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TWO LANES ARE BLOCKED BY EXIT
52.
STREET CLEANING RULES ARE
SUSPENDED TODAY FOR RELIGIOUS
OBSERVANCES.
DAVE AND ROSANNA, BACK TO YOU.
ROSANNA: THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A HURRICANE EXPERT AND
METEOROLOGIST.
DAVE: HOW ARE YOU?
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
DAVE: WE ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING
TO BATTLE PANIC VERSUS SIMPLY
BEING PREPARED.
WE HAVE COOLER WATERS, WE WILL
SEE THAT VERY BIG STORM ROLE IN
OUR DIRECTION.
AS YOU HAVE A LOOK AT THIS
FORENSICALLY, HOW DOES THIS
COMPARE TO IRENE?
>> I THINK IT WILL BE ALL OVER
THE PLACE IN TERMS OF DIRECTION.
I THINK WE DO HAVE THE COOLER
WATERS AND IT IS TRANSITIONING
TO A HYBRID STORM.
THE WINDS GET ADVANCED.
HIGH PRESSURE IS OVER IN THE
GREAT LAKES.
NOW YOU ARE HAVING THIS GRADIENT
ON THE WEBSITE.
THAT WILL INCREASE THINGS AS
WELL.
ROSANNA: YOU ARE MONITORING
THIS, BUT WE ARE STILL ABOUT 48
HOURS AWAY.
COULD ANYTHING CHANGE?
>> WE NEVER GIVE 100% GUARANTEE
AND METEOROLOGY.
ROSANNA: WE KNOW THIS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WHEN ALL THE MODELS COME
ONBOARD TO A SIMILAR SOLUTION,
ESPECIALLY THE REAL GOOD ONES,
THAT GIVES US A GOOD IDEA OF
WHERE LANDFALL WILL BE.
I HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE TO
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION.
SOME OF THE MODELS STILL BRING
LANDFALL OVER CENTRAL LONG
ISLAND WHICH IS NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION.
ROSANNA: WHAT WILL THEY FEEL IN
CENTRAL LONG ISLAND?
>> THEY WILL SEE WHEN GUS TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE, BEACH
EROSION AND SOME STORM SURGE MAY
BE.
DAVE: AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE 48
HOURS OR SO THAT THE STORM IS
GOING TO BE OVER US, TAKE US
THROUGH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT
MONDAY NIGHT, TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY.
HOW THOSE THREE DAYS WILL
DIFFER?
>> WE HAVE THE WINDS INCREASE ON
SUNDAY.
GUS PROBABLY 30, 40 AND MAYBE
EVEN 50 MILES PER HOUR.
THE WINDS INCREASE TO TROPICAL
STORM FOR US.
SOME OF THE WAVES DOWN IN THE
ATLANTIC COULD BE 25-35 FEET
HIGH FOR SOME LOCATIONS.
AS WE GET INTO LATE MONDAY,
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY, THAT
IS WHEN THE WORST OF THE STORM
COMES INTO THE AREA.
HIGH WINDS.
WE COULD BE SEEING 65 MILES PER
HOUR SUSTAINED WIND SPEED BUT
THAT DOES NOT MEAN GUSTS.
>> A PERSISTENT STORM AND
PERSISTENT WIND SPEED.
SOME GUSTS WILL BE HIGHER.
SOME PEOPLE -- REALLY, THEY
COULD SEE THE POWER OUTAGES FOR
UP TO A WEEK.
ROSANNA: JUST LIKE LAST YEAR.
>> I THINK IT WILL BE VERY
SIMILAR.
THE WIND MAY BE A LITTLE BIT
STRONGER.
ROSANNA: WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS
TIME OF YEAR?
>> DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH
RATINGS OR SOMETHING?
[ LAUGHTER ]
ROSANNA: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING IN AND EXPLAINING THIS TO
US.
>> MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
DAVE: WE CAN TAKE OUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF SNOW.
IT WILL BE WELL WEST AND IN
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
WE ARE IN FOR A RAIN AND WIND