maybe, oh, maybe cat 2, and now, there is not really anything to prevent it from continuing to strengthen. it is going to be a major impact, and florid yens, should expect that the storm is going to be a major cat 3 hurricane. meteorologist eric van dam has the latest forecast from the cnn center, and what should people impact and prepare for? yes, this is what people should prepare for like the governor said. it is going to be a major hurricane upon landfall which means 150-mile-an-hour winds plus. so this is the last day to prepare for this, and if you are in florida, we expect the winds to move across the peninsula before it hits landfall. and we have to remember that georgia into the carolinas, you will be impacted by the storm latest into the track.
i m sorry. something funny happened during the break. [ laughter ] okay. all right. could we just toss it to ivan cabrera with weather? i know. we could do that but now i want to know what is going on there. i-this has never happened to me! so funny! let s talk about the storm here. we are going to end up here, right? we end up with this monster nor easter essentially here with damaging wind potential as we have been talking about. 60-mile-an-hour winds plus. flash flooding and also coastal flooding as well. how we get here is interesting. we have a tropical system that is going to be involved with it as well. let s talk about it. it s tropical storm felipe. 45 miles an hour winds and thought we were done, right is in the storms? we got down to the 16th. by the way, florida, you are done with the system. despite the fact the center of circulation is over south
so, we ll start off with today and focus in on what s going to be going on later this afternoon. this is the area that we re going to be watching here as that low begins to approach from the west, already getting in that warm, moist air getting pumped in from the golf. and midlevels about 5,000 feet up, a jet stream will come in and that will provide plenty of rolling or spinning of the atmosphere, for some even tornados to develop later on today. the bull s eye pushes east as we head through the day on sunday. we ll be watching that closely. and then as we head into monday, still the area, very expansive here from shreveport heading up into st. louis, we lose the probable. nevertheless, still in this pocket here we are likely to see the potential for not only strong thunderstorms but severe storms. 60-mile-an-hour winds plus. the tornadoes as well. very large hail, which will begin today across the midsection from northern texas and then all of this will be expanding further to the ea
we re still on regular power here in the hotel where we are. not generator power. you know, i don t know how much longer that s going to last. we have a lot of leaks in the hotel. this east wind pouring right into the wall behind me is wreaking havoc with the windows. the rooms are soaked. things like that. they re going to have to spend some time fixing up this hoegts. i m sure. the problem from an economics standpoint is that it s going to cost a lot of money because next weekend is the labor day weekend. a big tourist draw. whether or not they can be ready is the big question that business owners here are asking, alex. mark potter in nags head, hang on there, pal. we ll see you again next hour. jeff joins me with the path and potential impact of irene. another good morning to you. did you see mark? he could barely even stand up in those winds, and that s, what, 60-mile-per-hour winds plus. definitely. they re still going to be seeing that as what heed throughout the next h