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FIRST, WE DO WANT TO START WITH FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST SANDRA SHAW WITH THAT 5 A.M. ADVISORY. SANDRA, THE BIG UPDATE HERE IDALIA NOW A HURRICANE. THAT’S RIGHT. AND IT HAS 75 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. IT’S IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. AND HERE WE’LL SEE IT ESTABLISH AN EYE AND A HUGE WINDSHIELD THAT AGAIN, EXTENDS OUT FROM THE CENTER WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. 150 MILES. SO IT’S GOING TO GET LARGER. IT WILL EXPAND IN THE HOT WATERS, RUNNING ALMOST 90 DEGREES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. AND IT’S ALSO PICKED UP FORWARD MOMENTUM. IT’S MOVING NORTH NOW AT 14 MILES AN HOUR. SO HERE’S WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE’RE GOING TO SEE IT UNDERGO A RAPID INTENSIFICATION CYCLE AND THAT WILL MAKE IT INTENSIFY INTO A CATEGORY THREE MAJOR HURRICANE IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. SO 2 A.M. TOMORROW, WE’RE LOOKING AT 120 MILE AN HOUR WIND SPEED AT THE CORE OF IDALIA. IDALIA IS REALLY ON A TARGET PATH FOR THE CEDAR KEY. BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA FOR A LANDFALL SOMETIME TOMORROW MORNING. IT MAINTAINS ITS STATUS AS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ROCKING JACKSONVILLE AND THEN STAYS AS A TROPICAL STORM OFF THE SHORES OF THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA. THEN IT MOVES OUT TO SEA AND HOPEFULLY WE’RE DONE WITH IT AFTER THAT. BUT IDALIA IS REALLY GOING TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH STORM SURGE AND HEAVY FLOODING RAINS FOR THIS BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA AND ALSO A LOT OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. WE’RE GOING TO SEE THOSE VERY HIGH WIND GUSTS AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME RAIN WRAPS, TORNADOES. BUT 9 TO 12FT WITH THE STORM SURGE AND WE HAVE A SUPERMOON FOR TOMORROW. SO THE TIMING IS THE WORST WHEN IT COMES TO STORM SURGE BECAUSE OF THE PULL OF THE MOON ON ALL THIS WATER, WE’RE GOING TO GET ALL THAT VELOCITY AND YOU’VE GOT THE PERFECT POCKET HERE FOR PROBLEM ATTIC SITUATION. DON’T WANT TO SAY CATASTROPHIC, BUT SERIOUSLY, IT COULD BE ALMOST LIKE IT WAS WITH IAN WITH UP TO 12FT POSSIBLE THAT FULL MOON IS A REAL PROBLEM WITH THAT. NOW FORTUNATELY FOR THE PALM BEACHES AND THE TREASURE COAST, WE’RE JUST ON THE CUSP. WE’RE ON THE PERIPHERY OF ALL THIS, BUT WE WILL SEE SOME IMPACTS. AND FOR MORE ON THAT, HERE’S VANESSA. AND GOOD MORNING, SANDRA AND YES, WE’LL SEE SOME IMPACTS, BUT IT WILL BE INCREASING AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO YOUR WEDNESDAY MORNING AS IDALIA GETS A LITTLE BIT CLOSE TO FLORIDA. WE DO HAVE SUSTAINED WINDS NOW UP TO FIVE MILES PER HOUR OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. THAT WILL PUMP IN A LOT OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY ACROSS OUR AREA. WE’LL SEE THOSE WINDS STARTING TO INCREASE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 20 TO 25, TOO. TODAY, INCREASING OVERNIGHT. AND AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR WEDNESDAY MORNING, THAT’S WHEN WE’RE GOING TO SEE THOSE STRONG WIND GUSTS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 25 TO EVEN 35MPH. THIS IS WEDNESDAY MORNING, AROUND 8:00 IN THE MORNING. WE’LL SEE THE BIGGEST THREAT AND THE BIGGEST IMPACTS MAINLY ACROSS THE TREASURE COAST AND OUT TOWARDS OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. THAT’S INCLUDING FORT BASINGER AND FORT DRUM. WE’LL WE’LL SEE THOSE WIND GUSTS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 36 TO 40MPH. UPDATED FUTURE TRACK SHOWS A PRETTY NICE DAY TODAY. WE’LL SEE A LOT OF HEAT AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AS WELL. WE’LL SEE SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. JUST A FEW OUTER RAIN BANDS PASSING THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA. NOW. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE INCREASING, MAINLY FOR OKEECHOBEE COUNTY TONIGHT AND INTO YOUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. WE’LL SEE THOSE RAIN BANDS IMPACTING SOUTH FLORIDA, PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS, GUSTY WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THOSE QUICK TORNADOES ON WEDNESDAY, EARLY AFTERNOON, AROUND 1:00, HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY. LATER ON THE HEAT IS ON. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IT FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND THE TRIPLE DIGITS, WHICH WE DO HAVE A HEAT ADVISORY IN PLACE FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE BY TWO AND 3:00, WE’LL SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS PASSING THROUGH.