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Morgan chest. let's go to nbc meteorologist janessa webb. >> good morning. we're seeing the system pick up on the track here out of the west at 8 miles per hour. but we're seeing the squalls taking over in florida. the eye's still offshore. the radius for the winds, you'll notice it the tropical force winds throughout the afternoon, potentially up to 85 miles per hour. but it's already in the northern area of florida. so, we still have a cat 2. we don't have a major hurricane anymore. 90 miles away from daytona beach with 105 miles sustained winds. that's really going to be consistent and the ...

We started out on this wall been way worse across florida several hours ago. now you can see it is just if earlier that category 4 storm would have moved right coming over. the water comes very quickly. into the coast. this is the best case scenario remember in a hurricane the majority of deaths are caused for florida we could have expected. from water, from drowning, not not the case for the bahamas. necessarily the wind. the pictures we see will be because it comes up so fast terrifying for most of us. that's why it poses so much of the models in good agreement. a danger. storms don't have a...

Port st. lucie just said this has been, quote, a test of patience. that is exactly what we're seeing. you see right here there's a choppy surf. we've been seeing these conditions, again, for the better part of 24 hours. you can see the palm trees swing in the wind. not too significant wind here just yet but we are getting one of the other squalls and this is what we expect today, for conditions to deteriorate quite a bit. residents here in florida, they have seen over the last couple days, waiting for the storm as bill just described that has been painfully slow in getting out of the bahamas. ...

Ainsley and brian. that's right. the first outer band of that cat 5 monster just over 100 miles d due east of where we are standing now. not the normal wind they have here. we had a few squalls going through in the last hour. you talk about that storm surge, this sea already with the king tide as you mentioned, steve, is starting to pick up as it comes in, but it is 7:00 a.m. still five hours from high tide a little bit afternoon. it's going to come up. if you look up the beach, you can see the distance of where the sea wall is and the clock tower here, which is worth avenue. that is the stree...

Carolina. five days of watching and tracking this storm and there will never be another dorian. >> no doubt. without a doubt wiping some locations off the map in the bahamas. bill, you were mentioning where it is right now but giving you a sense of where nassau is, that's where our morgan chesky is located. >> this is where -- the great abacos, grand bahama island and then the southern edge. these are the clouds, the rain bands and squalls through nassau but this area down here is similar to like miami. may get the fringe affects but not that bad. it is a great place to be. i would hate for co...