of naples and moving toward that direction. the water vapor is interesting. because you see that orange in the map, that s that area of low pressure. also we ll see drier air in the last few images you can see. this maybe will get wrapped up in that a little bit. that s the shear that will break this storm down a little bit. storm surge is our big concern. the water levels off naples are 6 feet below where they would normally be because we have offshore winds pushing the water away. but it s later on when the water moves into naples after the storm passes and that s when we expect to see the waters rise
amount of storm surge and conditions it s creating. shep: local radar coming to us from wsvn. you can see the eyewall moving in a north direction. let s listen to phil farrell. there is about two feet of water flowing swift think through the streets in virginia key also looking at a 3-foot storm surge. this is above grounds. all that water is pushing across bigell avenue. across brickell avenue and the water is make its way through the inlet in biscayne bay. if you look at our camera in the back, we can see the wind
we are glad people got out of harm s way. this is going to stick around at least for. the hour or so, if i can take a look at the time. it s 11:19. the high tides will continue to stay with us. the latest one we have is 1:28 across cudjoe bay. the wind gusts are 45-60 miles per hour. i m sure that will continue to push the water far far inland. can you see how far it goes? reporter: it goes for as far as i can see. when i was look down that block, it s 12th street. it looks like the water was this
hours and this morning. we are talking normally this is like glass. we have a few feet if i had to estimate, never in all my years have i seen a a never seen a churned up ocean in our backyard. paradise back here, usually completely clear and smooth. right now i haver in seen it like this before. shep: our thanks to our friend at wsvn in south florida. their station is surrounded by water, but the problem is the storm surge is coming up and we wonder if it s going to flood
other people are fortunate. reporter: sir, can we talk to you. do you live here? yes. in brickle. reporter: what do you make of this situation? it s a lot of water. it s a new experience for me. i have been here for 10 years. it s crazy. reporter: i have never seen it this high. i have been here for 10 years and this is a first. reporter: you decided to ride the storm out in a condo? i did. i thought it was better than dealing with crowds in the airport man the street. the power is still on. a minor adventure. if it had couple the east coast i probably would have gotten out