Parts of florida sumter, highland and polk county, it is a Tropical Storm watch. That means we expect Tropical Storm force winds at least 40 miles power within 48 hours. We have been telling you that for a while. That is the official watch. The red shaded area is the hurricane watch. They could feel Hurricane Force winds within 48 hours. Here it is, the latest information from the hurricane center. As a came in, category 3 storms still at 128 milesperhour. It is expected to gain strength by tomorrow afternoon. Thursday at 2 pm, category 4 hurricane. Here the changes i have noticed. The storm is slower. Friday morning it is still in south florida. It takes only into saturday morning to make it to jacksonville. It will be really close to the ships a mile or 2 basically to the rest west it could make landfall in the Cape Canaveral area before it turns up to the carolinas. By monday this will turn out into the atlantic ocean. I wanted to show you these forecast the winds. I have been showi
There are now Tropical Storm watch is in effect in the bay area. That happened just after midnight for sumter, highland and polk county. I dont think you will fill the force winds today. Even though the watch was issued it means 48 hours because we expect the stronger stand for winds tomorrow and on into friday. Hereth is still a category 3 storm. It interacted a bit with the eastern portion of cuba. It weakens slightly to 125 mile perhour trend for. It will strengthen again by tomorrow afternoon. This is thursday at 2 pm at 130 mile per hour winds making it a category 4 storm. The forecast keeps it close to the Cape Canaveral area as we head into friday afternoon and early saturday morning. Polk county are in this threat zone but all of the models are in the agreement that it will help along the eastern coast of florida. Once it gets up into the carolinas that is when things get iffy. A lot of models are starting to disagree. I will show you that the first lets focus on what we will f
It will take it more than a day before it gets close the florida. It will be dangerously close to the Cape Canaveral area. 130 pound time 30 mileperhour winds 130 mileperhour winds pick 40 miles offshore we will do with Hurricane Force winds pick jacksonville saturday morning. As opposed to taking it due north the system is really starting to drift more out into the atlantic. Local effects we still have Tropical Storm watches for sumter, poke and Highland County polk and highland counties. The yellow area with how far out the strong winds extends. Hour. Watches we go to time tomorrow evening were still not expecting the worst weather to come through. Today is a normal day. Tomorrow will be breezy look at this friday morning that is when we can feel those Tropical Storm force winds. These are forecast wind gust as we head through the next couple of days i think my graphics mightve frozen up but i will for you as well as rain off we will feel from the storm coming up strike her came matt
Category 4 hurricane. It is category 3 right now. But strengthening again. This is showing a lot of resilience. It is impressive in that way as well. 130 miles an hour winds on friday. At 2 00 a. M. You can see that movement, right along the east coast of florida, the space coast, from palm bay through cocoa beach all the way up to daytona beach. 130 miles an hour winds. Keeping in mind as we have said, the strongest part of the storm in terms of winds will be on the eastern side of the eye. Most of the bay area is located. That is the weaker side, but still, if you are close to that eye wall, the winds could be very, very intense. That is why the folks in some of the inland areas are under the Tropical Storm warnings. Long term, a lot of questions. The model trend was to loop this storm today. This was the current thinking but i guarantee you, this will change. But stay tuned on that forecast path. These are the warnings. Tropical storm warning meaning within 36 hours you could see in
Than an eye opener. The message tonight, hope for the best, prepare for the worst. You can always repair property. You cannot restore a life if it is lost. Good evening. Newschannel8 is tracking Hurricane Matthew. We have coverage throughout the state. We begin with chief meteorologist steve jerve. He joins us now from the forecast center. This thing continues to be just a menace to floridas coast. Absolutely jen. Thats a category 3 hurricane forecast to become a 4. Especially on friday, affect floridas east coast. Some are estimating a landfall. Some say just offshore. It is still a concern. We will start with max defender 8. A few showers continue to pass across the area. Thats a live sweep picking up on showers in Hillsborough County at the moment. They are drifting rapidly to the southwest. You can see a few lightning strikes involved with that. But these are really not at as well. We expect that to get much more active the next 24 and 48 hours. 120 miles an hour winds. Hurricane w