TRACKING IT.

JANICE, WHAT'S THE LATEST?

>> THE LATEST IS, YEAH, UP TO A

CATEGORY 5.

THAT IS THE HIGHEST ON THE

SAFFER SIMPSON SCALE IN TERMS OF

CATEGORIES OF STORMS.

YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN,

160 MILE PER HOUR SUSTAINED

WINDS, A PERFECT BEAST OF A

STORM.

THAT CENTER OF THE STORM IS A

PERFECT CIRCLE.

THERE'S NO CLOUD IN THE EYE.

AND YOU CAN SEE ALL FOUR

QUADRANTS OF THIS STORM ARE

PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL.

VERY RARE TO SEE A CATEGORY 5.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.

AND THEY HAVE CERTAINLY UPGRADED

IT.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 164,

150, 160, NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE,

BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW

BEAUTIFUL THE STORM LOOKS ON

SATELLITE PRESENTATION AND HOW

POTENTIALLY DEADLY THE STORM

WILL BE FOR THE BAHAMAS.

PRAYERS FOR THE BAHAMAS BECAUSE

THIS STORM IS GOING TO SLOW DOWN

AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE WORST

POSSIBLE HURRICANE, THE WORST

POSSIBLE STORM ON YOUR DOORSTEP

JUST CRAWLING ALONG, THAT IS

GOING TO BE DEVASTATING FOR

PARTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN

BAHAMAS, UNFORTUNATELY.

IT'S TERRIBLE.

THE TRACK HASN'T CHANGED MUCH

BUT I WANT TO POINT YOUR

ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE

CONE HAS MOVED A LITTLE BIT

WESTWARD.

A LOT OF FOLKS PAY ATTENTION TO

THE CENTER.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO PAY

ATTENTION TO THE CENTER.

BECAUSE AS WE GO FURTHER OUT IN

TIME THERE IS A LOT OF

UNCERTAINTY.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF

UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM AS

SOON AS IT FORMED.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD INDICATION

OF WHERE THE CENTER OF THE STORM

WAS.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO

OVER PUERTO RICO.

IT WENT NORTH OF PUERTO RICO.

SO I WILL TELL YOU OLIVE

RELIABLE FORECAST MODELS THAT WE

LOOK AT, THERE'S A LOT OF

QUESTION MARKS.

SO I WANT EVERYONE ALONG THE

EAST COAST OF FLORIDA TO PAY

CLOSE ATTENTION.

THIS IS NOT JUST AN EASY

FORECAST.

THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO SLOW

DOWN, WHEN DOES IT SLOW DOWN?

WE'RE AT 8 MILES PER HOUR RIGHT

NOW, BARRELING WESTWARD.

WHEN DOES IT MOVE NORTHWARD?

I CAN'T REALLY GIVE YOU A GOOD

INDICATION OF THAT.

SO I NEED EVERYONE TO PAY CLOSE

ATTENTION AS THE STORM CONTINUES

TO MOVE WESTWARD.

IT'S WHEN IT'S GOING TO MAKE

THAT NORTHWARD CURVE THAT WE

MIGHT BE OUT OF THE WOODS.

BUT BECAUSE THE STORM IS GOING

TO SLOW DOWN AND WE'RE TALKING

ABOUT A HURRICANE FOR NOT JUST

HOURS, BUT DAYS, THAT IS MY

CONCERN.

MY CONCERN IS THE COMPUTER

MODELS START GOING MORE WESTWARD

AND NOW THAT CONE HAS SHIFTED

AND WE COULD BE DEALING WITH NOT

JUST A TROPICAL STORM BUT A

HURRICANE ON BOARD THE EAST KOSE

OF FLORIDA.

BIG INFORMATION MERE CATEGORY 5.

DON'T SEE IT VERY OFTEN.

POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING, DEADLY

BLOW TO THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS

AND THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA,