direction. let s get back to derek van dam. what is the latest track of this thing? hi, me geel, aiguel and chri. here s why we ve been talking why miles are so important. here s the latest. you can see the northwesterly trajectory, the eye wall that s sitting just offshore, remember the strongest winds near the center of the circulation and as we go in a little bit closer you can see the forecast winds that we have projected, and this is a previous computer model run that showed the strongest cat 3, cat 4 winds along the coast. look at that information and how that s shifted just offshore. this is the difference between cat 1 and cat 4 hurricane and let me show you why miles matter so much. we re going to go back in time, about six hours, when hurricane matthew pushed its way through freeport in the bahamas.
gretchen: let s get one of those we can program to park. one of those little smart cars. steve: make sure it has air bags. parking duel coming up. meanwhile, we ve got weather. that s right. here in new york city it is a chilly start to the day but not too bad. as we head into afternoon, more sunshine similar to what you saw yesterday across the northeast. good news for us, we have very cold air behind a storm in denver. 44 for your high in minneapolis. that storm system, because it s cold enough, we have snow from the storm system across parts of nebraska, parts of colorado, wyoming. some of you could be looking at significant snowfall out here, possible historic snowstorm on the southern side of the storm severe weather will be a concern in texas, parts of oklahoma. large hail, damaging winds possible. take a look at the computer model run.
craft bobbing in the water there. not going anywhere today. most of the entire central and north part of the state is right now under a tornado watch, not a warning but a watch. a good indication of just the breadth of this storm, tropical storm debby and how far its reach. from tornadoes to water spouts to flooding in the tampa area, to the one death in venus, florida, reported so far. heavy rainfall. maybe up to 20 or 25 inches before all is said and done. we re going to continue to get pounded for at least the next couple of days. soledad? you ll be in the middle of it. john, thanks for the update. we ll keep checking in. tornado and flood warnings are still in effect today. let s get right to meteorologist alexandra steele, in for rob this morning. he made really great points, john, did, because what we re looking at is this is the tropical storm and it is stationary. that s been the biggest problem with this thing. there s no momentum. there s no movement because t