Sunny days in Mass.; Tracking Milton’s landfall

GOING TO BE A HURRICANE TOMORROW MORNING ON THE EAST COAST. SO HERE’S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. AND NOTICE IT’S SPEED MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 17 MILES AN HOUR. IT’S ABOUT 60 MILES OFFSHORE RIGHT NOW. SO YOU CAN KIND OF DO THE ROUGH MATH THERE ABOUT ANOTHER THREE HOURS BEFORE IT ACTUALLY MAKES LANDFALL. AND I THINK REALLY THE WORST PART OF THIS MAY ACTUALLY END UP BEING TOWARD FORT MYERS INSTEAD OF TAMPA. BUT IT’S NO PICNIC ANYWHERE ALONG THAT ENTIRE COASTLINE. AND RIGHT NOW, WE’VE BEEN LOOKING AT THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OUT HERE. YOU KNOW, IN THE SUMMER, IT’S RARE FOR US TO GET A TORNADO, AND MAYBE WE GET ONE. WE GET TWO IN AN AFTERNOON. LOOK AT THIS RIGHT NOW WE’VE GOT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT TORNADO WARNING BOXES RIGHT NOW. AND THE MAIN STORM IS STILL 62 MILES OFFSHORE. THAT’S THE EYE RIGHT THERE. ALL THESE BANDS WORKING THEIR WAY IN THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE SEE SO MANY TIMES WITH HURRICANES MOVING IN IS WE DO HAVE THAT OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES TAKING PLACE. SO HERE IS THE WIND RADIUS THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. WINDS UP TO 57, WINDS UP TO 73. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN THAT AREA IN RED. THAT’S WHY I THINK AROUND 8:00 TOWARDS SARASOTA. THAT’S WHEN THE EYE STARTS TO PUSH ITS WAY INLAND. AND THEN WE PUSH IT ACROSS THE STATE. SO SOUTH OF ORLANDO AND EVEN IN THE ORLANDO AREA, WE COULD GET SOME WIND GUSTS UP CLOSE TO HURRICANE STRENGTH. BUT IT MAINTAINS ITS HURRICANE STATUS EVEN AS IT HEADS OVER TOWARDS MELBOURNE. EVENTUALLY, THIS DOES MOVE OFFSHORE. SO TOMORROW MORNING AT 930, THAT’S WHERE IT IS ON THE EAST COAST. AND THEN BY ABOUT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, THE WINDS ARE BACKING OFF AND THEN WE CAN START TO REALLY ASSESS WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE WE HAVE FROM THIS ONE. AND IT’S GOING TO TAKE US A DAY OR TWO TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS ALL HAPPENED WITH THIS STORM. AS IT MOVES. ITS WAY ACROSS THE STATE. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS RAIN. WE’RE GOING TO SEE 6 TO 12IN OF RAIN. THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE WE SAW IN THE CAROLINAS. THE CAROLINAS. YOU HAD MOUNTAINS INVOLVED. YOU HAD RIVERS INVOLVED. THIS IS A LOT OF RAIN, BUT IT’S NOT THE DEVASTATION FLOOD THAT WE SAW GOING INTO THE CAROLINAS. BUT THERE STILL IS GOING TO BE SOME FLOODING GOING ON WITH THAT ONE AS IT WORKS THROUGH BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT GOING TO PLAY INTO OUR FORECAST. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH IS KEEPING THIS THING DOWN TO THE SOUTH. SO YOU SEE WHAT IT DOES. IT HEADS OUT TO SEA AND WE’LL NO LONGER BE A THREAT FOR US. BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT IN BERMUDA AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE WEEKEND. SO HIGH PRESSURE ONCE AGAIN IS PROTECTING US TODAY. BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY. WE HAD TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S TODAY AND EVEN RIGHT NOW WITH JUST A FEW FAIR WEATHER CLOUDS OUT THERE, IT’S STILL 62 DEGREES. THE AIR IS DRY AND THE WIND GENTLE OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST. NOW THERE IS A LITTLE BAND OF SOME SHOWERS OUT HERE TO THE WEST. WE HAD SOME OF THOSE POP UP THIS MORNING, EARLY THIS MORNING, DOWN TOWARD THE CAPE. WE MAY GET A FEW SPRINKLES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT THEY’LL BE GONE BY THE TIME WE GET TO TOMORROW MORNING. WHICH MEANS IN YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST, THERE’S A LOT OF SUNSHINE OUT THERE, MOSTLY SUNNY. TOMORROW IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER TOMORROW, AND PERHAPS SOME SCATTERED FROST FRIDAY MORNING. AND THEN WE WARM IT UP BY SATURDAY. WE’RE UP INTO THE 70S AND WE HEAD TOWARD SUNDAY. NOT A BAD DAY, BUT ONCE WE GET TOWARDS THE EVENING, A GOOD CHANCE WE COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS. THOSE SHOWERS ARE LIKELY WITH US ON MONDAY MORNING, AND BEHIND THOSE SHOWERS GET LITTLE CHILLY.