Tracking Invest 98-L: Computer models and maps

NEWS AT NINE STARTS NOW. FIRST AT NINE ALL EYES ON TROPICAL STORM ERIN, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE. THE FIRST HURRICANE OF THIS SEASON AS IT CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE IN THE ATLANTIC AND GAIN STRENGTH. AND BACK AT HOME. A HEAT ADVISORY JUST ISSUED FOR THE TREASURE COAST. JUST BEFORE WE CAME ON THE AIR. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES GOING TO HIT THE TRIPLE DIGITS TODAY. WANT TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO YOU LOT GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT NINE. I’M ERIN GUY AND I’M STEVEN GRAVES IN FOR NATHALIE POZO. LET’S GET RIGHT OVER TO CERTIFY. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST BROOKE SILVERING BROOKE, YOU’RE STARTING WITH AARON’S PATH. UPDATE US ON ITS STRENGTH AS WELL. THAT’S RIGHT. SO STILL LOOKING AT WINDS SUSTAINED AT 50MPH, STILL MAKING IT A TROPICAL STORM. BUT EVENTUALLY, AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE WESTWARD OVER THESE VERY WARM WATERS, WE’LL SEE MORE ORGANIZATION. IT WILL BECOME A HURRICANE, MOST LIKELY BY THIS TIME TOMORROW. AND THEN EVEN A MAJOR HURRICANE. SO IT IS STILL MOVING WESTWARD AROUND 17MPH. THERE’S THAT RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH IT AT THE MOMENT, BUT AS IT CONTINUES TO WORK ITS WAY WEST, IT’S GOING TO START TO MAKE THAT CURVE THAT WE WANT TO SEE. AND AWAY FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA. BUT AT THIS POINT RIGHT HERE, IT COULD BE ABOUT 800 MILES TO OUR EAST, WHICH WILL STILL GIVE US SOME MINOR IMPACTS. WE’RE TALKING RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THE AREA AS WELL AS WAVE HEIGHTS INCREASING. THE PAST COUPLE DAYS. WE ONLY SEE SEAS AT AROUND TWO FEET, MAYBE UP TO THREE FEET. BUT NOW WE COULD START TO SEE THOSE SEAS KICKING IN MAYBE 5 TO 7FT OFFSHORE AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT WEEK THERE. WE DO HAVE A HEAT ADVISORY THAT JUST WENT INTO EFFECT FOR THE OKEECHOBEE AREA, AS WELL AS THE TREASURE COAST. THIS IS ALL THE WAY THROUGH 7 P.M. TEMPERATURES AT A POINT CAN FEEL OVER 105 DEGREES, EVEN AS HIGH AS 110. EVEN 112 THROUGH THE AREA, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ARE EXPECTING LIMITED RAINFALL NUMBERS RIGHT NOW. ALREADY FEELING AREA WIDE IN THE 90S. IT’S ONLY 9:00. WE HAVE AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S. WHEN YOU TAP INTO THE HUMIDITY, IT DOES FEEL SO MUCH HOTTER. A COUPLE SHOWERS OFFSHORE, NOTHING ON LAND LOOKING GOOD, BUT THE RAIN. WE’LL SEE LATER TODAY WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA BREEZE. WITH THAT EAST WIND KICKS IN. WE’LL START TO SEE CLOUDS BUILDING IN MAINLY ALONG THE TURNPIKE IN 95 AND MOVING WESTWARD. UNTIL THEN, THOUGH, TEMPERATURES HEATING GRADUALLY INTO THE LOW 90S ABOVE AVERAGE. LOOK FOR AN ISOLATED STORM AFTER 3:00, BUT AGAIN, WITH THE LIMITED RAIN, WE ARE EXPECTING THAT HEAT TEMPERATURES LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. FEELING OVER 105 PLUS DEGREES EV