in rhode island. that s about 80 90 miles away. if it is traveling at 18 miles an hour, and do the math. we are expecting this to slow down a little, bit we re looking at landfall late this morning, maybe into early this afternoon. so, sometime right around lunch hour. let s get to the latest, this is the hurricanes centers updated landfall. reason why we care about the landfall, is to get to the right of that will be the word storm surge, and to the right of that will be strong winds. that puts it squarely right over the top of southern rhode island and the newport area, up to providence, and also towards buzzers bay, the little inland area over there, just to the left of fall month. and i were new bedford s. that is very susceptible to flash flooding and from storm surges. waiting to see how it plays out. the storm will then move inland and we can over the next couple of days, and then all rain a bit. these are our computer models and when you get this close to and for all they come
are not in the clear? no, certainly not. and, we are ready. our regional coordination, across with partners, that only opening up at 8 am. we have volunteers, shelters ready to open, if needed. we are especially watching how this plays out with the tides, right? for us, this will be a wind event. we will see that storm surge. when that storm surge happens, and how it happens, particularly those south facing harbors, will be less of an issue, on cape cod bay, northern parts of the region. particularly in buzzers bay, martha s vineyard, nantucket. that s where those storm surges could do a heck of a lot of damage. we are not out of the woods yet, definitely. and, you know, these are hurricanes, right? we do all we can to predict them, but they are precious, and we will watch south. julian, before we let you go, there are people all across the country who go to cape cod for their summer vacation travel.
moment with late live update for that. our meteorologist bill kairns is standing by with the latest. all day i ve seen models bring this thing through the mouth of new york harbor. other marvels bring it through the guts of new england. neither place is used to hurricanes. neither is a good solution. and brian, i m just seconds ago looking at you at this for the first time. it came in five seconds ago. the forecast did have the center making landfall at the 5 pm advisory into the hamptons, right around southampton. it has shifted westward again. now we are making it towards islip. who is only 24 to tory four hours ago, this thing moves into buzzers bay. now in cape cod, they ve pulled their boats at the water, saying we may catch a break. but the people from long island are now all of a sudden heading