Welcome back. It is 6 00 here this morning. We are watching Hurricane Sandy very closely for you this morning. Good morning. Im sarah simmons. Im wisdom martin. A very busy morning indeed. Tucker barnes will have the latest information as soon as we get it. Before we talk with him, first the warnings about this storm are being taken very seriously. There is a long list of what is closed today. Metro is closed today. That includes all rail, bus and metro access service. The federal government is also closed. D. C. Government offices or closed as well and so are most schools across it is region. For a full list of closures gorks to myfoxdc. Com. We are also running all the closures on the top of your screen. For a full list of closures, go to myfoxdc. Com. Tucker, can you at least i know you are very busy over there. Here, we have a picture it was right now. What is the latest on this . So, were now looking it at the outer band of sandy actually working their way inland and starting to approach our area. See that banding taking place. See the yellows and reds pushing as contract bay. That is one of the outer bands. You see the banding features and sure enough, they are going to bring very heavy rain. So overnight, weve had a light steady rain across the area. Well see the rain intensity really pick up here in the near term as that rain starts to push to the west of the bay. Lets go our hd radar. Let me show you the Bigger Picture he or the small are picture and give you some local radar and look at the rain now to the east of washington into prince georges county, out 50. Crofton, bowie, annapolis, down into southern maryland, Calvert County getting some very heavy rain and this will continue to spread across the area. So north and west, leesburg, out towards front royal and frederick, you too will see this heavy rain as that whole surge, that whole big storm weve been talking about for days and days continues to push unfortunately right in our direction. It looks like it will past just to our north and east during the overnight hours. Here is the latest with sandy. Maximum winds have increased since you went to bed last night. Now, 58 Miles Per Hour. That is a big change and that pressure continues to fall. 946millibars. This storm is very intense for this late in the season and for its current latitude. This is were in new grounds here as far as the track and as far as intensity. Moving right off to the north at 15. That is the other big change. During the day yesterday, it was pushing off to the north and east and now were starting to see that recurvature. Our computer model has suggested this will curve to the north and west and eventually the west. And sure enough, we are now starting to see that turn as it starts to get drawn back to the coastal areas. So all systems go unfortunately for lapped fall. I think landfall will be sometime this evening. Thinking a little further south than we were thinking yesterday. Maybe the bay of delaware. It will be awfully close to delaware. A lot of the thicks im concerned about is a lot of the computer models are trying to steak what is left over with sandy and loop it back into the d. C. Area. That would only exacerbate the rain problems around here later tonight and during the day tomorrow. This will be at least a twoday event and well be deeping with cleanup by wednesday and thursday. Were just Getting Started here and, of course, conditions will continue to deteriorate a little later. Our entire area under a high wind warning. This goes into effect at 8 00 this morning. Winds will gust later today and the wind will be increasing in intensity during the day. They will be approaching 70 Miles Per Hour by tonight. So that is very close to hurricaneforce winds. Of course, our trees are not built to handle 70mile per hour winds. Woman have a lot of issues. 29 in annapolis. There was a wind gust earlier close to 40 in ocean city. Theyre a few hours ahead of us in terms of the storm. Let me mention again, the rainfall will be heavy enough that well have some Flooding Issues as well. Five to 10 inches of rain. And did you even mention the snow yet . Not this goround. That is for the next time. Couldnt even get this one in. A blizzard warning out to the west as well. Weve got a lot to get to. We had a stalled car 95 and 212 6789 that has been moved out of the way. Typically, roads such as beach drive tend to flood easily so weve already got them blocked off right now in preparation for flooding and storm damage. Little falls parkway the same between massachusetts avenue and river road. That is already blocked off in case of storm damage and sligo creek parkway between rain wave and piney branch. Metro, no service until further notice. Amtrak, the northeast Corridor Service is suspended. Winds restricts already in effect for those traveling out towards the bay bridge which means empty box trailers, trail are themselves that are not full of anything cannot cross over the bridge. They are prohibited. There is also a portion of route other that remains blocked off as you travel between golf course road and philadelphia road. As of right now, route 90 remains open. Thats a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. Areas along the delmarva coast are already seeing some dangerous conditions with high winds and flooding. Lets go out to the eastern show now where the surf has really been kicking up for hours. Fox 5s Lauren Demarco is live in ocean city this morning with the latest. It sound like it is a little windier than when we last checked in. Reporter definitely. The wind continues to increase. It looks like the rain once again picking up i guess as those bands make their way through the area. We have seen waves crashing over the seawall. We saw one wave crash over across the boardwalk and into this outdoor pool at our hotel. So definitely seeing that and some folks who live here had said the one Police Officer told us that he hadnt seen waves like that crashing over the seawall in his 23 years. We know it hasnt seen a major breach since its construction after the hurricane gloria in 1985. Now, officers do continue to patrol the boardwalk. Weve got sustained winds about 29 Miles Per Hour. If that reaches 50 Miles Per Hour, they will not be patrolling any longer looking out to make sure that no one is out here in this storm. But there were about 200 people who decided not to go with the mandatory evacuations and who did stay down here south of 17th street in ocean city. So those people still in their homes, hopefully hunkered down because it does appear to be getting worse for the long haul. You can already hear it is starting to cut out just a little bit hearing the audio from lauren there. So, of course, as the storm gets more and more intense there, it will be an issue for our live shots. Areas closer here to d. C. Along the chesapeake are also feeling the effects of sandy. Later on this hour, well go live to annapolis identify look at the scene there this morning for a look at the scene there this morning. First, a look at how the storm is affecting new york city where there is major concern about storm surge there. Enough watt theyre could flood the subway system. Well have more when fox 5 morning news continues. Enough water there that it could flood the subway system. my name is julian bond. I know a Little Something about fighting for whats right and just. 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There could somebody real issues down there during the course of the day. They are just Getting Started now as well. Wind are gusting to 49 at ocean city. Winds will be gusting to Hurricane Force. Theyve already,ed these mandatory and nonmandatory evacuations telling people to get out but people still say they have the right to stay. So if theyre trapped in it, it could be some issues as well declared a state of energy in both places. Those of what you that have been to ocean steerk inlet there in ocean city,s that was caused by an a hurricane in 1933. Those of you that have been to ocean city inlet, there in ocean city, that was caused by a hurricane in 1933. This is one of the outer bands associated with Hurricane Sandy working south to north there. It is just kind of pin wheeling back toward the Washington Area and back out to the west. Parts of the area, manassas, leesburg, frederick, you havent seen a whole lot yet. Will shortly and once the rain arrives, it will be with us for the entire day. The rain rates here are going to pick up during the course of the day as the storm gets closer. Were just starting to see the rain. That will be stage one. Then well be dealing with the winds. Let me show you the big picture on sandy. When we went to bed last night. This was a weak category one hurricane. It has picked up in intensity overnight. You see the eye. You had an eye develop during the evening hours. This storm has winds of 85 Miles Per Hour. 941millibars. That would make this a historic hurricane. When and as it gets injected with the cooler air, this hybrid storm will take off and give is heavy rain rates and dangerous winds. We are still thinking landfall just to our north and east, perhaps the bay of delaware, perhaps southern new jersey. That has shifted slightly more south. What i want to feature here is that the computer models are suggesting that the storm will track across northern and central maryland. This would be a worse case scenario. We would have the center of circulation literally overhead for several hours as it continues to spin and rain itself out before being pushed to the north. Overnight tonight and into the day tomorrow, well be dealing with some very dangerous winds around here. In fact, i think the winds the wind field will be Hurricane Force for a time. The northern part of the chesapeake bay, North Central maryland, you are likely to encounter hurricaneforce winds here. That would be 70, 75, 08mile per hour winds as we get into the overnight hours. Here is your wind field. I want to mention, this is an enormous wind field. It spreads about 500 miles all the way from the carolinas to maine this morning. We are talking about Tropical Storm winds. Winds of greater than 40 Miles Per Hour. By 2 00 p. M. Today, ocean city, rehoboth getting in on the wort of it as the wind start to pick up. They will be 06 plus. Watch what happens as we get into 6 00 tonight. The storm approaching the coast. It as it moves inland, 10 00 tonight, our wind are raging across the Washington Area. You want to time out the wind for us later this afternoon. They pick up in intensity as we get into the nighttime hours. They will be approaching Hurricane Force. The latest run suggesting we may have Hurricane Force wind here in washington by about 1 00 a. M. That will cause a great deal of problems around here. Lot of power outages, tree failures, that kind of thing. Tomorrow night, things will lose the up tense at this and well gradually get better. Here are your wind gusts projected. 38 by noon. 57 by 5 00. Overnight tonight by 11 00, midnight, well be in the mid 60s, perhaps 70s. Dangerous wind expected later this an and tonight as the storm moves inland just to our north and east. 54 today. Rain heavy at time. Becoming windy. Youre reading it right. I want to mention one other if he thank you. The temperatures tonight will be very cold. If you lose power, make sure now youve got blankets that you are ready to keep yourself warm. You wont be able to heat your house without electricity. It will be very chilly for the next couple of days. Back to you guys at the desk. Thank you. Coming up next, metro is closed today. Were talking more with them about storm preparations coming up next. These are the numbers to report out ans and to check restoration times from pepco, dominion and bg e customers. We have this is numbers scrolling along the bottom of your screen and at myfoxdc. Com. Stay with us. Well be right back. These are numbers to report outages. Only available at Dunkin Donuts restaurants. America runs on dunkin coffee. [ male announcer ] from our nations networks. To our city streets. To skies around the world. 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We get our power from dominion and from pepco just like everybody else and this were expressing some concern about the possibility of widespread power outages. So the combination of those factors led us to the decision to preemptively suspend all service on metro for monday just like virtually every Transit Agency up and down the east coast from here in the Washington Area up tonight aincluding new york. Now, dan, you mentioned power outages. And as we know, that is something that can go on around here for days. And i know that probably answers the question but it needs to be asked of how long we could possibly be without Metro Service contingent on the power. We do have a Good Relationship with the Power Companies. We expect well be able to restore service in the coming days perhaps before every neighborhood is back online. We will be a priority for those Power Companies once the storm passes through. But there is the possibility of those power problems and we want to smoke make sure we dont put customers or employees in a situation during the storm that could be hazardous. Thank you for giving us an update. Good luck. Thank you so much. Once the storm hits full force, shelters could become a necessity for many people. Fema has a service to help you track one down. Text word shelter plus a zip code to 4 fema. That informatio