wind patterns, and the jet stream. the jet stream is where we get our weather systems almost like a conveyor belt. where theyre traveling along. when the jet streams set up during the la nina pattern, it means wet weather for places like the philippines, brazil, australia. here in the u.s., the jet lifts ...

If it approaches the united states that, wouldnt happen until probably the early part of next week so were talking over a week from now. if we take a look at climatology, the bermuda high will sit in this area and winds will rotate around that high. sometimes depending on its position, it will bring it away from the u.s. and become a fishing storm or it could be bringing winds up this way and bring it more towards florida and potentially into the gulf of mexico. being that wind patterns will be ...