let's go to chad meyers in the weather center if we can.me a sense of where we are in terms of the eye of the storm, the outer eyewall over us, obviously in north carolina. what do we have ahead of us? >> now we have duration damage, because the wind has been so strong for so long, just like that gusts right there. just the 98 miles per hour wind gusts in kirkland, and that was the same cell that just went over wilmington. at the same time, four miles near you there was a 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts near wilmington. the eye is showing up quite well and moving this morning. in the overnight hours it didn't move at all. there is there's the land. half of the storm is still off in very warm water taking very big waves, and somewhere in the neighborhood of 22 feet, and smashing them to the north and northeast of the storm in that wrap around part of the storm. we do know that emerald isle has a storm surge right now of seven feet, seven feet above normal high tide, and that's emerald isle up north, and i will show you a different map in a seco

chad meyers just warned us the wind direction will change. , now that it has changed direction and the speeds kicked up, how long will we be feeling the winds? >> the storm is still 90 miles per hour on the other side, but was go from the north wind to the east wind, which is right up here, right up here in kings grant, this is where the wind is coming so far from the east at 90 to 95 miles per hour, and even s eventually the wind will come to the south and that will likely be only 75 and won't be what you are seeing right now. >> it won't be what i am seeing right now. okay. the wind will die down, and then how long will we get the tropical storm-force winds? we have been telling people they can feel winds up to 75 miles per hour until tonight maybe? >> that's for sure. i know sometimes you can't see your camera was the wind is so hard, but i will advance you to tonight, 9:00, 10:00, there goes the eye over wilmington and now at 2:00 this afternoon, and wind is still coming up on the east side battering the shore that has already been battere

of minutes with us and good luck and stay safe. >> thank you. >> let's talk now to meteorologist chad meyers has picked up here but i remember chad at the top of the 5:00 hour, you said there is more to come in the next few hours. who's get thing worst of it right now? >> about 50 miles north of you is really the bull's eye for the rain and wind and still the beach erosion. there may be very little beach left. anywhere from top soil up to emerald isle. there may be eno sachbd and no home wheres there were homes because the beach erosion has taketen so far to the back. here's myrtle. here's the center of the storm right there. guess how fast the storm is moving? two. two miles an hour. so what you see is what you get. we're not going to change this pattern much lat. the rain's going to be ewhere it is and the eerosion is going to where it is. what we're changing is there's more convection near myrtle and north myrtle and nick valencia in conway. it is raining from hampton road to charleston. so we don't have the wind speed that we had a couple days ago ebut we vethe rainfall. that's 20 inches

chad meyers is tracking hurricane florence. what do the models say, chad? >> it says this goes to one -- 150, 150 miles per hour. it's nearing the top end of cat 4. a lot of insomnia and amnesia going on here and people are not sleeping because they are worried about the storm, and potentially correctly so because it could make a severe storm surge like what we saw in gulfport from katrina, because it will be out here in the water so long getting so big, getting that bubble of water under the storm itself, and then that bubble crashes onshore at almost a 90-degree angle. that's the worst. if it's a glancing blow, you don't get as much surge. but through hatteras and through wilmington, we don't know because it's three days out yet but you need to prepare for this storm, because the gfs and european models are within 100 miles of each other of what this storm is going to do. it will make a devastating impact somewhere along the carolinas. there will be people that need to leave because there will be water coming onshore 15 feet deep and you just need to get

let's check in with chad meyers for the latest from the hurricane center. update us on the path and what to expect. >> what we should expect is overnight tonight, the storm to get back up to a strong four. maybe 150 miles per hour. right now we are at 130. it doesn't seem like much, but it is. this storm will get a new eyewall in the middle of where it was last night. we lost that eyewall. a bigger eyewall start and it generated into a round circle. not quite round yet. we are waiting for it to get perfect before we blow this thing up. it's oblong on one side. not allowed to breathe properly. it's going to breathe tonight and get much stronger. 150 miles per hour by 8:00 a.m. that is the official track and the official forecast. now the reason why people are starting to breathe a little bit easier is the cone is getting smaller. the storm is getting closer. why the cone? because the storm is far away it's almost all the way down to charleston, but not quite. strt of the cone is the most important part. we don't want to watch t but the chance of something hi

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let's go to chad meyers at the cnn weather center. what's the latest forecast and when do we think the residents will feel the real power? >> already cape look out in the past hour. 70 mile per hour gusts. that's not really enough like the fema guy said to knock things down, but to get your attention. brian todd said what was that? i said it's coming and so is the rainfall. 105 at the core. new york coast gets the hurricane force winds likely in a couple of hours through the night. storm surge 9 to 13 feed. i will show you what it looks like. you are not going to believe what's not sticking out of the water. rainfall at least two feet. isolated tornados possible. tornado watches for tonight. we go to south carolina near myrtle and merrill. the winds come in tomorrow as the storm goes by. your winds change direction. you may see it in charleston and the water go out of the harbor and tomorrow come back in. not like a tsunami, but very, very low tide tonight and a higher tide tomorrow. there is the tornado watch box and the eye. the pre

chad meyers with what he is seeing is joining us. what's the latest?it is the 8:00 advisory is already in. they have taken the storm from 30 to 35 and now moving to the west of key west, florida. heavy rainfall and winds up to 45 miles per hour. it roolooks like it is going ov land, but it will be over mostly water and developing into what will be gordon, the next tropical storm on the season. this is about 40 hours from now. the hurricane center saying 60 miles per hour by then. there is enough time in that warm water that we could be something here. we could certain i will be a cat one. the big threat is storm surge, also very heavy rainfall. there will be eight inches of rain in places that have been very wet. >> stay safe, everyone. >> coming up, the father of mollie tibbetts is speaking out against politicians that is using his daughter. do not appropriate mollie's souls and views that she thought were profoundly racist. show decency on behalf of her memory and my family, i'm imploring you to stop. >> we need to hold close in our prayers, and our

so let's begin our coverage with cnn meteorologist chad meyers with the latest forecast for tropical storm gordon. where is it heading, chad? >> it is heading to bay st. st. louis, gulf port, that area just to the east of louisiana. here is where it is now. in the gulf of mexico in very warm water, gaining a little bit of strength. we're up to 65 miles per hour. this time yesterday we were going from 30 to 35 to 45. now it's in there. the airplane has been flown in. it will be making landfall 10:00 p.m. to midnight. now don't focus on the middle of the eye. it is a surge effect. that's where the most surge will be. 3 to 5 feet. if you are less than 3 to 5 feet above sea level, you need to get away from that water, especially up those rivers. that's where that water will be going. forecast to be a 75 miles per hour hurricane making landfall because the temperatures are warm. the temperatures are middle 80s. this is fuel for this storm. this is why this storm will get stronger as we go from here. even though we only have 18 hours now before it actually makes landfall. hurricane warnings

have reporters all over the region to bring you the latest, but let's begin with cnn meteorologist chad meyers. he has all the changes in the hurricane's path, and timing, where is it going now, chad? >> hey, alisyn. major changes overnight. the models hinted at those changes yesterday, but now the hurricane center says, yep, they're all doing it. here's how we have to change the path. so here it is. it's 130 miles per hour. it could get stronger today. it's not forecast to be a category 5 storm, it's forecast to be 145-mile-per-hour storm. the first 48 hours don't change at all. this is the exact track we had yesterday. very close to wilmington, cape lookout, maybe all the way to cape fear. but now this is what has changed. the model says, hey, after 48 hours, there is no wind at all. there is nothing to push this around. the models are now drifting it to the left. and along the coast of the carolinas. look to see where our cone is. our cone here on the south side is offshore. that could possibly happen as well. that would be great. but somewhere it's going to turn left again, whether that's

. >>> cnn meteorologist chad meyers has the latest on the forecast of the storm. chad? >> john, this hour yesterday was lashing south florida and now to the west of tampa, not really affecting florida right now, but it will affect all of mississippi, alabama, western panhandle of florida and louisiana later tonight. now, we're not going to really focus on the timing of this because, yes, landfall will be somewhere between 10 and midnight. but the worst conditions may arrive around 6:00 p.m. tonight right around the outside of what may be an eye wall. right now it is still a 65 miles per hour ts. it is not a hurricane, it's having problems today. there are a number of areas here of convection that not around the center and not spinning around the center and the hurricane hunter aircraft found only a 55 miles per hour wind. that's good news. the water is warm. this could get back to 75 or more than that but it may stay less because of the disorganization this morning. hurricane warnings from bo luxsy and pensacola. 1 likely is the forecast. lots of rain. the big story is

. >> all right, chad meyers there in the severe weather center and let's stay here in myrtle beach. this is a town right now that's under a curfew. there's another town nearby in conway and the entire ory county area under a curfew. and nick, your c're on the stre and what are you seeing and the reports from the city? >> reporter: they extended it a little further yesterday, last night because they thought hurricane florence was going to hit this wraria hard. in fact we've been here all week long trying to tell residents how catastrophic this storm could be. it was predicted to potentially make land fall as a category four hurricane. it had turned south, putting myrtle beach in the cross hairs and that got a lot of state officials here in south carolina very nervous about the potential of the wind surge, that life threatening flash flood, storm surge, things like that. today as you see behind me, there's not that much damage on the street. we're still under until about 7:00 a.m. eastern. behind me it's just a ghost town but the worst, as chad mentioned, could still yet be yet to am