of the leeward islands. as we go throughout time here we expect it to move very, very slowly. where you see the white lines are 24-hour increments. tuesday, wednesday, thursday. not until friday is it still well into the atlantic, still far away from land and then further in line we could see interaction with bermuda and looks to be north of the leeward isles and puerto rico and that s good news. it s in really warm waters. the pink and red indicating the temperatures and will flourish the storm. low wind shear to begin and then increase and my thursday maybe a category 3 storm. take a look at where we think this is going to go. we have an area of high pressure to break down. this is a trough. almost like if you drive down the street and come across the
call today. now hurricane sam, a category 4 storm that s making way through the atlantic basin as we speak and happening with 145 miles per hour winds and a lot of heavy rain which is why joining me now is michelle grossmann tracking sam. what more can you tell us about the track?
there is already a tough hurricane season. it has. we are at the 18th named storm. we are far into the list. good to see you. let s tell you what s happening now. taking a look at satellite looks like the textbook hurricane. huge, massive. it is compact and churning way far away in the ocean. and then we expect it to curve. you can see that well defined eye. we see the strong thunderstorms around the core and healthy looking storm. looking at the late oes this is a powerful storm, category 4 and strong at that. 145 miles per hour winds and moving very, very slowly. that slow movement may kick up cooler waters but it is in an environment favorable for this intensification. we have 905 miles east/southeast
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