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not call it a shift no the west. it s a change this the angle. the winds are up to 145 miles per hour. it s slowed down going from 8 miles per hour earlier to 7 miles per hour. it s a well defined system. it s you can symmetrical, you can see the eye. it s going over the western tip of haughty and then the eastern tip of cuba. it s not going through the mountains that would normally tear the storm apart. so the storm stays strong as it heads to the bahamas. here are the latest track changes. through tomorrow. then to the bahamas staying slow as it moves towards florida, possibly inland. then is goes to the east, almost parallel to the north carolina coast. our area remains into the cone of uncertainty. we need to, tu point, consider that there might on our doorstep. we talk about the computer models coming up in a few minutes. in cuba 350,000 people have been evacuated. the storm may force the relocation of detainees in guantanamo bay. the governor of north carolina ....
the track big picture did have a few ships in the near term but now looks like it s going to get closer to florida and for only the second time ever, it could be a hurricane strike on the east coast of florida and the overtime was in 1950. as a category three hurricane now it will track across the bahamas through tomorrow and then approach the east coast of florida somewhere around category 4 hurricane. and at some point making that turn to the north and northeast and eventually a loop around where it will weaken and slow down even more. we put a center line through that track and i m going to compared to what happened at 11 am. that is the yellow line. there was a shift closer to florida on friday but not much of a change other than weakening and slowing down in the track as it gets close to can see staying offshore not much change night means not much change in our impact. we talk about those coming up. our team coverage moves to the coast. jonathan rodriguez is in ....
if you ve been away all day, pay attention. i m a little more worried because with that move to the north, we could now see 7 to 9 inches of rain in the sand hills with winds 40 to 50 miles an hour. that s enough to cause problems with trees and power outages and of course, just getting around with minor flooding. that has me more concerned. through most of central north carolina, we are talking 40-mile-an-hour winds. that could cause isolated problems, not widespread. a little less as you head farther to the northwest, and up in warren county, 2 to 4 inches with 20 to 30-mile-an- hour winds. that s all tomorrow. no big problems today. tomorrow we could have problems, as this is what we re going to see. go back to work and school next week. we ll show you what the wind and rain will look like coming up in just a few minutes. just under an hour ago the governor warned we could see the worst flooding since hurricane floyd and president obama declared a state of emergenc ....
landfall but wind gusts at 107, 101 miles per hour and we are not seeing the winds in daytona beach gusting quite that high, 60, 65, 70 miles per hour there. we ll take a look at where the storm is. it will continue to track up the coast of florida. it s looking ragged there on the satellite, and we ll show you the radar picture coming up. you can see the circulation pretty well there. the forecast track has shifted closer to wilmington. i ll zoom in on that in a couple of minutes. the radar, the center of circulation is filling in a bit, an indication that it s weakening, but tell brush the coast with heavy rain and strong winds in florida. for us, we ll have more rain than we thought yesterday. southward, devastating there. and we will outline the flooding risk area by area coming up. the rain has already begun and will be with us on and off today and have impact on the travel. bryan mimes is here to talk more about that. good morning. we are seeing a number of acci ....
for impact . the north carolina coast - boarded up . and counting down the hours to a brush with hurricane matthew . we have live team coverage from the storm zone . and. the uninvited guest. a local couple isn t letting matthew rain on their big day. how they moved a coastal wedding inland in just 72 hours. starts right now. hurricane matthew blasting the southeast coast. high waves now breaching the georgia shore. the dangerous storm churning up theast coast and now posing a serious threat to north carolina. good evening everyone, i m tisha powell. and i m steve daniels. parts of the north carolina coast under a hurricane warning tonight. we have live in oak island . angelica alvarez is in wrightsville beach . and. greg barnes is tracking conditions in an already rain- soaked cumberland county. but first - let s get the latest on matthew s track from chief meteorologist chris hohmann in the first alert storm center. chris? here in ....