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Once had been predicted a couple days ago. what is the likelihood and what is going to cause whether or not this is a storm surge of two feet or eight feet. >> right. so lets talk about the first things first. so there could be a little bit of reintensification. its going through an eye wall replacement, i think. well have to talk about that. thats to be determined. i think there was land error action, friction. theres a little bit more wind sheer. i think at this point its going to stay steady ...

Westbound webb is with us. >> forecasting right now, were not going to potentially see a landfall here with the center of the eye. but we do have an outer eye and then you have those rain bands. those still could cause major damage and the major floodings, so even though were not going to see the center of the eye hit land, we still are going to have a big-time event here. lets check out the latest here. we do have sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. i think with the latest update youre reall...

Having my medication, cat food, dog food, and cash, because banks will be closed and they will be out of power, so you cannot get money out of the bank so youve got to have cash. >> nbc meteorologist is tracking the latest moves. weve got morgan waiting for the storm and mario in florida bracing for impact. janessa, to you first, any chance that dorian turns into a category five before it hits the bahamas? >> potentially with the slowdown that were seeing out of the west here at only 8 miles per...

Matter what. >> right. >> thats what we got plywood for. >> weve got reporters all over the country, all over the region, tracking the strength and preparations for hurricane dorian. vanessa webb in studio with us. weve got the latest projection on where the storm is headed. where is it going to go? >> major change. the national hurricane center at 5:00 a.m. gave us an update here. well get our next update at 8:00 a.m. first, lets show you the location of this storm system. were dealing with tha...

Strong it could get if it goes through one of those cycles. >> yeah, that is quite possible. >> and based on that 24 years of experience and all of the hurricanes that you have flown in and around, is there comparisons that you can make or what do you think when you see this particular storm. >> i think it is some of the big ones. i have flown over katrina, irma, maria, it is right there with them. >> wow. >> right now it is not yet at that entenintensity, but it is very -- it is in a very, very...

Prepared also. >>. >> good luck to you and thank you. joining me now is richard hemming. you fly in and around hurricanes to get that critical information, what are you and your colleagues seeing so far? >> well, i am actually up to five missions so far in hurricane dorian. the trend is very clear. the first few days it was very disorganized. it was struggling to survive. it was being hit with a lot of dry air, wind sheer, and there was a lot of question as to whether or not we were going to con...

Already. its over the open waters. theyre very, very warm waters. lets track it for you. theres our category 2 storm. within the next 24 hours, by the time we talk to you this time tomorrow, were going to look at a category 3 storm. we need to talk about the gusts. thats what is going to impact everyone. then by saturday into sunday, its over these open waters, its taking in that warm water. theres nothing to slow it down. theres no interaction with land. the wind sheer is slow. its going to blo...

Hours. so were 72 hours from being right there. and then it tries to stop. dont they always? theres another 24 hours and theres the next 24 hours. but can it stop in time before making landfall? yes, actually it can. will it? i dont know yet. thats still 120 hours away. that would be the best possible scenario. because if this stops over land, all of a sudden we have a different flood wind, all the big three together in the same storm right over florida. so dorians back here, all the other storm...

Preparing for something like this? >> well, right now the most important thing is anybody from the florida keys well into the georgia coast should be paying very close attention to what happens. and any small change in the forecast at this point can have huge ramifications along the coast in three days from now. talking with the national hurricane center and others that are in there working the forecasts, there is nothing in the way of this storm that will keep it from rapidly intensifying. wind...

It will be a guarantee if this storm basically goes right over the center of puerto rico and as far as rain is concerned, thats really ramped up in the last day or so as well as far as the forecast goes. we were looking at two to four inches of rain, were talking six to ten. some areas more and that will produce quite a bit of flooding as well as mudslides as we go through the next 24 to 48 hours. >> what about the rest of the u.s. coastline? we can see the cone headed toward florida. >> thats r...