lasting just a couple of hours because the storm s going to be moving very quickly at this point. and by sunday morning, it s going to be looking very nice. let me be selfish. new york city and that area, what are we going to get? we are going to see winds 20-25 miles per hour gusting and a band or two of showers that move through. but in general, not a bad day. and i tell you what, it has been hot in the eastern seaboard. temperatures have been in the 90s up to maine all week long and the change will happen and it will feel like fall. temperatures will be in the 70s upon not to make light of the hurricane because it s a big deal. but the heat has been a big deal for a lot of people and we are going to get a very nice break. and so your husband s going to get surf up? there will be good waves for him out there. i wanted to ask rick one last question. i heard a drone flew into the storm to take measurements. is that something new or has that been around for a while? it s interes
lasting just a couple of hours because the storm s going to be moving very quickly at this point. and by sunday morning, it s going to be looking very nice. let me be selfish. new york city and that area, what are we going to get? we are going to see winds 20-25 miles per hour gusting and a band or two of showers that move through. but in general, not a bad day. and i tell you what, it has been hot in the eastern seaboard. temperatures have been in the 90s up to maine all week long and the change will happen and it will feel like fall. temperatures will be in the 70s upon not to make light of the hurricane because it s a big deal. but the heat has been a big deal for a lot of people and we are going to get a very nice break. and so your husband s going to get surf up? there will be good waves for him out there. i wanted to ask rick one last question. i heard a drone flew into the storm to take measurements. is that something new or has that been around for a while? it s interes
first research mission since 2001, a u.s.-based mission. these are the drones that are flying into the storm to get a better idea really at the strength of hurricane forecasting or hurricane forecasts. we are very good at this point at saying exactly where a storm is going to go. we have very good ideas and models on the direction and the track of storm. we are not very good at predicting the strength of storms. sometimes with these storms, they tell intensify so quickly, it will be a category 4. these things happen very, very quickly. we are not that good at the forecasting of the strength. so they are doing this mission, the first one since 2001 to help us get more information and a better idea so we can kind of get better at that strength forecasting, which is certainly important for us. and that s safer than the hurricane huntedder planes. you love to get on the hurricane hunters and fly into a
concern. also for swimmers, a concern about the rip currents. last weekend, they have 140 saved in one day. that s a concern over this weekend. they had the red flags up today, really keeping people out of the water or going up to the water up to their waist. a lot of surfers out there as well. but i think the next 48 hours, they are going to try as much as possible to keep people out of the water to limit the danger from the rip currents. steve, you are a veteran of many hurricanes, as our viewers know. how do you rank this one? is this is there a sense that the folks of virginia beach have dodged a bullet? reporter: i think that s certainly the case. right now, it s mild enough conditions, we can see a lot of young people walking on the boardwalk. no sense of destruction. the trees are slightly bending, but no debris flying. it s just a strong breeze at this point.
concern. also for swimmers, a concern about the rip currents. last weekend, they have 140 saved in one day. that s a concern over this weekend. they had the red flags up today, really keeping people out of the water or going up to the water up to their waist. a lot of surfers out there as well. but i think the next 48 hours, they are going to try as much as possible to keep people out of the water to limit the danger from the rip currents. steve, you are a veteran of many hurricanes, as our viewers know. how do you rank this one? is this is there a sense that the folks of virginia beach have dodged a bullet? reporter: i think that s certainly the case. right now, it s mild enough conditions, we can see a lot of young people walking on the boardwalk. no sense of destruction. the trees are slightly bending, but no debris flying. it s just a strong breeze at this point.