meteorologist jennifer gray is live in the weather center in atlanta. how strong is patricia right now sh >> it is the strongest hurricane ever, and it could also be number one on another list, the storm to intensify the most, the biggest, and this fastest, and in fact, right now, the winds are at 200 miles per hour with gusts up to 245 miles per hour, and the wee hours of yesterday morning, this was a tropical storm, and just about 24 hours' time, it is a strong category 5 storm. it is moving to the north at 10 miles per hour. and on this track, it is going to make landfall in between pure ksh pure erto vallarta and man manzanillo. the terrain in mexico is very mountainous, and because of that, it is going to shred the storm apart and we will see major flooding, with landslides and mudslides and there are hurricane warnings and tropical storm warn, as you can imagine. the rainfall amount amounts, we are talk about 10 to 20 inches possibly right along the coast. we are also going to be seeing incredible storm surge associated with this. words can't expr

and for more on tho, let's go to the meteorologist jennifer gray at the severe weather center at the cnn center. and jennifer, what has the national hurricane center said in the very latest advisory? >> well, i can tell you, wolf, it is the first time that the national hillary clinton center has ever put winds as high as 200 miles per hour on the advisory and it happened with patricia, and right now the winds are 200 miles per hour, and the gusts of 245 and it is moving quickly at the north to 10 miles per hour, a it is going to continue that track over the next couple of hours, and it is expected to make landfall later this afternoon. i will have to get my producers to help to advance the map, because the button is not working, but if it is going to be continuing through the northern track it is going to be making landfall between puerto vallarta and manzanillo through time, and we are talking about dumping massive rain and inkr incredible winds and storm surge will be hitting the island and folks have evacuated or found the strongest structure they can find. it could make the land p

jennifer gray, thank you so much.he united states and those in the southwest in texas are already under flash flood watches as it braces for more rain. joining me is is a storm chaser. he's watching this it storm from corsicana, texas. reid, tell me where you are and i also hear you were going to go to mexico to chase this, but you changed your mind. >> i did. because of the flooding here in texas. right now i'm in corsicana. and just in front of me they shut down the road. there's 2 to 3 feet of water there. i'm getting hammered by 2 to 3 inches an hour. i'm looking at a swollen creek in front of me that's overflowed its banks and rapidly rising. the situation from waco jst south of dallas is looking bad right now with these training storms. it's only going to get worse as it shifts to the houston area and the southeast. as this upper e low pulls in moisture, it's only going to keep spiraling out of control in terms of flooding. >> in mexico i was talking to a woman last hour who plans to ride this out at a friend's

our meteorologist jennifer gray is tracking this monstrous storm for us over the cnn hurricane center. jennifer, obviously a very serious situation unfolding. how close to landfall is it? >> wolf, this may make landfall during your show in the next two hours. it's very close to making landfall. in this storm when it makes landfall will be -- have stronger winds than andrew, katrina, camille. this is going to be historic. and it's going to possibly be catastrophic for whatever area, whatever village is right in the path of that eye when this makes landfall in the next couple of hours. winds right now 190 miles per hour. that is from the latest advisory that came out about five minutes ago. gusts of 235 miles per hour. that's stronger than an f-5 tornado or just as strong as an f-5 tornado i should say. it is moving to the north-northeast at about 14 miles per hour. this storm is going to push inland very quickly by 11:00 tonight it is going to be well inland. and it is going to be a category three. look how far inland it is and it's still maintaining category three status. once it ente

meteorologist jennifer gray is tracking the storm. how long, jennifer, is this going to go on?ng to see the rain throughout the entire day. we wi it will slowly start to slip to the east but a lot of texas in southeast texas and southern louisiana will get the bulk today. the 48 rainfall total just south of dallas from yesterday, the day before, powell, texas, 20 inches of rain. they received several inches on top of that. corsica corsicana, texas, 14.9 and waco more than 10 inches of rain. the next 48 hours, as we go forward in time, we will see the bulk of it in houston and louisiana and even into mississippi. look at that bull's-eye. 10 or more inches of rain along the gulf coast of mississippi and alabama. it's not over yet. let me take you back to the wall. we can show you what we are dealing with and what is causing all of this. that surge of moisture. we have the remnants from patricia and this coastal low and pulling in a lot of moisture around the gulf and bringing in all of this rain. it will slowly start to slide to the east as we go through the next feud but that hu

cnn's jennifer gray is following it for us.ened because you don't expect the a trajectory to include the gulf of mexico? >> that's right. a laud of wind shear. even though it's a patrol storm and it will completely dissipate over the mountains of mexico, it is still going to bring a lot of rainfall for the southern u.s. texas, louisiana. so the moisture from the remnants of this store will feed into the upper level low that's into the south. that will bring incredible amounts rain over the next couple of days. winds 50 miles an hour. an 8:00 advisory just came without. 90-mile-per-hour gusts. will still cause damage, especially for villages that don't have that. we'll see trees down and the possibility of mudslides because a lot of moisture is still in the storm and it's still continuing to dump a lot of rain as it heads north and east. 2 to 4 inches of rainfall in the mountains, 4 to 6 in isolated mountains and 6 to 10 towards the coast. the shift to the u.s. over the next couple of days and it's already happening% we had high

jennifer gray is tracking it all, jennifer? >> anderson, this just made landfall less than an hour ago south of puerto valla ar arkval. a category five storm, strongest storm to make landfall in recorded history in the western hemisphere moving to the north, northeast at 15 miles per hour, still containing gusts of 235 miles per hour, so still, very, very powerful. this is going to start racing off to the north in the coming hours and it is going to weaken considerably. it is going to bring a lot of rainfall across this mountainous terrain and what reid was talking about when you have terrain like this, a lot of mountai mountains, we are going to see the possibility of landslides. that's going to be the concern over the next day or so. it will be downgradeed to a tropical storm as we get into saturday morning so quickly racing off to the north. it is going to -- the winds will die down but it's going to hold a lot of moisture. the rain will be coming. we'll see 10 to 20 inches of rain and isolated amounts along the coast, six t

meteorologist jennifer gray joins us now with the details. what's the latest on the storm's track. >> well, the 8:00 advisory, 8:00 eastern time hasn't changed much this storm is still at 130 mile per hour sustained winds with gusts up to 160 battering the central bahamas. this storm basically sitting right over the bahamas for two solid days and it's going to stay there for much of tomorrow before it takes the turn north. the models still not agreeing much at all but they are coming together a little bit more and most of them taking it out to sea, which is very interesting. i want to show you the latest track from the national hurricane center. we won't have another update for another couple of hours but looking at the floor, you can see staying category four and weakening as it travels to the north and then that cone still anywhere from north carolina all the way up through the northeast, however, most of those models like we said, john, are taking this to sea. >> what does that mean for the east coast? will the east coast feel the effects o

our meteorologist jennifer gray is joining us now. what's the latest on the storm's path, jennifer?ah, we are looking at 1030-mile-per-hour sustained winds with gusts of 160. this storm has been sitting right over the bahamas all day long. it is going to sit here tomorrow as well. so we're talking about 24 to 48 hours of sustained winds of major hurricane force. and so it is going to be devastated for the central bahamas. this is going to sit here for much of tomorrow morning, and then finally start to lift to the north. that's where we're starting to see a little bit of weakening, category 3, possibly category 2 by sunday afternoon. and what's interesting in the cone, wolf, we've been talking the past couple of days and we've seen different shifts in the track. the storm is now starting to shift a little farther to the east, which is good news. we want this storm to stay out to sea. we don't want it to have a huge impact on the mid-atlantic and the northeast. portions of the northeast yes, still on the cone. but we do expect this trek to the east to continue, which would be good ne

bradley cooper reacts to skren i ever lawrence's pay equality essay and jennifer gray comes clean about one of the most famous scenes in "dirty dancing." how about pop starting, willie. >> first to jennifer lawrence winning praise for tackling hollywood's gender pay gap. in a candid op-end for lena dunham's newslefty she called on the double standard and blamed herself for settling for less money than her co-star. one of those co-stars bradley cooper and in e news he voiced his spot for jennifer lawrence. mindset and ticking sticking up for yourself. >> they are close friends and have worked together in a lot of films and bradley clearly forgot the hairbrush before he went into the interview. a shame. >>> next, what could be the most iconic dance scene in movie history jennifer gray and patrick swayze having the time of their lives in "dirty damages" and looks flawless. jennifer says this is the first time she had ever performed and never reverse it had and never done it since. i don't know if they have themselves into the arms of anyone other than patrick swayze is insane. look at you.

right now cnn meteorologist jennifer gray, she's tracking this monstrous storm. jennifer, you hear stories about it being a mile's wide hurricane with these really intense winds. what's the latest update? >> yeah, well, the hurricane force winds are going to spread about 75 miles across this storm. and it is very close. we just heard martin say those roads are bumper-to-bumper traffic. this storm is so close only about 75 to 80 miles from the coast. and it has winds of 200 miles per hour, the strongest storm ever in the western hemisphere. that's equivalent to an f-5 tornado. you don't want to be in your car. so now is the time to be in that safe place. it's moving to the north at 12 miles per hour. there's going to be a wall of water storm surge associated with this. so you want to be away from the coast as well. it is going to make landfall as a very strong category 4 or category 5 within the next couple of hours. and then it's going to continue its track inland. it will decrease. it will -- those winds will start to decrease once it makes its way inland because

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meteorologist jennifer gray is "outfront."rd captain fedor talk about 20 to 30 feet of waves this crew could be enduring if they are indeed on life rafts if they are in the water. what could the conditions be like? >> it was downgraded to a category 3 today. they've been in category 4 conditions and not only for the missing people on the vessel but also what the captain was just saying what they are having to go through to search. these are very dangerous conditions. winds of 130, 135-mile-per-hour sustained winds with gusts up to 150. so very dangerous conditions and also the waves of 25 to 30 feet and depending on exactly where they were, they could have been right around the eye wall of that storm, the strongest portion of that storm for a very long time. the storm has been sitting right on top of the bahamas for more than 36 hours. and so it has been battering the islands, especially the central portions of the bahamas right at their last known position. erin? >> and as captain fedor said and you just alluded to it, they w

a shame. >>> next, what could be the most history jennifer gray and patrick swayze having the time of their lives in "dirty damages" and looks flawless. jennifer says this is the first time she had ever performed and never reverse it had and never done it since. i don't know if they have themselves into the arms of anyone other than patrick swayze is insane. look at you. get up there. and then he sued me for 127,000. >> the scene of the day. >> gosling goes you up farther. >> he did. >> he can bench press one alsaw many of us go into the upper 30s, it turned into a very nice afternoon with highs in the 70s. we'll see more 30s tonight for lows with highs tomorrow just a bit cooler as we go up to about 70. breezy conditions will move in for thursday keeping highs in the upper 60s. bigger cooling moves in by friday that could send our lows both friday and saturday mornings into the low 30s with frost possibilities. highs both friday and saturday may not get out of the 50s. we'll see better warming into sunday and monday with finally a chance of some showers by tuesday. >> and that is you

we have jennifer gray monitoring conditions. what are we seeing here, jennifer?e rain on the radar. most of these showers have pushed a little farther north from where we saw the slides happen but we still have rain in the forecast for this afternoon, as well as into the weekend. so because of that, we still have flash flood watches. even flash flood warnings in effect in some areas. so i'll take you back and we can see what happened. you see those white dots. that's where two of those major slides happened that we saw over interstate five. we saw areas of up to three inches of rain in 30 minutes and you have to remember a lot of this rain is falling in areas that have been burned so there is no vegetation up there to absorb any rainfall and also, the drought that's been going on for the last four years. the rainfall goes down the side of the mountains, nowhere for the water to go and basically takes the mountains with it. that's where we get mudslides. as we go forward in time. we'll see a couple showers as we go through saturday. we won't see anything as intens

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i want to go now to meteorologist jennifer gray. jennifer, how bad is this going to be? >> this could possibly be catastrophic, especially for the town that this eye crosses over. and it is doing that as we speak. the good news about this storm, if there is any, is that it is small in size. it's powerful, but it's small. so hurricane force winds only extend about 35 miles from the center, but you can see it approaching landfall right now. it is continuing to weaken, but winds, 190 miles per hour, with gusts of 235 miles per hour. this is unprecedented. we've never had a storm this strong making landfall. and so this is going to be devastating for the area where it is crossing over right now. la manzanilla is basically the coastal town we can find that is closest to where that eye is crossing. the official statement hasn't come out about it making landfall, but it is approaching, as we speak. it is going to move quickly, a category 3 by 11:00 tonight, so it's going to lose strength rapidly, but it is going to contain a lot of rain and we are going to see that storm surge

i want to bring in meteorologist jennifer gray at the cnn weather center in atlanta. you know, to see that there are fears that this could be the next superstorm sandy, is that hyperbole, jennifer, or is that possible? >> i do want to say all storms are completely different, you know, and also there's still a lot of uncertainty with this storm. if you are anywhere from south carolina through the northeast, you definitely need to be keeping your eyes on it over the next couple of days. but no storm is the same. this storm right now has maximum sustained winds 125 miles per hour, gusts up to 155. as you said, approaching the central bahamas as a category 3. we could possibly see more strengthening as we go through the next 24 hours. and then this storm is expected to weaken as we go through saturday, sunday, even into monday. the cone of uncertainty right now has it making landfall anywhere from north carolina coast all the way up to maine. that is a large area. and when you are about five days out, the storm only stays inside the cone about two-thirds of the time. there

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our jennifer gray is tracking joaquin for us. r, what could the impact be of this massive storm? i know there are various estimates where it could hit. >> you know what, so true, a lot of these areas in the mid-atlantic and northeast have received so much rain. some areas, about a foot of rain in the past seven days. if we add any rain on top of that, we're going to be looking at the possibility of massive flooding, especially from another system unrelated to in the carolinas. right now, here's where the storm is. 125 mile per hour sustained winds, approaching the central bahamas. gusts of 155. so this is a very powerful major category 3 storm. we could possibly even see strengthening to a category 4 by friday. and it is going to lose strength while its out in the open ocean as it travels to the north. we're looking at monday possibly off the coast of carolinas. what's interesting here, a lot of people focused on the center of the cone. don't do that. look at the cone at its entirety. the west side of the cone is north carolina. t

jennifer gray recently revealed she filmed that iconic lifting in one day without practicing first. she had no idea and she had no idea how people reenact the scene, to have the guts to throw themselves into the arms of another stranger. well, the 55-year-old mom has no desire to be thrown up in the air again. jack black is making a solid run at dad of the year. he showed his newest film goose bumps at his son's school to raise their imagine that. j.r., i guess you don't want me to come over and try lift. from dirty dancing. >> jeremy: i have a hard enough time without that kind of distraction. boston right now, 67. beverly, 65. hyannis, 65. a breeze right now out of the west and the southwest. 10-15 miles per hour. helping to dry out the air. dew point temps back down to october. and through the afternoon, mix of clouds and sun. temperatures will reach the upper 6's this afternoon. thursday, lower 60's. friday, lower 60's. >> jadiann: that will do it for 7 news at noon, everyone. i'm jadiann thompson. back here are you still waiting to change your bath tub? not any more. when i fin

meteorologist jennifer gray is in our own weather center crunching numbers which jennifer, what's the latest? is happening to jakeem now? >> the latest advisory came dow? >> the latest advisory came down , we have an eye. this storm is strengthening and going to sit around the warm waters for the next couple days and allow more strengthening. it's in very rich environment for tropical development. we'll expect further strengthening over the next couple days but the big question mark is where is it going to go from here? i want to show you the track on the the floor. this is the latest track from the national hurricane center, another track will come out around 11:00 p.m. but right now, this has it sitting over the bahamas, at least through friday and taking a dramatic turn to the north, could strengthen to a major storm and possibly making landfall around the carolinas, mid atlantic from anymore from south carolina to the northeast needs to be on the lookout from this storm. >> breaking news, category two storm now that happened about two minutes ago and where you're standing, jennife

meteorologist jennifer gray is in our own weather center crunching the numbers. what's the latest with joaquin right now. >> the latest advisory came down two or three minutes ago. this is now a category 2 storm, sustained winds of 105 miles per hour, and we now have an eye. this storm is strengthening. it's going to sit over the warm water around the bahamas the next couple of days. it's going to allow more strengthening. it's a very rich environment for tropical development. we are going to expect further strengthening over the next couple of days. the big question mark is where is it going to go from here? i want to show you the track on the floor. this is the latest track from the national hurricane center. another track will come out around 11 p.m. this has it sitting over the bahamas at least through friday and then taking a dramatic turn to the north, could strengthen to a major storm and possibly making landfall somewhere around thecarolinas, the mid-atlantic. >> it's breaking news, category 2 storm right now. that just happened about two minutes ago. a v

let's go to meteorologist jennifer gray, joining us from the severe weather center.test? >> we have the flood watches all up and down the east coast. we're going to get a strong onshore flow and that's going to affect the northeast throughout the weekend. but the bulls-eye this weekend is going to be over north and south carolina. we could see historic flooding all the way through sunday. we're talking 15 to 20 inches of rain. look what is going to be happening. the rain is pulling in. think about train on tracks and it goes one after another. that's what happens, that's the scenario that's setting up. a lot of tropical moisture is being fed into the southeast. and so that's what we're going to see. south carolina, north carolina. and the topography is very interesting. all the rain is going to come down, wash the mountains and affect places like columbia, south carolina and eventually head down and impact charleston. on top of that, off strong onshore flow. so while the rain is pushing -- pulling down the mountains and into the low country, on top of that, you have

let's go jennifer gray who is tracking joaquin. churning around the bahamas right now. really still is it too early to tell how strong this will be? >> it is going to weaken as it travels to the north. that's the good news. the million dollar question is where is it going to make landfall. right now this is devastating for the bahamas. category 4 storm right over the central bahamas, most of the resort islands are to the west of this. but still devastating for the islands there. winds of 130 miles per hour, that's sustained winds with wind gusts up to 155 miles per hour. now this is the current forecast track. we're not going to get an update on this for another three hours. right now the national hurricane center has it as a category 4 through friday morning. possibly going down by monday morning. then tuesday a tropical storm. you have to remember don't follow the center line on this cone. storms only make landfall two-thirds of the time, so there's a lot of uncertainty. it stretches from north carolina all the way up through maine. so anywhere from the carolinas all

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jennifer gray explains why this could explain weather patterns around the world. >> you may rememberhere temperatures were running well above normal that impacted everything from the fisheries to the weather. well now, we have the atlantic blob. it's quite the opposite. with the entire globe warming, you may find it odd that there's a spot in the northern atlantic that's breaking records for cold. in fact, globally we have seen some of the warmest temperatures on record. 2015 has had eight of the warmest months ever. but if you look closely, it's easy to notice that blue blob. it's an area where temperatures are well below normal. in fact, some areas are record-breaking. the ocean acts as a huge conveyer belt. salty warm water from the south travels north. as it does so, it cools, and it becomes so dense it sinks and mixes with the cooler water deeper in the ocean. this circulation is constant. it helps maintain balance in the ocean, but if too much fresh water is added, the water is too buoyant to sink. that can either slow the circulation or grind it to a halt. that's exactly what'

a reporter for the gray sheet. jennifer laszlo, president of respectability usa. benji saarland is political reporter for msnbc. candy carson, she is the wife of our speaker. [applause] thomas burr. he is the washington correspondent for the salt lake tribune and he is the vice president of the national press club. myron is a george washington university professor and former president of the national press club. kevin merida, he is the managing editor of the washington post. gabriel dibenedetti is a national political correspondent for politico. yasmin al sabawi, the correspondent for the kuwait news agency and the director of strategic communications for the data quality campaign. [applause] i also want to welcome our other guests in the room today and our c-span and public radio audiences. i want to welcome our audiences watching a live stream on our website, press.org. you can also follow the action on twitter. use the hashtag, #npclive. well, our speaker today has never served in congress, or as the governor of a state. or in any elected office of any kind. he

a reporter for the gray sheet. jennifer laszlo, president of respectability usa. benji saarland is political reporter for msnbc. candy carson, she is the wife of our speaker. [applause] thomas burr. he is the washington correspondent for the salt lake tribune and he is the vice president of the national press club. myron is a george washington university professor and former president of the national press club. kevin merida, he is the managing editor of the washington post. gabriel dibenedetti is a national political correspondent for politico. the correspondent for the kuwait news agency and the director of strategic communications for the data quality campaign. [applause] i also want to welcome our other guests in the room today and our c-span and public radio audiences. i want to welcome our audiences watching a live stream on our website, press.org. you can also follow the action on twitter. use the hashtag, #npclive. well, our speaker today has never served in congress, or as the governor of a state. or in any elected office of any kind. he did tell me he wa

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