along northern pourings of the dominican republic as early as this afternoon across southeastern portions of the bahamas as early as tomorrow and central bahamas by late tomorrow night. this system has a lot of moisture. there are isolated amounts that could receive up to ten inches of rain over the next several days, including southeastern portions of the bahamas. that's where we're looking at the greatest impact as far as storm surge goes. we could see water levels raised 4 to 6 feet above tide levels. that will be a concern. mod aels have a tendency to pull the form further off to the east. now we're thinking the center of the storm should remain east of the coast of florida and also it begins to impact portions of the carolinas as we head into this weekend. there is still a lot of uncertainty. there's several days that we need to continue to track the storm system. we'll keep a close eye on it. the storm system is expected to continue to strengthen the next few days, become a category 2