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The wind and run from the water. >> let's talk about the forecasting. it's gotten better over the year. so why are we worried about the storm. it doesn't seem to be the forecast. it seems to be the weird niche of the storm. >> you expect the fronts to come in and push it or pull it and sometimes they don't do that. the track forecasting has gotten so much better than in years past. intensity still a bit of a problem. we went to sleep and woke up a cat 3 again. >> thank you for joining me. john van pelt. i want to show you a live picture of north carolina. we're going there after our break. our...

The storm, gathering precise measurements that allow for greater accuracy when it comes to predicting just where a hurricane is headed. >> the strides that have been made in the last several decades have to do with track forecasting. >> reporter: as a result, three-day forecasts are now as accurate as two-day forecasts were during the '90s. but the long-term forecast, four and five days out, is still tricky busy. that's why keeping an eye on earl as it strengthens in the warm waters of the atlantic is so important in the coming days. for those who think a hurricane can't strike new england, th...