in the last hour or so conditions have really picked up in charleston. we are feeling the force of these wind gusts. despite that being downgraded to a category 2, that difference of 5 miles an hour, you don t really feel that difference when you re here on the ground. i want to go to the cnn weather center. meteorologist allison chinchar is standing by. allison, as we are feeling this wind pick up, i would imagine that the eye wall is getting closer to us because that is where the strongest winds are. it also seems these gusts have been more consistent and they seem to be sticking around for a little bit at this point. yeah, that has to do with the fact that the storm is getting closer to you, and that s what s going to happen not just where you are but for north and south carolina. as the storm edges closer to you, those wind gusts, those strong wind gusts are going to get more frequent. you re not going to have quite as many gaps in between them. the rain will get heavier, things
the airfield. they were under five feet. it was submerged. but now the winds are starting to push away. that should allow that water to move out, and they can inspect that airfield and hopefully we ll get some aircraft in there. if you notice the bands of rain, instead of periodic bands, the feeder bands with downpours now and then and letting up, it s now pretty good downpours that are occurring from daytona beach all the way to orlando, we ve got some flood advisories. there have been a few scattered power outages. the system is 100 miles now from the coast, and that s been pretty much the same the last couple of nights and days. it was 105 from fort pierce, 105 off the coast of west palm, so it s running parallel. hurricane winds extend outward 55, so that s half the distance. but the tropical storm-force winds do extend now 150 miles. so that is causing some of the power outages and the surge. but here s the track change, and we still are looking at the possibility of a landfall
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midnight tonight, that could be up to three feet. you know, so we re really concerned about that, and also we re getting the feeder bands right now in palm beach county, and some of the winds are as high as 40 to 45 miles per hour. yeah. listen, we re looking at some satellite images, some images from space here. i mean it is just unbelievable the size of this thing. you mentioned the storm surge. you know, you may not get hit directly by this hurricane, but that surge coming off of this hurricane can be just as deadly as if it made an impact to you. yes, it is. it could be just as deadly. just going back to this dangerous storm, you know, our thoughts and prayers are with our brothers and sisters from the grand bahamas. you know, we have so many residents in palm beach county that are from the bahamas, that are from palm beach county in south florida. so, you know, after this storm passes in palm beach county, since we have our full emergency operation in effect, you know, what we
leland: we go to adam klotz, meteorologist, give us an idea about the storm there where jacqui is and we are it is headed. there is your center of circulation, that is grand backa isle. the the update is no movement at all. these are the bands of rain hitting jacqui. you re getting the feeder bands, they are quick moving and can produce heavy rainfall and within them is a decent wind. this is a very large storm, throwing off band rain and this wind. it will take for it to drift closer before that is a sustained rain, a sustained deep