new information for you shortly. any potential impact from joaquin is still days away. here's what we're watching first. another round of storms that could bring heavy rain, flooding, and strong winds. we've already seen coastal flooding today as high winds hit the jersey and delaware coast. >> we have first alert weather team coverage tonight, we begin with sheena parveen. sheena, how soon do we need to worry about the next big ground of rain. >> it will mostly start overnight, into tomorrow, that's when the heaviest rain will be here tomorrow during the day and we'll see the winds increase, too. the winds will increase in intensity and be a persistent onshore wind coinciding with high tide tarm leading to coastal flooding. right now we have rain to worry about. it's across all the major interstates in the philadelphia area, so not a great evening commute. here the roadways very wet in many locations, but also on the slower side. we're seeing light to moderate rainfall. more rain to the south and offshore and this will be moving onshore into tomorrow. that rain moving onshore, along with higher winds tomorrow. that's going to give us a first alert weather day, even as we go into part of your saturday. heavy downpours moving in, strong winds increasing to 40 miles an hour along the shore. areas of flooding will be expected with high tide like i mentioned, so we could see beach erosion and three-foot storm surge with high tide. along the shore we have a coastal flood warning out. this will go through the weekend, so with this onshore winds could be gusting near 40 miles an hour or greater. i wouldn't be surprised if they started gusting near 50 in some locations, wave heights eight to 12 feet offshore and also beach erosion. we will see the persistent onshore wind flow. with the onshore wind flow, three foot storm surge coinciding with high tide. high tide will be between about 10:00 a.m. and noon tomorrow. that's going to also be coming along with heavy rain. we are looking at a pretty messy next 24 to 48 hours and then we'll be tracking hurricane joaquin. this is not related to hurricane joaquin over the next couple of days, but we will be watching closer to the end of the weekend. coming up, i have the updated track on joaquin. changes in it. >> our team coverage continues with nbc 10's drew smith. >> drew, coastal flooding throughout the day. as i can see, it's windy out there. >> reporter: yeah, sheena was right, the wind is intense out here. take a look at the ocean. wind is wiping up waves and we're not out on the ocean and the bulk head walls, that's been hit hard all day. good news is, low tide over here and because of that the water is lower and the streets are no longer flooded, but it was a problem today. the drainage couldn't keep up and crews here are worried tomorrow will be even worse. it was a scramble on the docks and the streets today. >> when the sirens blowed, you should get your cars off, because they go under water fast here. >> on side streets and the main roads, the water piled up and a constant rain meant boarding up windows. a wet chore. >> looks like the wind and the tide's really picking up, it's crazy. >> reporter: it was a bad day for engine trouble on this boat. marina workers were trying to get this out of the water quickly. >> these winds come up, loose boats all over the place. >> reporter: a meeting this morning, he's got a game plan to get through a rough few days ahead. >> we're on the same page, all the mayors speak and all have the same direction. >> reporter: utility companies already out at work. the winds knocked out power here. jim hickey watched water flowing through the bulk heads and on to his backyard. his plan of staying down the shore for a few more weeks is now scrapped. >> looks like we'll be leaving town rather than sit in the dark and watch my car float by. >> reporter: the good news is, there haven't been many people here on the island since we've been here. using two ways to alert people about the problems with the coastal problems, that is a siren they've been using to tell people to get their cars off the road, as well as reverse 911, message has been going out to people saying make sure you're ready, especially tomorrow as the floods are expected to be worse. live in cape may county, drew smith, nbc 10 news. we are on the beach in louis, delaware, right now. that's where the ocean meets the delaware bay and i want to bring you around this way here at the beach. this is a part of louis that tends to flood. during sandy all this was underwater past the dairy queen down there. the governor of delaware is monitoring the situation. we haven't seen any horrible spots just yet, but environmental officials are keeping an eye on the situation. seen businesses closings up, knowing how because it's going to get here. university of kelz campus here, they expected thousands for their annual coat day this weekend, that's cancelled. up and down delaware, everyone is looking at the weather and they know it's only the beginning. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> more storms head our way for tonight and tomorrow, many people are also keeping an eye on this. hurricane joaquin gaining strength. everybody along the east coast wants to know exactly where it's headed. >> meteorologist sheena parveen joins us again. you've been watching the late etc. models, but still a lot of uncertainty. >> of course, with any hurricane you're going to have a level of uncertainty, especially when it's not moving in the direction that we expect it to move as far out in time as we expect it to go, but right now it's still around the bahamas, that would eventually send it up towards our area, at least offshore or potentially onshore, but at this point things do look to be getting a little bit more nailed down as much as we can with these updates coming in. winds 130 miles an hour, so it is a major storm and take a look at this amazing image of the storm now. now we're looking at the cloud cover within the storm. this is a very strong hurricane. you can see very well defined eye and once it makes that northern movement, i think we're going to have better model agreement. this is the updated track. as we go into sunday, 2:00 p.m. off the north carolina coast, possibly a category 2 hurricane. the most recent updates have shifted a little bit farther out in the atlantic, which would be good news for us because we wouldn't have as much rain and wind by the end of the weekend, so that would be monday into tuesday. again, this is the newest track, it just came in. this is really what some of the models have been hinting towards today. so today we have a bigger model disagreement, all these different lines, these are different computer models. today we're seeing a large disagreement in the models, which again some of them are suggesting now farther out to sea. so this is something we are definitely watching very closely. since the models are not agreeing, we have to take into account both scenarios. if it would stay offshore, still some wind but less rain. as of now, the track has shifted farther out to sea. again, we're still several days out from this impacting the area potentially, so as we get closer to the weekend, we will have a better idea over the next 24 hours, even more updates through tonight, as well. coming up, more about that heavy rain coming in tomorrow. not related to joaquin and what it means for potential flooding. that's straight ahead. nbc 10 is tracking all of these storms. stay with us for the latest updates. download the nbc 10 news app to get the forecast for your specific area or keep track of the storms on our interactive radar. right now at 5:00, pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane has been arraigned on a new perjury charge stemming from evidence found during an execution of a search warrant at her office last month. kane was previously charged with perjury, conspiracy, and other counts for allegedly leaking confidential information from a 2009 grand jury probe. kane has denied any wrong doing. nbc 10 went inside the courtroom and will get more information coming up later this hour. police in mercer county are looking for a campus predator who sneaked into college dorms and assaulted sleeping students inside. it happened twice at rider university, once on september 11th and again this past sunday. the suspect somehow gained access into the locked west village dormitory by following someone inside, then he got into unlocked dorm rooms. he touched one female student in the chest and another on the shoulder as they were asleep in their beds. >> we don't know what the outcome would have been if these females weren't awakened and we don't know his potential. >> in both cases the suspect took off, but he keeps trying. so police are urging rider students to keep their dorms locked at all times. to this now, the fbi with new information on a decades old case of a local couple who disappeared after a night out with friends, but now they need more help. >> all the investigators, including myself, have put their heart and soul into this case to get closure on this and hopefully we can bring it. >> agents released this message with the hopes of generating new leads in the case. richard patron and danielle were last seen leaving a south philly bar february 19th, 2005. agents say the two disappeared and so did patron's truck. emma was estranged from her husband and raising her son in mt. laurel. anyone with information is asked to call police. a $50,000 reward is on the table. turning to this, the eagles know who their next opponent is but appears the birds are making a statement by not using their name. we'll have that story next. plus, the birds are also watching hurricane joaquin very closely. how a soggy sunday could impact the team and the fans. and here's another look at the nbc 10 radar. we have a first alert for storms that could bring flooding and damaging winds. we'll have more on the timing and impact of those storms next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. turning now to the eagles game in washington. >> danny pommells joins us to let us know how the eagles are handling the issue, danny? >> media outlets have elected not to use the name. daniel snyder vowed not to change the team's name no matter what. the eagles also planned to not use the nickname, omitting it from the game notes this week. today at his press conference, chip kelly was asked about his decision. >> i have a lot of personal beliefs on things, but my beliefs don't affect the name, so they can do what they want to do. >> chip didn't seem to be taking it too seriously, but coming up at 6:00, more on the weather affecting sunday's contest, until then, i'm danny pommells for comcast sportsnet. back to you. we're keeping an eye on joaquin. >> also a storm that could hit us tonight. let's go to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. >> yeah, we are looking at an increase in winds and rain as we go through tonight and especially tomorrow and saturday. so first alert weather out for friday and saturday, i think a majority of the rain both of these days will be here friday but the wind is going to be up both days. heavy downpours and strong winds. i think the main concern here will be at the shore because that wind direction is an onshore wind, a persistent onshore wind. coastal flood warning in effect, so we could also be talking about beach erosion and a three-foot storm surge coinciding with high tide tomorrow morning between about 10:00 a.m. and noon along the shore. right now we have rain to deal with, not great timing for the evening commute around the philadelphia area, 95 up to trenton, also 476 and 76 up through parts of montgomery and bucks county, moderate to heavy rain and also through the poconos we have some moderate to heavy rain there, too. more rain is offshore, even to our south so we're going to be stuck in this weather pattern with rain and wind and the wind that we had around today, that's going to get stronger starting tonight and tomorrow. here's a live look at cape may, one of the areas we're watching very closely. coastal flood warning out for cape may. you see the surf here really increasing, really strong rip currents and the water coming onshore with the persistent onshore wind. we have a north wind 14 miles an hour. just a few minutes ago the gusts were reported around 21 miles an hour, but we expect the wind gusts increasing tonight. temperatures in cape may a chilly 59 degrees. here's a look at the wind speed through the rest of the area, sustained around 15 miles per hour. you can expect it to get gustier to tonight. by 10:00 tonight we could already see winds gusting near 40 miles an hour closer to shore, around 30 inland and tomorrow morning we start to see more rain moving in. so this will be a concern along with that onshore wind that we expect to develop a little more of a northeast wind and possibly at about an east/northeast wind in some spots, so that would be pushing water onshore, temperatures will be chilly, but the wind gusts will be around 45 miles an hour still. inland areas still gusting near 35. then we go into saturday, winds will still be gusting near 35 to 40 miles per hour, even through the day saturday. it's going to be a very windy, cold, wet start to your weekend. sunday morning we're still talking about the wind gusting near 30 to 40 miles an hour, so the whole weekend looks windy with areas of rain. by saturday morning and saturday evening we're looking at possible rainfall totals around two to three inches in some spots, too. now we're talking about the hurricane. what i showed you is not related to hurricane joaquin. hurricane joaquin is still over the bahamas and is a category 4 today, so it's strengthened quickly, winds around 130 miles an hour. it is moving to the southwest, technically away from us, but eventually it will start to take the northerly turn and once it does so, a lot of the computer models struggling with it today will get a better handle on it come tomorrow. there you see it sliding up to the north, this is the most updated track from the national hurricane center. kaub a category 2 hurricane by sunday afternoon, but watch what happens into monday and tuesday, it actually does take a bit more of a shift off to the atlantic, so we're talking about a higher chance of what we would call scenario two, having it go out to sea. that would give us less rain and wind. the first scenario would be landfall farther to our south, that looks a little lower at this point. you never want to look at the center of the cone, anywhere inside the cone is fair game since we are looking so far out in time, but as of now, a better chance for the storm to be moving offshore. more updates tonight at 11:00 p.m. and early tomorrow morning and an even better idea by then. for tonight, rain and wind increase. this is all before we're even going to be looking at joaquin getting closer to us. 53 for the low in philadelphia tonight, 51 areas north and west. tomorrow, first alert weather day out, rain heavy at times, gusty winds, especially along the shore, onshore wind, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, chilly with that, too, going into saturday we stay windy sunday, as well, and we'll be watching conditions finally clear up as we go into the middle of next week. more sunshine, but until then we will have our eye very closely on the weather we expect tonight and tomorrow. of course, hurricane joaquin. >> a look at the aftermath of an unholy crime in ocean county. a burglary at st. joseph's church in toms river. whoever did it cracked open several collection boxes that hold cash donations for the poor. they also broke a part of wooden memorial candle stand, it also caused several thousands of dollars in damage. call police if you know anything about this crime. casino holding three job fairs this month. they have 500 positions to fill. the first is this saturday at the macy's at cherry hill mall. the second is set for october 13th at the pennsylvania convention center, and a third fair will be held at the community college of philadelphia october 27th. the casino is almost done with its $164 million expansion. sugar house just celebrated its five-year anniversary and employs more than 1,200 people. no longer stock window blinds with pull cords, starting today, only blinds with no cords or inaccessible cords. the retailer is the latest to stop selling the blinds that can tangle and create choking and strangulation hazards for young children. the u.s. consumer products safety commission calls corded window blinds one of the five deadliest hidden home dangers. people living in oregon can now buy recreational pot from places that sell medical marijuana. that makes oregon the third state to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana, however, the drug is heavily regulated. buyers must be at least 21 years of age and can't buy more than 7 grams at a time. edible marijuana products are still illegal. the iring could soon be coming to a finger near you. apple has applied to patent a design for its own ring computing device. take a look at this, the ring contains a mounted touch screen, would be worn on the index finger and controlled with your thumb. it doesn't mean the product will end up in consumer's hands. interesting, take a look at that. bizarre animal encounters across our region today. where a maintenance worker stumbled upon this five-foot snake. plus, a horse gets loose, how she was finally caught. this is nbc 10 news. >> i want you to imagine finding this at work. maintenance workers at dover saw the tail of this snake sticking out of a wooden pallet. it's a five-foot-long red tailed boa constrictor. from there it will go to the delaware department of natural resources and environmental control. no word on the owner just yet or even how the snake got loose. a loose horse stopped traffic in lancaster county. two men from south carolina had just picked it up when they say it jumped out of the trailer and on to the highway. the horse's name is bad girl face. living up to her name. she had some cuts but is expected to be okay. the owner says he had to chase her along the highway until a driver stopped and grabbed her lead. >> definitely grateful everybody helped us out, because we had to chase her down about half a mile or so. i didn't know for sure what we were going to do. >> the owner thinks the trailer might have been too small for the horse. she was put in a larger trailer. next time name her good girl always. >> better karma, at least. the heavy rain moving our way is just the beginning, folks. >> right behind the storm comes hurricane joaquin. right, sheena? >> that's right, we're tracking heavy rain and high wind into tomorrow, lot of rain to the south moving in, then we're tracking hurricane joaquin and the updates on the track and what we may or may not be able to expect coming up. this is nbc 10 breaking news. >> right now at 5:00 we continue to follow breaking news out of oregon, where at least 13 people are dead after a gunman opened fire at a community college. just a short time ago officials reveal the gunman was a 20-year-old man. he apparently went into classrooms, asked students their religion, and then began to shoot. the shooting happened at umpqua community college in roseburg, south of portland, and police did exchange gunfire with the shooter. he's now dead, but police have not said if he was killed by police or whether he killed himself. we will continue to bring you any new updates as they come in. meanwhile, our first alert weather coverage continues now. hurricane joaquin is letting loose in the bahamas. people up and down the east coast, including the jersey shore, are preparing for a potential impact. we are watching this hurricane very closely, but right now the more immediate threat is from another round of storms moving into our area. >> sheena parveen, the weather team issued a first alert. >> that's right. the first alert for tomorrow and saturday. we already have rain moving in right now. it's mostly north and west of philadelphia, but we expect more to move in tonight, along with gusty winds, windier than it's already been today. parts of montgomery and bucks county, moderate to heavy rain, but in the states surrounding philadelphia, 476, 95, up towards trenton, it was a wet evening commute, even up in the poconos we have consistent rainfall, that's still continuing. then you see all the weather down to our south. so we have more rain expected tomorrow and that's going to come along with high winds. first alert weather day issued tomorrow into saturday because of the combination of the wind and the rain. and that wind is also going to be persistent onshore flow, so areas along the coast you want to pay close attention to your high tide times tomorrow between 10:00 a.m. and noon. heavy downpours expected, areas of flooding, too, especially along the coast, beach erosion and a three-foot storm surge also expected tomorrow. take a look at the computer model. this is midnight tonight. we could see winds along the shore gusting near 40 miles an hour. these are the wind gusts i'm showing you combined with the rain moving in. now we go into friday morning, friday afternoon, winds still gusting close to 45 miles per hour, more of an onshore wind, that's friday afternoon, along with that rain continuing to move in. then for saturday, winds still gusting near 30 to 40 miles an hour in some spots along the shore and that would be the case even saturday afternoon. still gusting near 40 miles an hour. so for our shore points we could see rainfall totals close to about two to four inches locally, winds gusting closer to 40 miles an hour, sustained 20 to 30, more of an onshore wind. that's why we're calling for beach erosion with high tide and that would lead to some coastal flooding. again, we will be watching the coast very closely. we already have a coastal flood warning out and for the rest of the area we are expecting rain and wind, as well. then we're tracking hurricane joaquin. the updated track just came out. i'll show you that coming up. meanwhile, wind whipped water surged into streets in ventnor this afternoon. emergency management officials expect the region to be hit with the worst flooding since hurricane sandy nearly three years ago. >> we do not want to see this now. there's people who haven't recovered from sandy yet. >> just getting ourselves back together and now we have this happening. >> we found a pair of bull dozers closing up with mountains of sand to keep the surf from flowing on to streets. >> now to the next round of storms moving through the area, there's another potential threat. hurricane joaquin is sitting near the bahamas, but where it goes next is still a big question. despite that uncertainty, local and state officials are telling people to get ready just in case. >> nbc 10's cydney long joins us live. we heard from governor christie today, he isn't taking any chances. >> no, he is not. in fact, the governor cancelled several out of state campaign stops. he plans to stay close to home this weekend. he's most concerned with south jersey and has two concerns specifically over the next four days. his overall message to new jerseyans is to prepare and not panic. >> i need all of you to begin to prepare today. >> reporter: governor christie says he will consider evacuations if and when necessary with a one-two punch of devastating weather about to hit. christie says the concern is too bold. severe flooding with the approaching storm and every agency is prepping now ahead of joaquin's possible landfall, depending on the track of the storm. >> i'm not standing up today saying joaquin is going to be sandy. we have absolutely no way of knowing that at this point. category 3 out there now. >> reporter: christie says south jersey will be hit the hardest, atlantic, cape may, sunderland counties, especially along the delaware bay. he says lessons learned during hurricane sandy make us stronger, not just ahead of the storm, but for its aftermath. right now new jersey power companies, d.o.t., all law enforcement and hospitals, are organizing mutual aid and back-up staff. >> we are not quite yet sure about whether this is going to be a single punch or a double punch. there is no question there's going to be a single punch that's going to start this evening and there are going to be winds up to 75 to 85 miles an hour in the southern part of the state, in addition to the rain. >> reporter: now on the major interstates, new jersey department of transportation is also removing any debris from storm drains and positioning debris removal equipment. christie also says both rutgers university and rowan university could be shelter locations, but it is not certain if that will be necessary or not just yet. live in mercer county, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> thanks. pennsylvania governor tom wolf is prepared to declare a state of emergency if necessary. wolf says the state is working with local and federal agencies to prepare and is encouraging residents to do the same. >> you ought to have any emergency, weather emergency or otherwise, have three days worth of food, if you need medications, make sure you have three days worth of medications so that you are set. stay in your home with the inclement weather, you want to stay in the house. >> right now it's a lot of watching and waiting as hurricane joaquin churns in the atlantic. >> it's too early to know where the storm will go next. >> yeah, the storm hasn't even taken the north turn yet like we expect it to, so once it does, the computer models we've been watching so closely will have a better idea and agreement where the storm will go. right now what it's been doing is basically just sitting over the bahamas, very warm water temperatures, warm water fuels hurricanes, so this storm has strengthened to a category 4. winds 130 miles an hour, but it's moving very slowly. it's moving to the southwest at 6 miles an hour, so we are waiting for the north turn and once it takes the north turn, again, we'll have a better idea of which direction it's heading. right now the track has updated, so what it has shown basically is by sunday 2:00 p.m. it's still possibly a category 2 hurricane off the north carolina coast, but the updates have pushed it out to sea a little bit more than what we had earlier and, of course, yesterday. we're starting to get a better grasp on what may be happening with the storm. closest to us wouldn't be until monday afternoon, tuesday afternoon. at that time, though, depending how close it is with us would determine our impact. farther out to sea it stays, less of an impact. if it moves inland, more rain and more wind. take a look at the computer models, these are all different forecast models. some still moving around the carolinas, but many more today are moving out to sea, so there is bigger disagreement on the models today. staying offshore, again, would mean wind but less rain, onshore would mean higher winds and rain. what we've already seen across the area is that major cool down. we have that stationary front offshore and we're going to see this big area of moisture move in giving us rain and wind tomorrow and into the weekend, then we'll be watching hurricane joaquin. at this point that track is still uncertain, but more models are hinting it moving offshore. more updates locally coming up. >> thanks, sheena. the eagles are also keeping a close eye on the weather. as are the fans. we'll let you know how the traveling philadelphia faithful are preparing for the potentially messy game. and from how tall to how rich. the top online searches when it comes to the 2016 presidential candidates. live picture from cape may, we are tracking a one-two punch, first a round of severe storms nearly upon us, then hurricane joaquin, which has been upgraded to a category 4. both systems will bring strong winds, heavy rain, possible flooding. meteorologist sheena parveen is tracking both storms. we'll check in with her shortly. in the meantime, you'll be talking about this -- apparently what we're most curious about, i'll say it again in case you missed it, weight, height, and net worth when it comes to the presidential candidates. google has compiled a list of the top questions asked about each candidate over the past few months. these are the search topics that potential voters are most interested in. hillary clinton's age, jeb bush's height, chris christie's weight, and donald trump's net worth. this is the first time that google's releasing such data during a presidential campaign. well, speaking of tracking, our first alert meteorologists are tracking hurricane joaquin right now. what's the latest? >> that's right, updates on joaquin's track. i'll show you what the updates are, but before all that we're talking about heavy rain and very high wind all starting overnight tonight. what you can expect coming up. terminate the parental rights of a convicted rapist, it would eliminate the abuser's access to full, partial, or supervised custody of a child conceived by rape. the bill maintains the offender's obligation to pay child support. additionally, the bill gives victims the opportunity to object to the termination of the rights if she wants to stay in contact with the child's biological father. some nonviolent drug offenders could be in line for reduced prison sentences. a bipartisan group of senators released a bill today where some current inmates could get their sentences reduced by as much as 25% by taking part in rehab programs. the deal would also eliminate mandatory life sentences for three-time nonviolent offenders. violent offenders would be excluded here. among the democrats backing the bill is new jersey senator cory booker. >> it truly does bring to our american legal system justice and to make it more like an american justice system. >> at a news conference today the senators congratulated each other for reaching a bipartisan compromise at a time when such agreements are rare. the white house has yet to comment on the bill. all right, we're going to look at the forecast, because we have hurricane joaquin and also what's ahead of it. >> that's right, a one-two punch as we've been calling it here on nbc 10. bring us up to speed. >> first alert weather day tomorrow and saturday. we have heavy rain that's heading our way and also really high winds, especially if you live along the shore. we can expect some areas to see flooding, especially if you're along the coast. we have heavy downpours and strong winds in the forecast, areas of flooding, coastal flood warning out right now and beach erosion could be possible with a persistent onshore wind, as well as about a three-foot storm surge coinciding with high tide between 10:00 a.m. and noon tomorrow morning. locally, though, we already have the rain around for the evening commute, a lot of the interstates are wet and probably pretty slow moving at this point, especially through montgomery county on 476. pretty heavy rainfall here, especially around the philadelphia area, i-95 seeing that rain still and all the way up into the poconos. now as we go into tomorrow, we have more rain that will be offshore, making its way onshore and along with this, we're looking at some high winds. so we have quite a few days where we're going to have windy, rainy, gloomy, kind of chilly conditions, too. look at the wind speeds right now, sustained near 15 miles an hour, butzs7# gusting even high than that. this is actually a live picture of cape may and if you look closely around here, you can see quite a bit of surfers out in the ocean. we do not encourage this, of course. we look at strong rip currents but conditions will be deteriorating through the next 12 to 24 hours. in cape may, winds gusting close to 20 miles an hour and we're seeing temperatures right around 59 degrees, so it is chilly and we're starting to develop more of that onshore wind. now as we go through that time, tomorrow morning winds could be gusting near 45 miles an hour close to the shore, around the philadelphia area closer to 25 and there you see the rain moving in. some of the rain heavy at times and by the afternoon and evening winds gusting near 45 miles an hour along the shore, persistent onshore wind flow with winds gusting near 35 miles an hour inland. this will stay the case into saturday, maybe not as much heavy rain saturday, but we're looking at spotty rain with still some very gusty winds. even through saturday evening the winds don't look to be lightening up. they'll still be gusting near 30, 35 miles an hour and even as we go into sunday. if you are along the shore, we have a coastal flood warning, so this is one of the areas we're definitely going to be keeping a close eye on with the onshore wind gusting around 45 miles an hour, wave heights eight to 12 feet. about three feet here coinciding with the high tide time tomorrow morning, so all of this will be keeping a very close eye on and giving you any updates tonight and tomorrow morning. into saturday we could see anywhere from one to two inches locally of rainfall, then at that time we'll be keeping a closer eye on hurricane joaquin. so everything i just showed you is not related to hurricane joaquin, so even when we do start to get the heavy rain tomorrow and saturday, the hurricane will still be very far away. right now it's around the bahamas, increased to a category 4, max winds 130 miles an hour. it's not made the north turn yet, but it will be making that north turn and once it does i think computer models will get a better handle on this. as of now this is the updated track from the national hurricane center, right off the coast of the carolinas is the category 2, but the track does leave it offshore. closer to us that track has shifted more offshore, which is good news for us. we would still see the wind, but not as much rain. so the cone of uncertainty gets wider because the uncertainty gets greater. you want to ignore the middle of the cone here really anywhere inside the cone is fair game for the storm to go as of now. the scenario, number one, making landfall that's going to be a lower chance right now. now we're looking at scenario number two moving farther out to sea. we do appear to have a higher chance of that, computer models are starting to kind of lean that way today. not so much what they did yesterday. we are starting to see some changes in that hurricane forecast. for tonight, rain and wind increasing, temperatures about the mid to low 50s. tomorrow we have rain, some locally heavy gusty winds. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, so it's going to be a windy, rainy, chilly day, even as we go into saturday and, of course, by the end of the weekend still windy and breezy. we'll be watching hurricane joaquin very closely. more updates tonight, and, of course, tomorrow morning. >> thank you. some of the bullet points here, hurricane joaquin now a category 4 storm. it's right over the bahamas, so let's check on conditions there now with nbc's dan krauss. >> don't let the sunshine out here fool you. this storm is getting stronger. now a category 4 hurricane in this direction. you can see behind me all the docks are empty tonight. it's a very rare sight because many of the cruise lines have diverted their ships to other ports for the next 24 hours as people here ride out this storm. high winds and powerful waves crashing against the shores tonight, and they are only expected to grow worse. putting a damper on this couple's honeymoon. >> he watched the news literally 24 hours straight yesterday to see what kind of course it was taking. >> reporter: instead of enjoying your honeymoon. >> yes. >> reporter: right now flooding is the biggest concern. the oceans already spilling over on to the streets, the sewers can't handle the water. as sea levels continue to rise outside, the government's ministry of tourism set up a 24-hour disaster center inside. they are working to track more than 7,000 visitors throughout the entire island chain. >> we just are praying that everyone remains safe, remains well, that it passings. >> reporter: while businesses and home owners have sand bags on stand by in nassau, they are worried most about the smaller southern islands. take a look. here are the conditions in the central bahamas on long island. and further south, the more devastating scene. people here are getting slammed with winds of up to 130 miles per hour and facing dangerous floods. >> it's horrifying to know that water is window high in the southern part of the islands right now. i really wish i could be there. >> reporter: she has family members who live in the southern islands. a lot of people are concerned tonight. this hurricane could raise sea levels by up to ten feet and dump up to 20 inches of rain. i'm dan krauth in the bahamas, back to you. still ahead, a verdict in the case of a south jersey police officer on trial for murder. that's coming up at 6:00. what promises to be a very soggy sunday in washington, the potential for heavy rain has caused the league to reach out to both teams to discuss contingency plans, but eagles coach chip kelly says they are expecting to play as scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on sunday. of course, the players aren't the only ones affected by the potential downpours. fans must prepare, as well, and not just what's heading to fedex field in washington. nbc 10 has that side of the story. >> reporter: it's not hard to find eagles fans at the penrose diner in south philadelphia, but bob takes his love of the sport to another level. >> lineup here ready to go for sunday already. >> reporter: he tracks his four fantasy football leagues on his phone, but weather predictions could have him changing his strategy for the eagles versus redskins game this weekend at fedex field. heavy rain is expected with the potential for the effects of hurricane joaquin to cancel the game altogether. demarco murray is often part of his lineup and if he cannot play, that means losing crucial points in his fantasy competition. >> if they can't play the game and i use him, if they don't play him, i'm basically up the river. so i'll probably replace him with either jonathan stewart or latavius murray. >> reporter: just a few tables down is darryl roberts. >> eagles fan, die hard eagles fan. we were talking about going down, couple of gentlemen from work were talking about taking a trip down to maryland for the game. >> reporter: right now roberts is not adjusting his plans. the threat of bad weather is not enough to keep him from supporting the home team. >> i have to be dog sick in order to not go. i will definitely go, rain, shine, sleet, or snow, i'm there. just dress properly, that's all. >> we reached out to the redskins organization who tells us the nfl will make the final determination about if the game will be postponed or not. you may have seen washington's preseason game against the lions when it was a muddy mess. well, most fans left the stadium, the game still continued as scheduled. live in the digital operations center. nbc 10 news. coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, flooding fears from the jersey shore to delaware. we've got you covered. i'm lauren mayk, all new at 6:00, before the rain comes, the one thing you can do right now to keep that water from getting into your house. and i'm following tonight's heavy rains and keeping an eye on the latest track for hurricane joaquin. plus, we're following breaking news as many as 13 dead after a shooting on a college campus out west. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours. breaking news, a mass shooting on a college campus, as many as 13 people dead and the suspect killed in a shootout with police. this all unfolded in oregon at umpqua community college in the town of roseburg. keith jones is following the latest developments from our digital operations center. keith? >> late today a student in the school told a local newspaper the gunman shot her teacher and asked others in the classroom about her religion before spraying them with bullets. authorities said the gunman was a 20-year-old man, he died at the scene, but haven't revealed what connection, if any, he has to the school. school officials were able to call out while still in a lockdown. >> you could hear she was very scared and she told me that it was an active shooter situation that they were in. >> our top priority now is the medical treatment for victims and the security of the campus. >> you don't need a permit to buy a gun, don't need to register your guns, and there's no licensing for owners. the former president of the college who retired in june said the school had just one security officer on duty. one of the biggest debates on campus last year was whether to post armed security officers on campus to respond to a potential shooting. live in the digital operations center, keith jones, nbc 10 news. >> stay with nbc 10 and nbc news as we learn new information. nbc nightly news with lester holt will have complete coverage coming up at 6:30. here at home now, to the double dose of severe weather about to wallop the midatlantic. strong winds and heavy rain on the way tonight and folks are seeing more beach erosion. nbc 10 first alerteo

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