Minute. That is an indication of the fluctuations. As it makes landfall, its getting stronger. Zooming in closer, this is the western side of haiti. There are probably looking at a 10 to 12foot storm surge. This town if it has not been evacuated is probably underwater as we speak. This continues to move up to the north. That hasnt changed. What has is this further westerly movement that involves florida being in th cone. That clouds the not Hurricane Force winds but Tropical Storm force winds. Watches will be posted later this morning. That hasnt happened because we are not close enough to the event but you will as you see the cone is directly in the path of south florida and into portions of Central Florida as well as then making the turn up to the north. We will have more on our local impacts, what we are expecting thursday into friday. We will be back with the local forecast as well in a few minutes. Good morning. We have reports of a stalled car northbound i75 at felony her. The go
Western side of haiti there. Storm surge will be significant. The winds will be destructive and the amount of rain on hilly terrain will lead to mudslides and life threatening conditions the next couple of days. The track has shifted. We are moving it further to the northwest. That was the case yesterday but now its more of a turn to florida. Now as i close up on here, we have the cone that involves hurricane watches will be posted for the east coast of florida. We could have Tropical Storm watches for us as the storm makes its closest path on us thursday and into friday and then to the north and east. What are we expecting . Winds of 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour across the interior is a possibility thursday and friday. That would be Tropical Storm force. We still with the current track are on the drier side of the storm, we shouldnt get involved in the tampa bay area where the heaviest rain. Hurricane force winds are possible across the eastern side of the state. We will talk about that an
What will happen now is we will enter this kind of blackout period where we wont get a lot of information out of the most impacted areas across southwestern part of haiti. When we get pictures back, i think they will be just astonishing. This is 145 Miles Per Hour storm that has made landfall often the Southern Coast of haiti with incredible amounts of rain and the winds, category 4 winds which by the way continue it made landfall over the end of the peninsula here, small strip. North. Continue to head to the one thegest hricanes ever to hit haiti. This is a big deal. It may make a second landfall later on this afternoon and evening across eastern cuba. There is the storm heading to and west not just the bahamas but now as well for us as we are in the cone. I will go closer here. We are now in the game here as far as this storm potentially affecting us with Hurricane Force winds, not in tampa but along the east coast. That is the biggest change in the last 4 hours. If this moves 20 mil
Per hour. A lot of colors but we will focus in on our counties where we have the Tropical Storm watch. Thursday night through the entire day on friday, the potential is there for 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour winds. The reason as i mentioned, this thing is paralleling the coast as opposed to going in. This will be an entire day event plus. Highlands and polk county will be in the worst of it. The path of the storm takes us on a drier side. I dont think this will be a big rain event like hermine. We are looking at rainfall tallies of 1 to 3 inches at most. We got more in the last few days with thunderstorms. This is a wind deal, not so much rain. The rain will be a problem along 95 along with the fact that they will get Hurricane Force winds as well. So, we have to watch the track. If it shifts further west we have to increase the wind speeds and potentially the counties impacted by Tropical Storm force winds. The day on friday. I will talk about the exact path where its heading and rain chan
Paralleling the coast. Thursday night, i paused it, not just because we have a cat 4 east of florida but i think this will be the impacts. Beginning thursday night into friday. We are talking about polk county, Highlands County. You are the ones that will experience the worst of it as far as the winds as the track is now. 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour winds thursday into friday because of that parallel. You see that line close to the coast and then heading up friday across the northeastern part of the state. These are the watches and warnings but we focus in on our counties. Polk and Highlands County thursday night and into friday, 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour winds. Power out tables, if you are watching from lake wales, lakeland, place sick lakes, you there could be power disruptions, especially on friday. Lets talk about the rainfall associated with this in a few minutes. Good morning. Wesley chapel, a crash in your area on bruce b. Downs at 56. Northbound lane is blocked. We are working to get