live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10. right now hurricane hermine bearing down on florida as we take live look from the gulf coast shows the rain, wind and high surf. you can see on the live radar the storm stretches from the panhandle all the way south of tampa. the storm already making a mess across the state. this video from south of tampa today shows roads covered in roads creeping up to the steps of homes. this same storm will make its way up the coast making a mess of our holiday weekend. good evening, i m dawn timmeney. luce is he is off. i m iain page. tropical storm watches have been posted for parts of our area. the worst of the storm will hit down the shore. right in the middle of the big labor day weekend. we ve got live team coverage of what hermine is bringing our way fox 29 s chris o connell is trying to find out how people are changing their holiday plans but let s begin with scott williams and the latest track of the storm.
about 40-miles away from making landfall as a category one hurricane. it will be the first hurricane to make landfall in florida since wilma back in 2005. the pressure it s holding steady at about 984 millibars but, of course, you can see those rain bands heavy rain even tornado threat continuing there in florida. for our area, take look at this. we have tropical storm watches that have already been posted out ahead of the storm this basically means the potential is there for winds gusting over 40 miles per hour in the delaware beaches and all along the shore as we move toward the holiday weekend. so a danger concern across our area. as far as what s happening right now you can see that center of circulation right now continuing to approach the big bend area of florida but in that right front quadrant this is the most intense part of this hurricane. we re looking at multiple tornado warnings. when you get that change and direction with height that wind shear kind of spinning
landfall as a category one hurricane. it will be the first hurricane to make landfall in florida since wilma back in 2005. the pressure it s holding steady at about 984 millibars but, of course, you can see those rain bands heavy rain even tornado threat continuing there in florida. for our area, take look at this. we have tropical storm watches that have already been posted out ahead of the storm this basically means the potential is there for winds gusting over 40 miles per hour in the delaware beaches and all along the shore as we move toward the holiday weekend. so a danger concern across our area. as far as what s happening right now you can see that center of circulation right now continuing to approach the big bend area of florida but in that right front quadrant this is the most intense part of this hurricane. we re looking at multiple tornado warnings. when you get that change and direction with height that wind shear kind of spinning up some of those tornadoes. look
feeling effects. hermine is said to be roaring from the gulf coast with 80-mile an hour wind and heavy rain, forecasters say hurricane could produce life threatening storms as well as major flooding. sue, is this the same storm that is going to mess up our weekend, our who will take weekend. yes. you will recall monday and tuesday we were talking about perfect weather for the holiday weekend. that is not going to be the case, it looks like, the thing is about this storm, and, hi, here we go, hi, the thing about this storm is it is still down in florida and it needs to get a little closer before we can tell you, more certainty what it will do with you we can tell you we have tropical will california storm watches for our coastal counties, we re talking sussex, cape may, atlantic, half of burlington and ocean counties in new jersey. here s a look at not a tropical storm but now hermine and it is all of the rain that is something on northern florida, all the way down to tamp
now, hermine made land fall as a hurricane, storm surged and storm downgraded to a tropical storm. that is the good news, however, sue, you have given today a ten. tomorrow could be decent but then after that it was ties i. any impact we feel from this storm and there is still uncertainty in the the forecast will be the worst of it will be on sunday. okay. here and at the shore but greater impact at the shore. what about traffic coming back from down the shore. true. when to come back from the shore? based on the forecast, so, we will give you our best forecast that we can, for what the computer models are showing us but i can promise a ten for today. when you walk out the door, the word hey be refreshing in your mind because that is what it feels like outside. still dark outside, sunrise at 6:30. buddy at the shore, at least we know today is a beautiful day. temperatures in the 50 s and 60 s, nothing on radar, in our area here but there it is, tropical storm herm