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Starts to close in near the center, this is the conservation of angular momentum. this is the ice skater bringing their arms in close to the center. the spin gets faster near the center. that's certainly a factor. very warm sea surface temperatures, and we did see a decrease in the shear on the north side of the storm. and then the only mitigating factor honestly that we saw today was quite a bit of dry air over on the west side. some storms seem to be able to shield themselves from that. florence was able to do so for a couple of days and then was severely impacted by it. so we can do a cat 1...

The fine tuning just before landfall. one alarming thing is, i don't see a lot disrupting it. >> i know you talked about looking for any signs of sheer, which potentially could be good news for those of us waiting for this impending storm. are there any signs of that? >> david, to be honest with you, i'm not particularly hopeful that we'll find something that will knock a little of the strength out of florence. >> jack, what are you seeing as far as the size and scope of this hurricane? >> well, right now, it has managed to keep a very strong core. we've seen dry air intrusions both yesterday ...

>> yes, sir. we do have a stalling situation. and of course, we remember happened in the storm that stalled off of houston last year. >> well, jack, we want you and the team to stay safe up there and i'll give you the last word here for americans watching this back down here with us. what's your word of warning for them tonight? >> david, i just would like to tell them to listen to what their emergency managers and the hurricane center has to say. and everyone out there, be as safe as you can. >> all right, jack parrish, our thanks to you and your crew up in the air tonight. and with just hour...

Charleston. and then, of course, the rain. 30 to 40 inches that will fill up some of these big rivers, they will flood for days and by sunday, even, the cape fear behind me, just 25 miles away, expected to get to close to record level. david? >> all right, ginger, our thanks to you as well tonight. we're feeling the first effects of this, the real outer bands, the wind already arriving as we're on the air tonight. we're going to see real effects tomorrow morning first thing. the hurricane hunters were up in the air late today, it was their final trip of the day. and i spoke with the team as th...

Keep giving an accurate forecast. it may not be good news but it will be accurate. >> on a personal note, what sit like when you're flying through a storm that you know will be hitting your home state? >> well, don that is one of our biggest worries right now. that of course all of our families up up there in the lakeland and tampa area. we are thinking about them. while we're flying of mission, we have to put full focus on the mission itself and we're always looking for good news. but good news for us is bad news for someone else. we want to make it as accurate as we can. >> jack parrish, hur...