Its a category 4 hurricane. And it should cross over the eastern portion of cuba before making it into the atlantic near the bahamas. Still a category 4 hurricane. And its still expected to make this turn toward the west. The only small difference now is that polk county and Highlands County no longer in this cone of uncertainty. This threat cone. This will wobble back and forth over the next couple days. This is thursday morning. This is friday morning with winds, 125 Miles Per Hour winds just off the shore line. The yellow shaded area. Thats where we expect Tropical Storm force winds. This red area. Thats hurricane force. As we head into thursday afternoon, we could see at least portions of polk and Highlands County with 40 Miles Per Hour. 30 Miles Per Hour winds continue into friday morning. Then the winds head farther as we go through the day tomorrow and thursday morning. Winds about 25 Miles Per Hour. They get stronger thursday night. 32, 34 Miles Per Hour winds. Obviously strong
Decade. Haiti has seen heavy rain that can trigger deadly mudslides, this in a country that is still recovering from a deadly earthquake six years ago and it looks like earn cuba will be next. And lets send it over to julie phillips. Thank you. We are closely watching Hurricane Matthew, still a strong and powerful hurricane. You can see the eye defined and you can see haiti is being hit hard from this storm. It is going to pass over far eastern cuba tonight and then move toward the bahamas, at this point moving to the north at 10 Miles Per Hour, maximum sustained winds still at 145 Miles Per Hour. You can see the hurricane warnings posted from eastern cuba all the way up through the bahamas and as we head off through thursday. You can see this will likely be right off the east coast of coast of florida. As a strong category four hurricane. Remember, in the tampa bay area, were on the western side of the storm, and then it will continue to curve up over towards the southeast and potenti
The latest damage reports and we will show you the storm is impacting travel. Were going to start and see what is going on with the storm. The latest update that we had is now some of our area is under a Tropical Storm watch. It is this orange area of sumter, poke and Highland County poll polk and Highland County. Inland portion of the state, will feel the effects of the hurricane. The center has just passed to the north of this eastern portion of cuba. Obviously they are getting strong winds , strong rain and still in the haiti area. This is our latest advisory. Is a category 3 storm at 180 mileperhour winds. It is expected to regain category 4 status by tomorrow canaveral area. We will watch that closely thursday night into friday morning. Of course now portions of our area is under the threat cone. We may see the storm push further toward the west. Then we will Pay Attention to the places further to the north, but theres a lot i need to talk about. Heres the forecast it is the shall
Parts of florida sumter, highland and polk county, it is a Tropical Storm watch. That means we expect Tropical Storm force winds at least 40 miles power within 48 hours. We have been telling you that for a while. That is the official watch. The red shaded area is the hurricane watch. They could feel Hurricane Force winds within 48 hours. Here it is, the latest information from the hurricane center. As a came in, category 3 storms still at 128 milesperhour. It is expected to gain strength by tomorrow afternoon. Thursday at 2 pm, category 4 hurricane. Here the changes i have noticed. The storm is slower. Friday morning it is still in south florida. It takes only into saturday morning to make it to jacksonville. It will be really close to the ships a mile or 2 basically to the rest west it could make landfall in the Cape Canaveral area before it turns up to the carolinas. By monday this will turn out into the atlantic ocean. I wanted to show you these forecast the winds. I have been showi
The latest damage reports and were also seeing how this is affecting travel. First of all, there is a Tropical Storm watch for sumter, polk and highlands county. What that means is you can feel Tropical Storm force winds within 48 hours. That is what a watch means when you talk about the tropics. It doesnt mean it will get worse or easier it just means the timeframe. Lets talk about the warnings. Want to headed to southeast of the 5 00 update, hurricane warning has been issued. That means they will feel Hurricane Force winds within 36 hours. It is a more more of a timing issue. Heres the latest forecast, it will strengthen through the bahamas by tomorrow morning is a category 4 hurricane with winds at 130 milesperhour. A gets very close to the West Palm Beach coastline. Will have slowed down from previous forecast. Here it is friday morning, 130 mile per hour winds right along Cape Canaveral that it has a long jacksonville by saturday morning and then up toward the carolinas. What i wa