miles to the south of new york city. it s spinning its wheels right now as a tropical storm. winds of 70 miles per hour. gusts as high as 85. and it s moving to the north at 9 miles per hour. on that track, it is gonna hit the gulf stream and the gg gulf stream is a sliver of really hot water that pushes up the eastern seaboard. and when it hits that, it s gonna form into a category 1 hurricane and it actually becomes a fairly strong category 1 hurricane with 85-mile-per-hour sustained winds. then, it starts to weaken as it does encounter the cooler waters offshore of new england but we do think that it could hold onto that status. it will be close close to, if not exactly, a category 1 hurricane when it comes ashore in new york. excuse me, the the surrounding area of long island to to connecticut. early on sunday. and probably, around noon on sunday. that s when we re looking at a
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obviously, it is good news for the east coast of gof florida. it needs fuel and that fuel comes in the form of heat energy from the ocean. and if it is staying over the same spot for this long, it is exhausting that fuel. so it is up welling the cooler waters, and that is why we have seen it weaken to a category 4 and i expect continued weakening over the next 12 to 24 hours. so this is a bit of a good news for the east coast of florida up through the carolinas. and help us understand the protocol for the department of homeland security during a storm like this, one expected to last really throughout the week. yes, it will last. we still don t know what it will do. you know, one slight maneuver can take it in a different direction. but what fema is doing right now is it preparing and pre-positioning supplies and working with the state and local officials. so that is why it is so important if your local officials are telling you to evacuate, the time to go is now. do not wait.