we had a combination of noaa, noaa-core officers flying the aircraft. i'm noaa civil service, meteorologist, we have data people, scientists on board, especially from the noaa hurricaine research division and these are flesh and blood people flying through the center of the storms. we had a pretty bumper pass on the northwest side, number two we're all reminded it's not your standard line of work but it's such important information and we have to be looking at the data in real time. we have to make sure it's extremely high quality data so we don't give anybody bad information. >> so your data is all from the air, nothing from the ground is what i'm asking? >> in this particular case, we've seen directly over fr freeport, and nassau, but our aircraft was flying standard, hurricane center reco pattern, so we were getting all of our information from that altitude. >> jack caparish, flight direct there. i want to go to the phone, an accuweather extreme meteorologist. what are you telling us? what do you know? >> reporter: i'm in cocoa beach right now. proba

moments ago, i spoke with jack parish, a noaa meteorologist. jack, thanks so much for joining us. first of all, tell us where you are tonight. and you've flown through so many of these hurricanes. how big is this thing from the air? >> david, we are just east of the side of the storm, we are on our way in to the center for the third time. >> this has been a monster of a storm, historic in proportions. meteorologists say the scope of this thing, this coastal part of florida has never seen before. and you're right off the coast of jacksonville right now? >> yes, sir, david. i'm looking at it on the radar. looks like the center of it is just due east of jacksonville. maybe 40 miles offshore. and we have seen an extensive area of hurricane force winds, especially north of the center, so the impacts along the georgia coast are going to be significant. >> jack, we know you have flown on these flights many times, but we saw some of those initial pictures from the cockpit, and i want to show viewers at home what that looks like, what that sounds like. to those of us here watching that, it

i wanted that noaa continued to we started with noaa's law and this was just another stage inge that trying to make a difference and now i can go back to him and say, yes, i think noaa we made a difference today. officer lee on the a was struck and killed in december of last year. he was, woulding a holiday dui check point along rockville pike. > we have an update to a story we first brought you last nightt at doing. a small dog that was abandoned in the district has died.ie someone threw out this foe males york i with the trash. she was discovered on the 4200 0 block of immediate street northeast near lane place. pl despite veterinarian's et cetera efforts to safe the dog she wass in poor condition and had to beo youth niced. an reward is being offered to an arrest and conviction in this animal cruelty case.an > some neighbors in northern virginia gotim a big surpriseg tonight. they ordered pizza for dinner, but instead of their regular and a firetruck. the important message thesemess firefighters had. and a newly or a new highly anticipated outlet mall opened in maryland today just

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i purposely wore the pin today noaa's law because i reminded me of what today was all about. it wasn't about winning or losing or anything of that. > officer lee oat a's death led to the passage of what you just heard his father talking about there, noaa's law. it requires convicted drunk suspended for six months or to use an ignition lock device for months. > we're 12 days away from this year's election. early voting began today in maryland and the lines were long. fox5's sarah simmons has more on what you can expect if you're casting your ballot early. >>reporter: tony, take a look a at this line. this was the polling place on maryland. the board of election says nearly 126,000 votes were cast today. in 2012 that number was 107,000 on the first day of early voting. so if today's turnout is any indication, the numbers will be high this election year. at first glance you'd think this was a line at a security check point at the airport. no, this is early voting in the state of maryland. the wait was long, about 45 minutes for he's amazing. first of all, when i come in here the

so the drought conditions is what noaa is saying. here's a look at the conditions. right now, inland east bay, looking at severe to extreme drought. and around parts of the bay and along the coast, we're in the dry to moderate category. it will take years before we erase the drought since we've done the damage over the last several years. look at this spectacular shot of the moon glistening over the bay. temperatures low to mid 60s. so mild and visibility is good and temperatures are primarily in the 50s. except concord, 61 degrees. san francisco is looking good. cooling friend starts tomorrow, below average temperatures this weekend with a chance of showers early next week. here is a look at your early morning commute planner. good conditions with bright skies, if you're doing the ferry ride. and if you are walking to work, it's still going to be good but on the cool side. so bundle up. temperatures upper forts to the mid 50s. patches of fog lingering into the afternoon. 70s around the bay. 80s inland. early next week, monday has the potential for some wet weather,

so the drought conditions is what noaa is saying. here's a look at the conditions. right now, inland east bay, looking at severe to extreme drought. and around parts of the bay and along the coast, we're in the dry to moderate category. it will take years before we erase the drought since we've done the damage over the last several years. look at this spectacular shot of the moon glistening over the bay. temperatures low to mid 60s. so mild and visibility is good and temperatures are primarily in the 50s. except concord, 61 degrees. san francisco is looking good. cooling friend starts tomorrow, below average temperatures this weekend with a chance of showers early next week. here is a look at your early morning commute planner. good conditions with bright skies, if you're doing the ferry ride. and if you are walking to work, it's still going to be good but on the cool side. so bundle up. temperatures upper forts to the mid 50s. patches of fog lingering into the afternoon. 70s around the bay. 80s inland. early next week, monday has the potential for some wet weather,

last december lieu ease laurenlr demarco rouse could he drove his car into officer noaa low rot a. today in court he apologizeed to the officer's parents during a highly emotional hearing that lasted more than four hours. i purposely wore the pin today it wasn't about winning or losing or anything of that. > officer lee oat a's death led to the passage of what you just heard his father talking about there, noaa's law. it requires convicted drunk drivers to have their license suspended for six months or to use an ignition lock device for months.mont > we're 12 days away from this year's election. early voting began today inay i maryland and the lines were lo fox5's sarah simmons has more on what you can expect if you'reou' casting your ballot early. >>reporter: tony, take a look at this line. this was the polling place on sheriff's road in landover. i was record-breaking turnout in maryland. the board of election says nearly 126,000 votes were cast today.toda in 2012 that number was 107,000 on the first day of early voting. so if today's turnout is any indication, the numbers will b

. >>> and right now, noaa hurricane hunters are flying over the storm to get a better along on that ride. he continues our team coverage tonight from macdill air force base. >> reporter: i'm going to be flying in noaa's g4 aircraft today. it will be flying above, around, and ahead of the storm hoping to predict its path. >> reporter: before etch flight. >> these areas, we will try to execute this plan. >> reporter: the scientists are briefed on the exact details the mission. >> then enter the storm environment. >> in the event we run into hurdles, we have a predescribed backup plan already. so we don't have to go through this whole discussion on the aircraft. >> reporter: this is called a drop sign. it comes out of the aircraft at this point, it measures temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed. and gives a lot of information to the scientists on board the path of the storm. >> flight meteorologists qc, quality controls the data. and packages it up and transmits it out, actually, to the world. >> reporter: at this time, matthew is currently the most powerful atlantic hurricane to be t

by the way, noaa says those pilots are highly trained. >> they would have to be, don't you think? >>> coming up, rob is also tracking the hurricane, now a category 3 storm. plus, he has a look at our morning forecast. >> and that's a look at those hurricane hunters who flew right through the eye of the storm, right above cape canaveral, florida. closer to home, tracking a return of summer-like temperatures just in time for the weekend. a look at your forecast, straight ahead. >> and a much calmer report for the roadways here. it's friday, we have that light friday commute going on. there's fremont. we'll talk about how things are shaping up, coming up. >> all right, mike. plus, a very suspicious fire set at home in the south bay. our pete suratos is live at the scene. he'll let us know what he found, coming up next. =runs 2= =laura/cont.vo=packing a powerf a killer hurricane still bearing >>> starting to see the impacts. >> packing a powerful punch. a killer hurricane still bearing down on parts of florida, as matthew makes his presence alone along that state's atlantic coast. we'

this is noaa's look at this cat. 4, its progression through the bahamas. throughout today and tomorrow, we now have hurricane watches going up for the coastline of the state of florida. back here we have partly to mostly cloudy skies looking out from the transamerica pyramid over the embarcadero all lit up in honor of fleet week. temperature-wise, in the 50s. it is now 58 in oakland and san jose. satellite-radar suggest that we do still have some clouds lingering with the passage of yesterday's weak disturbance. but actually near pine mountain, produced over .6" of rain. we just had a smattering. today some refreshing temperatures warmer than yesterday forecast 63 in san francisco. that's still down from the average high of 70. we fell out of the 80s in the east bay, concord at 72 degrees. oakland in the mid-60s. so let's play it out like this today. some sunny breaks along the seashore into the 60s. 60s and 70s will be common around the peninsula today then we jump up to the low to mid- 70s around loss gas and saratoga -- los gatos and saratoga. unseasona

they worked with noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration.ou can see it's a turbulent ride as they fly through the eye of the storm. the data this plane collects helps forecasters make accurate predictions such as direction and conditions of the storm. >> we have live team coverage for you. our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the storm's latest path. >> first, let's go live to savannah, georgia. joel waldman is riding out the storm tonight. we can see that things are picking up, the wind and the rain. >> reporter: definitely an uptick in intensity. it feels like the rain is spinning around, coming from the west, whereas it was coming

from our noaa gulf stream 4 aircraft.t over the gulf of mexico. what we have done is we've been flying an eight-hour mission that covers approximately 4,000 miles. we took off the air force base in tampa back at about 1:30 in the morning. flew across the top of the storm, and then flew out over the atlantic, several hundred miles northeast and east of the storm. now we're in the gulf of mexico. what we're doing is we're dropping instruments from the aircraft that fall by parachute. it's similar to a weather balloon, except instead of a weather balloon going up, these instruments fall down by parachute from the aircraft. they take about 15 minutes to fall from 45,000 feet down to the water. and what they're doing is they're gathering meteorological data the whole time. they're gathering very important data on wind pressure, temperature, everything else the computer models need to help forecast the track and intensity of the storm. the data is then transmitted via satellite to computers that the national hurricane center us

>> yes, we have two different aircraft that we employ at noaa. we have our gulfstream g-4 which is the aircraft that i'm flying in right now. and then we have a p-3 orion, which is a four engine turboprop plane that actually does the real dirty work flying into the peak of the storm down at 10,000 feet. that's the one that actually penetrates the eyewall, and hits the really nasty ride. we get a lot of turbulence up here at 45,000 feet. because this is where all energy from the storm flows out. it's called the outflow region of the storm. so it gets pretty turbulent up here, as well. but not nearly as turbulent as we get going through the eyewall down at lower altitudes in our other aircraft. >> oh, my gosh. richard i mean honestly just watching the video is sending a shiver down my spine for anybody who's ever been in turbulence on a commercial flight the idea that you're on a little prop plane there going through the eyewall is so intense. so, richard, what have you learned now that you've been flying around and dropping these instruments. what

noaa also says the outlook could shift again before winter arrives. and it's kind of interesting, rob, as we talk about they're forecasting almost a la nina, we've seen more rain this year. >> for the bay area and california, there's also of nuances the with la nina winters. if it's a moderate strength la nina, we see slightly above average rainfall totals. let's talk about what's happening now. thanks to last weekend, most of the bay area, way above average. 94% to about almost 500% of average, compared to last year, which was a strr strong el nino. we had nothing to show for it this time last year, running well above the averages so far and check out the next eight days of projected participation across northern california. some of the computer models going for 200% of average. by the time we get from monday through next friday. this could be more good news for the california drought. more rain, which will help to get an early start on the reservoirs, collecting some of that rainfall across northern california. right now, no worries about rain. it's

there is no data that comes from the noaa gulfstream 4 flight that flew around today and sampled the atmosphere. that data go goes into t supercomputers and we'll get that run about 12:00, 12:30 on that run. but the preferred place to be is on the east side of our state. the wester o weather on the wess not that bad. obviously stronger winds on the east coast, but this is all theory. we're going to fine-tune this like a storm in the gulf when you are on the bad side, and you get coastal flooding. with this side the winds blow the water away from our shores and that pretty much eliminates any chance of coastal flooding. that is the good news. this is sunday night into monday. big concern here, around big concern in cuba and in the baja bahamas and the storm weakens an day five. the average error on day 5 is about 230, 250 miles, that is why the go cone gets so big, ann the hurricane center the discussion is that it's too toarl eearly to eliminate the to florida just yet. we'll tune in for updates on the matthew. a couple of lingers showers and we bottom out at about 74 degrees. thunde

noaa is predicting a weak la nina pattern. typical forecast pattern fogh el kno nino. noaa says the outlook could shift again. >>> i'm hoping there's going to be a lot of snow in the sierra. >> we've seen a lot of rain already. >> and some snow. >> that's the interesting point. it is a week la nina. the numbers look good the last weekend, from 94% to 484% of average. last year was a very strong el nino. we've had an early start to the rainfall season and more coming up in the seven-day forecast. 70 in san francisco. 78 in san francisco. increasing clouds and a chance of rain showing up we think by monday and tuesday of next week. after warm days, cooler changes with more clouds heading into the weekend. >> looking at a nice smooth drive around the bay as you'd expect early this friday morning. no problems for the north bay. although northbound 101 approaching the robin williams tunnel. that's about it. the bay bridge toll plaza, mild backup and we'll check on that live camera in the next report. i want to give a chance for any backup to start forming there. very early

. >>> noaa hurricane hunters are vital to predict the path of storm and data collected by the team and meteorologists on the ground can help decide who needs to leave areas. scientists a dedicated at predicting the path of hurricanes. they fly the storm and drop measuring devices at predetermined points to collect information. it generates cone to predict the storm path. >>> still to come, governor rick scott ordering evacuation ahead of hurricane matthew. still ahead, cbs reporter narrator: look up the facts on richard burr. the insurance industry gave richard burr's campaigns "new profits for private insurers would be as high as sixteen to twenty-six billion." but seniors would pay nine percent more for medicare. richard burr is looking out for himself and the insurance industry... not you. >> 51:50:00. >>> millions of people in the southeastern u.s. coast are bracing for hurricane matthew. after hitting the bahamas, the storm is expected to regain strength and inch closer to florida later today where heavy rain, powerful wind, and storm surges are expected. >>> a sheriff's sergeant

this is our satellite and radar imagery and it's updated by noaa every three minutes and so part of the glitch is there but i guess you get the general feel for the rain that's beginning to push into the northwestern quadrant of the state. our live high-def doppler radar is now picking up light rain showers just off the north bay coast and we are anticipating a lot of this to move onshore during the afternoon hours with up to about 1/10 inch of rain expected. live weather camera looking out from the transamerica pyramid over the embarcadero, all lit up in blue to kick off fleet week here in the bay area. partly to mostly cloudy skies, the winds are currently under 10 miles per hour. we will be -- will be variable during the afternoon hours about 10 to 15. now 48 degrees in santa rosa, 48 degrees in livermore and later today our numbers with the cloud cover and light rain showers or sprinkles into the 60s. a few 50s at the beaches, more on your local forecast coming up at 18 after the hour. >>> we have learned more about what robin williams was experiencing in the final months of his lif

. >>> we were in alameda when explosives experts checked out a pressure cooker device left noaa near a bus stop this afternoon. alameda police, firefighters and the al media county sheriff's office bomb squad kept people away. >>> san francisco police are trying to figure out tonight what caused a pleasure boat to capsize near pier 45 yesterday. a child child is still recovering in the hospital. cornell bernard is live near pier 45 with details. >> reporter: still a lot of questions here but first good news. the five-year-old boy is the only boat passenger still in the hospital. his condition has just been upgraded to good and will recovery. police want to know what caused the boat to capsize, first they have to find it at the bottom of the bay. a san francisco police boat uses sonar to locate the wreckage of a 34-foot boat, which overturned ons near pier 45 during the fleet week air show, tossing 30 invited guests into the bay. >> all 30 persons were ejected net the bay waters and rescued. >> the rescue was hack. good samaritans rushing in to help. a man russiad a small child. five

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noaa is now predictia weak "la nina" pattern - pretty typi winters followg ael nino. if the prediction lds - t western u-s would e drierskies. that same pattern wod also lead to above >> if the prediction holds, the western u.s. would see drier skies. the same at attorney would lead to above average temperatures. the outlook could shift again before it arrives. >>> a massive renovation at sfo's terminal one. that means people traveling will have to deal with closures and inconveniences for the next two years. the $2.5 billion renovation is taking place in phases. when completed, terminal one will include central security and baggage handling along with new retail and dining space. passenger operations aren't expected to be affected. >>> the warriors are teaming up with united airlines. that was announced yesterday, and it comes complete with a basketball court set up on an airline hangar. i would love to see that. under the deal, united becomes the team's official airline and founding partner of the chase center, the bar yors new san francisco arena. >> proud to repre

about 350,000 survivors ar >>> and amazing video from inside the cockpit of a national oh see noaa flight. the flights last about eight hours as the experts gather the critical information to forecast and warn others about the hurricane. an incredible feat that those people go through. right here in the 1 news plane took as we look through -- loop through the past six hours. this all feeds back to the computer models, and that allows them to forecast the track of this particular storm that is right now sitting right off the coast of the northern portion of florida, a category two hurricane. but rook at the winds that we're -- look at the winds we're talking about. that's where you're going the see hurricane force winds. 74 miles per hour or greater. savannah all the way up to charleston, you're going to feel the hurricane. it moves straight up the coast to wilmington and off the coast later on and next week, and then it will weaken as it moves out to sea. one thing a lot of people are talking about, are these two hurricanes going to move together. unfortunately it looks like they're actua

. >> reporter: housed in the unassuming hangar 5 are noaa, ryans. better known as the hurricane hunters. >> we are gathering as much atmospheric information that we can gather out there. all kind of sensors on the airplane. >> reporter: pressure to temperature wind speed to water content, they help map out a hurricane's inner workings. >> three different radars on the airplane that they are using composite pictures of to look at the intensity of the storm. >> reporter: the hurricane hunters were built for noaa in expected to last this long. >> the service life of the a airplane when it was built for the navy was 25 years. >> reporter: despite yearly maintenance, the planes needed a major overall to last well into the future when a $42 million grant for superstorm sandy became useful. >> all the wing panels are new, stabilizers. all four engines are updated and new. >> reporter: the upgrades to kermit make it more fuel efficient as well allowing for longer flights into storms. it may have taken 19 months, but improvements from kermit will keep it fly

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and take a look at this crazy vi of noaa's hurricane hunter planes.they actually send plane flying into the hurricane so scientists can collect data on the storm to help better predict where it's headed. of course we'll be standing on morning d hurricane all lastest right here on live at daybreak. thanks vince.meteorologist brian gotter joins us now... where is the storm at right now brian and what's the timeline as we look throughout despite clouds and scattered showers, yesterday was warm and humid with highs in the lower 70s. t'showers developed late last evening and overnight ahead of the cold front with heavy rain at times. there is still a chance for showers this morning, then it clears out for this afternoon. temps this morning are will be the high for the day as a brisk nw wind increase to m into the 50s by noon. tonight is clear and chilly with lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s and wind chills in the 30s by the american red cross has a couple hundred workers in haiti... and is already working to funnel resources into florida, georgia and south carolina . hundreds of disaster w

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this is video from inside the cockpit of plane run by noaa. that's how forecasters gather information. there's quite a bit -- there is quite a bit of turbulence. take a listen to one of the meteorologists on board that plane, as he describes what's happening. >> noaa 49 is a gulf stream jet flying at 45,000 feet. we're in the middle of an eight-hour mission where we're sampling the environment around we're dropping what we call drop sound instruments, which are sort of the opposite of a weather balloon. >> the reporter: all right. so those weather balloons, they go up, so those won't work to measure the storm. the meteorologists on board that hurricane hunter plane say they have to drop the instruments via a parachute. they fall down, taking about 15 minutes to reach the surface. it's intense stuff. the instruments are crucial to gathering data. they measure the other important tools that meteorologists need to forecast. live in the newsroom, elizabeth hopkins, fox 25 news. >> mark: fascinating stuff. our coverage of matthew continues througho

noaa says dolphin quest has the proper state and federal permits, and a state agriculture department official was on hand for the departure. as for using fedex: (alexis thomas/ animal rights hawaii) "i think it was definitely shocking for a lot of people to see that fedex is transferring live animals in a box." (michelle campbell/ dolphin quest) "they're very experienced in doing such a move. we've done this before with them in the past, and have really appreciated the dolphins arrived safely in phoenix earlier this week. they are now at a new dolphin aquarium near scottsdale, which is set to open next month. there's much more coming up in the second half of fox5 news at 5. the runnin' rebels are back on the court today. fox five sports director kevin bolinger was with the team today and gives us a horner: i was proud to stand for our country. i will not stand for congressman hardy and donald trump insulting seniors and veterans. hardy wants to raise the retirement age and said seniors who rely on programs like social security are a draw on government and the disabled are a drain on

they put it on the facebook page so you can search for the noaa hurricane hunters and move it around. they go through the eye right there. there's hardly any visibility. you can see the rain really picks up and eventually, they punch out of the eye and then all of the sudden, it gets clear and just flying around in the clouds. i just retweeted that on the twitter account. it begins to clear up a bit and then went through the eye wall and now, but what's fun and different, is you can go, it's a 360 video and spin it around. see the pilots in the cockpit and look at the front of the plane's window and the side of the window. it's neat stuff they're doing and these are brave people and amazing people that they're out there doing missions at night and doing it during the daylight hours and punching. they have families too. they're sitting there punching through 150-mile-per-hour winds with an airplane to help us out and to give us better forecasts. so thanks to them. >> we want those pilots to stay safe. thank you, bill. take you now to florida where blake mccoy is in ft. lauderdale. we h

. >>> now, we want to bring in richard henning a meteorologist and flight director from noaa's hurricane hunters and believe it or not we're joining him at 45,000 feet up in the sky. richard, are you in a plane flying into the storm? >> yes, good morning. can you hear me? >> i can, richard. what are you seeing? >> good morning to everyone. good morning to all of your viewers. i'm talking to you from a gulf stream jet flying at 45,000 feet. eight-hour mission where we're sampling the environment around the storm and across the top of the storm. we're dropping what we call drop instruments which are the opposite of a weather balloon. weather balloons go up and what we do is drop instrument packages that fall down. they fall by parachute. take about 15 minutes to reach the surface. and they measure pressure, temperature, humidity and all the other important meteoeteor logical. >> richard, i mean, we are watching your video as you're speaking, we're watching your video and i have to tell you, your job and what you are living is many of our worst nightmare of flying through that turbulence th

and that's exactly why we are flying this aircraft, and flying the other aircraft noaa is flying, into this storm. it is trying to understand the environment around matthew, and gather as much possible data as to try and nail down that forecast. lindsay: and the data they're getting back shows the upper-level environment is very favorable for intensification over the next 24 hours. reporting for wisn 12 news, i'm meteorologist lindsey slater. mark: abc continues hurricane matthew coverage next, during "world news" with david muir. it starts right after our newscast, at 5:30. toya: commitment 2016 coverage now, in the race for president. the second debate between democrat hillary clinton and republican donald trump is now four days away. clinton is reportedly behind closed doors in washington d.c. tonight, getting ready. several of her top aides are helping her prepare, by going over possible questions. meantime, trump is on the campaign trail in nevada. this is video of him, stopping by a school in las vegas this afternoon. now, both campaigns are focusing on wisconsin. donald trump, j

this is one of those hurricane hunters from incite the cockpit of the plane that is piloted by noaa's hurricane punters through the eyewall and into the eye of that storm. the storm safely landed a short time ago saying it was a very turbulent flight. >> i can only imagine. they continue those flights 24 hours as long as the storm stays off the coast. of people in the storm zone. >> some defenses are in place to protect against it and here with the details is abc's kenneth moton. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this morning reports of price gouging already coming in, of course, we know florida, georgia, south carolina and even parts of north carolina are under states of emergency. that means price gouging laws in those states are in effect. the essentials are see for those trying to evacuate or ride out the food, water, ice, gas, hotel rooms, attorneys generals in those southeastern states have promised investigations into any complaints of businesses overcharging people during this emergency and florida, there are hundreds of reports pouring in like gas stations raising the

. >> jack and the team from noaa show you some images that reflect the power outage in florida. on the left, before the storm hit. and on the right, much of florida in the dark. here's gio benitez, with the pictures. >> reporter: here, the power lines strewn across the street, the and in melbourne, florida, this house burned to the ground. officials blaming downed power lines. these two sisters surviving because they evacuated. for more than 1 million other homes, the problem is no power. in palm beach, ali gonzalez said the storm knocked out her power. >> right after we got done cooking dinner, bam, goes the power. >> reporter: 15,000 crews from across the country. >> 15,000 restoration workers. >> reporter: right here in florida. officials tell me they're working as hard as they can, but they're limited by the storm. they're not going tok asking for patience. >> gio, our thanks to you. >>> this hurricane now headed towards georgia and south carolina next. and the real concern, the low-lying areas, the governor issuing a new plea. here's rob marciano. >> reporter: well, hurrica

. >>> right now, noaa hurricane hunters are flying over the storm to get a better idea of how strong it is. our own jeff patterson went jeff continues our team coverage tonight from macdill air force base. >> reporter: over the next 48 hours, it maintains hurricane strength. before each flight, the scientists are briefed on the exact details of the mission. >> then it enters the storm environment where we will circumnavigate it. >> in the event that we might run into hurdles, we have a predescribed backup plan. this whole discussion when we are on the aircraft. >> reporter: this is called a drop. it comes out of the aircraft at this point, measures temperature, pressure, humidity, and wind speed and it gives a lot of information to the scientists on board the aircraft hoping to predict the path of the storm. >> meteorologist qc quality controls the data and packages it up to transmit to the world. >> reporter: at this point, matthew is the most powerful atlantic hurricane to be tracked in a de information gathered by this aircraft today will be extremely important is potentially for

and speaking of that, noaa has just released its winter forecast for this year, and a week la nina is going to bring the jet stream to the north. a wetter than average area, warm and dry across the south. the northeast has equal chances of stormy or mild, either way, david, winter is coming. >> it looks like winter aheld. all right, rob marciano, thank you. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. dumped in a ditch. take a look at this. the postal worker caught on camera, allegedly tossing out hundreds of letters. that community outraged tonight. >>> also, the mysterious illness onboard a cross-country flight. nearly two dozens passengers suddenly becoming sick tonight. >>> and not again. swimming with the sparks, divers getting too close for comfort. the shark breaks into the cage, and this time, there were several people inside with the shark. we'll be right back. slam dunk champion? the mommy really? surprised. let's see it! -oh you're ready. alright, here we go. let's hear the crowd. ahhhh! i go to the right. i go to the left. fake 'em out. mama go