Storm. Swelling rivers, pelting rain, and driving winds. It is headed to cuba and possibly florida. We have Team Coverage of matthew. We start with chief meteorologist steve jerve. I know that latest update to the forecast crack is out, steve. What does it show . It looks similar. We still have a category 4 hurricane with 140 miles an hour winds. Clearly category 4. It surprised us. It has not weakened as a result of the te kind of passing now between the eastern part of cuba and the western part of hispanola. Then haiti, the center of the storm, the eye of the storm. Overcast, a very small eye indicating high intensity. It has interacted with land close to 24 hours. And according to the National Category 4 status. The strongest winds will be east of the eye. These are hurricane warnings colored in red. In the bahamas and cuba. It is just east of of guantanimo we are located, does include in the cone of air, sections of polk county, high lands county. We have seen the shift wobble back
Western side of haiti there. Storm surge will be significant. The winds will be destructive and the amount of rain on hilly terrain will lead to mudslides and life threatening conditions the next couple of days. The track has shifted. We are moving it further to the northwest. That was the case yesterday but now its more of a turn to florida. Now as i close up on here, we have the cone that involves hurricane watches will be posted for the east coast of florida. We could have Tropical Storm watches for us as the storm makes its closest path on us thursday and into friday and then to the north and east. What are we expecting . Winds of 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour across the interior is a possibility thursday and friday. That would be Tropical Storm force. We still with the current track are on the drier side of the storm, we shouldnt get involved in the tampa bay area where the heaviest rain. Hurricane force winds are possible across the eastern side of the state. We will talk about that an
And, it was such a close call. And, if you have friends on the east coast drop them a call. This is a storm that could track at 5 pm, it has drawn closer and are reliable models continues to hinge that this is going to be a very close call. And at last check this is about 20 miles from the projective path. In the actual landfall the Treasure Coast now look at the margin of error, a lot of folks say that, its coming this way. If it were to go west it would weaken significantly and i just dont think that its there. We are very comfortable with this track. And, its not nearly as much for us look how large this is. Or highlands county. And, later tomorrow and into thursday and friday and, there is certainly a blend, but the most reliable models are right here coming in from the southeast along the space coast and, jacksonville curving out into the area. And, and how it impacts our area. Video coming in, church in haiti. And, for the st. Petersburg area. This is video of the church in haiti
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