high surf, bringing in the threat of rip currents and very heavy rain. you ve got flood watches in effect for several counties of south florida. they ve had a lot of rain in the last few days and it s the cumulative effect. this is the first named storm of the system. noaa s official forecast calls for 12 to 14 storms this season, one to four of those expected to be major hurricanes. colorado state calling for an average season this year. the key thing is they ve upped their numbers since just a few months ago and part of the reason is how warm the water is not only in the gulf of mexico, but the caribbean and atlantic ocean. extremely warm for this time of year and that typically leads to the formation of more storms because that warm water is fuel for the storms. however, to counteract this, we are anticipating el nino this summer, and typically because of el nino that jet stream shifts a little bit farther south,
but even before it does that, it is expected to have some impacts. this is a look at florida the last 48 hours. we ve had a tremendous amount of rain. so even though it is moving away from this area, we do still have some outflow winds that could trigger more showers and storms which is why you have the flood watch in effect for many communities in south florida. tampanaples, still high rain chance. and we could have high surf as well. this is the first named storm of the season. it runs through november 30th. noaa s official forecast calls for 12 to 17 named, 1 to 4 major hurricanes. and colorado state another entity that puts out forecasts also calling for roughly near average season for this year. allison, thank you. coming up, from pulling clothing off the shelves to
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counts in the shooting of megan thee stallion. she was shot in both of her feet when she got out of the car following an argument. lanze could be sentenced to more than 20 years in prison and possibly deported back to his country, canada. we re going to show you a live look at buffalo, new york. that has been one of the areas that has been hardest impacted. the national guard has already been deployed. the forecast calls for up to 4 feet of snow and near hurricane-force winds. this storm is also bringing life-threatening cold to almost the entire nation. the elderly and young children especially are most at risk. but the truth is anyone s susce susceptible. cnn s tom foreman is at the magic wall with tips on how to stay warm and safe in your home and how best to prepare yourself
later this movement one more thing to watch this weekend as the nfl makes a change to sunday s schedule. league deciding to move the bills home game against the cleveland browns to detroit s ford field because of travel and safety concerns over a snowstorm hitting buffalo. the forecast calls for up to five feet of snow to fall through the weekend. now five feet may seem look a bit too much to play football. but i thought buffalo is a little tougher than this. a little disappointed in buffalo, i suppose. time now for the weather. let s go to michelle grossman for the forecast. michelle, five feet? is that really going to happen? five feet is really going to happen. what is the line for you? three feet they should play in? i think three, 3 1/2 is fine. 3, 3 1/2 can you do it. yeah. hilarious. but yeah, we re looking at four to five feet. we re looking at really heavy snow band f you go a mile from there or two miles from there,