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Slight chance of rain through Wednesday afternoon

Slight chance of rain through Wednesday afternoon
WEBVTT ?ERIC: I GOT A LrtOT OF PEOPLETALKING ON FACEBOOK LIVE AND ONEPERSON SAID IS THERE A REASONGODZILLA MOSQUITOES ARE INOCALA?IT'S NOT JUST BREVARD COUNTY.STANDING WATER IS THE PROBLEM.rtIF YOU HAVE PONDING IN ANDAROUND YOUR HOME, YOU'VE GOT TOGET RID OF IT.CHANGING GEARS FROM IRMA'SAFTERMATH TOrt MARIA.SHORTLY IT WILL BE A MARIAAFTERMATH IN PUERTO RICO.THERE'S THE LATEST SATELLITEIMAGERY.STILL AN INCREDIBLYrt POWERFULCATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE WITHMAXIMUM WINDS OF 140 MILES PERHOUR.IT IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE OFFTHE NORTHERN COASTrt LINE OF THEISLAND.THIS IS MOVING RIGHT SOUTH OFSAN JUAN.IT LrtOOKS LIKE SAN JUAN GOT THENORTHERN EYEWALL FOR AN EXTENDEDTIME.THIS IS THE BEST IMAGERY WE HAVEGOT.rtTHIS IS COMING FROM OUR GO 16DATA.I CANNOT SHOW YOU RADAR.A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDERING IFTHERE WAS A TORNADO THREAT FORPUERTO RICO.THE PROBLEM IS YES.rtTHE OTHER PROBLEM IS WE WOULDNOT KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S NORADAR CONTRACTO TRACK THEM.DOESN'T EVEN REALLY MATTER?rtWE HAVE TWO REPORTS OF DAMAGE ATA PUERTO RICO.THE FIRST ONE INTERESTINGLYENOUGH IS TO CELL PHONE TOWERSBEING BLrtOWN DOWN BY THE STRONGWINDS.THE OTHER ONE, OF COURSE, ANDUNFORTUNATELY IF YOU FOLLOW MEON TWITTER IS THE FLOODING.rtFIRST-FLOOR APARTMENTS AREFLOODED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.THAT CAME AT 6:35 A.M. THIS IrtS A ROUGH WAY TO LOOK ATFLOODING.THIS IS THE REARIO GRANDENEAR CIALIS.rtTHESE ARE FLOOD STAGES.IT USUALLY SITS AT THREE FEET.WITHIN JUST A FEW HOURS TIME,NOT ONLY CLIMBED FROM THREE FEETINTO MAJOR FLOODrt STAGE AT 15FEET, BUT IT KEPT GOING.NORMALLY THREE FEET, BUT IT'SSITTING UP 42.62 FEET.YOU DO THE MATH.rtTHAT'S A RISE OF ALMOST FOURSTORIES.FLOODING IS GOING TO BE ANINCREDIBLE PROBLEM FOR MARIA.WE DrtON'T EVEN HAVE AN IDEA OFHOW BAD BECAUSE STILL AS THESTORM IS LIFTING AWAY, WE HAVEWIDESPREAD HURRICANE FORCE WINDSDENOTED BY TrtHE RED SHADE HERE.BY 5:00 TONIGHT, WE WILL BETRACKING TROPICAL STORM FORCEWINDS OVER THE ISLAND.THE WORST OF THE WEATHER WILL BEMOVING OUT.rtIT IS NOT UNTIL 5:00 A.M. THATTHINGS WILL BE QUIET.FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERSIN PUERTO RICO, OVERNIGHTTONIGHT INTO TOMORROW IS GOINGrtTO BE TOUGH GOING.BY TOMORROW MORNING SUNRISE, WEWILL START TO GET OUR FIRST IDEAOF THE DAMAGE.LOTS OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN ASKINGrtALSO, DOES MARIA MOVES NEXT INTOTHE BAHAMAS AND SOUTH FLORIDATHE GOOD NEWS IS WE DON'T THINKSO.THE WEATHER PATTERN IS FAIRLYCLEAR THAT IT WILL MAKE A HARDRIGHTrt TURN, SLOWLY WEAKEN, ANDSTAY AWAY FROM THE SOUTHEASTERNUNITED STATES.AS A WEAKER SYSTEM, COULD GETCLOSE TO THE NORTHEASTERN UNITEDrtSTATES, BUT WE HAVE PLENTY OFTIME TO WATCH THAT.PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND IT'SNICE AT 86.FEELS LIKE 91 OUT THERE.WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FIRST ALERTrtDOPPLER RADAR, 20 OFSHOWERS WORKING ALONG THE BEACHAND MALABAR.WE WILL CHECK THIS MOVING IN.rtWE WILL SEE MORE WHERE THAT CAMEFROM.20% COVERAGE OF RAIN THROUGHABOUT THE 3:00 HOUR.WE WILL SLOWLY TRY THINGS OUT.rtWE HIT 90 DEGREES FOR A DAYTIMEHIGH TODAY.SAME THING FOR TOMORROW JUSTABOUT.THEM BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,MORE MOISTURE ATrtTEMPTS THECENTRAL FLORIDA SO WE WILL UPTHE RAIN CHANCES JUST A LITTLEBIT.SUNDAY IS DEFINITELY THE PICK OFTHE LITTER THROUGH THE WEEKENDWITH MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS.
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Slight chance of rain through Wednesday afternoon
Meteorologist Eric Burris has your First Alert Weather forecast.

Meteorologist Eric Burris has your First Alert Weather forecast.

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