CNN: Hurricane Maria Could Be Strongest to Make Landfall

RUSH EXCERPT:

SATER: "Well, unfortunately it's sustained wind 165. Now they believe it will make landfall in Puerto Rico most likely before that with the winds at 165, that would make this the strongest hurricane in history to make landfall. Last time they had category 4, 1932. 1928 they had category 5 with sustained winds of 160. So the symmetry what concerns me, wolf, the bright purple has well defined core. The only thing that could help us out to loseny strength if this system would undergo an eye wall. We talked about that with Irma and Harvey. If it would do that maybe it would drop 15-mile-per-hour. But that's just 15. We'll take it. Devastated done min ka as it moved through. Tighter eye. Sometimes they are more ferocious and wind makers. This carries it close to St. Croix. We are looking at a landfall at about eight or nine in the morning tomorrow morning. By late tomorrow the tropical storm force winds will exit Puerto Rico. We do have more warnings. In fact the coast of Dominican Republic under warning. We have other islands. So we do expect the storm system to progress in this direction. Staying away from the U.S. Coastline for now. But the warnings are in effect. And again after making landfall we had problems in Dominica. But our big concern is St. Croix and conditions deteriorating. Take a look at the storm surge it's higher for the lesser and till less islands. Some of that has to do with the gradual sloping of the ocean floor. When you have a slow slope, it creates larger wifrnds, and of course our waves are pushed by those winds. The amount of rainfall can be staggering in this high terrain "A" well. We could easily see up to 18 inches in some areas. Many live along the coastline. They don't want to go to mountains where stronger. This is going to pack a punch and we'll watch it hour by hour."