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>> this storm has been uniquely bumpy. our -- our flight yesterday was heavily influenced by some of the dry air that was coming in from the -- from the west. and so, we had some of the strongest [ inaudible ] that we have had from storms in quite a few years. all that dry air intruding into the hurricane has really caused a really tough ride for us to try to fly and measure each of the quadrants of the storm to try to get a good picture of what -- what the storm is trying to tell us. >> and -- and just explain that, again. you get into the center and you are trying to measure what? >> so we try to measure all four corners of the storm including sensors that can measure the service wind speeds, as well as we drop instruments that measure the wind temperature and pressure profile throughout the
the dry air that was coming in from the -- from the west. and so, we had some of the strongest clear air [ inaudible ] that we have had in storms for quite a few years. all that dry air intruding into the hurricane has really caused really tough ride for us to try to fly in the center and to measure each of the quadrants of the storm to try to get a good picture of what -- what the storm is trying to tell us. this storm on this track with the dry air coming in from the west. the last time that i flew on something like this was actually superstorm sandy. that was a much stronger storm. um -- and had much more organization, prior to being impacted by some of the weather systems coming off the u.s. but this track and this kind of left-hand turn that it's going to make in the next day here -- um -- is -- is somewhat rare. >> so hurricanes are rare for the northeastern u.s. the last time one made landfall in new england was back in 1991 when hurricane bob came ashore in rhode island.
over. cnn is your hurricane headquarters and we've got reporters up and down the east coast as earl tracks north. rob marciano is in kill devil hills, north carolina. br brianna keilar in ocean city, maryland. first, the latest advisory just out and reynolds wolf has it. that's right. this has been downgraded. earl was a category 2. it was a cat 4. now take a look at the magic number, cat 1, winds at 85 miles an hour, gusts 105. tony, we actually saw this unfolding just over the last, i'd say, two or three hours. we saw some dry air intruding into the western half of the storm causing it to weaken. there's still deep convection to the center but the center of circulation, although you have it, the eye is almost impossible to see at this point. what i can tell you, as the storm tips to make its way to the north, it will be moving into an area where you have much cooler water, very cooler water or colder in the southern half especially off the outer banks. it moves in that area with the upper level winds and strong sheer, both of those will
we thought that perhaps because there is some dry air intruding across this, that maybe it would weaken a bit. it is still impacting this very fragile coastline. especially highway 12. they say there is an overwash. there will be beach erosion. damaging the coastal areas, as regarding the two feet of water in hatteras village. all right. let's go ahead and show you what's happening as far as the radar imagery is concerned. this spells it all out. you can see the eye offshore with these bands that are moving onshore. not quite to raleigh, north carolina, but all the way up to virginia beach. what do we anticipate will happen? it is moving to the north northeast and will more significantly move off toward the northeast, in the next 24 to 36 hours. that will be good news. especially for new england. it does look like the cape area right now, if it continues on its track, will be affected as we go late in the day friday going into saturday. but should it continue to make