45, a couple inches of rain. but the real impact and we ve seen this for a couple of days along the entire eastern seaboard. battering waves, rip currents and beach erosion. we ll be dealing with this a couple days. now the forecast models indicate that jose will go out and come back. it may come back towards the east coast later this weekend or next week. and what that could do, and we re hoping, is that it steers maria out to sea. so, maria is going to come towards the southeast as jose comes back towards the west. and they re going to do this, what we call fujiwara, a dance. they re going to go into orbit. hopefully it will pin maria out into the atlantic and send it out to the west land fall. that is the likely scenario. as you know, brian, tropical forecasting 5, 6 days in advance is shaky at best. that s what we re hoping for. but in the meantime, puerto rico, the virgin islands, are going to take a direct hit from a very dangerous hurricane if
now the forecast models indicate that jose will go out and come back. it may come back towards the east coast later this weekend or next week. and what that could do, and we re hoping, is that it steers maria out to sea. so, maria is going to come towards the southeast as jose comes back towards the west. and they re going to do this, what we call fujiwara, a dance. they re going to go into orbit. hopefully it will pin maria out into the atlantic and send it out to the west land fall. that is the likely scenario. as you know, brian, tropical forecasting 5, 6 days in advance is shaky at best. that s what we re hoping for. but in the meantime, puerto rico, the virgin islands, are going to take a direct hit from a very dangerous hurricane if not a cat 5, very likely a cat 4 on wednesday. our good friends at the weather channel have been way too busy for all the wrong reasons of late. mike seidel near the tip of long