. >> if you are in places, for example, eastern louisiana, lake pontchartrain or mississippi, it's just beginning and is going to get worse as the day goes on. if you're already receiving bad conditions, it's going to take the night. >>reporter: a thinly populated part of plaquemines parish is getting some flooding. they say it's just not safe to go out and explore quite yet. >> i understand that possibly we'll have hurricane force winds, maybe six, eight, 10 hours after the eye goes through. >> just feeling anxious and ready to get it overwith. >>reporter: there are about a half million people who are still without power, and we could see more outages as time goes on. i will say we're right here on canal street, and we drove to our live location late last night. we could see the power trucks lined up on canal street. a safe place for them to go. they'll do everything they can to restore power to all the folks who don't have it. >> thank you so much. we've just learned that isaac weak end to a tropical storm with wind and rain, 70 miles an hour now sustained gusts. help from the bay are

eastern louisiana, western mississippi, that could cause some flooding of rivers, streams and streets. we'll be keeping an eye on that story and the economic impact of that as well. simon. >> of course, they often say it's the water element far more often than wind the most destructive. scott cohn is on so far dry land in new orleans. it was dry the last time we spoke to you, scottie. >> reporter: yeah. it's a little bit strange to be talking about a hurricane that is this close and be standing here without any rain gear and without any rain falling. i can tell i, the winds are picking up and the clouds are building to the south, where the storm is, as it moves ashore. in this quadrant of the storm, there's always a danger not just of wind and rain but also tornadoes. we're being vigilant as now hurricane isaac moves in on new orleans. there has been a lot of comparison, because of the timing, between this storm and hurricane katrina. there's not much similarity other than that. a lot has changed in terms of new orleans' preparedness. there is now a 14.6 billion$14. upgrade of the lev

extreme eastern louisiana. six to eight inches of rain on top of what we already have. and that will continue to spread its way into the nation's midsection, into the ohio valley. and will induce flash flooding through friday. rob and diana, wback to you. >>> now, to our other big story this morning. that's down in tampa. >> a big week in politics, as well. the republican national convention wraps up with mitt romney's acceptance speech. paul ryan made his national debut last night. t.j. winick is in tampa, now, with the very latest. t.j.? >> reporter: good morning. that's right. it's all been building to this. tonight, mitt romney will make his case that he's the man to lead america over the next four years and to turn america's economy around. but last night, it was his running mate's turn. america learned a little about paul ryan's wisconsin roots. >> i live on the same block where i grew up. we belong to the same parish where i was baptized. >> reporter: and a lot about his political beliefs. >> these past four years, we have suffered no shortage of words in the whi

it does bring the worst of that storm surge through eastern louisiana, lake pontchartrain back up into areas of mississippi. let me explain what's been happening with the storm and why it didn't become a hurricane. the bottom half of the storm looks very healthy. if you only stared at that part, it looks like a hurricane. the northern portion has been sucking in this dry air overnight. that's working into the center. it is kind of at a stand still. we are going to wait and see how much it can intensify. it doesn't have much time. 12-18 hours to intensify. we are only talking a mid-level category 1. the wind will not be the big factor but the storm surge is the biggest fear. >> thanks so much. we will check back with you in a little bit for more. >>> despite a delay caused by isaac, the republican national convention was able to technically get under way on monday. today, the convention and its main events begin in earnest. tracie potts joins us with a preview. she is in tampa for us. good morning, tracy. >> hi, lynn. good morning, good morning, everyone. we will see the dal gats fill t

some of the rain totals, we're talking maybe 10, 15, locally 20 inches of rain across eastern louisianaouthern mississippi. while this may be a minimal hurricane, when you get those sorts of rains, there's going to be widespread flooding. that will be a problem. not like katrina because the levee system much better than it was. this is a weaker storm from katrina. it won't have the storm surge katrina did but maybe 10, 12 feet along the mississippi gulf coast and the moisture could mess up our labor day. we might be seeing some of that here. by saturday morning it will be in st. louis trashing toward illinois andeanian as we head toward sunday. we may get some in over the weekend. that's why when i showed you the seven-day, we had some questions as far as our competence level in when those showers and -- confidence level in when those showers and storms may arrive. tonight the drier air moves n. cumberland 59. 61 hagerstown. we'll get to about 70 here. tomorrow looks fantastic. high about 85. some spots will stop in the low 80s, jc. so this is going to be one of those days if you can ha

we go throughout the high tide circles around mississippi and eastern louisiana. >> landfall late tonight. we will be talking to you all morning. >>> republicans keeping a close watch on isaac. organizers say the convention will move forward with the abbreviated schedule. that includes the delegate role call which will formatly nominate mitt romney. then, a speech from ann romney and the keynote address from new jersey governor, chris christie. according to political, mitt romney will be in tampa as his wife delivers that speech. the couple spent yesterday in new hampshire rehearsing for their appearances. the candidates was asked whether the storm churning towards the gulf coast might further impact the convention in tampa. >> do you have a message for the people of new orleans? >> my thoughts are with the people in the storm's path and hope they are spared in he major destruction. >> would you give us your thoughts to cancel the convention? >> a great convention ahead. she is going to be terrific. >> in janesville, wisconsin, an emotional sendoff for paul ryan who took the stage at his

that's when the rain should finally begin to end in many many areas of eastern louisiana. the bottom line is, i don't think people will see improvements today. i don't think they'll get power back on today either. i think they'll have to wait another day. >> you were saying a couple days possibly. they can't even get to areas. >> that's just a start. >> those winds really causing a problem. bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, home prices rise. consumer confidence falls. >>> and is this too good to be true? teaching your baby to read? kind of sounds like it. your early-morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> a pair of all-stars get knocked out. nascar's bad boy trades in his wheels for a tank, and the strangest catch you'll ever see. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ owner ] i need to expand to meet the needs of my growing business. but how am i going to fund it? and i have to find a way to manage my cash flow better. [ female announcer ] our wells fargo bankers are here to listen, offer guidance and provide you with options tailored to your business. we'

some of these have about severe this morning in eastern louisiana. this is bringing moisture some 2 to 6 inches of rain across areas of missouri and illinois over the next 36 to 48 hours. but for us, high pressure coming on down. you can see the clouds how they get pushed off to the south. so we're in good shape now but the humidity at the low levels will return. those clouds out west are going to start to creep in here over the weekend. no problems today, sunny, just the heat. mid-90s. it's going to be uncomfortably warm. partly to mostly cloudy tonight. tomorrow more clouds. we're even going to have a threat especially south and west of town where we'll have a couple of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. headed to the mountains, looks like a greater cans there. toward culpeper, richmond, toward the then shenandoah valley, better chance than south and east. saturday night relatively quiet. sunday also indicational clouds and sunshine -- occasional clouds and sunshine and a chance for afternoon storms, especially west of d.c. for sunday afternoon.

if this were to happen, this would bring tremendous water into eastern louisiana, up against those leveeshat are protecting new orleans. so this is a potentially extraordinarily serious situation. lester. >> bryan norcross, thanks for the update. new orleans is now in the path of a storm. a direct hit possible there on wednesday morning, seven years to the day katrina changed everything. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us from new orleans. how are they preparing there? >> reporter: lester, good evening. the mayor here just declared state of emergency, and tomorrow there's a mandatory evacuation of the east bank of plaquemines parish. the city known as the big easy is preparing for another big storm. new orleans is on high alert. >> because of the uncertainty of this storm, it is really hard to tell given the speed it's going and the uncertainty of the direction what the course of action is going to be in the next three days. out of the abundance of caution, we are asking everybody to begin to prepare. >> reporter: with hurricane warnings now stretching from east of morgan city, louisiana to th

. >>> on the weather front we continue to watch isaac churning in the eastern louisiana, southern mississippiports now of 20 inches of rain in isolated areas. significant blooding. this something crawling at 5 miles per hour. even though it is a tropical storm as opposed to a hurricane earlier today. you see the reach of the rain. then south carolina getting some flash flood concerns. all moisture courtesy of isaac. isaac likely not done with the u.s. or the mid atlantic as we see it making a turn in the second half of our three day weekend toward labor day. we could see spinoff showers from the remnants. hour by hour, clear, dry, cool. little warmer tomorrow. good looking day. we will talk about how things develop coming up. >> thanks. because of isaac help from the storm-ravaged gulf coast is coming there all over. the american red cross of central maryland sending 20 volunteers to join the 2700 others to help those effected by isaac. volunteers will work in shelters preen side comfort in those in need. >> for the people impacted it is serious, there is no question regardless of who it is w

tornado watches by the way in effect in this box in this area of a large part of mississippi and eastern louisiana as ginger zee just mentioned there because the bands around the center of the storm do spawn tornadoes. here is the track it is on at the moment. maximum sustained winds 60 miles per hour. tropical storm isaac now. no longer a hurricane. moving towards the northwest at 6 miles per hour. moving very slowly, thus dumping heavy rain on all area affected by the storm. it is expected to take a track up into western arkansas the next couple of days brushing the eastern edge of oklahoma and curling back northeastward through missouri and oh over towards illinois. going maintain the structure for several days and will be a major rain producer and possibly a flooding storm the next four days through sunday evening. dan? >> all right, spencer. a big storm in terms of size. >> it was is a massive storm. >>> now, burglary suspects trying to get away from police. they managed to make it 40 miles before officers arrested two of them as sky 7 hd hovered above. they were caught after a chase on is se

right now coming through new orleans, but also out towards the east, in through portions of eastern louisiana and in through alabama and western portions of the florida panhandle where we currently have tornado warnings. this entire warning under a tornado watch right on through the night tonight and potential for tornadoes most likely through the day tomorrow. that is going to be a real concern here. most land falling hurricanes are really over the past couple of years, they've spawned about 3,500 to 100 tornadoes with the hurricanes that made landfall, including katrina which came through here seven years ago. not just about seven years ago. watch this track as it makes its way over new orleans here and making its way onshore. overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. that date significant. august 29th. that is seven years to the day that katrina made its way onshore. this storm will be a completely different storm than what katrina was. katrina a fairly fast mover and we saw the biggest problems here only because the levees broke and those levees will be tested, once again, but this time, n

to 14 inches possible, a few spots closing in on 20 inches, but that heaviest rain again for eastern louisiana up into mississippi and eventually into arkansas. i think that's the next place we'll start hearing about a lot of flooding. that will start happening in the next 24 hours once the system is able to move. look at the heavy rain we're expecting and a blessing here for drought stricken areas. remember the mississippi river so low they can't even let a lot of traffic through it. this will fill up the mississippi and those corn farmers will be happy, but it will probably come in the form of some flooding rain as well. sunday i think we could get 1/4 to 1/2-inch of rain depending how fast everything moves. i think friday and saturday will be dry. sunday we'll put a question mark on. we'll probably have to deal with it sunday night into monday. meanwhile it sure is beautiful this evening in d.c., temperature 75 degrees, 66 for gaithersburg, frederick 64, quantico 78, manassas lovely at 68 and culpeper coming in at 66 and the humidity is nice and low, dew points mostly in the 50s or low 60s.

eight to ten inches locally still to fall across areas of mississippi from this and extreme eastern louisianamoving northwest of baton rouge and northeast of alexandria but all of the rain continues. look at the streamers coming into mississippi, coming into the mississippi-alabama border. even into florida and alabama. some of these have been tornadic this morning. we've had tornado warnings on those. it's just been an incredible amount of rain. this is above and beyond the storm surge. you're seeing the rain forecast. still up wrpds of 8 inches -- upwards of 8 inches plus. a big area of 3 to 6-inch range, even eight-plus in northeastern arkansas and missouri we'll see the rains and those areas suffering some bad drought conditions. isaac's winds 45 miles an hour. will track off through louisiana and arkansas and missouri and then turn toward the east, what's left of isaac. some of that moisture could be filtering in later sunday into monday. i think labor day we'll see some of this. that would mean an increased chance for showers and storms for the holiday. this morning, though, another ver

storm track just to the south of there which would pose the biggest risk for storm surge for eastern louisiana, parishes and up in the coastline of mississippi and alabama. the latest of the new update just in. pressure hasn't really dropped. for the storm to get stronger that pressure has to come down. don't get the serious storm until the pressure gets down to the 960, 950 range. we like this. still a tropical storm. that is great news. it's about 400 miles away interest louisiana. didn't have much changes in the wafgs and warning. hurricane warnings from panama city to the new orleans area and along the louisiana coast. here is the new forecast path from the hurricane center. the timing is pretty much unchanged too. the weather will quickly go downhill throughout the daylight hours on tuesday with a landfall possible tuesday afternoon, down in the marshy areas of extreme southern louisiana. this doesn't appear at this time to be a landfall on a beach or something like that. we'll see a lot of reporters blowing around. this will be in the marshy swampy areas south of new orleans. the worst o

five to a cat one, maybe cat two as it lands near the mississippi gulf coast and the seat eastern portion of louisiana. tonight 70, clouds on the increase and rose disci. disci-- breezy. looking to next weekend. it's kind of a wild card. we don't know where isaac will make landfall but we do know all that rain will have to go somewhere. there's a possibility a good chunk could make its way up the east coast. >> with isaac, everyone is concerned about the gulf coast, biloxi. they were knocked over by katrina. >> uncanny timing and it's in that exact same region. >> thanks a lot, wyatt. now to democrat democrat news, all eyes are on tampa as the republican party kicked off its convention to much less fanfare. tropical storm isaac caused some last-minute scrambling but may not be as bad as anticipated. >> reporter: republicans are sticking to that motto of better safe than sorry. they even set up a debt clock. what that means, they mr. put it pat zero and monitor the amount of debt it accumulates during the republican national convention. the conote speaker, new jersey governor chris christie was seen wa

we have had airport a seven-foot storm surge in the eastern part of louisiana said this impact is being felt. it turns into a good news story getting up into arkansas, missouri, and illinois. they have terrible drought conditions and the storm will deliver a good soaking rain. notice the curve into the east. it is pointing in our direction saturday and sunday. the deeper into the labor day weekend we go, the better the chance for rain developing from the remnants of isaac. for the next three days, beautiful, sunny. mostly sunny friday. temperatures warm friday but not too humid. saturday night and sunday and monday, the rain chances increase. temperatures in the low 80's. >> this is 11 sports. >> football fans may not look forward to the preseason game but players who do not have a roster spot locked up, they feel tremendous anxiety heading into the preseason finale. the ravens will head to say louis. you will not see much from the regulars, they have done their preseason game work. the rockies and the backup will have a night's worth of playing time. for some, their play will confirm t

seen these bands of very wet weather rocking their way out to eastern louisiana, western mississippi.he storm tonight. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco. >>> the tampa bay forum is emptying out. buses are standing by. they're going to go home soon or go to their hotels. we're out on the floor with some family members from paul ryan. jim, tell us what they're saying. let's hear from them. >> let's hear from them. i'm joined by two brothers and sister of paul ryan. and their respective wives and husbands and kids. and stan ryan, you were telling me a few moments ago. what was going through your find when you saw your brother up on stage there? >> well, it was paul, if you will. if i describe paul, he's just so natural as what he does. he's all in committed. all in committed to the cause. all in committed

the governor of louisiana ordered the evacuation of 53,000 people from the south eastern part of louisiana. isaac is expected to reach category two hurricane strength when it makes landfall late tomorrow or early wednesday. wednesday ironically is the event an verse reof hurricane katrina. there have been reports because of the wet roads. poo they are repairing to help the nearby states. >>> tropical storm isaac is forcing republicans to rewrite the script on their convention in tampa. alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the last minute schedule changes and what the california delegation is doing this morning. >> reporter: most official events are canceled for today. there will be a ten minute opening session this afternoon in a nearly empty convention hall. mitt romney still sounds optimistic about how it will all turn out. as romney worked on his convention speech in new hampshire, sunday schedulers scrambled to rearrange the schedule. they will be attending a breakfast this morning with new jersey governor chris christy. party headliners are emphasizing gop unity. >> w

a tornado watch in florida panhandle and suth eastern louisiana.ll deal with the heavy rain. locally 20 inches and a storm surge as high as 12 feet. >> gretchen: maria molina, thank you so much. a couple of headlines, 35 minutes after the top of the hour. congressman jeff flake winning the republican senate nomination and scored a wen over will carton . flake filling a seat. quinqual was the 12th house member to lose this year. quayle is son of former the vice-president quayle. making of zero dark 30. holy wood film that killed osama bin laden. one. e-mails from a cia spokesman. i know we don't pick favorites, but it makes sense to get behind a winning horse. they had acess to people who participate in the raid and details about bin laden pakistani compound. they were trying to use the movie for political gain. unfortunately for them. the release date is pushed back to december. a three year old deaf boy needs to change his name. he signs it if you wenter and makes his hands look like a gun. the grand island district has a policy to prevent kids fr

chance for some showers and some thunderstorms, also some showers throughout portions of eastern texas and louisianar a few showers in the mi mid-atlantic. still warm through the mississippi valley, 90s in chicago to louisville, 91 upper 70s to 80s from new england into new york, 86, 90 in washington, d.c., still on the cooler side compared to the rest of the country in the pacific northwest, saturday, chance of showers and thunderstorms from louisiana all the way up into the plains, into the northern plains into minnesota, chance for showers and storms. little bit cooler in the northeast for saturday. for sunday, we're going to start to see tropical storm isaac, or whatever it is by the time sunday rolls around, get a little bit closer. it's going to be -- we'll keep an aeye on what's happening in florida because late in the weekend into next week we could have big effects because of isaac. also on monday, a chance for some showers continuing throughout portions of the plains into the great lakes. and, again, florida, eyes on you for monday because of isaac and of course stay tuned to the weather c

generally six to 12 inches, but we could be also looking at as much as 20 inches of rain in eastern louisiana, on into mississippi and alabama and that's going to cause massive flooding, savannah. >> al, we'll check back in with you in a bit. >>> nbc's lester holt is about 12 miles outside of downtown new orleans, in belle chasse, louisiana. good morning to you. >> sa van na, good morning. just the last minute we were starting to get the first light showers here, the wind picking up behind me, an auditorium that's been a shelter, about 300 people spent the night here, part of a limited mandatory evacuation of parts of plaquemines parish. plaquemines parish is the finger you see on the map that shoots out from the bottom of louisiana into the gulf. the mississippi river in the middle. there are levees on either side. some of those levees were reinforced after katrina but they're not done yet. some simply are too low for the tidal storm, the storm surge, that's expected here later today. the approaching storm is called isaac, but it's the legacy of katrina that has sent many fleeing to higher g

so southern mississippi, eastern louisiana, yeah, those are the areas that really need to watch rightew orleans still fresh the memory of katrina seven years ago, almost to the date, which is kind of spooky, really. this afternoon and on into early tomorrow morning, it goes up to category 1, maybe 80 miles an hour. but has a chance to strengthen a little bit more by the time it makes landfall. and then comes in as we head through the day on wednesday, could actually get up to 90 or 95 miles an hour. not a katrina-size storm, but still enough to cause some damage here, particularly with coastal flooding and a lot of rain and maybe some pretty gusty wind damage as well. guys, back to you. kelly, i think i'm tossing back to you. >> you are. jeff, thanks very much. chilling to look at the path of that storm again. >>> the airlines are scrambling to cancel flights in the wake of tropical storm isaac's ever-changing path, phil lebeau joins us from the united control center in chicago as united is holding its latest meeting, determining its latest round of cancellations. phil? >> and right n

eastern and now, back to the east side of lake pontchartrain in slidell, louisiana. >>shepard: on the north sure of the lake they are trying to get people out of the water. we have seen boats and residents from the neighborhood trying to help and people with machines pushing away the dirt. we will have continuing coverage throughout the might and a wrap up tonight on the fox report. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. it has more of 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day 50+. about one reverse mortgage for years now. and no matter where i go, i get the same questions -- what is it? how does it work? so i thought that the best way for you to get those answers is to actually meet a client and a one reverse mortgage licensed professional. come on... what happened when you made that call? first of all we had to clarify immediately that the house would be mine. people think they don't own thei

eastern here on cnn. the louisianay jindal decided to skip this republican convention and stay back home in louisiana to cope with the storm. coming up, we will be joined by another republican party's truly rising stars. senator marco rubio of florida is next. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco. like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. hey america, even though slisa rinna is wearing the new depend silhouette briefs for charity to prove how great the fit is even under a fantastic dress. the best protection now looks, fits and

. >> the sender is within less of 100 miles south southeast of the south eastern tip of louisiana. the northwestern fringes of the strongest band around the center are now over southeastern louisiana. gus over 70 miles per hour. you will see more of that kind of wind and heavier rain move onshore of alabama, mississippi and southeastern louisiana. conditions really are going downhill as the afternoon goes on. you can see on the satellite that in the southern part of the circulation and out to the east, there is perhaps a longer period of rain and wind that will occur. the north side has been a little thinner. when the south side comes to short it will really ramp up. when the center comes to shore, that is not the end of the event. it will be kind of the beginning. that is when the rainfall will really start to get solid four hours and hours. the forecast is for perhaps a little more strengthening before the system comes ashore. it could get a little stronger within this category one hurricane range. cannot completely rule out category two, no. generally speaking, the situation is

eastern on the gulf coast, louisiana. we want to bring you up to date at what is happening right at this moment at abc's weather editor sam champion is right there in new orleans tracking it all. sam. >> good evening, diane. you're exactly right on that time. that's about six hours earlier than that the computer models estimated in plaquemines parish, just inside the mouth of the mississippi. we've got some driving wind and rain pouring into new orleans right now. we'll show you some pictures, all along canal street all night long. police have been patrolling to make sure people stay off the streets. there's been a lot of wind and rain and you can see all the surge along the coastline as well. earlier in the day, a lot of curiosity, out towards lake pontchartrain and the area, just to see the lake make its way over the edge. the lip of the seawall. but now, everyone's inside. let's show you the look on this storm. as we pull itust a bit south, as a matter of fact, of the tip of louisiana. there, of the delta. but look at

we do have the threat for tornadoes unfortunately eastern portions of louisiana through mississippi andnd we do have a tornado warning, this is very recent, just heading towards the bay st. louis area. if you live in this area across mississippi you want to take shelter immediately. and some of these can be rain-wrapped tornadoes, make sure you have your noaa weather radios on battery opted of course. we did get a new advisory moments ago. they are updating us every hour. still a hurricane, as you can still see very slow moving across the state of louisiana for the next few days, and then it's eventually going to move into the midwest where it will bring some beneficial moisture. we have to get through really the next several days across portions of the gulf coast. here is what we're dealing with in terms of impacts today. hurricane winds will continue throughout the day today. it's going to be a long duration event. that is the main point i want to bring home here, wind and rain for a very long period of time, major flooding up to 20 inches of rain, they've already received over 9 inch

eastern, right here on cnn. the louisianabobby jindal has decided to skip this republican convention and stay back home in louisiana to cope with the storm. coming up, we'll be joined by another one of the republican parties truly rising stars. u.s. senator marco rubio of florida. he's next. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco. ♪ atmix of energies.ve the world needs a broader that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol - a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane. >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. >>> we're getting ready for the republican national convention. if he

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louisiana. barely moving 6 miles an hour. the water keeps flowing here. on shore we have some showers that are trying to form in the eastern gulf of mexico headed toward southwest georgia, the tallahassee area in florida. other showers in northern and south carolina. that's with the front. north of the front, the air is drier. high pressure is built in. it's going to be not just a great afternoon but a great night. i think a pretty darn nice thursday as well. with the drier air in place, that means a comfortable night tonight. you can open the windows, turn off the ac, enjoy that. we'll see a couple of 50s again north and west. for tomorrow the dry air is in place but a warmer day. instead of mid-80s like today we'll be in the upper 80s but not too humid so it will be okay. as we head toward friday, the humidity comes back up. we're looking at temperatures friday in the mid-90s. looks like the chance of storms will be toward us again as we head toward late in the weekend and monday. i want to talk about isaac one more time. winds 75, gusting to 90. passing southwest of new orleans over toward baton rouge and lafayette this