DAILY BRIEFING."

THE BIG STORY, HURRICANE DORIAN

STRENGTHENING BY THE HOUR, NOW

UPGRADED TO A CATEGORY THREE

HURRICANE AS FLORIDA BRACES FOR

WHAT COULD BE THE MOST POWERFUL

STORM IN A GENERATION.

GOVERNOR DESANTIS URGING PEOPLE

TO GET READY.

>> TIME TO ACT IS NOW.

THIS STORM IS SLOWER THAN

THOUGHT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS AGO.

WE LEASHING AT TROPICAL STORM

FORCE WINDS COMING SOMETIME

SUNDAY NIGHT.

SO MAKE THE PREPARATIONS THAT

YOU NEED.

YOU DO HAVE SOMETIME.

BUT THAT TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

>> Dana: CHIEF METEOROLOGIST

RICK RYMUTH JOINS US.

I UNDERSTAND THE LATEST JUST GOT

UPGRADED TO CATEGORY 3 STORM.

>> THE GOVERNOR WAS JUST SAYING

FOUR FIVE DAYS AGO WE DIDN'T

EVEN THINK WE WERE GOING TO HAVE

IS A STORM IN FLORIDA.

NOW WE HAVE THE SIGNIFICANT

STORM.

THERE'S A 2:00 INTERMEDIATE

ADVISORY THAT CAME OUT.

THEY UPGRADED TO IT A CATEGORY

3.

THEY CONTINUE TO FLY IN AND OUT

AS THEY WILL DO CON STANLEY

UNTIL THE STORM MAKES LANDFALL.

YOU CAN SEE IT ON SATELLITE

IMAGERY.

THE COMPLETE ADVISORY THAT CAME

OUT AT 11:00, COMPLETE ADVISORY

AT 5:00, AS ABOUT 11:00

SATELLITE IMAGERY WILL TELL YOU

WAS NOT LOOKING LIKE IT IS NOW.

AN EYE HAS DEVELOPED THAT SHOWS

THAT THE STORM HAS BECOME BETTER

ORGANIZED.

WE ALL SEE THAT ON THE SATELLITE

IMAGERY.

YESTERDAY ONE SIDE WAS BEING

LOBBED OFF OF IT.

THAT HAS STOPPED AND IT WILL

LIKELY SUBSIDE FOR THE REMAINDER

OF THE TIME BEFORE IT MAKES

LANDFALL OR GETS AROUND THE

FLORIDA KOEFRT LINE.

BECAUSE OF THAT WE EXPECT IT TO

STAY IN THAT MAJOR HURRICANE

STATUS THE ENTIRE WAY THROUGH.

STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON WHEN

IT MAKES A RIGHT HAND TURN.

IT WILL MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN.

IT WILL HAPPEN ONCE IT CROSSES

THE PENINSULA OF FLORIDA.

ALL OF THOSE ARE STILL IN PLAY.

BEST CASE, OR BEST GUESS WOULD

BE THAT IT WILL MAKE A LANDFALL

SOMEWHERE IN THAT SOUTH OR

CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST LINE.

THEN MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE THAT TURN

HAPPENS, HAS REALLY BIG IMPACTS

FOR EACH SPECIFIC LOCATION.

SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY

WHAT THE CONDITIONS ANY ONE

LOCATION WILL RECEIVE.

EVERYBODY AT THIS POINT NEEDS TO

BE PLANNING FOR ALL OF THE WORST

CONDITIONS COMING.

I WILL TELL YOU SOMETIMES WE

HAVE STORMS AND WE TALK ABOUT,

WELL, IT'S A STORM SURGE EVENT

OR A WIND EVENT OR FLOODING

EVENT.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO

BE ALL THREE OF THEM AND THAT'S

WHY WE'RE SO CONCERNED ACROSS A

REALLY POPULATED AREA OF

FLORIDA.

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL TRACK.

IT DOES SLOW DOWN BY THE TIME WE

GET TO MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

SO WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT

FLORIDA DEALING WITH A STORM FOR

PROBABLY AT LEAST TWO DAYS.

WE ALSO CAN'T RULE OUT A

GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA HIT AS

WELL.

>> Dana: I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP

THERE.

BAHAMAS RIGHT IN THE EYE?

>> THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS WE'RE

REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT.

SOUTHERN BAHAMAS NOT CONCERNED.

THE BAHAMAS ARE REALLY FLAT.

THERE ARE NO MOUNTAINS THERE

THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO BREAK

APART.

THEY'RE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF

RAIN AND POTENTIALLY HAVE A

STORM SURGE IN THAT NORTHWEST

AREA, FREEPORT COULD BE DEALING