project 2025 wants to get rid of noaa. it would literally cause us to not be able to save more lives. either way, it was incredibly intense experience. there were times when we free fell thousands of feet because of the way that they fly the plane within the hurricane. but it was an honor to be there. i learned so much about how important the work noaa does is. and how important the hurricane hunters are. >> i want to go back over that point about project 2025. wanting to abolish noaa. along with abolish the department of education. abolish is a word that appears frequently in that document. but they want to abolish the scientific collection of data by the federal government. to warn people in florida how to save their lives and how much time they have to save their lives. they just want to eliminate that information system. >> yes. and this whole thing of project 2025 wanting to get rid of noaa while at the same time wanting to get rid of the mention of climate change and the climate crisis as well, shows that not only do

i mean, literally, i can think about 99 problems and noaa ain't one of them. project 2025 has sweeping plans for noaa agencies to fully commercialize the national weather service, sidelined the national climate assessment, and says noaa's climate change research should be disbanded, even though that research helps improve forecasts and keep americans safe. that's why everybody gets up each and every day to come in here and do their research so that the public have the knowledge, the understanding, the information to make decisions that are critical for them and their families. but i am concerned that they don't want to support any of the research that goes into, why are these storms getting worse? because they don't like the answer, because it's an inconvenient answer. if you are wanting to support fossil fuels. craig fugate led fema under president obama. and climate change aside, he says project 2025 could decimate communities impacted by disasters by slashing federal aid to just 25% of the total damage. it almost becomes unthinkable that states would ever b

there's the noaa forecast. you see how far south that green line goes so tt it shows.t just barely in northern california. and then this is university of alaska. this is their forecast shows it a little further south into northern california. so maybe you'll see something. i'll check it out tonight. it just depends where you are. and i think probably helps to be away from the city, the cities. but the last time this happened, a lot of folks got some really great shots. and so as you look at the highs from today, solar it's solar flares right. sun sun sun solar flares. and then that sends out super charged particles. the super fast vibrating. and then they interact with the gases in the upper atmosphere in our upper atmosphere. and they're attracted to the poles because of the magnetic component of the north pole and the south pole. so you get this congregation of all this super charged particles reacting with the earth's gases. it's awesome. i've never seen it. i would love to see them sometime. i think everyone, you know, some of the pictures you've seen and this woul

earlier today the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, released a video taken by so-called sale drones on the surface of the gulf of mexico. they show that 40 nautical miles away from miltons i winds were gusting at 76 miles per hour and waves were cresting up at 28 feet high. now that powerful storm is hitting land. for those not in the direct path there is still reason to be vigilant as much of florida is under a tropical storm watch or warning. the national weather service has issued warnings in parts of south and central florida, where milton has already spawned at least 10 tornadoes. airports, schools and businesses closed earlier today as more than 5 million people were urged to leave their homes under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders. y or voluntay evacuation orders. >>> the national weather service denounced around 2:00 p.m. today that it is now time to shelter in place. the national weather service warns that hurricane milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for the state of florida. joining me now is nbc news corresp

you can see a couple of sources here, this one from noaa.ou can see this red line drifting into southern oregon, approaching northern california. so clearly the best show will be up to our north. but this other site, this other forecast product coming from university of alaska, that green line is sinking down into southern california. and that means you might be able to see the northern lights low in the horizon. so just look up to the sky tonight. if you have clear skies. could be could be pretty cool out there if it all lines up. now showing you this, we have some fog down towards southern california and then some high clouds that moved across the bay area earlier today. and right now we have clear to partly cloudy skies. the heat is no longer a factor out there. here is our live camera looking out toward san francisco bay. as you can see here. an interesting little cloud feature here. let's see what's going on. but current numbers santa rosa 81 degrees, concord in the mid 80s and san jose in the upper 70s. checking in 78 degrees. and that

earlier today, the national asiana and atmospheric administration, noaa, released a video by so-called filmic drones on the surface of the gulf of mexico. they show 40 nautical miles away from milton's eye, the winds are gusting 76 miles an hour and waves were cresting 28 feet high. that powerful storm is hitting land. for those not in the eyewall's direct path, there is reason to be vigilant as much of florida under tropical storm watch or warning the national weather service issued warnings in parts of south and central florida where milton has spawned 10 tornadoes. airports, schools and businesses closed earlier today as more than 5 million people were urged to leave their homes under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders. those that heated warnings faced shortages at gas stations as they scrambled to get to safety. not everyone has been given the choice to evacuate, according to local reports, some prisons and jails in flood prone areas decided not to evacuate despite orders to do so. the evacuation window closed early this afternoon and the national weather service announced ar

. >> noaa's aircraft operation center tweeted this video. look at it. this is one of their planes. called a miss piggy. that's its name. collecting data to help with their imaging and forecasting. >> and in a twist, hurricane milton even forced noaa to do some evacuations of their own. a spokesperson says they were forced to reposition several of their aircraft from their home base in lakeland, florida, to a facility that is not directly in the storm path storm zone. >> they are used to dealing with these types of storms. so incredible to hear even they had to move things around and next to the extreme lengths that some people are taking to protect their homes. yeah, you might have seen this because it's gone viral on social media. this is a home in tampa, and the homeowner, as you can see there, literally strapped the house to the ground. >> those are said to be concrete anchors in the ground. so not like a tent, if you will. still, opinions are divided on whether this would do anything to save the house or possibly even do more damage, but it's been getting quite a bit of reactio

this is from noaa, they flew into the eye of the hurricane today. this is the eye that you can see there. the clouds twisting outside of their plane. researchers say missions like this help collect data to help hopefully improve it. this is video from noaa's drone, 28 foot wave recorded, wind gusts as strong as 75 miles an hour. here is another live look as we continue to track that path of the storm. you can see a lot of bright colors there. hundreds of thousands of people in florida already without power. the storm, of course, focal point as both presidential candidates remain on the campaign trail during the rally in pennsylvania former president trump took aim at the administration's response. meantime, vice president kamala harris criticized trump for spreading misinformation. >> the worst hurricane response since katrina. >> it is for a leader to mislead desperate people. >> voting rights groups in florida filed an emergency suit to reopen voter registration since the deadline fell on monday in the face of the back to back storms. joining me n

tonight here, my interview with the hurricane centers from noaa, flying right into this hurricane. rocked by turbulence. what they witnessed inside the eye of the hurricane. you'll hear from the lieu ten that commander just back on the ground tonight. president biden coming before the cameras just moments ago, warning of the dangers of this hurricane tonight. but we begin here this evening with the new forecast just in from the national hurricane center. cho ginger zee is in fort myers. i know the track can still change, but as of right now, when and where is this expected to make landfall? >> yeah, david, it looks right over say, bradenton, sarasota, and tampa bay, those are the heart of where we'll see that landfall making impacts. let me show you what's happening already here in fort myers, though. the storm passed us already, but we are just now taking on some of this dangerous storm surge. the gulf of mexico just beyond the sanibel causeway is starting to push onshore with the onshore winds. so, this is just the beginning of the storm, even though it has passed. all of that is

. >> i want to go back over that point about project 2025 wanting to abolish noaa. along with abolish the department of education. abolish is a word that appears frequently in that document. they want to abolish the scientific collection of data by the federal government that has been able to warn people in florida how to save their lives and how much time they have to save their lives. they just want to eliminate that information system. >>'s. this whole thing with project 2025 and wanting to get rid of noaa, while at the same time, wanting to get rid of the mention of climate change and the climate crisis as well, shows that not only do they want to deny the issue, but they want to deny us the means and solutions to deal with the issue. yet we see this happen all the time. i'm on the house oversight committee. i have my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who constantly want to badger and talk about a lot of our agencies and departments not doing their job. they are horrible, they are bureaucrats. this and that. at the same time, they vote against a budget i

earlier today, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, took steal drones on the gulf of mexico. they showed 40 nautical miles away from melton's eye, the winds were gusting 76 miles an hour and waves were cresting up at 28 feet high. that powerful storm is hitting land. for those not in the eyewall's direct path, there is reason to be vigilant as much of florida is under a tropical storm watch or warning. the national weather service also issued warnings in parts of south and central florida, where milton has spawned 10 tornadoes. airports, schools, and businesses closed earlier today as more than 5 million people were urged to leave their homes under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders. those who heeded the warnings faced shortages at gas stations as they scramble to get to safe the. not everyone has been given the choice to evacuate. according to local reports, some prisons and jails in flood prone areas decided not to evacuate despite orders to do so. the evacuation window closed early this afternoon and the national weather service announced around 2:00 p.m.

and here to give us more insight on noaa's latest outlook is meteorologist vianey arana. yeah, it's always important to look ahead as far as planning goes when it comes to, you know, the future of potential rainfall totals and things like that across the entire u.s. so taking a closer look at the noaa seasonal temperature outlook, you can see here depicted in the colors up above. we've got below a probability chance. now i want to emphasize that when we're looking at these outlooks, it's not a forecast. so it's not this is what's going to happen. it's more of a probability of what could happen as far as you know, planning out the next three months, which includes december, january and february. so if you look at the temperatures right now, it looks warmer down through parts of the south. this of course, includes texas parts of florida. and then when we're talking about the precipitation outlook, which i think is probably one of the ones that we also want to focus on when it comes to the la nina pattern as we transition into that. well, that right now is looking like above

noaa shared the video from sail drone today, taken about 40 miles away from the eye of the storm. paul, i have to bring you in for this. noaa satellite images actually showing lightning inside of the storm before it made landfall in florida. >> yeah. >> let's take that video full. look at that. >> all of those flashes -- especially over the florida peninsula, this is one of those things when hurricanes make landfall, the interaction with land can produce a lot more cloud to ground lightning. those are individual strikes. this new generation of satellites not only takes pictures of the clouds, which is what they've done from the beginning, but also has lightning detection, rainfall detection. it does all sorts of scientifically valid stuff that we need to kind of remotely sense what the atmosphere is doing, particularly when these events happen in less populated areas, which unfortunately, this isn't. >> this isn't. the technology has had to keep up because storms seem to have gotten much more intense. this was the case, this was a category 5 just not that long ago. >> just 24 hour

tonight here, my interview with the hurricane hunters from noaa flying into the hurricane, rocked by turbulence. what they witnessed inside the eye of the hurricane. and you're going to hear from the lieutenant commander just back on the ground tonight. president biden late today coming before the cameras warning of the dangers of this hurricane. and again, hurricane milton just making landfall as we the air here in the west ton tonight. the latest forecast from the national hurricane center. chief meteorologist ginger zee is live in fort myers with the very latest for us. >> now we have landfall at siesta key, about 75 miles to my north. look behind me. do you see that little shed and that door? the door handle is pretty apparent. and the surge has made it up there. we've had to climb up here in the last hour because the surge has overtaken the entire pool deck. it's breached into the pool at the hotel. we are going to see onshore winds here not just in fort myers, port charlotte, but all the way up close to that differenty side of the eye wall. let's go through the forecast. extrem

nowe wants criticize me because the budget bill also gi money to noaa. moderator: i do want to move on to the next pic. this question is about the economy, a huge one for a lot of folks. specifically about high cost, inflation, worry as well, and the spific question comes from one of our viewers in the second district. >> what did you do to make everyday lives better? moderator: that was simon speaking for a lot of folks, specifically be oth workers who feel left out. what will you do to help someone who is saying what can you do for blue-collar workers in particular who feel left out by the economy, and we begin with austin. mr. theriault: this is a complex question, and i appreciated. one of the things driving inflation is t high energy costs. look up your energy bill the last couplof months, you see it skyrocket. and that is driven by the wasteful spending coming out of washington, d.c. if they voted for things like the wasteful tax credits and green energy schemes in the inflation reduction act, and that is why yo have land in maine being cleared for

noaa forecasters issued a rare g4 geomagnetic storm watch, saying a moderate solar storm is expected to reach earth on thursday and friday. noaa says most of the northern half of the country will have a chance at seeing the aurora borealis, including all of us here in northern california. that's kind of nice. >> i did miss it in may. i will be trying to find it. >> me too. >> all right, let's get a check on the weather now. >> meteorologist sandia patel is back with our forecast. sandy. >> yeah, and our forecast is looking good. dan and ama, in comparison to what's happening back east. let me show you a live picture right now from our pier 39 camera. visibility looks like this. and we may have actually a shot if we look to the north. but of course, best viewing in northern california for the aurora. as we look at another vantage point from sunset at 639 mount tam cam, it was absolutely beautiful with the high clouds coming through the region. we did have a lot of color today. certainly had the fog around. temperatures dropped off today along with the high cloud cover, so it was a coo

so these disasters are increasing and we know that because noaa is provide the data. but -- what was the question, i'm sorry? host: just looking at what's included in the cost. guest: absolutely. the methodology is on their website but it includes things like building damage. that's one of the basic things fema goes to is looking at how much substantial damage building or home or business has incurred as well as things like infrastructure, critical infrastructure that's on the ground. and then there's debris removal. so it is really a wide slot of different pieces of data that they're looking at. host: let's talk with our audience. several people waiting to talk with you. we'll hear this from justin. he is in new orleans. good morning, justin. caller: good morning. guest: good morning. caller: my comment is the scientists, they got thousands and thousands of scientists. these people, is and know what to do with this stuff. and you got people calling in that don't know nothing but science. don't want to know nothing but science and they just hedge fundering people tryi

noaa forecasters issued a rare g4 geomagnetic storm watch, saying a moderate solar storm is expectedo reach earth on thursday and friday. noaa says most of the northern half of the country will have a chance at seeing the aurora borealis, including all of us here in northern california. that's kind of nice. >> i did miss it in may. i will be trying to find it. >> me too. >> all right, let's get a check on the weather now. >> meteorologist sandia patel is back with our forecast. sandy. >> yeah, and our forecast is looking good. dan and ama, in comparison to what's happening back east. let me show you a live picture right now from our pier 39 camera. visibility looks like this. and we may have actually a shot if we look to the north. but of course, the best viewing in northern california for the aurora. as we look at another vantage point from sunset at 639 mount tam cam, it was absolutely beautiful with the high clouds coming through the region. we did have a lot of color today. certainly had the fog around. temperatures dropped off today along with the high cloud cover, so it was a c

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let's take a noaa case. john and sandra yates fell in love. high school sweethearts. they moved down to florida. john wanted to be a fisherman. that was his lifelong passion and he worked his way up to the captain of his own crew. one day fishing for red grouper, they have a guy who comes up and flashes a badge. he is a state official. he says, i would like to measure your fish. and john says, i have several thousand pounds of red grouper. the agent says, i have all day. he starts measuring the fish. 20 inches was the limit. you had to be above 20 inches. he measures them and finds 72 out of the whole lot that he thinks are less than 20 inches. all of them are about 18 inches. most above 19, but 72. john does not think he knows how to measure a red grouper, by the way. he is measuring from the nose but the red grouper has along the lower jaw. at any rate, 72 it is. he says, put it in a crate and i will deal with you when you come to shore. john puts them in a crate, comes back to shore a few days later. the guy is there to meet him again and he does his measuring agai

noaa, so it is damaging to national security.trump administration. >> you and your family come from a place for your ability to get a job in the civil service was about fealty to party leadership and it doesn't work. it just doesn't work. you want the best people who are prepared to work for probably less money than they could make in the private sector to be giving you the best advice whether it is on medications or on fema, and that is fundamentally -- i hope enough people recognize that is -- you can't rule that one back. >> that's right. in fact, we had even more direct exposure to this during our time in the white house. we saw partisan political hacks that replaced professionals, and had a profoundly damaging effect to national security. >> thanks for joining us. thanks for being here in person. i think i've seen you once since but two times ago was in ukraine. hopefully we will meet again there in good times. democratic nominee running for congress in virginia's seventh district. tonight's last word is next. district. toni

12 drones to monitor hurr in the caribbean and the gu of mexico and gather critical information for noaa. checkhivideo a saildrone has gathered valuable information about hurricane milton. >> video is collected by saildrone 1083. we were able to power up our video camera in the middle of that hurricane, just for a little short cl see what it's like at th during a v. unique about this technology is that you can sends where you don't wt to send people, like a category five hurricane. uncrewed nature keeps personnel safe. >> so how does a saildrone withstand hurricane force winds and other intense conditions? >> you can see under the drone there is a keel. and that that keel, that fin in the middle of the drone is weighted with lead. and so thed that the saildrone e surface is counteracted by big lead fin below the drones. >> the drones are designed to move around in the ocean by harnessing the power of the wind and sun. >> we power the sensors with a battery pack that's in the drone, and with those two sources y, we're able to stay out there for a very, very ng in the end, it's about gathe

noaa posted this video of a crew flying in the gulf of mexico. they're collecting data on the storm. that is one bumpy ride shows the crew here. miss piggy getting knocked around and all the turbulence. >> noaa says data collected helps forecasters make accurate predictions during the hurricane and also helped hurricane researchers achieved better understanding of a storm. it also helps improve the forecast models and most people are rushing now to get out of the devastating path of this hurricane that set to make landfall tomorrow in florida. >> as a major hurricane, the national weather service is calling the storm, quote, a very serious threat to residents. reporter asher redd joins us now live from the storm's projected path. and want to talk about the debris there. that's around you. but direct hit from a major t- hurricane in more than 100 years. so how are they preparing? and are you seeing people leave? >> we are seeing people leaving in troves thousands of people last night on the way down here, headed away from the tampa area. but what

noaa.al security and unfortunately it's the roadmap for the second from administration. >> you and your family come from a place where your ability to get a job in the civil service was about fealty to party and leadership, and it doesn't work. it just doesn't work. you want the best people who are prepared to work, probably for less money than they could make in the private sector, to be given you the best advice whether it's on fema or whatever. that is fundamentally -- i just hope enough people recognize that that is -- you can't roll that one back. >> that's right, allie. infect we have even more direct exposure to this during our time in the white house. my twin brother and i, we saw partisan political hacks that replaced officials and how profoundly damaging that was due national security. >> good to see you. thank you for joining us. thanks for being here in person. we don't get a chance to see each other in person all that much so it's great to be reunited. i think i've seen you onc

let's take a noaa case. john and sandra yates. they are a couple who fell in love, high school sweethearts, lived up in lake erie, moved down to florida. to be near family and also john wanted to be a fisherman, that with his lifelong passion. he worked his way up from a deckhand to captain of his own small crew, three-man boat. two or three man boat. they are out when day fishing for red grouper. they have a guy who comes up, flushes a badge, and he is a state official. but he is cross deputized with no eye. and he says, i would like to measure your fish. john says i have several thousand pounds of red grouper, agencies, i have all day. he starts measuring the fish. now, 20 inches was the limit. it had to be above 20 inches, and he is measuring them. he finds 72 out of the whole lot that he thinks are less than 20 inches. all of them are about 18 inches, most of them are above 19. there are 72. no, john doesn't think this fellow knows how to measure a red grouper, by the way. because he is measuring by the nose but red grouper ha

what is your reaction to a proposal that would end noaa and end the national weather service and why >> it is outrageous when you think about it. something as nonpartisan as the national weather service which protects us, which issues the watches and the warnings, the national hurricane center which literally, they put themselves in harms way when they get into airplanes to go do reconnaissance of tropical storms and hurricanes. we as americans, we do not bat an eye for the benefit of the national weather service. just imagine for a moment if that were to go away, what would that mean for areas that have been ravaged? for people to not get the warnings ahead of time, what would that mean for air travel if we did not have forecasters understanding turbulence, or what would we be talking about today on this saturday a new tropical storm has formed in the gulf of mexico which is setting its eyes on central florida. >> before i let you take your weatherman hat off, we have seen the intensity of recent storms only growing. what do you see fueling that? >> it is simple as understanding. as

noaa says most of the northern half of the country will have a chance at seeing the aurora borealis,ding in northern california. >> very cool. >> wow. i'm curious, spencer, do you know if there are certain areas here where we could see it better? >> i think the higher elevations i would go, like maybe east bay hills, someplace like that. because if we have any, any low clouds at all, that's going to obscure your view a little bit. so the higher up you are, the better your chances of, of seeing the northern lights. >> i always love to mention how drew said, seeing it on your phone and through your phone's screen is a lot easier than seeing it with your naked eye. >> i've heard that. yeah, i haven't tried it yet on the phone. >> but pick up your phone. >> yeah. well, my naked eyes aren't so good these days, so maybe that's why. i guess they're naked. let's take a look at. what's happening with the weather? satellite radar image shows some clouds out at sea moving in our direction. that we will see pushing in tomorrow, and maybe even bringing some rainfall by saturday. right now, we're

noaa says most of the northern half of the country will have a chance at seeing the aurora borealis, including here in northern california. >> zoom could soon let you skip meetings and send an ai version of yourself. this is wild. they just announced its ai companion. it will let you create a custom avatar to deliver video messages for you. is that who that is? >> i have to tell me that it's ai zoom. those are the rules. >> that looks like the man on the corner who you always see with his dog. and the coffee cup. you know what i'm saying? his name in my. in my mind. what is his name like? john. is it john? okay, i was going to say brandon. oh. >> oh, i see a brandon, too. >> hey, brandon. brandon. nice. nice morning. >> brandon, is that you, or is that your ai avatar? blink twice if it's you. >> zoom says it's adding security features like watermarking to help protect users from deep fakes. well >> you know what? you're fired. >> brandon. no, brandon. >> but you're still cute. and we love your dog and your daily cappuccino run. you're going to have to start making your own coffee, th

i also want to acknowledge her colleagues from noaa, the army corps of engineers, who are not on in terms of maybe some background on the infrastructure working group, we had the pleasure to koa chair the working group. and this was established upped the prepared initiative that has been highlighted today and has worked together and has been three years of sitting down hashing out how one can build on each of the agency's efforts to better respond to climate impacts and u.s. investments are more resilient and provides critical services to communities and achieve a higher rate of economic return. it's probably worth underscoring how this group wanted to come out with something actionable and concrete. nevertheless, we have arrived there. and the working group came out with key recommendations and talked about how we can address a critical gap in terms of how infrastructure investments are made. specifically as others noted, we need to shift away from the asset-based approach and making sure that the system as a whole is working together, if you have a school or waste water treatment plant

these noaa time lapse satellite images as mto barrels closer, showing intense lightning strikescr florida. there were at least 38 rep tornados, the most tornado warning in a single day ever for florida. >> look at >> david: inngton, florida, power lines flaring as a tornado rips across the road. >> we need to go. >> david: in broward county near alligarat out, watch out. holy moly, it looks like it is turning back around. >> david: these residents evacuated wl of aud phone recei tornado alerts and theyt. >> i see it the, babe. m above you can s the devastationro mar. in fort pierce,ge, violent ad h communities. m mother and father, grateful toav survivedour child. fhe windows blue comingrect. >> and did youuy just huddle with the kids? >> we did. >> e did. roger the "x" sprayedur thoor. >> to check we werealive. >> david: and the kids a inside their home. >> glad shattered from david: now shattered and covering the floors. >> reporter:ou huddledai over tw of the kids. >> yeah. ro the kids ase is shaking? >>, is okay, we're going fine. >> david: they take us to show us the children's rooms

. >> earlier today, hurricane hunters from noaa headed into the eye of the storm to evaluate its strength size. >> this is the craziest storm that i've ever flown inside of, hands down multiple missions in a row with the worst turbulence i've ever seen. >> once you've seen the worst, you have to prepare for the worst. >> rebecca binkowski is no stranger to hurricane season. >> the lot a lot, a lot of stuff to throw away in 2022. >> hurricane ian destroyed the island of sanibel, 20 miles off the coast of fort myers. the location of her beloved bookstore. after the devastation, she had to rebuild an entirely new location. but with her new bookstore in the path of hurricane milton, she decided to evacuate, this time to saint augustine. >> i may not be able to come back to my store for weeks months who knows? so i took all of the merchandise out of my store. >> milton coming on the heels of hurricane helene, the destruction from that category four. absolutely devastating. with more than 230 people killed, according to officials, helene is now the deadliest mainland hurricane since katrina. he

but noaa is also the agency that that supports those hurricane hunters.ricane hunters that fly into storms collecting data so that we can make more accurate forecasts of the path and the destruction of these storms yeah people who should know better and public officials included really helping fuel a lot of this disinformation. professor michael mann and the university of pennsylvania. thanks very much for your time today. >> thank you former president obama, with a blunt warning to black men, they need to come out and support kamala harris on election day, will ask our analysts about growing concerns about that, that that message could backfire. >> you're in the cnn newsroom on cnn stay tuned to learn more about this limited time offer from renewal by anderson when it comes to our homes, we only want the very best, particularly when it comes to choosing replacement windows and doors, hi, i'm an romer thrilled to be with nick from renewal by anderson. thanks. and we believe that everyone deserves to have windows and doors that look great. stand the test o

one of the branches of noaa. they're showing amounts ranging from half an inch to an inch of rain, just short is their estimate for san jose. i continue to think the weather prediction center estimates are a little bit on the optimistic, wet side. even if you cut these numbers in half, that's a decent amount of rain. close to three quarters of an inch of rain for oakland and san francisco. closer to one inch of rain for superior portions of the north baby the time the last hours will move out. there is still the possibility that those showers are going to wait until a little bit later on saturday to completely move out. it's something we're also going to continue to evaluate over the next few days. we are in waiting mode for the showers to approach us this evening. seeing more cloud cover move in. beautiful perspective from the top of the mountain as well with the mix of clouds and sunshine. temperatures in the 50s and the 60s. go ahead with any evening plans. showers will not move in until a few hours. temperatu

sail drone video shared by noaa showed waves in excess of 28 feet and wind gusts over 75 miles per hour. 40 nautical miles from the storm center. 12 million floridians are under flood watches tonight as we head into the evening. my team and i were out today as the race to save lives entered its final hours. with hurricane milton on a collision course with florida's gulf coast, it's already unleashing dangerous impacts. >> that's crazy. >> reporter: including an outbreak of at least a dozen reported tornadoes. >> that is a tornado. there it is. wow. >> reporter: this one jumping the interstate and this video showing the likely twister ripping through a front yard in fort myers. >> about ten minutes ago, a tornado came ripping through here. this is a devastating tornado. it took out that 10,000-square-foot red iron building. >> reporter: while a possible tornado in stuart tears homes apart. tonight, drenching rain and powerful winds are already bearing down with conditions only expected to deteriorate in the coming hours. it's around 10:45 in the morning. we're already seeing the first si

acerca el invierno y ya comienzan a sentirse esas temperaturas bastante frías en algunas zonas y ya la noaay en la región este del país, con temperaturas sobre lo normal. sin embargo, para nosotros aquí en california la historia es muy parecida a la que vimos el año pasado. al momento se prevén esas temperaturas que estén en el promedio o usual. básicamente esto quiere decir que el invierno se perfila como 1 parecido a lo que tuvimos el año pasado para esta misma fecha. y hablando de temperaturas, fíjese que las máximas esta tarde en la zona de la bahía y en el valle en san josé, con una máxima en 67 6 menos que en el día de ayer. san francisco, igualmente con 63 y toda la zona, con excepción de stockton, verán temperaturas en esos 60 grados y aún así todas las ciudades estarían por debajo de lo que vimos durante el día de ayer en cuestión de casi 5 a 6 grados menos. así que una tarde mayormente nublada y bastante fresca en todas nuestras zonas. en cuanto a las mínimas para esta noche, como les había dicho, ya se siente ese frío. mire la zona de la bahía con temperaturas esta noche las míni

dayana, hablando de lluvias, ya tenemos ahí el pronóstico de precipitación de invierno publicado por la noaapromedio al sur y nosotros aquí en california. así estaremos en el promedio o usual. y de hecho dayana y amigos televidentes eso coincide con la llegada de los frentes fríos que ya en el invierno uno exacto. en el invierno. pero ya llegó 1 que pasó ayer y se acerca otro a mediados de semana y también para el fin de semana. pero antes que todo, vamos a ver cómo se encuentran las condiciones actuales. así se ve la ciudad de san francisco en este momento. todo mayormente seco. una vista hermosa de las montañas y allá al fondo se ve el puente golden gate. preciosa imagen en estos momentos a las 5 con 19:00 de la tarde y las temperaturas actualmente en toda la zona de la bahía se encuentran en esos 59 grados, precisamente en la zona de san francisco, hacia el este, entre martínez y vacaville en los 69. igualmente y en el sur entre palo alto y san josé, un poquito más cálidas en los 67 y 61 y 69 grados para la zona de san josé. así que la tarde se ha comportado según lo habíamos anticipado,

storm chasers with noaa went on a ride inside hurricane milton as it tracks towards the sunshine statethey said it was a bumpy ride. now, local leaders are pleading for the people in the storm's path to leave warning they could be killed if they stay. >> this is not survivable. i just want to tell you, if you think you will be able to stay out there and protect your property it is not going to happen. >> reporter: the tampa mayor warns the storm surge could be deep enough to swallow an entire house. as wilson walker shows us a team from right here in the bay area come with ample experience handling natural disasters and they have been called in to help. >> reporter: depending on what the need is if it is heavy rescue, water rescue. search dogs and doctors, engineers, we have them. >> reporter: the fire marshal is talking about the deployment of california task force 3. a team of 46 assorted specialists now on their way to florida. >> number of semi trucks with all of our equipment which is about 60,000 pounds of equipment to be self-sustained for at least 21 days it is so the roll. the

when an explosion of plasma from the sun reach earth and mingle with its magnetic field, noaa forecasters say most of the northern half of the u.s. will be able to see the lights tomorrow night, and the bay area will have a small chance to see the show. well, coming up tonight at 7:00, will the planned bart extension to san jose be safe for passengers during an emergency? critics have serious concerns about the design and the evacuation plan. we investigate tonight at seven. up next on nightly news, hurricane milton arrived in florida. lester holt joins us on the ground right now from florida. >>> tonight from the >>> tonight from the storm zone in florida the eye wall from milton moving on shore battering florida's west coast unleashing a terrifying tornado outbreak as it closes in. a massive police facility collapsing. the hurricane growing in size, now a major category 3 storm with 120-mile-per-hour winds and expected to bring flooding rains, damaging winds, and up to 13 feet of life-threatening storm surge. >>> president biden warning, it looks like the storm of the century. hundreds

and i'm also going to make sure to link, in addition to this climate central, a noaa article that says not only are the temperatures getting warmer, but there are other climate impacts, including the cost of chocolate over the years. at one point, we had a pumpkin shortage in some states, so definitely make sure to link that and you guys can check it out. but enjoy tonight, be safe and just layer up if you're going to be out and about tonight all right. thanks for the heads up. i appreciate that. oh look at this. travelers at sjc are getting a special halloween treat today. they're getting a lot of dog cuddles. these therapy dogs have been offering their cuddles at the airport all day. some of them in their costumes. they're joined by their volunteer friends who say it's all about bringing a smile to people's faces. it was really about just being able to pet a dog and have that moment of joy before traveling. a lot of people feel stressed out before they travel or they're missing their animals, and this is a great way just to bring a smile to their face before their flight. oh, and the

that is noaa's hurricane hunters. they're hitting some turbulence in their ride through hurricane milton. you can see some of the crew members lose their things in the violent turbulence. >> the hurricane hunters, they flt into the storm to collect data to help improve the forecast and support hurricane research. >> wow. a bumpy right there. the national weather service calling this storm very serious threat to residents. redd joins us from st. petersburg, st. petersburg. >> florida has sure people have to be what battening down the hatches, trying to get out of there. >> absolutely. we are pro. pretty confident say that we're the only people left in this neighborhood. they we just got a notification, our phones, that we were under mandatory evacuation. and we've got police officers that have been patrolling the streets, just telling people urging them to get out of the way. but i want to turn your attention to this. this is what hurricane helene left behind about 2 weeks ago. all of this is just asking to be picked u

it is commerce, noaa, transportation and dod, army and navy come five federal shipbuilders and ship containers come together to ship perspectives, partly he stated that because he was impressed with the national security vessel that was built up the second one was just rolled out and delivered. the ships building for the first time in 40 years for the state maritime, that program is on time and on budget. part of the reason is of course marad does not have to meet a lot of super onerous requirements that really makes things harder to build and make the price go up. there is a differentiation in types of ships. right? some of the requirements need to be more stringent for combatants have to do things the russians don't have to do. be survivable but there's of the ships of course that might not have to meet those requirements. has also called for innovation in the manufacturing process. we really focus on innovation of like weapon systems. the u.s. gizmo gadget out there and what we could benefit a lot more from his actual innovation and how we build things. if we could build things that are not

joining me live jj gourley research hydrometeorologist at noaa. great to have you with us.to start with what we heard there from our climate editor. tell us more about the weather patterns that have caused this flooding. in about the weather patterns that have caused this flooding.— caused this flooding. in the mediterranean _ caused this flooding. in the mediterranean region - caused this flooding. in the mediterranean region this i caused this flooding. in the | mediterranean region this is caused this flooding. in the - mediterranean region this is really the time of year at which they get their heaviest rainfall and flash floods and unfortunately this was an awful one. climate change is becoming a more contributing factor. as was explained, that was quite the case with warmer temperatures and to the atmosphere can hold a whole lot more moisture. as you move that humid warm air mass over land areas, especially in areas that have terrain that can lift the air up and cause much heavier rainfall, unfortunately we saw the devastation from that. fin unfortunately we saw the de

sail drone video shared by noaa showed waves in excess of 28 feet and wind gusts over 75 miles per hournautical miles from the storm's center. 12 million floridians are under flood watches tonight as we head into this evening, and conditions are getting so bad in some areas that first responders have had to pause operations. marissa parra is also here in tampa not far from me, and, marisa, what are you seeing? >> reporter: lester, it is hard to miss the rain bands and the wind gusts all around me. you can probably see behind me just how furiously that wind is blowing. those trees over there, those very tall palm trees leaning precariously to the side at times. it has really changed over the last hour. it was not looking like this even an hour ago. if you try to look past those trees, it's actually getting progressively harder to see. the words on the sign behind. that's what we're seeing, this condition, this is deteriorating on the ground, and we're seeing debris flying around, and this the reason why. governor ron desantis simply too dangerous saying within the hour, it's too dangerou

the noaa space weather prediction center noted strong geomagnetic activity and solar flares this week, saying the aurora borealis could be visible this weekend in the midwest and northern states. scientists say the situation is fluid, so local skywatchers should stay hopeful tonight in case the geomagnetic storms are strong enough to cast the northern lights over northern california. back in may, we did have a similar even, and some people here in the bay area had an amazing view. and you can hear about the west coast top stories every weekday right here on ktvu. west coast wrap with alex savage airs at 7:00 monday through friday, or you can find round the clock coverage at west coast rap.com. >> a blowout jobs report what sectors saw the most growth in what it means for the economy? >> also ahead up in the air an uncertain future for a no frills airline. the business options spirit is considering as it struggles to turn a profit why choose a mobile network built for places you'll probably never be... ...instead of for where you are most of the time? xfinity mobile was designed for wh