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130 miles an hour. why does this intensify rapidly? it's taking warm water in the gulf of mexico. you can see the yellow and reds. these are numbers above average. close to the shoreline, the temperatures are high and that will help strengthen this storm. we have some of the hurricane warnings in place, watches as this system gets closer -- our tropical storm watch and warnings. some of the most intense winds. these are major hurricane winds, perhaps 130 miles an hour, getting in there sunday afternoon and evening off to the west of new orleans. it will linger a little while. because you're no...

Watches and tropical storm warnings out for the east coast of north carolina. the track of this will take it due north, just where it gets right about the level of hatteras north carolina and then will take a sharp turn to the right and move away from the u.s. coast. however, just because this means we won't get a direct landfall doesn't mean we won't have impacts from this. we've got a high pressure system out to the east. believe it or not, it's hurricane lee that's going to break this high down and allow maria to push off towards the east as the jet begins to get close. john, the thing i wa...

up the east coast all the way to canada. this is a huge storm, folks. just check out the view from the international space station. we're all over irene, where it is, where it's going. we've got jim spellman riding out the storm in the bahamas. john zarrella is in wrightsville beach, north carolina, and jacqui jeras here in the hurricane headquarters. jim, let's start with you. what's the situation there? >> reporter: good morning. the winds have been blowing like this for hours now. about an hour and a half ago they really picked up a lot. you can see the sea is being blown over the...