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[ Brown ] I'M SCOTT BROWN
EVERY
EVERY MOVE.
TONY JOINS US LIVE.
WE HEARD SOMEONE WAS IN THE
WATER AND THEY WERE SAFELY ABLE
TO PULL HIM OUT.
Meteorologist: THERE ARE LOTS
OF CURIOSITY SEEKERS AND TALKING
TO T.J. AND MICHELLE AND PETE
THERE ARE TIDAL GAUGES.
THEY SHOW US THE WATER RISING
ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE AND
NARRAGANSETT BAY.
THERE'S ONE TIDAL GAUGE IN
NEWPORT READING 5.8 FEET.
MINOR FLOODING STARTS AT 6.6 AND
HIGH TIDE IS STILL THREE HOURS
AWAY.
OCEAN ROAD AND NARRAGANSETT
COVERED IN SEA WATER THE MAJOR
COASTAL FLOODING IS ABOUT TO GET
UNDERWAY AS WE GET CLOSER AND
CLOSER TO HIGH TIDE.
THE OTHER CONCERN AND NOT ONLY
HAVE THE WINDS BEEN STRONG THE
LAST SEVERAL HOURS BUT THE FETCH
OF THE WIND DIRECTION ABOUT TO
CHANGE.
LET ME SHOW YOU A WIND SPEED AND
DIRECTION.
THE COLOR REPRESENTS WIND SPEED.
NUMBERS ARE IMPRESSIVE AND THE
AREA OF LIME-GREEN AND YELLOW
INDICATES THE STRENGTH AND THE
HIGH TIDE IS 8:30.
PUT THIS INTO MOTION AND WE TURN
THE WIND ONSHORE SUSTAINED
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MILES PER HOUR
AND THE ANGLE HERE, THE WIND IS
TOWARDS THE COASTLINE AND UP THE
BAY, SUSTAINED WINDS AT 45 TO 50
PROBABLY GUSTING UP TO 60 MILES
PER HOUR.
THE WINDS ARE STILL FAIRLY
STRONG IN OUR NORTHERN SUBURBS
BUT NOT AS STRONG THAT'S SOUTH
SHORE.
EVEN BEYOND THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE WHICH IS 8:30 WE CONTINUE
WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW OF AIR ON
THE COASTLINE.
NOW NOTICE BY 1:00 IN THE
MORNING WE START TO BRING THE
NUMBERS DOWN.
THE WIND ISN'T QUITE AS STRONG
AS WE GET DEEPER PAST MIDNIGHT
AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT.
THE CORE OF THE STRONG WIND IS
MOVING AWAY BUT UNFORTUNATELY
THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
AND IT WILL COINCIDE WITH THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
WE'RE STILL FORECASTING
SUSTAINED ON THE SOUTH SHORE, 40
TO 60 AND WE'RE SEEING THAT
ALREADY, GUSTS 70 TO 80 AND
WE'VE SEEN THAT ALREADY.
I THINK THE HIGHEST GUSTS ON THE
SOUTH SHORE HAVE BEEN 86 MILES
PER HOUR AND INLAND GUSTS 70 AND
THE GOVERNOR SAID THE BIGGEST
CONCERN IS THE STORM SURGE
HEADING FOR THE SOUTH SHORE AND