for more on the storm's path, let's turn to violeta yas. good morning, violeta. >> yeah, francine upgraded to a hurricane with an intermediate advisory yesterday around 7:00. right now a category 1 hurricane located 195 miles east-northeast of the rio grande. you can see that at 95 miles per hour, moving to the north and east at 10 mile per hour. the center of circulation very clear in the gulf of mexico. out ahead everof this we have hurricane warnings from south central louisiana to the southeastern portion of the state. but the warnings extend into parts of mississippi as well. we'll continue to track this, movement continued expected to the northeast. we'll continue to watch this, storm surge going to be a big, big impact here with anywhere from 5 to 10 feet possible, extending around the grand isle area. a very dangerous situation in the gulf states. that's a quick look at your national weather and a quick peek at what's going on in your region, or rather, we're heading back to you. >>> former president trump and vice president harris

for more on the storm's path, let's turn to violeta yas. good morning, violeta. >> we're watching this closely, of course, with francine having intensified into a hurricane yesterday evening. that movement to the north and east continues at about 10 miles per hour with winds at 90 miles per hour. still a category one storm, and of course the numerous impacts will include flooding rain. rainfall rates of anywhere from 2 to 4 inches per hour here, especially across southeastern louisiana up into parts of mississippi. now remember this area has already seen a lot of rain over the course of the last couple of weeks. so, with that ground already being saturated, it's not going to take too much additional rain to exacerbate any existing flooding. you can see that stripe of where the heaviest rain will be from southeastern louisiana all the way up into western tennessee. storm surge is going to be a big impact as well with that sturge peaking here from kosecoastal louisiana to grand isle where numbers could reach to 5 to 10 feet, separate from any

let's vurn to violeta yas. >> we will be keeping a close eye on this over the next couple of days. we are watching the gulf of mexico especially here with conditions expected to develop through the next several days. we may be looking at a tropical depression by, let's say, the next day or two. we have a 90% chance that this does eventually become helene, although still a ways away, the development zone starts just east of central america. we will see showers and thunderstorms there, eventually this pushes between cuba and mexico, entering the gulf of mexico where conditions may be favorable for that intensification. now, in terms of where this is headed. still a bit unclear. again, this is still going to be developing through the course of the next couple of days or maybe more of a westward shift, for example, toward louisiana or perhaps an eastward shift which some models are indicating taking this a little closer to florida. all of the gulf states need to be on the lookout and keeping close tabs on this as we get more information through the course of the next couple of days but

meteorologist violeta yas is tracking it for us. what you watching? >> it's been a quiet couple of weeks in the atlantic, but we right now have two areas that we're watching. one of course is a well out across the open atlantic, just off the coast of africa. but closer to home here, we have one area of showers and thunderstorms with a 90% chance of intensifying into either a tropical depression or a storm through the next seven days. so this is what we're going to be watching for this week. you can see it's still a ways away. this is going to be impacting central america with showers and thunderstorms before eventually pushing to the north here between cuba as mexico, eventually entering the gulf of mexico. now what happens there, of course, remains to be determined. we're going to have to watch this in terms of which direction it goes. does it hook to the west approaching places like or to the east and places like florida. so the entire gulf coast here is going to be watching this through the course of the next several days in terms of not only the d

let's turn to nbc meteorologist violeta yas. good morning. >> yes, we are in the peak of the season. still two areas we're watching, tropical depression gordon hanging by a threat, we are locally very interested in that potential tropical cyclone sitting off of the coast of the carolinas. right now we are talking about winds at about 45 miles per hour with very slow northwest movement at just 3 miles per hour. this is sitting 115 miles east-southeast of charleston. you can see time is running out for intensification but we are expecting this to pick up some strength before it moves on shore. we do have tropical storm warnings in place from charleston all the way up through morehead city for tropical storm force winds, you can see peak gusts approaching 60 miles per hour, myrtle beach in the low 40s, carolina beach, those winds will cause storm surge issues as well between 1 and 3 feet and also dealing with the risk for flash flooding with potential of up to 4 inches of and the southern plains with temperatures comfortably into t

violeta yas is tracking it all force. good morning. >> good morning, frances. we've got two things going on right now. we've got tropical depression gordon really hang a big thread way out there in the atlantic. what we're watching more closely is potential tropical cyclone 8, sitting right off the coast of the carolinas, about 150 miles east-southeast of charleston. winds right now at 45 miles per hour. moving to the north and west very slowly at 3 miles per hour. this does have potential to intensify a bit before it moves on shore. this would eventually become helene perhaps some point later today. but nonetheless, we already have tropical storm warnings in place from charleston all the way up through morehead city. that means tropical storm conditions are expected either way. so something to watch out for the storm surge 1 to 3 feet in places like myrtle beach, and up through cape hatteras. but also the potential for tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain potentially causing flooding from easternorth caro nli across texas with temperatures reaching the mi

nbc meteorologist violeta yas is tracking the tropics force. good morning. >> good morning. we've got one wave off of africa, also with a pretty good chance of intensification at 70% over the next seven days. but of course of closer concern to us here is this suburbs, this area of showers and thunderstorms here across the western caribbean sea with a 90% chance of development through the next seven days. so this is likely going to eventually be helene in the future. so we could be looking at a tropical depression or a storm here through the course of the next couple of days before this eventually starts to move into the gulf of mexico. of course, this is something we're going to be watching a little bit more long-term here. so in terms of which direction this is going to go in, still a lot of time to sort out the details. you can see some of our forecast models track this westward towards louisiana, for example. some others bring it up through the florida panhandle and others into florida. this is something there along the gulf coast that folks are going to have to watch clo

let's bring in the meteorologist violeta yas for the forecast. do have two areas we're watching across the atlantic. we have tropical depression gordon that we're keeping an eye on, potential tropical cycle 8 sitting offshore in the carolinas. we have seen an up tick in winds, this sits 95 miles east -southeast of charleston. tropical storm warnings out for charleston up to morehead city, regardless of that intensification, we can expect heavy rain and surges as well. you can see the peak gusts around myrtle beach approaching 60 miles per hour later today. 6 million impacted by flood alerts and watches in effect for myrtle beach. notice this does extend inland into the raleigh areas. heavier amounts in eastern carolina and parts of virginia as well. it's a soggy start to the week for the mid-atlantic coast. >> thank you so much. >>> next up here, republican presidential nominee jd vance continues to peddle false claims about migrants supposedly eating pets in springfield, ohio. we'll play for you his latest comments despite the fierce pushback fr

time now for the weather and let's bring in meteorologist violeta yas. >> francine became a hurricaneiate advisory yesterday evening. about 7:00 right now still a category 1 storm with winds 90 miles an hour. it may start to accelerate a bit through this afternoon. we've got flood watches in effect here across much of southern louisiana, up into mississippi, extending east as well into parts of mississippi and the western panhandle of florida for about 8 million people. so flooding rain, of course, going to be a big issue in new orleans and batten rouge to louisiana's biggest cities extending right up to jackson, mississippi. you can see where those tape amounts will fall here west of new orleans to east of the jackson area and heavier bands we could be looking up to 12 inches of rainfall. ofg, storm surge is going to be a big issue with this as well with the main surge area where we have those warnings in place. we could be looking at surge anywhere from 5 to 10 feet, so a very dangerous situation, unfortunately, here over parts of the gulf coast. >> we'll certainly be watching that

. >>> time now for the weather, and let's go to meteorologist violeta yas.jonathan. a relatively quiet couple of weeks. we've got two areas that we're watching. one still way out across the open atlantic, just off the koefrts of africa. a disturbance with a 70% chance of developing through the next seven days, but, of course, we're closely watching this one here just east of central america, this one with a 90% chance of intensifying in the next seven days. this is likely going to be helene once this develops throw the course of the next day and advances into the gulf of mexico where conditions unfortunately are looking favorable for further inteniintensification. in terms of where this is headed or potential impacts, of course, it's still early for that. you can see the tracks favoring the western areas farning louisiana. again, it's goes ing to take time to sort out the details, but confidence is growing that this will be not only a named storm but essentially a strong storm such as a hurricane. people along the gulf coast are going to need to be watching

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