before the storm. we are just starting to get the very, very outer bands of hurricane dorian moving through here. earlier today, we had some strong wind gusts, rain. now it is mostly strong wind gusts. if you talk to anybody around town, the big question they have is whether is this storm going to move through here. evacuation orders be are pushed back as the storm doesn t seem want to to move anywhere in that direction. people went to the store early, boarded up their homes and now they ring sightseeing almost, going to the beach, taking it in. we ve seen people out boogie boarding, surfing, kite surfing, anything they can as they pass the time. that is a concern that emergency responders have is people will almost think they re in the clear and they say right now, they certainly are not.
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mission. this time of the year everybody is here, excited, ready to go, and make it happen. lieutenant colonel sean cross, thank you for your work. appreciate it very much. want to go to indian harbor beach florida where we find nbc s mariana atencio who has been standing by for us and reporting all morning. talk to me about some of the conditions on the ground you ve seen so far. reporter: the conditions have really worsened. i have to say in the past half an hour, i ll ask my cameraman, dan, to show you just what the beach looks like behind me. you can see that bad weather starting to come our way. as we heard from our al roker this is the area between west palm beach and jacksonville, florida where people should not let their guard down because if the storm doesn t make its northeastern turn, a lot of these communities especially these barrier islands could really be at risk. are locals heeding the evacuation warnings? there was a mandatory one set at 8:00 a.m. this morning. i h
forecast tracking, and here s the storm, about 150 miles offshoaf, very slow motion, as you said, we have a forecast now that takes it just off the coast. of course that s close enough to the coast that means that the winds, which you can see extend out here, could very well clip the coast tropical storm conditions, and then hurricane conditionsed farther north. the greatest killer for hurricanes is the storm surge. this is where we have now a storm surge warning just south of palm beach, florida, northward with an inundation of 4 to 7 feet possible. hopefully the storm doesn t come any closer, but that s what s causing the loss of life that s so of the now in the northwestern bahamas. that s our fear for the florida east coast. even with the center remaining offshore, to have a
alert. meanwhile puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands were spared the worst of the storm. there were some strong winds and rain, but as far as we can tell as we re waking up this morning no significant damage. let s get right to cnn meteorologist chad myers with a new look at the forecast. chad? john, the 2:00 a.m. weather models have now finishd running and they ve printed out. i m going to show you the difference what 6 hours will make to a place like jacksonville. here is the model, track out to 72 hours, pretty good cone. and you mention how big that cone gets at the end. it s because the storm is almost stopping at the end. this is the 96-hour model all the way from about daytona down to miami. but because the storm doesn t move very much, all of a sudden that circle gets a lot bigger because we don t know if it s going to go left, right or even