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Tracking Laura and our Central Florida heat

Tracking Laura and our Central Florida heat
HURRICANE LAURA EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL OVERNIGHT. WE KNOW THIS FEELING ON MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS HURRICANE. TONY: IT IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND NOW WE HAVE HOURLY UPDATES FROM THE HURRICANE CENTER. PRESSURE, 947. HEADED TOWARDS SHREVEPORT AND LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS AS A TROPICAL STORM. 150 IS A VERY STRONG CATEGORY 4. CATEGORY 5 STARTS AT 157. IT COULD HAVE TIME TO GET STRONGER. WE DO NOT THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN BUT WE WILL WATCH. THIS HAS GONE FROM A CATEGORY ON TO 145. A WIND INCREASE SINCE THIS TIME. THE EYE THE STORM IS 25 MILES WIDE. THERE IS YOUR TORNADO WATCH AREA ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. WHEN YOU ZOOM IN CLOSE, THE SON SETTING TO THE WEST SO THE LIGHT FROM THE SUN HITTING TALLER TOPS. IT PRODUCES A POTENTIALLY STORM SYSTEM OFFSHORE. WIND WILL BE INCREASING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. NEAR THE CORE, 110, 120. AND WE ARE WAY OUT FROM THE RADAR’S OF THE WIND COULD BE STRONGER. -- FROM THE RADAR, SO THE WIND COULD BE STRONGER. WE WILL WATCH GALVESTON BAY AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE LAKE CHARLES LATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORM SURGE FORECAST, 23 FEET. THEN YOU HAVE RAIN, SIX TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN. A LOT OF ELEMENTS IN PLAY FOR PEOPLE IN THIS AREA. BEHIND THE STORM SYSTEM, WE HAVE A BREATHER FOR A WEEK OR MORE. CLOSE TO HOME, A COUPLE OF SHOWERS TODAY. QUIET IN DAYTONA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF DUNNELLON. TO THE SOUTH, A FEW SHOWERS COMING OFF THE ATLANTIC INTO BREVARD COUNTY. UPPER 80’S. LOW 90’S IN THE INTERIOR. 81 AT 11:00. IN THE MORNING, ABOUT 80. WE JUMP UP TO 94. A STORM COVERAGE A LITTLE HIGHER TOMORROW. RAIN CHANCES START TO GO UP THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AND INTO THE WEEKEND. NOTICE RAIN CHANCES GOING U
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Tracking Laura and our Central Florida heat
WESH 2 First Alert Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi has Central Florida's forecast.

WESH 2 First Alert Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi has Central Florida's forecast.

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