rafael miranda is standing by with the latest.ands coming through. lining all of the people who live here and love this area, they can't wait to see this storm finally move on out. >> that's exactly right. although it will take a lot of patience. again, not till late tomorrow conditions will really start to improve. you've been in and out of the conditions. they seem to improve. wind gusts gusting at 61 miles per hour in new orleans. it gets very blustery where you are. gulfport 5 miles per hour. isaac is very, very slow to weaken. and take a look at all of this rain we have to deal with. again torrential down power stretching fra from the panhandle. some of the worst showers and storms in and out of new orleans and also a little bit further towards the east, biloxi, mississippi, gulfport taking a beating. again this is a slow mover into the overnight hours. potentially weather conditions last into thursday. tamron, over to you. >> thank you very much, rafael. tear p here to help out, especially those from my home state of texas t

. >> reporter: the wnbc meteorologist rafael miranda is standing by. ion, rafael. i know you have it as well here, but hurricane isaac is moving northeastward told the mouth of the mississippi. extensive inland flooding is possible. the head of the national hurricane center is also saying again the same words that the president utters, bobby jindal said the same thing, people should not take this lightly. >> that's right, tamron. even though it's only a category 1 hurks, still a very dangerous storm. a multi-faceted hurricane with several components to worry about. of course, the winds, 75 miles per hour at this hour capable of producing damage. but it is also that slow northwest motion you mentioned, 10 miles per hour is going to keep all the heavy rain over the same spots for several days. we'll be talking about this rain into thursday morning. so let's take a look at the current stats as of the very latest advisory. winds sustained at 75 miles per hour. now it is a category 1 hurricane. as we expected. we had to wait a while, but finally isaac did be