Just look at this rad area here which is the hurricane warning area or area where people can expect hurricane conditions. you can see just how many large cities, tampa and tallahassee into southern georgia can be impacted by these powerful winds. , ., winds. the wins, the one thing. you are a winds. the wins, the one thing. you are a storm winds. the wins, the one thing. you are a storm surge - you are a storm surge specialist as well. what is the impact of the storm surge going to be? ~ ., , impact of the storm surge going to be? ~ . , impact of the storm surge going to be? ~ ., , ., to be? we re really looking at storm surge to be? we re really looking at storm surge being to be? we re really looking at storm surge being maximised here in what we call the nature coast of the florida big bend area. this purple area here could see storm surge of up to 10-15 could see storm surge of up to 10 15 feet. could see storm surge of up to 10-15 feet. i could see storm surge of up
For now, we ll take a look, you know, here in cedar key, florida, where the waves are mean, crashing on shore already bringing in some flooding concerns along the way there. we ll have the full stats on what the storm is doing in just a couple of minutes. stay with us. to duckduckgo on all your devie duckduckgo comes with a built-n engine like google, but it s pi and doesn t spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browse like chrome, but it blocks cooi and creepy ads that follow youa from google and other companie.
Up in levy county. from north to south, the national weather service office has got to be a couple hundred miles you re forecasting, sarasota, you ve got a much lower surge but for the northern counties, this is practically a worst-case scenario for surge. oh, absolutely. you couldn t have said it be better. worst-case scenario for surge across the big bend area, leavy, citrus and dixie counties as well. in fact, i got a report from one of our forecasters, sarasota is still getting wind, gusts up to 60 or 70 miles per hour. that s the highest wind gusts we ve seen from a land-based site so far. so the wind is there as well. like you said, a low-end or category 4 hurricane now is forecast to make landfall across the big bend, nature coast area early this morning. that s what we re looking at and the impacts of what we ll be
About for st. petersburg. in the early afternoon. don t forget, too, the winds will still come up out of the south-southwest as the storm passes up to the north. the compiling effect as you go into the second half of the day tomorrow will be a bigger concern. here is cedar key right now. look at the waves as they crash over the bridge there, over onto the road. you know, cedar key in a position for seeing really life-threatening storms. yeah, we ll be watching these cameras closely. we ve got this vantage point. sox are weather s exclusive fox weather s exclusive weather tracker spoke with the owner of that bar off in the distance earlier today. they both felt like they wanted to mount some meteorological equipment. his camera there, we ll be able to watch that in realtime. wow! look at that wave splashing onto the i hope whoever owns that cadillac is going to be driving that out of here soon. jane: i hope so, too. you can see this buoy here in
Be a major hurricane this evening. be a major hurricane this evening- be a major hurricane this evenina. . , , evening. already people in around 50 evening. already people in around 50 counties - evening. already people in around 50 counties are - evening. already people in i around 50 counties are under evacuation orders, schools and colleges are closed, airports are closed, trains are cancelled, hospitals are suspending services. is this going to be as scary as it sounds? going to be as scary as it sounds? ., , , sounds? for some communities, es. for sounds? for some communities, yes- for some sounds? for some communities, yes. for some communities - sounds? for some communities, yes. for some communities it. sounds? for some communities, yes. for some communities it is | yes. for some communities it is probably going to be worse than they are envisioning because so few people understand the power a major hurricane. just look at this rad area here which is the hurricane warn