00:00We have many tools in the Free AccuWeather app to help you to best track tropical storms and hurricanes.
00:09Thankfully we've not had to do that a lot across the United States this hurricane season,
00:15but we are keeping our eye on Melissa in the Caribbean and we can't yet rule out impacts to the United States.
00:21But that would of course be later next week.
00:24So we've got a long time to monitor the storm.
00:26I'll show you ways that we could do that in the Free AccuWeather app.
00:28You could download the Free AccuWeather app of course by getting your camera on your smartphone and scanning the QR code on the screen.
00:35We're going to go down to Miami, Florida today.
00:37But of course in the top you could type in any location around the world to receive your latest AccuWeather forecast with proven superior accuracy.
00:43And notice this tropical storm symbol here up on the top.
00:47So you could tap on that and that brings you to the AccuWeather Hurricane Center.
00:50And look at this, we have Melissa located right here.
00:53So we tap on see all details and you can see the latest information about the storm, maximum sustained winds, the minimum pressure, the maximum wind gusts.
01:02But look at this interactive map.
01:03You've got the satellite and the storm's AccuWeather eyepath on there.
01:06You tap on that and you can see the history of the storm, plus all of the details about where the storm is heading.
01:12And this is a fully interactive map.
01:15You could tap on any of these individual points and see the intensity of the storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale Category 2.
01:22Tap on more details, see the maximum sustained winds and the maximum wind gusts at that particular time.
01:27You can also go into all maps and this is where you can access many of the impact layers.
01:32And when you do that, look at all the different things you can look at here.
01:34Risk to life and property, storm rainfall amounts, sustained wind, wind gusts, storm surge.
01:39I'm going to go into the rainfall amounts here and you can see the interactive map and just pan and zoom as needed.
01:45AccuWeather has been proven to be the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings.
01:48Download the free AccuWeather app today.
01:51links follow the instructions.
02:04Save the course last night!
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