Effects of Hurricane Irma lots of rain and winds have been picking up. Irma is expect to come close to the island. Let s bring in kari hall shes tracking where irma is now and when its expected to make landfall in the us. Is lets bring in kari hall as shes tracking irma right now and when we can expect it to make landfall in the u. S. Well, as we get a look at this storm, just wanted to analyze a few things with you as we look at how this storm continues to change as it moves off towards the west. Right now as it interacts with some of these islands, the convection around that hurricane not as symmetrical as it was. That shows that there may be a little bit of weakening that will work its way into the eye of the storm. It may go through an eyewall replacement cycle within the next several hours, which would then cause it to temporarily weaken before it does move back over to some of the waters, very warm water, and then it could strengthen once again. It is moving very closely to the V
The bay but usually by 9 00 some of that moves out but it could be tough from oakland to San Francisco. Things are looking mostly good inland just a few clouds. We have a lot of low clouds continuing to push inland but the lows are much warmer in the upper 50s near 64 some at the coast so not long until we get hot with some clouds areas pushing near 90 and 100 degrees. For the baseball game tonight mild at 65 and mostly clear. Oakland in the 60s, alameda 62, San Francisco in the 60s. Temperatures have come up and it is not as cold as it was but there is a good surge in the fog. 59 halfmoon bay, 61 concord, 60 livermore, fremont 60, 61 san jose and brentwood 62. Inland temperatures are marching up and the coast and bay are getting near average and slightly above. 7 02, sal tells us the traffic is moderate. We have some slowing at the bay bridge but i am encouraged because there is not a huge backup. There is a small backup waiting on the bridge but the ramp from 880 is not as crowded as
We are calling ourselves cautiously optimistic. The optimistic side i think is linked to fundamentals not just in the u. S. But globally the part that does scare me a little bit is the technical side of the ee squags where you do see these extreme low vol levels some extreme decommissioning if vol comes up, debt ceiling, you could see vol spike up the market could see some weakness in the short term medium term i consider to be confident. Gold is out performing stocks on the first time in six years whats the message in that i dont think the message is very much. Portfolio, 3 of gold. You increase it to 5 . The real story is what dubrofko is talking about, in technicals. You have to look at whats going on with the fangs right now. The weakness that is specific to todays take is all about the fangs. I have people asking me, amazon, i own it its down 12 . What am i going todo here . For some people youre going to stay in the name, but for other people on a 12 pull back when youre getting
One of the most colossal weather events of its kind. Ten states are are under a state of major, six million americans are affected. As we come on the air, if there is any good news, the storm has pushed quickly, landfall moved up, as predicted by hours, and hopefully that will mean less duration for those in the storm zone, because the storm has the power to alter the map of the jersey shore, for starters. Sandy is so large, going across 15 states from flooding in massachusetts to rain reaching all the way from michigan. In new york, all eyes, as we said are on the drama of the massive construction crane, captured on video when it happened. Getting blown over, now left swinging in the wind, on 57th street, picture this, the Stock Exchange is closed, for the First Time Since 911, the routes into and out of the city are cut off. We have a lot of ground to cover here this evening, knowing close to a million potential viewers cant see us right now, as it is because of power outages, we wan
Now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from melbourne, florida. Good evening from it to our viewers in the west from the Central Florida coast, where we are just hours away from a direct hit by what officials are calling an unprecedented, even historic hurricane. Matthew, which has already killed over a hundred people in haiti, regained strength, as expected, earlier today, and is forecast to come ashore here overnight as a category 4 storm, the second highest strength, with sustained winds of 140 Miles Per Hour near its core. Some 2 Million People in the southeast have heeded the dire warnings to evacuate. All told 19 Million People will be impacted by this storm. Its slow march means the southeast coast could take a punishing hit that will last for 60 hours or more. Our team is in place up and down the storm zone, plus al roker with the latest miguel . Reporter lester, good evening. Just moments ago the sky here turned green, transformers are exploding. Thi