through early sunday morning is higher than normal with the center of the hurricane passing in that area. in response to that, we had hurricane warnings extending all the way up from the north carolina, south carolina border to sandy hook in new jersey and the hurricane watch is now up to from there up to the mouth of the merrimac river in new england. biggest concerns, of course, will be the data from the carolinas to the tide water, going into tomorrow, and then further up the coast, all along the coast, we ll have a coastal issue and inland issue. let s talk about the winds part. next slide, please. if you ve been following our wind probabilities the last several days, there hasn t been a lot of change in it. big change, we have gotten closer and the stats are growing. those two factors led to a much higher probability of tropical storm force winds. very likely all the way from the
this is one of only 20 coast guard surf stations in the country, meaning they specialize in bad weather and big waves. it can be scary, and to try and do a rescue in those seas is more scary. that s why we train so that our crews are proficient at what we need to do, when we do get called into a case like that. reporter: the main concern for this station, the area where the merrimac river meets the atlantic,ness, the north shore is expected to be spared the worst of the storm but spared may be a relative term. to go out into it, it s a big adrenaline rush but we re well trained to do it. with so much adtranswarning the coast guard hopes boaters and swimmers will stay off and out of the water. regardless, they say they are ready and waiting for whatever earl may bring. should things get a little bit crazy around here, we are fully escapable. bill: indeed they are. wow. amazing pictures, too.