FORECAST WITH METEOROLOGIST AVA MARIE. >> YOU CAN SEE THE EYE OF THE STORM MOVING TO THE NORTH AND THE MORE ORGANIZED A HURRICANE IS -- IT IS MOVING OVER WARM WATER AND THE CONCERN IS AS IT HEADS OVER WARM WATER IT WILL GET STRONGER AGAIN BEFORE IT HEADS TOWARDS FLORIDA. -- IT WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE ITS WAY UP NORTH. IF WE CAN SWITCH OVER TO THE WEATHER -- MY WEATHER GRAPHICS ARE FROZEN. WE WILL MOVE OVER TO WHETHER TO I WILL CONTROL IT FROM OVER HERE. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS ALL OF THE HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO FLORIDA WE SEE HEAVY STORMS OUT OF THE CENTER. YOU HAVE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN FLORIDA AND THEN YOU GET THE STORM SURGE WHICH IS BUILDING TOWARDS FORT MYERS AND TAMPA. AND THE CONCERN IS FLOODING. AND YOU HAVE AN END AND RAIN COMING WITH IT. IT WILL MOVE TOWARDS TAMPA MAKING LANDFALL INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AND THEN IT TRAVELS NORTH AND CAUSES SEVERE WEATHER WITH RAIN AND WIND AND EVENTUALLY LOSES OUT. IT IS ALWAYS LARGER THAN THE TRACK ALTHOUGH THE TRACK IS HEADED TO THE TAMPA AREA A LARGE OCEAN OF FLORIDA COULD BE UNDER HURRICANE CONDITIONS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THAT IS THE RED AREA AND THE YELLOW ON THE MAP REPRESENTING THE TROPICAL STORM WINDS. WE WILL WATCH THIS ON THE FUTURECAST. ALL OF THE RAIN SPREADS NORTH. WE WILL NOT SEE THE DIRECT IMPACTS OF END IT WILL CAUSE RAIN HERE FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. TODAY, HERE IN MARYLAND IT IS IN THE 60’S AND LOW 70’S. OUR LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW 70’S THIS AFTERNOON AND WE WILL DROP INTO THE 60’S THIS EVENING AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 40’S TONIGHT. IT IS A TIME OF YEAR WHERE YOU NEED A LIGHT JACKET AS YOU HEADP THE NEXT FEW DAYS STAY DRY. KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEEKEND. IF YOU HAVE PLANS I WOULD HAVE A BACKUP PLAN IN MIND. IT IS TOO SOON TO SAY WHEN THE