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of 130, that is thursday at 2:00 pm then you notice again still holding on to the strength as it moves east and northwest east of florida. then does begin to move east-northeast abeing lo the eastern seaboard. this portion of the forecast north of wilmington is more difficult than the bahama us beastie farther away. there is more, variables in the atmosphere. more ingredients. more chest pieces if you will in the chess board. that can affect outcome to the forecast does have it south of new england on sunday morning. if that were to happen probably it would look like this. we would have a cold front racing out of the great lake states. here would be matthew and the cold front would draw some moisture out of matthew as the cold front is moving through. but also keep the strongest winds of matthew away from new england. and we also catch catch the tide cycle at a break so not anticipating any coastal though from matthew s weather system. moisture. sometime late saturday ....
jairm me reiner is here with a latest on the storm s track. moving west-northwest up toward the bahamas and it will be a rough go later on tonight and through the day tomorrow for the bahamas. category 3 storm. winds at 120 miles per hour. so likely to move over the bahamas, nassau particular, freeport, as a major hurricane, a category 3 hurricane. the number here indicating the category strength. anything higher than a 3 3 or higher, i should say, is considered a major hurricane. you notice the number actually peninsula. early in the day on friday, in fact, it s been 10 years since florida has seen a major hurricane. category 3, make landfall in the state, wilma back in 2005, over 10 years, i should say. so this might be something that makes landfall. again, some of the models are indicating that it may try to make landfall near vera beach or titusville sometime on friday, and in any event, even if it doesn t make landfall on friday, it s gonna be a rough day, ba ....
communication systems are down. the destruction has many in the southeastern states in our country fearing what could be coming their way. brandon gunnoe joins us now in our newsroom. a church pastor in haiti called hurricane matthew s damage a total disasters. now those living in bahamas and the u.s. are either trying to brace for impact or get out as quickly as they can it? reporter: the devastation was at its worst in southern haiti wherein hour pummeled the nation. roads have been cut off from the rest of the country. 10 people total have died in thescreen, the youngest may have been a teenaged boy who was swept away in a landslide while cleaning a drain behind his home. hurricane matthew now taking aim at the bahamas and the u.s. coastline from florida to north carolina. with the storm going up our coast, a small deviation with this track could mean a catastrophic change along florida s east coast. we have to prepare for a direct hit. reporter: in florida t ....
about some brief heavy rain possible than anything else. i don t think there will be a storm surge or devastating wind like the bahamas and florida. forecasters don t expect to hit until thursday afternoon. declared a state of emergency. we re live in davey to see how people are getting ready. a lot of people from new england have vacation homes and second homes here in south florida. talked to a gal earlier today picking up plywood at this home depot in davey, florida, said he s ready to board up his house. we hope he s getting storm ready at this hour. as we expect here at the 5:00 hour, seeing another rush. this has been open since 6:00 in the morning. a lot of hurricane supplies flying off store shelves as you can imagine and the temporary hurricane supply aisle right here has been here for several days and as soon as employees can stock this aisle with batteries and flashlights and coolers, the items are out the door. people here across south florida getting st ....
reloading in intensity overnight tonight and through the day tomorrow, hurricane warnings in affect for the bahamas as well as much of the east coast of florida, miami north, up through daytona beach and the north of there, it s a hurricane watch. on the other side of florida, it s a tropical storm watch, many that conditions are possible, tropical-storm force conditions are possible tampa and fort myers, but again the brunt of the storm will be in the east coast of florida. here s the latest track from the hurricane center. it does move through the bahamas late tonight through the day here, the 3s and 94s indicating the cat 3s and 4s, category strength. up to a 4 late tomorrow night and early friday morning as it does approach the east coast of florida, perhaps coming in near titusville, vero beach. right there will be the brunt of the storm along the 95 corridor just north of miami up toward daytona beach and jacksonville. from there it moves northeast, along the ge ....