Page 9 - Wind Sheer News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Land and that's a 70 to 80% probability we'll see the winds. it will be a guarantee if this storm basically goes right over the center of puerto rico and as far as rain is concerned, that's really ramped up in the last day or so as well as far as the forecast goes. we were looking at two to four inches of rain, we're talking six to ten. some areas more and that will produce quite a bit of flooding as well as mudslides as we go through the next 24 to 48 hours. >> what about the rest of the u.s. coastline? we can see the cone headed toward florida. >> that's right. towards puerto rico and on the...

Really need to watch it. we're going into a holiday weekend where a lot of people head to the coast. this could strengthen to near hurricane, could be hurricane strength just to early to tell. we have to see what happens once it gets on the north side of puerto rico. >> the warm water off of florida could lead to the intensity? >> right, you have warm water which is basically in the mid 80s around that area that's very, very warm that fuels these storms. you also have a lack of wind sheer, which will also help the storm survive. so several factors in place that are steering this thing and we'l...

Hurricane, could be hurricane strength just to early to tell. we have to see what happens once it gets on the north side of puerto rico. >> the warm water off of florida could lead to the intensity? >> right, you have warm water which is basically in the mid 80s around that area that's very, very warm that fuels these storms. you also have a lack of wind sheer, which will also help the storm survive. so several factors in place that are steering this thing and helping it breathe new life. we'll see what happens once we get on the north side. if it shreds enough, it may not be able to make it o...

We are going to go to the north. we are not interacting with land. it's over those very warm waters. we don't have a whole lot of wind sheer. we have some dry air keeping it kind of stable. but then it really is using that fuel to strengthen. so between friday and saturday we're going to see that oomph. we are going to strengthening to a category 2 storm with winds around 105 miles per hour. these are sustained winds, they are not gusts so we have to take gusts into account. then it's going to north into the bahamas. then we are expecting it to make landfall along the eastern coast of florida,...

And potentially the island of espagnola. any interaction with a small island or larger, has an eventual impact farther down the line. we have tropical storm watches through saint kitz and farther south we have tropical storm warnings in place approaching 45 to 65 miles per hour. stronger gusts over the next couple of days. a brief window in place over the next 36 hours. it will potentially get up to category 1. beyond that, of course, larger islands in the path. there's also additional wind sheer. a little bit of dry air to deal with as well. a lot of rain going to be the story at this point. ...