NOW BACK TO YOU HOPE AND BRETT.
>>AND THANK YOU TO MICHAEL SURE
OF I 24 NEWS THERE IN FLORIDA
AND FOR MORE ON TRACKING
DORIAN'S PROJECTED PATH WERE
JOINED BY ERIN CALANDRA THE
NETWORK METEOROLOGIST AT
ACCUWEATHER AARON ALWAYS GREAT
TO SEE WHERE IS HURRICANE
DORIAN NOW AND WHERE IS IT
HEADED.
>>WELL YOU CAN SEE THE EYE OF
THE STORM RIGHT HERE STILL OFF
OF FLORIDA. IT IS FINALLY
MOVING AWAY FROM THE BAHAMAS
WHICH IS GREAT NEWS THAT WAS
STATIONARY FOR A LONG TIME
CREATING A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
BUT
YOU CAN SEE THE OUTER BANDS.
THEY ARE HAVING AN IMPACT ALL
ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA WE
ARE SEEING POCKETS OF HEAVIER
DOWNPOURS RIGHT ALONG THE
COAST. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE
SOME OF THOSE GUSTIER WINDS.
SO RIGHT NOW HURRICANE DORIAN
IS A CATEGORY 2 A STRONG 2 WITH
WINDS AROUND A 110 MILES PER
HOUR. AND IT'S STILL NOT MOVING
VERY FAST. IT'S UP TO 5 MILES
PER HOUR HEADING TO THE NORTH
AND TO THE WEST. NOW THE REASON
WHY WE SAW SUCH A DOWNGRADE
HERE IN THE STRENGTH OF THIS
HURRICANE IS BECAUSE OF UP IT
WAS SITTING STILL OVER THE
OCEAN FOR SO LONG WE HAVE SOME
OF THAT COOLER THAT COOLER
WATER COMING ON UP AND THAT
STARTED TO WEEKEND. BUT ALSO WE
HAD SOME DRIER AIR IN PLACE
HERE OVER FLORIDA. SO THE
COMBINATION OF THE 2 HAS
DOWNGRADED THIS A HURRICANE TO
A CATEGORY 2 WHICH IS STILL A
VERY POWERFUL
HURRICANE. SO AT LEAST 5 PEOPLE
HAVE DIED ON THE ABACO ISLANDS
DUE TO THIS HURRICANE ACCORDING
TO THE RED CROSS AN ESTIMATED
13,000 HOMES HAVE BEEN SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR COMPLETELY DESTROYED
THE CLEAN WATER WELLS THEY
CERTAINLY WERE IMPACTED AS WELL
SWALLOWED UP BY THAT SALT
WATER. SO DORIAN IS GOING TO
CONTINUE TO PUSH TO THE WEST
SLIGHTLY AND THEN WE EXPECTED
TO GO TO THE NORTH THE JET
STREAM WE HAVE A BIG DIP HERE
TROUGH. WE EXPECT THE HURRICANE
TO GET PICKED UP AND CARRIED
OUT TO INTO THE ATLANTIC
FOLLOWING THE TRACK OF THAT JET
STREAM. SO CATEGORY 2 IS WHAT
WE'RE EXPECTING AS IT CONTINUES
TO PUSH TO THE NORTH. AND
EVENTUALLY BY THURSDAY THE
EXPECTED TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE
CAROLINAS AND THAT MOST LIKELY
PLACE IF WE SEE ANY KIND OF
LANDFALL.
POTENTIALLY COULD BE IN NORTH
CAROLINA, BUT THAT IS STILL UP
IN THE AIR AT THIS POINT WE'RE
NOT EXPECTING THAT THAT THERE'S
A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THERE'S A
LOT OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND
FRIDAY SO WE COULD SEE A LOT OF
CHANGES WITH THAT. BUT AS FAR
AS THE STRENGTH WE EXPECTED TO
BE A CATEGORY 2 UNTIL IT
EVENTUALLY REACHES BEYOND NEW
ENGLAND NOW AS FAR AS THE
IMPACTS RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING
HURRICANE WARNINGS IN THAT DARK
RED
WATCH IS IN THE PINK AND THEN
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND
WARNINGS IN LAND THAT'S BECAUSE
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THE
DIRECT A GUSTY WINDS LIKE WE
ARE GOING TO SEE ALONG THE
COAST. BUT CERTAINLY SOME
CONDITIONS THAT WILL CAUSE
PROBLEMS WE HAVE A STATE OF
EMERGENCY AHEAD OF THE
HURRICANE. AND ALL 100 COUNTIES
IN NORTH CAROLINA 46 COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND FLORIDA,
VIRGINIA
AND INTO GEORGIA. SO OFFICIALS
ARE CERTAINLY ON ALERT AS WE
CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS
HURRICANE NOW THERE ARE SOME
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN PLACE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE IN RED FROM
SAINT MARY'S UP TO MYRTLE BEACH
AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATING
NOW FOR SOME TIME SO THAT'S
GOOD NEWS AS FAR AS THE IMPACTS
THE DARKER THE ORANGE THAT'S
WHERE WE EXPECT TO SEE THE
HIGHEST IMPACTS AND AGAIN THAT
WILL BE THE CAROLINAS. FLOODING
OF COURSE, A STORM SURGE
ALSO DAMAGING WINDS POWER
OUTAGES THAT COULD BE PRO LONG
AND THEN ALSO ON THE ON THE
ACCUWEATHER REAL IMPACTS SCALE
WE HAVE THIS AS A CATEGORY 2
FOR THE U S 5
FOR THE BAHAMAS. WE ARE
EXPECTING TO SEE THAT STORM
SURGE CONTINUE THROUGH FLORIDA
THROUGH GEORGIA INTO SOUTH
CAROLINA AS THE HURRICANE
CONTINUES TO PUSH TO THE NORTH
AS FAR AS RAIN WE COULD SEE UP
TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME OF
THESE LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN
THE DARK GREEN HERE. SO WE DO
HAVE CONCERNS FOR FLOODING NOW
ONCE YOU GET WEST OF THE I 95
CORRIDOR WE EXPECT TO SEE RAIN
COULD SEE POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN
BUT THE IMPACTS WILL NOT BE
NEARLY AS GREAT. THE WINDS
THEY'RE GOING TO BE HOWLING IN
THE DARK PURPLE AGAIN RIGHT
ALONG THE COAST. WE EXPECT TO
SEE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS UP TO
A 110 MILES PER HOUR THAT WILL
CAUSE DAMAGE WE'RE TALKING
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY TREES POWER
LINES. AND THEN IN THAT LIGHT
PURPLE TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS UP TO 73 MILES PER HOUR.
SO AGAIN FOR THE ACCUWEATHER
REAL IMPACTS SCALE WE HAVE IT
AS A 2 WHICH IS MODERATE
FLOODING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
AND SOME FLOODING ISSUES NOW
ONCE THIS HURRICANE GETS PAST
THE CAROLINAS. WE EXPECTED TO
STAY FAR OFF THE COAST HERE A
MOVING ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC
AND THROUGH THE NORTHEAST THE
IMPACTS WILL SEE HERE WILL BE
HIGH WAVES. ROUGH SURF AND
GUSTY WINDS BUT AS FAR AS THE
WEATHER. WE DON'T EXPECT TO SEE
A TOO MANY PROBLEMS HERE ACROSS