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Of that wind already since before the hurricane has even made landfall. ed lavandera is off the coast. ed, where you are will be the first location to feel the real hurricane force winds. the storm surge there could hit, what, 12 feet? i mean, what are you looking at right now? >> reporter: well, it's odd because right now we're in the middle of like this dry and calm space between these bands that have been coming on shore here through much of the afternoon so it's a little deceiving given the situation we're currently in. not sure exactly how much longer this is going to last, but we have se...

What did you see? >> well, we've been working all up and down the eastern seaboard today and somewhat east of the storm helping forecast -- helping the forecasters to figure out how quickly the system is going to move ashore. compared to our last several flights, we're definitely seeing the storm expand in size and even despite the weakening of winds we expect a significant surge and heavy rains inland. >> as you mentioned, the storm has gotten bigger in size but also know that it's strengthening slightly. does it look to you like it's any better or -- any better organized and likely to streng...

And from den pasar. but just not from australia. and that is all thanks to the steering winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere. here is the science behind why jet engines and volcanic ash don't mix. when we get the plume of steam and volucanic ash get sucked in the jet engine, the ash cloud melts inside of the jet engine and eventually it can refreeze and harden on the turbines, causing them to seize and ultimately having a jet engine failure. not something you want when you're flying 30, 35,000 feet in the air, right? so let's talk about the current status of mount agung, the threat leve...

Storm, paul? these ginormous storms like irma, this is moving just about 6 miles an hour. is it a slower move, the larger the storm, does that have anything to do with it? >> not necessarily. more so governed by basically the strength of the steering winds. these are the upper level winds, the general circulation that are basically steering where exactly these hurricanes are ending up. it just happens to be that over the past couple of weeks we have seen some weakness a bit, overall steering winds, which kept many of the hurricanes basically in place. so in case of harvey, that was responsible...

Way. our models are in agreement how it works across the islands, running north of puerto rico and north of cuba. this goes until friday evening and some models showing saturday morning. we have a long time until it gets off the florida coast. right here is where it's interesting. all of a sudden it's difficult to forecast. you can see the motion and how it runs into the gulf of mexico. that is not what we're seeing and it's all because of steering winds. we have a big high pressure system that has been forcing this and pushing this further and further south, a lot of times a hurricane in this...