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The 6 magnitude range so certainly this area is going to remain very active seismicwise as we go through the next year. let's talk about the weather. actually dealing with dry conditions. that's good. ridge of high pressure. it's going to be weakening. light showers working in down towards the south but for fukushima as well as sendai this area will stay dry and the winds offshore and that will be favorable as we go through the next several days. i want to point out. here's the proof. there's that offshore flow and fukushima power plant so that certainly going to be cooperating. the temperatur...

Government aircraft entering the u.s. has tested positive for radiation. >> the winds are eventually going to blow whatever is over the atmosphere in japan closer to the united states. >> right. >> and when we talked to some scientists they said the amount of radiation in any clouds that come over is going to be vastly reduced by the time it comes over here but it is certainly scary and jennifer delgado is in the weather center with more on when the clouds may make their way over here. >> i want to ease everybody's nerves. we've been dealing with leaks across this place but we haven't been dea...

Jennifer delgado is in the weather center with details. obviously they're going to test when it happens to see how big of a threat it is but a lot of people are scared. >> a lot are people are worried. first of all we want to talk about what's happening with japan. winds are coming out of the northwest, that's an offshore flow, great news, helping to mix the radiation, the particles and the lower levels. friday into saturday it's going to be offshore. now as i take you over, i want to go to the other graphic and show you how we're projecting this air to move. as we go through the next several ...

Reporting the radioactive particles likely be dispersed and the actual radiation a fraction of what a chest x-ray would be by the time it reaches u.s. shores. >> absolutely. the wind environment is quite favorable. we're dealing with the winds coming out of the northwest and this is an improvement what we saw two days ago. here is the proof for you. as we go through thursday, as well as friday, we are going to be dealing with an offshore flow. now, i want to take you over to this graphic right here. this is the fukushima daiichi plant. here is the area. watch. we have a wind coming from the no...

Talking about 1,000 millisieverts. it seems he may have been misspoke and should have said microsievert. that changes the situation dramatically. it seems as if he misspoke. that's an indication, michael, of how rapidly this information is flowing. how rapidly the events are changing. when you get misspeaking like that, when you get confusion like that, that creates a lot of more unease and concern. >> talk a little bit more about that. it's interesting, in a situation like this, of course, information is everything. and misinformation can also be everything. how is the flow working? what is t...