Going to one particular shelter near ft. Myers. Many of them are still waiting to get in. Were going to check in with our drew griffin whos there in the hour ahead. But first, lets get the latest most porntdly on where this storm is headed. Allison chinchar is in the Weather Center. Bring us up to date. Right, anderson. Take a look at what we have right now, imagery where we can see the latest on irma. Winds 125 Miles Per Hour gusting up to 155 Miles Per Hour. The movement its been what we call wobbling where its going back and forth between west and north and west and north. The question is when does it finally start to make that really sharp turn to the north. We focus on the maximum wind gusts. Notice for the most part its the western half of florida where we have our strongest winds. Key west, this will be our peak maximum wind gusts around 138 Miles Per Hour. But say up around ft. Myers 136, even tampa going to be in the triple digits right around 116 Miles Per Hour. The track its
a huge threat with this particular storm. we got some updated numbers a few hours ago that really made these numbers rise. in fact, especially in the southwest portion. say naples down towards key largo we re talking 10 to 15 feet. miami down towards key west, 5 to 10 feet. even around the ft. myers area you re talking 6 to 10 feet. the numbers however you have to understand what they mean, so let s take a look at this for example. just to talk about storm surge. 10 feet is what an average first story building is. so if you have storm surge of 10 feet, and keep in mind some places we re actually forecasting higher than 10 feet, some areas it could be as much as 15 feet, which means it would start creeping into the second story of a home or a business or something like that. but this is just the storm surge. now you also have to factor in the waves. this is where true inundation takes place. because it s not just the amount of rain or not just the amount of water pushed in from the st