it's wringing itself out across louisiana, southern mississippi and alabama. just making its way very slowly towards the northwest. its position puts it 100 miles northwest of new orleans. but that doesn't mean that we're still not seeing the impact from this for new orleans. but over the next several days, it is expected to move on towards little rock as a tropical depression, we'll have a remnant area of low pressure that could still potentially squeeze out between three and six inches of rain across the central mississippi valley region. eventually making its way towards the ohio river valley. but this rainfall may be too little too late for a lot of us summer crops. take a look at the rainfall totals, a staggering statistic that's come out of the storm is that new orleans actually, their one-day total, their 24-hour total of 7.8 inches of rain was more than what they saw when katrina made landfall. when katrina made landfalln excess of four inches. but this was almost eight inches, zoraida. >> and that created all of the havoc over there. we'll check back

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there are projections it might head toward new orleans or southern mississippi or parts of the western florida panhandle. we'll see. it is starting to move back out into warm ocean gulf water. that will probably intensify it a little bit. by the way if you follow bare metic pressure it's 29.1. back home we're looking for a low right up there not moving too much. inland temps will come up today. sea breeze has been cut in half. a little chill. napa 46. santa rosa 47. hayward says 60 and cloudy conditions. that low continuing to spin up there will prevent us from getting too warm. it looks like high pressure will win out today. that will allow temperatures today to stay the same by the coast. i think inland they come up 5-7 degrees. not much of a change coast and bay. a little warmer inland. a little breezy at times. it will be sunny. after that low cloud deck clears back to the coast. 60s and 70s and 80s. temperatures though are coming up away from the coast. but it looks like a cool down for the upcoming weekend. >>> time now 5:09. what happens now after a grizzly bear killed a man in

southern mississippi's three power companies have activated their storm plans. they have crews on stand by to respond to power outages in the storm's aftermath. people who live there are stocking up just in case they lose power. the stores are trying to keep up with all of the demand for water, canned goods, flashlights, batteries. of course, propane tanks. as the florida panhandle prepares for isaac to arrive with hurricane strength, other parts of florida are recovering from the damage that was caused monday by tropical storm isaac. that storm knocked down trees monday in fort lauderdale. you're taking a look at that there. flooding shut down the sawgrass expressway in nearby sunrise. in vero beach, isaac spun off a tornado that caused damage to three mobile home parks. the indian river county sheriff says he's amazed that no serious injuries were reported. >> clearly a miracle that we do not have any fatalities with the massive and extensive damage that this tornado has occurred. >> it was so quick. maybe two seconds. it was really, really fast. >> the sherif

incredibly, at this hour, officials will watching the percy quinn dam in southern mississippi which they say is in imminent danger of failing. even if it fails, it's not expected to swell the river. meantime in slidell, louisiana, real trouble. residents are trying to flee after extensive flooding there. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in slidell, louisiana. gabe, the scenes behind you are extraordinary. tell us the latest and how things are holding up. >> reporter: andrea, it's been a tough morning for many residents here. parts of slidell are still under water. national guard and local officials are trying to rescue trapped people from their homes. take a look behind me. this is one of the neighborhoods that has been flooded. you can see there are plenty of cars there and there's a vehicle in the distance looking for some of those residents that have been trapped. rescue crews pulled about 45 people from their homes here overnight. this mornings about another 40 from the old towne area near. 100 people pulled from their homes overnight. the police chief tells us they're hoping to reach another

they're doing evacuations still in southern mississippi because of all the rain. now this began to push off to the north and west. it will hammer northern louisiana tonight and arkansas most of the tomorrow. the track will take it through arkansas tomorrow and we get into saturday, go through missouri, begins to turn north and east. in fact, by 1:00 saturday it's just about over toward -- well, just west of st. louis really and then it goes off to the east and through the ohio really and starts to go down southeast into tuesday. i think by the time we get into seuss and especially labor day the moisture -- sunday and especially labor day the moisture will be close enough to us to give us some showers and thunderstorms, not a washout. >>> live look outside on our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son, 88, 63 the dew point, that's pretty comfortable, still a pretty good hair day. winds out of the south at 7, pressure steady. temperatures 90 in rockville, 84 bethesda, 85 great falls, vienna, upper 80s in arlington, 87 out toward college park, 84 in bowie

it's bad in southern mississippi. >> bill: all right. thanks as always. now we have the attorneys general from florida and georgia on the floor. let's go down to them. >> time and again he promised to rescue our economy and environment by investing in green jobs but instead funneled your tax dollars into campaign donors' pockets. he promised to have the most transparent administration in history. but now refuses to come clean with congress and the american people about fast and furious. >> he sure does. he talks about living us more control over healthcare decisions but instead grants that power to government bureaucrats. he claims that government is responsible for private sector success but the only thing he is building is bigger government obama care is exhibit a. [ applause ] >> it distorts our constitution and endangers our fragile economy. we did everything in our power to stop it. taking the fight all the way to the united states supreme court. we prevailed on our two main arguments. the court agreed that the commerce clause of the constitution doe

as a result, the impacts on new orleans and southeastern louisiana, southern mississippi and parts of alabama are going to be impacted by a storm surge at 6 to 12 feet, beginning tonight. so, that's going to cause flooding and rainfall of 6 to 18 inches. that certainly is going to be causing problems there. well, here's the wider view showing some of that drier air beginning to move into the ohio valley and into thunt moens and that is in place here for the afternoon and afternoon forecast, everything is improving each hour that goes by and lower humidity moving in and we'll lit the upper 80s by mid-afternoon and low 80s by mid-afternoon and winds gusting around 20 miles per hour. clearing tonight, low humidity in place and down to low 70s by midnight and then by dawn tomorrow, the low 60, a nice, fresh and cool morning on wednesday. afternoon highs tomorrow with sunshine ought to make it into the mid-80s and low humidity in place and still can be, not very humid wednesday night and into thursday, too. thursday looks like a delightful day. morning lows, again, in the low 60s and after

but the rainfall, that may be headed up to southern mississippi. i've seen some computer projections of 15 inches or more over the next couple of daitz. here's isaac still a tropical storm, winds 70 miles an hour gusting to 85. that's the 5:00 a.m. advisory. with the movement at 12 miles an hour, that puts it at 10 hours or so from the mouth of the mississippi. maybe another 10 hours or so till it makes it up to new orleans which will happen overnight to tomorrow morning. it is forecast to strengthen just a bi. the landfall has a tornado threat as well. you'll notice the track of what's left of isaac moves up toward indianapolis by sunday morning. we potentially could see a little bit of moisture from that here later into the weekend, labor day unfortunately. there are a few showers out there but a mild start. upper 60s to upper 70s. sunrise still a ways off at 6:34. today mainly showers over the next few hours. by lunch time looking better, 85. there could be a stray shower this afternoon. winds out of the northwest 10 to 15. 89 degrees at 4:00 p.

southern mississippi, i'm just getting this information in. we are talking about the threat of the high winds, of course, the threat of flooding and now we're talking about tornadoes which are often seen in hurricanes in this kind of tropical weather. right now, andrea, i do believe what the times-picayune, says many will weather the hurricane at home. they think this is the best place. folks have great confidence in the levee system. we know there is concern about the pump system because if this hurricane stays over new orleans, we're looking at three to four inches of rain an hour. according to the president of jefferson parish, one of the low-lying areas of concern, the pumps can remove about an inch of water an hour so obviously, i don't have to do the math for you. you know what that means. there's a great concern for flooding here but at this point at least in the french quarter, that would normally be bustling with tourists, you would have businesses like this one behind me greeting folks, perhaps bringing in much-needed income, we are

mississippi as well as louisiana, just because of the rain that has fallen, not the storm surge. by the way, the gulf out here is still rolling about five feet above average for this time of the morning. so, we are still dealing with the higher waters because of the now the tropical storm and the circulation associated with it. we have our severe weather expert at the weather channel that did a calculation of the rain that has already fallen with isaac and how much will fall into monday as it pushes the ohio valley. and he calculates that the rain with this thing could actually saturate the entire district of columbia to a depth of over 1,600 feet. so, basically, the height of the old sears tower with the spires. that's how much water could fill up the entire district of columbia. that's how much rain we'll be seeing from the circulation that's now called isaac. eun, back to you. >> thanks for painting that picture. paul goodloe live in gulfport, mississippi. thank you. >> it is 63 degrees at 6:37. why the number of cameras to catch drivers may be going up. >> plus, a creative wo

storm surge as high as 6-12 feet from the city of new orleans to the southern part of mississippi. as we head eastward places like mobile could have a slightly warmer storm surge and parts of the panhandle. just because it is a tropical storm and we still need to make it very seriously. flooding is a big concern out here. the worst of the wind will be as we head into late tonight and early tomorrow morning as it moves on shore in the city of new orleans. >>> maria molina, thank you. >> big day in tampa for the rnc with the convention resuming after it was briefly, very briefly called to order yesterday. doug luzader is live for us. hi, doug. >>> it has become the second day since they did the gavel thing to start yesterday. it begins in inhees ernest. a big part of it will take part on the floor. they will go through the roll-call vote where each state will nominate mitt romney for president and paul ryan for vice president. that is 9 formal part. ann romney and then chris christie. he was mobbed supporters and cameras as he got a lay of the land to figure out what this venue is go

storm surge as high as 6-12 feet from the city of new orleans to the southern part of mississippi. as we head eastward places like mobile could have a slightly warmer storm surge and parts of the panhandle. just because it is a tropical storm and we still need to make it very seriously. flooding is a big concern out here. the worst of the wind will be as we head into late tonight and early tomorrow morning as it moves on shore in the city of new orleans. >>> maria molina, thank you. >>> another big story a big day in tampa for the rnc with the convention resuming after it was briefly, very briefly called to order yesterday. doug luzader is live for us. hi, doug. >>> it has become the second day since they did the gavel thing to start yesterday. it begins in inhees ernest. a big part of it will take part on the floor. they will go through the roll-call vote where each state will nominate mitt romney for president and paul ryan for vice president. that is 9 formal part. ann romney and then chris christie. he was mobbed supporters and cameras as he got a lay of the land to figure out

otherwise a tornado watch is in effect across southeastern louisiana into southern parts of mississippi, alabama and extreme western parts of the florida panhandle. we could be seeing tornadoes. they interact with the land friction rotation happens and you can get quick moving tornadoes some quick touchdowns that could produce some damage. not talking about magnitude ef 5 but some could cause damage. we will keep you posted as far as any tornado warnings go. none are in effect. we have noticed something occurring across the person part of hurricane isaac. dry air starting to move on in and trying to make its way into the center of the storm. you can see that right there the dry air basically we do not have any rain out there but we have strong winds. so it will be interesting to see over the next couple hours what that does to hurricane isaac. hopefully it will weaken it and hopefully we see lesser rainfall amounts from the storm. right now locally up to 20 inches of rain across southeastern louisiana and southern parts of mississippi. that will be a big flooding concern. i areas inland

. >>> there are reports that a dam in southern mississippi is in danger of failing. reports say immediately mandatory evacuations are reportedly happening now in tangapoa parish. now, isaac is still a tropical storm powning the gulf coast and causing major evacuations this new orleans. >>> some of the screeners in sfo accuse of -- august the federal government of safety inspections of luggage. now, checked luckage goes through a ct scan, questionable tags we're told trigger an alarm and require further checks. the examiner is loring -- the examiner is reporting the tsa won't allow the screeners to use a function that enables them to use computer images. the screeners say their time to check each bag has been cut to a matter of seconds. to and fire damaged several businesses in a -- and fire damaged several businesses in a mall. you are back now with a look at -- how is the damage out there, lorraine. >> reporter: yeah yeah, live, thousand that firefighters are on their final clean up. you can see quite a mess out here, windows and doors, shattered and there is a gapi

and by tomorrow morning, it's up to two feet of rain could fall on parts of southern mississippi. isaac is no longer a hurricane, but it is still a threat. >> the stop sign is about to break off. >> reporter: isaac's back half was more brutal along mississippi's coast. national guardsmen freeing this stranded suv battled pelting rain and 80 mile per hour gusts. in gulfport, a twister toppled this building. in pearlington, a coastal community destroyed by katrina, i few holdouts surrounded by rising water needed to be rescued. but most coastal residents here heeded calls to leave, and no one was killed. mississippi governor phil brian thinks this time his state was ready. >> our plan is better. our communications is better. we have moved $70 million in communications systems so that we don't lose our cell phone, our radio communications. >> reporter: for these 76 evacuees, isaac was an unusual reunion. all of them also fled katrina to the same hotel. >> just very unusual to have everybody back here seven years ago. and we just lost power. >> reporter: they watched isaac batter thei

all of the river systems in southern mississippi and the neighboring states, especially louisiana, are up above their banks flooding neighborhoods. about 30 riverfront homes and for president this morning, well, there is no driving your car out of your house to your job. you have to get into the canoe or kayak and paddle. >> it is hard. it is really frustrating. every once in a while we have to do it. >> we are used to it. we live on the river. sometimes you have to paddle out, but it is worth it. >> everyone's spirits remain positive. even jason who had to battle his way out to go to the car dealership where he sells cars. he just bought this home along the river a month ago. this is his welcome to the neighborhood. the crest predictions are coming up. the biloxi river, 17 feet above. there is a chance that these crest levels that are, without a dow, the highest they will be once it is said and done. they could rewrite over the next couple of days. all of that rainfall falls down, it has to drain into the creeks and streams and rivers. all of that end up going south to the golf of mex

and right now about 14,000 people in southern mississippi without electricity. so, it could be a dangerous situation for people without power and without a way to get out and very difficult for mnl aid to come in. back to you. dennis: thank you, steve harrigan, hip deep in the isaac flood waters in mississippi. all right, gdp came out this morning and for the second quarter revised upward 1.7%, and what will it mean for stocks in september and the election. sam stovall is here to get through the possible dog days ahead. sam, 1.7% revised up from 1.5 from second quarter gdp growth. you actually think it reduces chances the fed will come up with some loser policy to stoke the economy? >> yes, dennis, i think that's right. or at least delay it a little bit. some people are hoping that fed chairman bernanke will make some favorable comments when he speaks at the jackson holce v symposium on friday. at the fomc, when they members come out with 2014, but there's a press conference coming up and we had the better numbers gdp today and better than expected s&p case-shil

states of emergency in louisiana and mississippi. drenching the convention. isaac forces a change of plans at the republican convention in tampa. but the gop vows to press ahead. >>> california quakes. dozens of earthquakes rattle and roll residents in southern dozens of earthquakes rattle and roll residents in southern california. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, august 22, 2012. >>> good morning everybody. good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. this morning, tropical storm isaac is gaining strength as it churns across the warm waters of the gulf of mexico. it's forced to hit as a hurricane late tuesday or wednesday. isaac is 450 miles southeast of the mouth of mississippi river. that storm moving west, northwest with sustained winds of 65 miles per hour. isaac is moving away from the florida coast. hurricane warnings are posted from morgan city, louisiana to florida including new orleans. emergency declarations have been issued in louisiana and mississippi. right now, more than 50,000 residents of st. charles parrish

i think people took the storm very seriously, 230 people died in southern mississippi in katrina seven years ago. people were cautious. mandatory evacuations were in the three lower counties, that is about 150,000 people got out. the problem is now for those people who stayed in places like wave land you can't even get to them. only some emergency vehicles, some boats are getting in. what i'm standing in right now is far from the worst of it. it's bad, it's getting worse, but there is a place i want to get to down the road that i can't get to yet, maybe tomorrow, and if people are in there it's going to be very tough for anyone to reach them and help them in these daylight hours. bill: that is a remarkable picture isn't it in ocean springs, mississippi. thank you for that. be safe down there. we should report also the "associated press" is saying that in new orleans on the seven-year anniversary of katrina the levees are holding and the pumps are working which will come to many folks down there to be not only progress but significantly great news at the moment as the storm just churns

some regions especially in northern louisiana on into much of southern mississippi and parts of alabama will probably see 20 inches of rain. that's what going on around the country, here is what's >> good morning.r neck it is a beautiful start on this wednesday. the humidity is gone. we expect a lot of sunshine. and that's your latest weather. savannah. >> al, we have to mention we just lost our shot from janet shamlian in mississippi. she is okay, our crew is okay and we'll be checking back with her as the morning goes on. we want to head back to tampa and matt. >> savannah, thank you. here at the convention mitt romney has been formally nominated as the republican nominee. when he accepts that on thursday, he'll become the first mormon to be given that honor. peter alexander with more on that story. peter, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning. most people know nothing about mitt romney's mormon faith, something he almost never mentions by name, mentioned ones in the last nine months we traveled with him. that's about to change. his deep faith and leadership within the church

if first made landfall on the southern tip of the mississippi river. then that when back out and made landfall again over night. at isaac will weaken as it begins to move to the north. we're keeping cure our eyes on the path. on the east side of the storm we are seeing a wall of water being pushed into the shore. this peninsula on the south east of new orleans has water coming over the levee. many people are looking at 12 ft. of water and are stranded on the roofs. in new orleans right now, if they're getting the first real test of the reenforce levee system there. >> i would say that the levies are in a lot better shape pit we can have isolated is -- incidences'. however anything that was built by man can be destroyed by mother nature. >>mark: there have predicted 20 in. of rain will release scene here. >>darya: isaac is far less powerful than katrina and 2005. this storm damage was in the billions of dollars then. the levies have been closed for the first time after they have been built. today is the anniversary of katrina. new orleans is far better

people in southern louisiana and mississippi waking up under water this morning and facing a day of tropical storm isaac. the slow-moving storm may not have had the strength of a hurricane, specifically katrina, but it's leaving a mess in the wake there. hundreds of people now staying in shelters, the federal levees have done their job. president obama has declared federal emergencies in hard hit areas of louisiana and mississippi. >> some of the neighborhoods that were spared by katrina are getting hit this time by isaac. >> a lot of fear down there. hopefully this keeps it under control. >> we're blessed with great weather. meteorologist christina loren, how is it looking? >> good morning to you. and you know we're getting closer to the weekend. people start to perk up when we get to the seven-day forecast as we approach friday and saturday. you can make the outdoor plans and we're going to get a beautiful weekend inland. temperatures aren't going to be that comfortable at the coast, a little cool, a drop-off on the way. however, nice enough for you to hit the beach for the last couple wee

rains across mississippi, northern louisiana and rain churning into southern arkansas. parts of this section of the country in severe drought. it's not that rain would be unwelcome everywhere but flooding rains in louisiana and mississippi. we have isolated amounts. that's up to two feet in parts of louisiana. now we know why there's been so much flooding. here's the future track of the leftovers of tropical storm isaac. with this projection toward the labor day time frame and into tuesday, we could sew some scattered showers and storms in our area. none of that tomorrow. this is friday 6:00, still dry across maryland statewide with more showers starting to scatter further north. friday into saturday more widespread rain moving north and a boundary coming out of canada likely to push this in our direction saturday night into monday. lots of hurricane season to go. two other storms churning. now watching hurricane kirk. kirk is expected to reconsider of and stay out to sea, maybe moving through the central atlantic but not a threat to land or u. a hotter day, no doubt ab

to make sure we get this right, a dam is suspected to fail in southern mississippi, and do we know if that is correct? >> this is a dam that creates a 700 acre lake inside of mi mississippi at a state park. that dam has been damaged by all of the water that has fallen from the tropical storm hurricane. so they are working right now with the sandbagging operation to shore that dam up. at the same time they have some other operations to go to possibly relieve the pressure behind it, but this dam in mississippi should it fail would affect people downstream most of them living in louisiana, down river, down the tangipahoa river. so if the parish president has ordered a mandatory evacuation a mile from that river and the governor is backing him up on this because they don't know what will happen with the dam. we heard from the louisiana governor about this a short time ago. listen. >> we are proceeding with the plans to purposely breach that levee today between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m., and the idea is to allow the water to flow out of that area, and now that the winds are shifting they plan to

. >> reporter: all of the rivers in southern mississippi right now above flood stage. here are three of them. the boloxi river 7 feet above, and the wolf river 7 feet above flood stage. you can see one resident, his mom lives in there. he is taking the both in there to help bring her out. heather: hopefully residents have ways to get in and out. is there a risk of all the rivers rerising from more rain from isaac falls up north? >> reporter: we spoke to the emergency operation center out here and they say absolutely there is. further up north more rain possible. here locally another 2 to 4 inches possible today and that's going to add to the swollen rivers as they head on out there. the good news is the storm surge is now gone, all of those crashing waves over two days are back allowing the rivers to drain out. gradually these river ways will certainly go ahead and drain on out leaving residents today and maybe into the weekend to at least worry about water moc mock a sons. gregg: federal court striking down a texas law requiring voters to show picture id at the polls.

the slow movement could produce long laughing rainfall. 15 to 20 inches are possible in southern mississippi and alabama as well as the extreme western florida panhandle. also forecasters are warning the combination of a storm surge will cause the dry areas to be flooded and the major threat from isaac will not be wind, but flooding. that's the most important thing to remember. let's check in with chad meyers. he has the latest on the storm track. chad? >> you about summed it up. not much more to say than that. we had some rainfall across parts of florida today. in some spots, 13 inches of rain. it is trying to increase, trying to find a new eye. forecast to go right near new orleans. 100 miles per hour as you said. it will continue to move on up here and then into new orleans and enter louisiana and it is going to stop. we have all these to keep the seawater out of new orleans. we have to hope that the 20 inches of rainfall can be pumped out. we have rain coming in and rain coming out and wind speeds will be coming up. we'll have updates for you as the 11:00 advisory comes in on my tweet de

much of that misery is being felt in mississippi and southern louisiana. evacuations have been ordered as a dam threatens to break at park lake near the louisiana- mississippi border. a lot of respect denltsdzs lost their homes -- residents lost their homes, and that storm is dumping more rain on areas that are already under water. karen brown is in laplace, louisiana. >> reporter: a flash flood emergency has been declared in slidell outside of new orleans. 50 people had to be rescued from their flooded homes yesterday. today entire neighborhoods are being evacuated. storm surge is causing a bayou to overflow. up to 5 feet of flooding is expected. in plaquemines parish, plans were put on hold till saturday to cut holes in a levee that overflowed causing homes to flood to their rooftops. the holes would relieve the pressure and allow the water to drain back into the mississippi and nearby marshes. 30 miles west of new orleans in laplace, entire subdivisions were evacuated when isaac's flood waters rushed in. >> a nightmare. >> reporter: the sudden tidal sur

portions of mississippi and the tropical storm force wind, they are very wide in the yellow area. they extend well to the west and also well to the east of the storm. rainfall potential, that is great. we could be talking locally 15 inches or more in the new orleans area with widespread areas of seeing at least 5 to 10 inches of rain. that's over the next 48 hours as we go into thursday. i'm david bernard for cbs news in miami. >>> and new orleans appears to be ready for hurricane isaac. seven years to the day after katrina devastated that city. but with 80 miles per hour winds, isaac is nowhere near katrina's strength. bigad shaban is in new orleans with more on this. bigad, good morning to you. what's the latest? >> reporter: terrell, right now really the eye of the storm will move just to the west of us here. the storm is packing winds up to 80 miles per hour and soaking much of coastal louisiana. all of the drainage pumps in the city are on and working. but it's likely that isaac will still flood parts of new orleans. hurricane isaac brought heavy rain and pounding winds to co

here in southern coastal mississippi all rivers are expected to crest at levels not seen in several years. which is the river, about 30 homes are in this river front neighborhood. well, they all got surrounded by their normally tranquil river. residents resorted to paddling in and out a rugged commute. >> it is odd and it is my commute to work. got the work clothes right here. you know, everyone having to do it. >> how bad is it in there. >> we are used to it. we live on the river sometimes you have got to paddle out but it's worth it. jason just bought and moved into the neighborhood one month ago so this is his welcome to the neighborhood. >> it's been interesting. i have the river completely flowing through underneath my house it's like white water rafting in colorado at my place. >> along the mississippi coast, the biloxi river is seven feet above the flood stage right now. the wolf river also the same. and the other river 6 and a half. they are receding. continue to do so just as long as there are no roar rain up north of substance. everyone will get to mop up the mess isaac created

some locations down in southern louisiana and mississippi could e between 15 and 20 inches of rain. 11.77 inches. new orleans city hall, almost 1 foot of water. some sunshine today and just a clouds overhead. here is a look at tropical storm isaac, still a tropical storm as of 5:00 a.m. at 45 miles per hour at 58. course it is weakening. always weaken as they move over land. this is slowly pushing northward about 7 miles per hour. a turn to the east weekend bringing rain of the ohio valley and the midwest. sunday, even labor day, it will start to arrange our way. 63 in manassas. more comfortable in annapolis. bright sunshine and a gorgeous day today. a beautiful day tomorrow as but it will be a hot one. that will be the hottest weather over the next seven days. as the showers move into town on monday, temperatures mid drop back down into the 80's. then, enjoy the sun. >> the traffic is doing quite well. no early accidents on i-95 this morning. moving well northbound into the springfield interchange. especially getting through and a dale right now. open and moving without delay. a couple o

they are expected upwards of 15, 16, maybe 18 inches of rain in southern louisiana and mississippi. you can see trying to develop an eye. still likely to become a hurricane before landfall, probably a strong category one hurricane with 80 or 90-mile per hour winds as it continues to pull in dry air. let's push on. i want to show you local weather. we have rain showers moving in from the north and west. front royal, lise best of your recollection, winchester, very light rain showers. -- leesburg, winchester, very light rain showers. the cooler air won't get in here until later tonight. you seat the rain showers stretching from virginia up towards new york city. there you go. again, leading edge of the cooler and drier air. this will push to the south and east later this afternoon. the farther south and east it gets, the more sunshine we'll see build in. we should be in for a mostly sunny afternoon stand will feel great around here. it will be on the warm side with highs in the upper 80s to about 90. without a whole hot of humidity, it should feel very comfortable later this afternoon

but in southeastern louisiana, southern mississippi, alabama, the florida panhandle, that's just for starters over the next few days. it could penetrate well inland. and after rain falls, then the rivers can fill up and river flooding can cause a lot of probms, you know, days after landfall and after the rains end. so that is slow motion. and of course the big size is the storm producing part of isaac. >> so then what are you thinking about in terms of when it makes landfall? at what time? we've been saying late tonight, early tomorrow morning. what are you thinking about specifically? >> well, it depends on exactly where it comes ashore. but because louisiana sticks out and has a complicated coastline there, it's hard to pinpoint the time where the center of storm crosses land. but sometime tonight. but because it's so large and sprawling where it comes ashore isn't going to change the outcome for a lot of people, especially if you're on the right side, the onshore flow side, that's where the storm surge will be maximized. and that's why southeast louisiana and the mississippi coast

we have no travel problems, but also a mess in louisiana, mississippi, parts of southern alabama and the panhandle of florida, where they're still getting bands of very heavy rain from weakening tropical storm isaac, which is now circulating far north and west of new orleans and creeping to the north now at about 5 miles an hour. the winds are decreased to about 50 miles an hour, but they've already had up to 20 inches of rain south and east of new orleans, and then for today and into tomorrow, here's the rainfall pattern. they could get a six, seven, eight, ten inches in mississippi and then up into arkansas as well. they could get some heavy rains and that would be later tonight and into tomorrow. and the latest track for isaac has it still a tropical storm into tomorrow but weakening and then becomeing a tropical low that's going to take a right-hand turn and turn toward us as we get toward, yes, unfortunately, our labor day weekend. between now and then, though, we have high pressure over the region giving us low humidity, fresh and cool mornings, warm, sunny afternoons. that's g

louisiana, areas of southern alabama, mississippi and the panhandle of florida still and even a tremendous amount of those tropical rains, some starting to feed through south carolina. here, pretty quiet for our day. we had rain early on, not very much, and 91 was our temperature, expect the temperatures to go down a bit as we cool off and deal with comfortable conditions coming up and then right back up for the end of the week on friday. going to be a hot one. 88 is your temperature now. northwest breezes coming through quite comfortable at 16 miles per hour. there you can see just how warm it is everywhere. we cooled to the low 80s to the north and west and still in the upper 80s to the south and east and here's your rain from earlier today. meanwhile, the humidity, at least for the next few days, i think, will stay low with that dew point temperature around 60 degrees and that is very comfortable, folks, for a summer day around here. we have the sunshine on tap for tomorrow and high pressure moves in and that means even more sunshine coming our way, but, again, that moisture that will b

southern louisiana, mississippi and then a large swath potential of other outages possible. quick look at at least mobile bay specifically. that's an area right now appears to be on that bigger storm surge threat area and this really kind of applies a good stretch of the area with the onshore winds and the water rise expected. the tides don't fluctuate very much and let's say high tide versus low tide and a good move for a lot of rigs of chevron and bp to pull off of these areas. getting in to the inland impacts of the system, talking locally 20-plus inches of rainfall and addressed with the slow motion of the system. that will be one of the biggest issues for some of the potential flooding from the system itself and down in florida dealing with the heavier showers even right now especially towards miami and also had isolated severe weather potential there. so guys, again, a developing situation and time for it to strengthen and over the very warm waters of the todd. >> quickly can i ask you, what extent nervousness whitened appearing the same path as katrina? >> similar tra

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