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Chad indicated, the internal structure of the storm at its core is not nearly as organized as it was when it was at its cat 5 peak intensity. when it was at peak intensity, we had a 12 mile diameter eye that was like a buzz saw. it was almost like a, if you can imagine, a 12 mile wide tornado with winds of 185 miles per hour. that no longer exists. it's a 35 mile diameter eye that's very ragged on radar. a lot of it has opened up to the south and southwest of the center. so it's lost about 40 millibars of pressure since it was at peak intensity. it was down around 909 millibars, which was a re...

Dorian was at its peak intensity at category 5 storm, we had an eye wall that was about 12 miles in diameter that was like the best way to describe it was a buzz saw. just incredibly intense contact eye wall. and we do not have that any longer. it's expanded out to about 35 miles in diameter now. it's rather ragged and poorly organized. and so, as a result, the pressure inside the eye right now is about 40 millibars higher than when it was at peak intensity. it's gone from about 910 millibars to 950 millibars. and what that translates to everybody is that the storm has weakened considerably. i...

Sustained, gusts even higher. the national hurricane center labels it extremely dangerous. tonight we're learning important new information about the timing and the track. cnn meteorologist tom sater is watching florence. let's talk science first. what do you see? >> well, i'll tell you what. this is a crazy bee live of a mess in the atlantic. i've got to point out, oblige me if you will, by the time florence makes landfall we could have a tropical depression or storm in the gulf. they are watching it. here's the latest. early this morning in the early morning hours a watch was posted. that me...

New information about the timing and the track. cnn meteorologist tom saider is watching florence. let's talk science first. what do you see? >> well, i'll tell you what. this is a crazy bee live of a mess in the atlantic. i've got to point out, oblige me if you will, by the time florence makes landfall we could have a tropical depression or storm in the gulf. they are watching it. here's the latest. early this morning in the early morning hours of california a watch was posted. that means the hurricane center will start issuing updates every three hours. since then it didn't take long to upgr...