This storm could be devastating to floridas east coast. Lets get to meteorologist jim m weber who is watching the track carefully. Jim, what is the latest . It made its way through haiti and working its way through cuba and up into the bahama chaifn island and regaining strength. The Hurricane Hunter planes have been flying nonstop throughout the Morning Hours and they are finding its starting to reorganize it sex the winds at one point deminished down starting to reintensify they gained it back up to 120 Miles Per Hour. It continues on that track moving to the northwest that. Was that bend that we started to notice about a day or two agatha it was going to move closer to the state of florida. Enhanced satellite loop is showing intense thunderstorm activity. In and around the center. Still looking at strong bands over the eastern tip of cuba so on satellite and hurricane recon cog na sans planes are ver nieg a Healthy System and no reason to see a major decrease in the wind sneevmentd
Coast. As of 5 00 22. 5 north and 75 west a category 3 and cause problems and the and can you see the track pretty much scrapes the east coast. And at shift will be a difference for the coast. If ts or the center is on the coast line they will experience the winds 1 15 to 1 115 to 125 from stuart along 95 and a 1 northeast wind huge damage. If it shifts off the coast it is awful but it is better. If it goes to the west 50 miles more population dealing with the winds. Literally are you talking 5, 10, 15mile shift will make all the difference in the world and then, you know the parallels the coast up by charleston. I posted last night are you buzzing about this youre buzzing about this. And a the gfs doing a swing and coming back. Lets not worry about that today. It is eight days down the road and quite often eight days later it will get us. It probably wont. It is sitting out here and moving away. Dont concern it with the storm about the loss of life in the short term, thats the big iss
Being stuck with that great white. Lindsay i dont think i would be in the water ever again. Alc cede lindsay to talk more about the forecast. We have rain this morning too. Showers are light, guys. Hence the reflection you see over downtown tampa. A passing light shower. 75. That a big jump from yesterday in spots and with more moisture, spotty, mainly light rain, a little heavier in a few spots. And watch how quickly the showers are pushing through. And if we have that walk with showers from Macdill Air Force base here at fox 13 studios. Temple terrace has showers, even plant city. The sprinkles in hudson and 5 a junction. Your rain is the least measurable and check out the showers southeastern bulk. Heaviest is over lareda and portions of Highland County and this will be westward over the next 15 minutes. Temperatures out the doors, no 72 in sebring. 75 in st. Petersburg. 74 in sarasota. On this date, we should be at about 69 degrees. So above average. Now the rain chances today high
Its 4 30, and we will go over to leigh spann. I keep saying the weekend, and we keep topping it. Yesterday was perfect. Shade it was beautiful, and max defender 8, showing not a worry this morning. Barely a cloud out there, and you will notice, its not quite as cool this morning. 5 the in lakeland, and sarasota, youre at 65, and everybody is running some 24 degrees boy are we in for another sunny day. Temperatures at average, and its hard to beat it with the high of 83. The 8day temperature trend, and leslee is here to let you know what is going on on the roads. One little problem spot, and we will look at the skyway bridge. A blinking light there, and theres construction tieing up the inside lane, and traffic is thats usually wrapped up by 5 30 or 6 00 a. M. Over here in the lutes area, a colorado collision at say the road 54 and daiquiiri lane. A collision at state road 54 and daiquiri lane. Republican president ial nominee donald not to fast because he believes clinton is acting way
Gene has the day off. Leigh, i took your advice and didnt take a that i stayed outside all afternoon. Reporter max defender 8, once again, and confirming just how clear everything is from inverness over to sarasota. I hope youre enjoying the weather. You wait on it all summer long. Its nice and cool in the morning and warm in the afternoon, and tampa. 64 right now, and youre one of the er slightly warmer than this time yesterday, and plant city is about 2 degrees warmer than yesterday. Tampa 3 degrees warmer, and brandon is 4 degrees warmer, and its warmer in clear water and st. Pete. Thats a degree above the average of 82, and its 6 08. I will take you hourbyhour to know what to expect at any point today. This is a wonderful commute. I tell you what, a nice drive. We hope it will continue. Bridge. Wonderful move across it, and the Courtney Campbell up to speed. The new port richey, a lot of lights to go through, and u. S. 19 through palm harbor, we are up to speed as well. Now back to