let's go to meteorologist jennifer delgado. this is a tough storm to predict, isn't it? while at first it appeared as though it would hit cuba and then break up and then generate speed, it's bypassing cuba apparently. >> it's hugging the coastline. the problem is while it's not going to be interacting with cuba this is going to allow it more time to develop. now as i show you on our graphic here, i want to point out we have hurricane threat, of course. we have warnings in place anywhere you're seeing in pink. south of bonita shores and key west. can you see key largo. anywhere you're seeing in red. that includes the bahamas. we have a hurricane watch in place. but, yes, we are very concerned about this because now you can see some of the tropical storm warnings and watches have been extended. look at this. for flagler beach, we're looking at yellow. that's the watch. anywhere in blue that, is tropical storm warning. and that means those conditions are expected as we go through tomorrow morning. conditions are really going to go down hill for parts of florida and towards

let's turn to jennifer delgado.e rain. >> a tornado warning is in place and going to expire at 9:15 central time zone. we are going to see the threat for tornadoes throughout the day in addition to the heavy rainfall. when we get the tropical systems coming through. we see the tornadoes popping up. i think we have the graphic. anywhere you are seeing the pink box is where the tornado warning is in place. if you notice, our reporter came out of gulfport. it is including gulfport. for the next few minutes, 9:15 central time. they are worried abt the flooding, but they need to pay close attention for the potential of tornadoes. we have a tornado watch in place until 4:00 for a good part of the northern gulf coast. that includes louisiana, of course, mississippi into alabama. you want to make sure you are in a steady structure, especially with this threat out there. >> thank you. you can get the latest information on hurricane isaac including satellite at cnn.com/hurricane. if you are in the path of the hurricane, we in

jennifer delgado is here in the cnn weather center. >> hi, fredericka.pical storm isaac is hugging the coastline of cuba. this is a very disorganized system, but i want to point out to you very large. this is the center of circulation really hugging the coastline of cuba. rain still coming down, it's been letting up a little bit for port awe prince and the dominican republic, but winds right now 60 miles per hour. we are expecting it to strengthen. that's why we have a hurricane warning in place anywhere you're seeing in pink. and then a hurricane watch including miami, but as we open this up for you, whether conditions are going to the deteriorating, especially starting tomorrow morning. we expect tropical storm conditions for parts of south florida as well as into key west. that's why we do have tropical storm watches in place as well as some warnings anywhere you're seeing in yellow and blue. so as i said to you, conditions getting worse. sunday morning we'll start with the tropical storm conditions and then hurricane conditions arrive sunday afternoo

i want to bring in meteorologist jennifer delgado. so, jennifer, isaac now brushing and kind of hugging the coast of cuba right now, but then what? >> it is hugging the coastline. yesterday we were worried about isaac actually moving right across land. if it did that we would see actually, possibly a weaker storm, but right now it's hugging the coastline. the center of circulation located just to the east, 40 miles east of guantanamo bay. you can see a lot of the rain and i know patrick is coming out of havana. that is another low that's been bringing heavier rainfall, but all of this moisture has to go up toward the north and as it does, of course, you'll see some strengthening and right now the wensd at 60 miles per hour. i want to point out to you, we still have a warming? place for key west as well as southern florida. anywhere you're seeing in the pink shading and notice up toward sebastian, we're talking a tropical storm warning and that means as we go through tomorrow morning conditions will start to get worse down toward southe

we have jennifer delgado with the most up to date situation when it comes to hurricane is c isaac. i want to begin with you brian todd. that that happened yet? >> reporter: we're told it's not happened yet. they say it will not close until it reaches flood trigger points. they don't anticipate that until tomorrow, maybe the overnight hours. many of the flood gates around this area have been or are being closed. that particular one not yet. that's the world's largest pumping station. it's designed to not only keep water out but to also pump water out of that area if need be. it can pump 20,000 cubic feet of water per second. it will probably close in the next several hours we think when it reaches those flood trigger points. i'm going to show you something deceiving. take a look. a little peek of blue sky. we know that's not going to last. already the port operations are closed douwn. it's a realtime of anticipation. it's going to arrive within the next few hours. >> do not be thrown off by the blue skies. we know that will soon go away. tell me about new orleans evacuating. are the

jennifer delgado has been watching the path. get me up to speed. from where marty stood, it doesn't look bad. >> we are going to see gusts up to 90 miles per hour. the latest information from the national hurricane center, sustained winds, 90 miles per hour gusts. moving to the west at 6 miles per hour. it looks like the center of circulation was inland. it has moved inland. it will continue to weaken and likely to become a tropical storm later in the afternoon. weather conditions are going to continue to be bad. we are not going to see the center of circulation. it's going to weaken, exiting out of louisiana until thursday morning when it's going to actually make its way into arkansas. let me correct you, should be friday morning. the days are starting to blend in. wednesday, 8:00, then it continues to weaken. the rain is going to be the big event. we continue to see the winds weakening because we are talking some of these locations ten to 20 inches of rainfall. a lot of flooding problems set up in the coastal regions. now, we showed you live shot

let's bring in meteorologist jennifer delgado. now tropical storm, is it inevitable that it will all become a hurricane? >> fredericka, it is very likely. right now it is a tropical storm, but we don't want people to think this is a storm and i can ride this out and the problem is it will be moving in a favorable environment and we're expecting this to strengthen much more. right now the winds are at 60 miles per hour and i want to point out to you, heavy rainfall coming down in port-au-prince and you can see from cuba, they'ric picking up heavier rain and that's associated with a disturbance that's being enhanced by tropical storm isaac right now. as i show you on the radar, the rain is capturing that and in key west where our jim spelling was, rain is coming down with a lot of lightning there and more rain on the way and let's talk more about the warnings and watches in place and in pink, we're talk about a hurricane warning and for sunday we're expecting in the tropical storm conditions. that includes key west. as we go into th

let's bring in our meteorologist jennifer delgado for the latest on isaac and what's happening. >> hi, don. i have two updates. we do know now that the tropical storm watch has been extended along the western coastline of florida. and also the track of the storm now over towards the east a bit more. but i want to point out to you again for the tropical storm watch, we do know now that it will be along the west coast, near the swanee river. i want to point out to you that we have not seen a change in intensity, still at 60 miles per hour. as it moves to the northwest, this is sunday at 2:00. as we move to monday morning, you can see it will be to the west of key west. what's going to happen here, whether conditions are going to be deteriorating quickly on sunday. in the morning we are expecting tropical storm conditions. as we go into the afternoon and evening, we are expecting what looks like hurricane conditions down to key west, the florida keys and potentially in the western part of florida. now, i want to point out one thing that's a big difference from last hour. it is now moving

we've got jennifer delgado joining us. can you hear me? >> i'll take it away. bit more about the overtopping of the breach. of this levee. as we show on the graphic here and we're talking about an 18-mile stretch area that extends from braithwithe and located 70 filmw orleans. show y rght here. this is actually the levee. we do know it was built about 8 feet. parently trying t wk on the second phase of this levee. well the problemof cours we're talking about the overtopping and the rainfall has been incredible. so when you're talking about persistent heavy rainfall, of course this is going to put strain on the levee system. we are hearing reports of roughly 1200 residents that live in the region. as you can see for yourself, it's not really widely populated. but this gives an idea. this is the levee and this is the street view. you can see when it starts to come over, yes, it threatens land, of course. roads are impassable and you're looking at a home right here. the other problem too is when you're dealing with the heavy rainfall, then you combine in the stron

jennifer delgado has an update. focus specifically on what's happening in plaquemines parish. >> we are going to start off talking a bit more and helping people visualize the levee system across plaquemines parish. we want to point out to you. of course, thgs the east side. as we zoom in more, we want to talk about the area that is threatened by this. again, we're talking about roughly an 18-mile stretch from braithwaite to white ditch. we're hearing reports of flooding, anywhere from 5 to 10 feet as the gentleman just said, it's built up to 8 feet on the west side of course not quite as tall. as we zoom in more, and he mentioned the west bank i think he said was not as populated but over towards the east, look at this, soledad. you can see the homes there. as we zoom in more, we'll show you where the levee system is and it is not very high but yes, of course roads are being flooded out because there's not much to protect it and the homes are threatened. earlier the gentleman said there was a rescue operation and we