45 miles per hour over 50 kilometers per hour. the temperature dropped nearly 15 degrees fahrenheit. it was incredible to feel that sudden change of temperature and the winds. of course we got the coastal storm surge we need to pay close attention to. not only the east coast, we ve been talking about that a lot but also the west coast. the national service has extended storm surge warnings all the way from the east coast to north of tampa. we look as meteorologists just incredible detail, the commuter models that continually come into us. and some of the latest information, one of the european models that we look at has a delayed landfall with this hurricane. what makes this significant is that, that means it has the opportunity to travel a little further along those warm waters just into the gulf of mexico.
satellite. catastrophic hurricane now moving away from the island of puerto rico. and heading where next? well, basically remaining over the warm water, and that s crucial. that ll probably allow the hurricane to maintain intensity over the warm water as they move just to the north of the island. there are hurricane warnings there and it looks like it will remain out over the water, the most destructive portion of the eye, probably offshore of els spanol. with you walk us through the possibility of where in the continental u.s.? we re seeing relatively consistent information coming out from the national hurricane center and also the commuter models, both the large scale global models and higher resolution models that hand hurricane, and a very high resolution that this will continue to move forward the
harvey is regaining strength tonight, poised to strike houston a second time. going to cnn s tom saider live for us in the newsroom. tom, the picture we just saw unbelievable. the water is going to get higher. you heard at the beginning of the show this young lady is stranded if her first-floor apartment with her 1-year-old and her 24-year-old cousin. she s 21 years old. what s going to happen for the next couple of days? the commuter models have handed this beautifully to an unfortunate end. what you see in the color of purple that s over 10 inches. the white, 2,000 feet. that s the size of south carolina. we re getting a years worth of rainfall in the next couple of days. we have 40 location that have picked up 30 inches.
sandy, going to prevent it from moving along the del marva peninsula and bring in a lot of moisture. the next concern after florida is the potential flooding across the coastal areas, even inland communities of georgia, south carolina, and north carolina. some of our rainfall totals from the commuter models easily exceeding 15 inches and you get that over a short period of time. you can only imagine what that means for those locations that have already been saturated by recent storms. wow. you ve got 200,000 people without power, basically some of the state s most famous tourist attractions are closed. airports closed. i mean this is this is florida. this is florida hunkered down for this serious situation. it could get worse. something you said earlier, the storm surge and and where
researchers say by using commuter models they discovered the tiny particles of pollution are traveling across the pacific ocean and then interact with water droplets in the air. the scientists say that causes thicker clouds which means heavier rain and storms that are much more intense. one of the studies co-authors says it s entirely possible the pollution from asia is changing weather pat e.s around the globe. let s look at the big wall here. a photographer just released this brand new video of new york city that he captured on a drone camera. and recording gives you a totally different perspective of the big apple. the camera zooms between skyscrapers, around bridges though, east river, three flies through washington square park s arch. the photographer says he flew the drone around and captured all the video last summer, flying drones to take pictures is against the law. suggest africa s pit bull