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Weakening considerably over the last 48 hours. that's going to stop. it looks like it's going to maintain its strength, most likely even as a category 3 major hurricane paralleling the florida coast, it may weaken by the time we get up to north carolina and they easily could deal with a category 2 landfall, direct impact possible in eastern north carolina and maybe even brushing the coast from charleston to myrtle beach. here is that wind field. the area in yellow shows tropical force wind gusts all along the florida coastline. this is the hurricane winds and that is safely offshore. that's wh...

Closest proximity we can to it to document the wind speeds and the barometric pressure that is happening within the storm. this storm has been really tricky. we almost went to puerto rico to get science information. we almost went to the bahamas. but we ended up back here in the u.s. with all the equipment. if anything happens along the east coast, we will document it. >> mike, what are you expecting from this particular storm? even if it makes -- when it makes that hook to the north, that side of florida, the coastline, will still be under the dirty side, the worst part of the storm. >> well,...

>> we don't want anyone to be complacent. we have to err on the side of safety. a massive zone. 900 plus miles from south to the north carolina and south carolina. look at the scale of the storm. we're at a cat 4, cat 5 line in terms of wind speed and it is growing in the expanse of the wind field right now. they have to be ready. a little bit of change in the track, the storm could have a major impact on any of the four states currently on the track. so we have to be ready throughout the arrival zone. >> leland: the eyewall moves 10 or 15 or 20 miles to the west and it is an entirely differen...

Because this is a large storm and it is expanding, when you look at this, again, that wind field is also getting bigger. that means that those strong winds will still be impacting the east coast of florida regardless of whether an actual landfall takes place. looking at some of these numbers, again, 60s, even the 70-mile-per-hour range here on some of these cities along the east coast, and again it's going to slide up the entire coast. so everywhere from miami all the way up to jacksonville, you're likely to get some of those strong winds. here's a better idea. so this yellow color here, those...

Very close to the dunes. imagine what will happen here when there is the 4 to 7-foot storm surge that they are expecting. it will send the water clear over the dunes and that's the area of greatest concern on the florida coast. but again, as you said, inching over the bahamas now, hurricane dorian is, and moving closer to florida. how close will it get? let's get the latest forecast. let's go to the weather center. allison chinchar is there. allison. >> yeah, that's right. so we take a look. one of the most notable things in the last few hours is the eye is starting to expand again. this is ve...