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THROUGHOUT THE STORM TO KEEP US
UPDATED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU.
I FINISHED CRUNCHING SOME OF
THE NEW NUMBERS.
STILL A CATEGORY 1 STRENGTH AT
WINDS AT 75 MILES AN HOUR.
THE OTHER THING ON THE SATELLITE
PHOTO, THE SATELLITE
REPRESENTATION PERHAPS GETTING
BETTER ORGANIZED.
WE'LL PLAY THIS BACK ONE MORE
TIME.
WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN EYE TRYING
TO TOMORROW IN WHAT WE CALL AN
EYE WALL.
IN OTHER WORDS AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS, IT'S WRAPPED
COMPLETELY AROUND THE CENTER.
IT TELLS AT LEAST THE INNER
STRUCTURE OF THE STORM IF
ANYTHING IS TRYING TO MAKE A
SLIGHT COME BACK AND IT WOULDN'T
BE SEE IF WE SEE MODEST
STRENGTHENING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
THE STORM SPEED ON THESE WARM
OCEAN WATERS SO, IT MAY GET
STRONGER BEFORE IT MAKES LAND
FALL SOMEWHERE NORTH OF NEW YORK
CITY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AND IT WILL TAKE THAT
LEFT HAND HOOK TOWARD THE MID
ATLANTIC COASTLINE.
VERY UNUSUAL.
MOST OF THESE TERMS BEND OUT TO
SEA AND YOU CAN SEE PROVIDENCE
RIGHT IN HERE.
AS FAR AS THAT TURN OUT TO SEA,
WE DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING AT
ALL.
MAJOR IMPACTS ARE LIKELY.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, LINES
COMING DOWN, EXPECT WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES, PROBABLY COMPARE
RABL IF NOT WORSE THAN WHAT WE
HAD WITH IRENE.
AND COASTAL FLOODING STILL
CONCERNED ABOUT THIS THAT WE
HAVE ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES
SO THE STORM SURGE WILL BE
SOMEWHAT SIGNIFICANT.
BUT THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING,
TOMORROW MORNING AND EVENING,
THE ABNORMAL RISE IN WATER ON
THE BEACHS AND UP THE BAY
BETWEEN 4 AND 7 FEET AT THE TIME
OF HIGH TIDE AND LARGE WAVES.
THE HIGH WIND WARNING, 35-50,
SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE 70 OR
HIGHER.
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND JUST
OFFSHORE THE SOUTH COAST.
FOR TONIGHT THE WIND INCREASING
ABOUT 30, 40 MILES PER HOUR.
YOU'LL SEE SOME GUSTS 50 BY
DAYBREAK.
EACH HOUR THE WINDS GETTING
STRONGER.
A SURGE OF WATER COMING UP
DURING THE MORNING HIGH TIDE BUT
THE EVENING THAT WILL BE WORSE,
THE ONE THAT COMES IN AT 8:30 IN
THE EVENING AND THE WINDS WILL
BE STRONGER AT THAT TIME
TOMORROW MORNING, TOMORROW
EVENING AS WELL.
LIGHT RAIN IN PROVIDENCE
NORTHEAST AT 16 GUSTING TO 23.
WE'LL TRIPLE THESE WIND GUSTS BY
LATER TOMORROW MORNING AND TO
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
THE BULK OF THE REAL, REAL HEAVY
RAIN IS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE
STORM.
I'M ANTICIPATING 1-3 INCHES OF
RAIN AND THAT WILL CAUSE STREET
FLOODING AND STORM CLOGS AND THE
WATER WILL HAVE A HARD TIME
GETTING SWALLOWED UP.
IN TERMS OF THE POTENTIAL
IMPACTS TORNADO RISK IS LOW AND
THE WIND IMPACT IS HIGH AND THE
SURGE IMPACT THE HIGH.
THE RAIN WE'LL CALL IT MODERATE.
WE'RE NOT GETTING 10, 12 INNINGS
BUT WE'LL PICK UP 2, 3, EVEN
ISOLATED FOUR INCHES OF RAIN.
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF IT.
IT IS LARGER THAN THE
NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
THIS WHOLE AREA REPRESENTS IT.
HERE'S THE CENTER.
LOOK HOW FAR OUT THESE WINDS
EXTEND.
WINDS OF 75 MOVING NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 12.
THIS ORANGE AREA IS 40 PLUS.
THIS RED HAIR IS 57 PLUS ASK
THIS DARK OR PURPLE AREA IS
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS.
THIS IS TOMORROW EVENING, THE
CORE THE STRONGEST WINDS COMING
IN ON THE SHORELINE AND THEN BY
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING LAND FALL
ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC
COASTLINE AND BENDING UP THROUGH
UPSTATE NEW YORK AND WEAKENING.
IT WILL BE WINDY ON TUESDAY BUT
NOT A SEVERE WIND.
THE LAND FALL OPPORTUNITY IS
NARROWING.
YOU GET THIS TREMENDOUS ON SHORE
FLOOR.
THE SOUTHEASTERLY WIND SLAMMING
TOWARD THE SOUTH SHORE.
THIS IS 8:20 P.M. AND NOT A.M.
TOMORROW EVENING AS THE STRONG
FLOW COMES ACROSS THE COASTLINE.
ON TOP OF THAT YOU'VE GOT THE 15
SURF.
15-FOOT BREAKERS COMING ACROSS
THE SHORELINE.
I'M SHOWING YOU THE GULF OF
MEXICO. AS THE STORM APPROACHES
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE
STORM, YOU GET THIS ON SHORE
FLOOR OF VERY STRONG WINDS.
IT'S TAKING THE WATER AND
PUSHING IT TOWARDS THE
COASTLINE.
HERE'S THE SCHEMATIC ALONG OUR
OWN SOUTH COAST AND YOU'RE
BRINGING THE ON SHORE WIND YOU
AND GET THIS WATER RISE TOWARDS
THE COASTLINE AND WE'RE
ANTICIPATING A STORM SURGE
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 4 AND 7 FEET
AND THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
IT'S THAT RISE IN OCEAN WATER.
GEOGRAPHY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH
HOW IT BEHAVES.
THE WATER'S FUNNELED UP THE BAY.
WE USE COMPUTER MODELS TO
PREDICT WAVE HEIGHTS.
WE'LL ADVANCE THIS TO TOMORROW
MORNING AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
25-FOOT WAVES OFFSHORE.
THIS WAVE ENERGY AND THESE ARE
BIG WAVES, THOSE SOUTHEAST WINDS
BRING IT TOWARDS THE COASTLINE.
SO THIS AGGRAVATES THE COASTAL
FLOOD SITUATION AT BOTH HIGH
TIDES ESPECIALLY BY TOMORROW
EVENING.
PRETTY SERIOUS SITUATION.
AS FAR AS THE WIND SPEEDS, 20,
40 GUSTING TO 50.
AREAS IN ORANGE 30-40 GUSTING TO
60.
SOUTH SHORE, 40 TO 50 SUSTAINED
TO GUSTING TO HURRICANE FORCE
AND THAT COULD DO STRUCTURE
DAMAGE AS WELL.
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES IS
LIKELY.
TUESDAY IS A STORMY DAY IT'S
WINDY.
HALLOWEEN IS JUST NUISANCE
SHOWERS.
BREEZY AT 65 AND BETTER WEATHER
TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK.
WE'LL BE HERE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
STARTING AT 4:00 A.M. TOMORROW
AND GO ON THE AIR AND DO THIS
ALL OVER AGAIN.
IT'S COMING AND THE WORSE OF IT
IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND
MAYBE THE KIND OF SITUATION
WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE POWER FOR
DAYS. THE POWER CREWS DO THEIR
BEST BUT THEY'RE NOT SUPER
HUMAN.
FASCINATING WATCHING IT.
THE SIZE OF IT ALL IS
INCREDIBLE.
IT WILL BE A MAJOR IMPACT AND
THEY'RE STILL SUGGESTING IT
RIGHT NOW