Overnight flurries. Well let you know how your commute looks this morning, and whether well see any more snow today. Alyx the first harsh arctic blast of the winter was accompanied by fires. The challenge firefighters face when battling flames and frigid elements. Nikole im Nikole Killion in washington, where president obama prepares to give his final state of the union. What to expect coming up. Youre watching kcci eight news. Shaina good morning and thanks for waking up with us this morning. Eric it is tuesday, january 12. Flurries fell overnight. It is frigid out there. Metinka the wind is something else. It felt like 15 below when you factor in the windchill. The worst conditions are to the north. Thats where we have the wind 20 to 30 below through the morning. The careful and dress as warmly as possible. Especially dress up the kids. Near five degrees high of 11 but temperatures will feel like below zero despite sunshine. Shaina the latest check of 511ia. Org shows several roads a
Metinka be extra careful. Give yourself a few extra minutes. If youre looking off to have one of those remote starts to your car, you need to today. It feels like 30 degrees low zero here in des moines. 13 degrees below zero here in des moines. The actual temp is set is at seven degrees. Dress warmly. Get ready for that wind to knock your round on the roads. Our way. Freezing. Thursday, it is into the 40s. Another blast of cold air is heading our way. Shaina the latest check of 511ia. Org shows several roads across the state are blue which means partially covered with snow or ice. In the southeastern portion of central iowa. Some extra time today when you this is it. Tonight, president obama delivers the final state of the union of his presidency. Nikole killion is in washington with a preview. Nikole the white house says this will be a nontraditional state of the union. Expect a more thematic address. Focus on optimism. They released a video. It will touch on a range of issue, from th
Reed, as you watch this today. Tell us what you see as the storm moves forward. Well, today in cocoa beach, florida, a beautiful beach day today. Some thunderstorms initiated on a sea breeze front just east of cocoa beach but that happens every day usually this time of year during the summer. But Hurricane Dorian is still well off to the southwest. Maximum sustained winds at 85mileperhour. The pressure down to 8 o 986 millibars thats likely the intense fix process through tonight into the weekend. Moving northwest at 13mileperhour expected to continue the movement through tomorrow. But i do expect another nice day at cocoa beach, florida. With you thing im noticing thats different are the gas stations. There are huge lines all all gas stations across the area np including cape canaveral. Some of the stations are even out of gas already today. They did expect that the delivery of gasoline at about 5 00 p. M. Today. That happened. But it already shows you that people are starting prepara
Advisory just in. That means we have to get to meteorologist chad myers with all the new data. What do you see . John, Hurricane Hunter just found 110 Miles Per Hour, so now that 130, 140 doesnt really seem like a stretch anymore if youre already 110 and you still have two or three days to go. But the more important part is that they truly found significant deepening of the low pressure. It went down. Wept down so much that were almost to that rapid intensification threshold. Itll take more hours for that to actually get there, but we will still see that intensification all the way to 140 Miles Per Hour by monday night. This probably comes onshore somewhere in the southern half of florida before didaylight on tuesday. But its the onshore slowly and then turns to the north slowly. And thats the rainfall problem. To the north of wherever this makes landfall the surge could easily be 8 to 12 feet. We already have watches in effect for the bahamas. We didnt get one yesterday because there
Is expected to become a category four storm by the time it makes landfall late monday or early tuesday. That means more than 130 mile per hour winds. Many gas stations across florida have already run out of fuel. The governor says the state is pulling out all the stops to try to bring in more fuel going forward. Floridians need to be prepared. This is potentially a multiday event where it will churn slowly across the state. Fuel is an issue. Theres gas station ths that ha run out of fuel. Were also going to be implementing escort trucks for fuel trucks so we can facilitate refuelling in critical parts of the state. Theyre also looking at evacuations possibly. There have been some school closures, a lot of steps being taken. We have correspondents all over florida as we cover every angle. First lets get to chad myers. Hes in the cnn weather center. Hes got a 30,000 foot view. What are you seeing on the latest storm tracking here, and particularly as it strengthens . Were starting to see