exactly right, good to join you, we will talk about the conditions and was there any relief in the way of rain and first, we can see this fire very clearly on the satellite picture. that s how impressive it is and that s how the smoke is spreading. as nick mentioned, california, the entire state is in a drought condition. indicated by the orange and red and darker red coloring and ironically the fire has developed in one of the exceptional areas of drought in central california. over 2000 acres, 0% containment and let s take a look next at some of the other things going on as far as the temperatures. first, it will be 101 in mariposa near where the fire is in in the upper 90s are not out of bounds for this time of year, but still very hot and very dry conditions. as far as the wind goes, want to show you how the winds pick up during the daytime. this is a forecast of the wind,
against ida. joining me now meteorologist michelle grossman who is, of course, tracking this storm. michelle, good day to you. very busy day. very concerning day. tell me how much more this storm could strengthen before making landfall. yesterday category 1 and we were speaking with you about that and then moves to category 4 in 24 hours. i know. hi, alex. i know, it exploded overnight. we saw it go from 80 miles per hour up to 150. we are really seeing it strengthen. it s in that perfect environment and swimming over waters of 90 degrees. some of the warmest waters on the planet. you don t need to be a meteorologist and look at this image and know it is a very dangerous storm and could pea catastrophic. look at that red coloring. the high clouds. the strong thunderstorms of ida also the well defined eye. this is a really crucial time in the next five to six hours before it makes landfall and now sort of a wait and see. as we look at satellite and radar. we re looking at radar and th
than 24 hours away. let s get right to nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman with all of the new information for us. this just came down at the top of the hour, so what did you find out? hi there, alex. well, the good news is we haven t seen much of a change. the bad news is there is no change. so we are still seeing a category 1 storm. we are still expecting it to stay a category 1 strength as it crosses over long island and then make a second landfall in somewhere in new england. i will show you the track. let s look at it right now. this is what it looks like on satellite. where you see the red coloring those are the thunderstorms, those high clouds. it is not the prettiest of hurricanes, it is not very organized but it is entering an environment that it really likes, low sheer and really warm water. we expect to stay at the category 1 strength. the latest is 75 mourms winds. that s what it was at 11:00 and we expect it to remain at that strength. moving north/northeast at 17
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