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During a normal pattern your jet stream rides basically along the northern tier of the united states. but in a el nino pattern, that shifts further to the south. this is important because it increases wind sheer across portions of the caribbean and the atlantic. what this means is any storms that could come off the coast of africa or try to develop in this region can no longer do it. they cannot intensify in those types of conditions. typically when we have an el nino year, this means fewer tropical system in the atlantic. good news. everybody likes to hear this. the problem is el nino has fin...

Upwards of 18 inches, it is certainly something that people are going to remember because this hurricane came ashore so early in the year. jeff? >> all right. my thanks to you. let's bring in our meteorologist. what threats remain with this downgraded storm. >> from the very beginning we have been talking about this moisture flow that continues with this storm system. that continues to be the case here. of course the intensity has really died down, but you can start to see these bands where kerry was situated in the southern parishes of louisiana. he had that lull in the weather pattern. but r...

I've been a patriot clown. i have also been santa's elf. so i have been various clowns. >> and these are all your clown buddies? >> yes! >> hi, clown buddies! happy thanksgiving! >> it is going to be a good day? >> yes. >> balloons are going to fly? >> yes. they took the net off of paw patrol. >> thank you very much. happy thanksgiving to you. it's looking very, very good out here. organizer say they do get that wind sheer along the parade route as well, so they could even bring balloons down if need be. but right now it is looking all good. >> they took the net off of paw patrol. >> chase is ...

Destin east bound now, mirimar beach. you keep traveling, anybody in the southeast knows about. topsail. huge vacation destinations especially for families between destin and panama city, just east of destin itself. as you can see, the trees are not down. some areas here, this is well away from the center of the storm. don't look at this and go, oh, this storm was nothing. this is far west of the storm. course, they were concerned a couple days ago. they didn't know if it was going to go somewhere between pensacola and apalachicola. in the end, hurricanes make their own decisions. there was no...

So it came and it is getting stronger and stronger, because of the hot water? >> yes, the fuel for the hurricanes is the warm water. and that is the process that they need and that is why the peak of the season is end of the summer and into october, and the wild card with this one was the wind sheer. and the wind is up where the jets fly, and they can tear the thunderstorms apart and so all along over the last week, it was supposed to have enough shear to keep it at weaker storm, and we were saying four or five days ago, tropical cat 1, but when it ramped up in the begin, we knew we were in tr...