Watch. Here at home, keeping an eye on the Early Morning sunshine and giving way to a cloudy sky. Thunderstorms are showing up across minnesota and iowa and it is drawing closer to us later this morning and i expect a slight chance of showers. The know is flying in montana. We have a weekend cool down. This morning, it is mild. The temperature 64 degrees. Skies right now a the sun will be disappearing and a chance for a shower or two mid to late morning and afternoon. Lots of dry hours. And ben, look at the highs 74 degrees. Now to hurricane matthew. This morning forecasters are expanding a hurricane warning area in florida. Thats as the monster storm continues to churn in the caribbean. Lets get right to meteorologist Jeremy Nelson who is tracking the storm. Over the weekend and started to lift to the north. Yesterday making the land fall on haiti and cuba and just beginning to emerge into the caribbean and starting to impact the bahamas. Maximum winds 125 miles per hour, it is a majo
A slight chance for isolated shower or two. Ben . Hurricane matthew is kurning in the caribbean this morning. Tim is standing by with a look at how parts of the u. S. Are bracing for the storm. First we are going to Jeremy Nelson that is tracking the Hurricane Matthew making a second landfall on the far eastern tip of cuba and going to cross the warm waters of the caribbean and headed to the bahamas and tracking to the u. S. Now the Current Conditions are a category 3. Hurricane. The 3 could strengthen to a 4. It could skirt just along the eastern coast of florida. The time frame would be some Time Thursday night into friday and friday night as it is going up the coast. The official track is keeping it just off of land. We have a cone area here. There is a little uncertainty with the forecast when you get two, three, four days down the ro if you are along the east coast, keep a heads up. We have more on that and the very latest updates in a few minutes. We are getting a look at the dam
Is on hurricane watch. The clouds are going to return this morning and peeks of Early Morning sunshine. Between 92, a slight chance for a widely scattered shower. Any moisture is staying really light. Look at the temperatures, 70 by lunchtime, 74 this afternoon. A whisper chance of stray showers in the afternoon. We have a little wet showing up just to the st plowing into a very dry air mass. Ben . Thank you, sal. Now to hurricane matthew. This morning forecasters are expanding a hurricane warning area in florida. Thats as the monster storm continues to churn in the caribbean. Lets get right to meteorologist Jeremy Nelson who is tracking the storm. Jeremy . In the last 24 hours matthew made two landfalls, one on haiti eastern tip of cuba. We have checked out the radar on cuba, and the center is 3040 miles north of the eastern tip of cuba and now over the open waters once again and there is a chance of strengthening throughout the day today. Looking at the forecasted path, we are able t
There is a slight chance of a couple of showers going. You can see them across minnesota and iowa. The hour by hour forecast for today, no mistake there, look at the 70s. Low to mid 70s this afternoon and southwest breezes. Ben . Weatherwatch 12 coverage is continuing with Hurricane Matthew. Tim is standing by with a look bracing for the storm. First to Jeremy Nelson who is tracking the hurricane. A couple of things have changed, it made two landfalls, the first on haiti and the eastern part of cuba. Now it is emerged back over the open waters. They are warm waters and going to the bahamas. That is where matthew is tracking for the next couple of giving you an idea, especially if you are travelling to parts of florida or the bahamas. Stay up to date and check with the air carrier. Matthew is going to strengthen back to a category 4 hurricane. The categories are 15. This is a 3 right now and winds around 125 miles per hour. This is getting close to eastern coast of florida, again with t
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