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leaves florida could it loop back? welcome everybody. sorry to start with that. it is wednesday, october the fifth. i m russell rhodes. i m laura moody. good morning and all eyes are on the right no keepinan eye on this very oddtr. ttws nowning some structure. looks like it s getting stronger. there are plane flying around inside now. the pressure is beginning lower. stronger again. which is exactly what it was forecast to do once it left the land areas of cuba. notice the top part of this eye wall is still kind of ragged looking it kind of fell apart a bit as it went over country of cuba. moving north, northwest. forward movement for this storm, we started that westerly component. 115 mile per hour winds. so still, a major hurricane. projected to once again ge drarngsly close. governor scott is talking right now a little update on what they are doing in preparation for this storm. so let s talk to him current weather at 11:15 i will speaking with national hurricane ....
this storm could be devastating to florida s east coast. let s get to meteorologist jim m weber who is watching the track carefully. jim, what is the latest? it made it s way through haiti and working it s way through cuba and up into the bahama chaifn island and regaining strength. the hurricane hunter planes have been flying nonstop throughout the morning hours and they are finding it s starting to reorganize it sex the winds at one point deminished down starting to reintensify they gained it back up to 120 miles per hour. it continues on that track moving to the northwest that. was that bend that we started to notice about a day or two agatha it was going to move closer to the state of florida. enhanced satellite loop is showing intense thunderstorm activity. in and around the center. still looking at strong bands over the eastern tip of cuba so on satellite and hurricane recon cog na sans planes are ver nieg a healthy system and no reason to see a major decrease i ....
coast. as of 5:00 22.5 north and 75 west a category 3 and cause problems and the and can you see the track pretty much scrapes the east coast. and at shift will be a difference for the coast. if ts or the center is on the coast line they will experience the winds 1:15 to 1 115 to 125 from stuart along 95 and a 1 northeast wind huge damage. if it shifts off the coast it is awful but it is better. if it goes to the west 50 miles more population dealing with the winds. literally are you talking 5, 10, 15-mile shift will make all the difference in the world and then, you know the parallels the coast up by charleston. i posted last night are you buzzing about this you re buzzing about this. and a the gfs doing a swing and coming back. let s not worry about that today. it is eight days down the road and quite often eight days later it will get us. it probably won t. it is sitting out here and moving away. don t concern it with the storm about the loss of life in the s ....
75.7 west. the adjustments and during the advisories. they are only at 5 a.m., p.m. 11 p.m. no track adjust. you know one thing that you noticed what i hope for it s not impossible is for that core or the eye of the storm where the worst weather is. 35, 40-miles from the center to stay off the coast. if that happen everyones hannens it is awful. and it is better than having a buzz saw and have the eye wall over land. stuart and cape canaveral of winds of 140 off the water. that happens if the. the message is just a 15 to 20-mile shift. we ll watch that. and you saw if you missed it it is left behind. and i don t think we ll sit here and worry about it. and more than likely. this is a live view on the camera. can you see they have the high pretty much on top of nassau and to them. neighbor catastrophic. and it is here. and seeing the hotels off to the side. and impacts go. if you are watching us heizer gus. for all the counties along the rest. this is the fecast. ....
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