But, storm surge is far from the biggest worry with this storm. Rainfall is the biggest issue. And northern Honduras is taking the brunt of that this evening, and it will continue to do so through tomorrow.
Gordon explained the air currents that is making the storm sit on Honduras:
Ronald Gordon, Chief MET Officer
"In terms of steering the system basically was being steered or is being steered actually by a high pressure ridge to the north of it and to the northwest. As I have stated in these briefings previously a ridge is like a mountain so because that system is kind of to the northwest of it it is preventing it from advancing further westward, it's blocking it so to speak and keeping it there for now."
"The forecast is for that ridge to shift to the northeast therefore like your mountain is moving out of the way and allowing the system then to push up to the west northwest at a faster speed. So that's what is what we expect. We don't expect it to stall over us as it is doing right now over Honduras."
"We expect it to move across buildings at about six to ten miles per hour speed and be away from us by late on Sunday. Originally the forecast was suggesting that that high pressure ridge that is blocking it would remain there for a bit longer and that is no longer the case and so we expect it to move off of Honduras by tomorrow afternoon or off the coast from where it currently is and begin advancing and that's precisely why it is coming in a bit earlier than was initially forecasted."
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