OF THE FUN IS GOING TO BEGIN TOMORROW. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THE FORECAST ON THIS ALERT DAY BECAUSE THE BIG CONCERN WOULD BE LIGHTNING, AND THAT WILL BE THE DECIDING FACTOR ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT RACE TOMORROW, RIGHT? EXACTLY. AND WE'RE ALSO KEEPING A CLOSE EYE FOR POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING AS WELL. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, NO FLASH FLOODING ALERTS IN EFFECT. WE STILL GOT THAT FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING JUST IN CASE. YOU KNOW, WE COULD SEE SOME FLOOOOD ADVISORIES OR FLASH FLOD WARNINGS GO INTO EFFECT. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO ACTIVE ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. BUT WHAT'S ACTIVE RIGHT NOW IS THE WDSU FIRST WARNING DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR. BOY, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL, OF THE RAIN HERE CURRENTLY, ESPECIALLY WHERE YOU SEE THE AREAS OF YELLOW, ORANGE AND RED, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE MAJORITY OF THAT HEAVY RAIN, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU FOLKS DOWN TOWARDS THE GRAND ISLE AREA, AND NOT TO MENTION UP TOWARDS GOLDEN MEADOW. LET'S GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER UP TOWARDS THE NORTH NEAR CUT OFF. VERY HEAVY RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING THERE. LOCKPORT, RACELAND HOUMA AND EVEVENTUALLY UP TOWARDS THE THIBODAUX AREA HERE TOO, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TOWARDS THE METRO, WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF SOME LIGHTER RAIN THAT'S CURRENTLY FALLING, BUT WE'RE SEEING SOME HEAVIER POCKETS HERE AND THERE, SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY WHERE YOU SEE THE YELLOWISH SHADES THERE ON THE RADAR. THAT INDICATES SOME MODERATE RAINFALL. THE CAUSEWAY RIGHT NOW, LOOKING A LITTLE LIGHT IN TERMS OF THE RAIN UP TOWARDS MANDEVILLE, A LITTLE BIT OF SOME LIGHT ACTIVITY THERE, BUT AGAIN, NO FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS TO SHARE AT THE PRESENT TIME. BUT THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS JUST OFF SHORE BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND SOME GUSTY WINDS EMBEDDED WITH SOME OF THOSE CELLS. HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR OVER THE LAST SIX HOURS. VERY MESSY CONDITIONS, REALLY. EVER SINCE THE START OF THIS MORNING THAT CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY. AND THERE YOU CAN SEE ON THE BIGGER PICTURE, WE'RE WATCHING THAT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. ALSO INTERACTING WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY AT THE SAME TIME. SO THIS IS A BIG WEATHER MAKER FOR US TO DEAL WITH. AND THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER STILL INVESTIGATING THIS SYSTEM. IT'S INVEST 90 L HAS A 10% CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS, AND ALSO THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, BUT THE CHANCES, THOUGH, ARE VERY SLIM. NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT. STILL GOING TO BRING US SOME WET WEATHER. THAT'S WHY WE'RE STILL UNDER THAT FLOOD. WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 7:00 TOMORROW MORNING. ALSO UNDER A LEVEL THREE MODERATE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING FOR THE AREA HERE, TOO. AND WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THAT FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS. AND MAYBE SOME FLASH FLOOD ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS THAT COULD COULD GET POSTED. BUT HERE WE GO AS WE HEAD INTO 4:00 IN THE DAY, THAT LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO OUR GENERAL DIRECTION, SPREADING THE WET WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TODAY AND ALSO AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, MORE OF THE SAME. THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE AS WE TAKE YOU INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. AND UNFORTUNATELY YET ANOTHER WET DAY JUST ALL DAY LONG HERE IT LOOKS LIKE AS WE HEAD INTO THE REST OF YOUR SATURDAY MORNING, ALSO INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BUT AGAIN, THE HEAVIER RAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO STAY OFFSHORE NEAR THE COASTLINE. WE'LL JUST BE LOOKING AT SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY OF SOME HEAVY RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BEFORE SUNDAY ARRIVES, YOU CAN SEE WE START TO SEE A BIT OF A BREAK HERE AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY MORNING. AS THAT SYSTEM BEGINS TO CLEAR THE AREA AND ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH TO KIND OF SCOOT IT OUT. BUT THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST TRENDS STILL LOOK PRETTY HIGH, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. UP TO 90%. AND FRIDAY AROUND 70%. SO WE'LL SEE A BREAK IN THE RAIN HERE AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY. MORE RAIN CHCHANCES COMING UP NT WEEK. 2 TO 4 ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS INLAND, BUT I THINK THE HIGHER TOTALS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE, 5 TO 8IN OR MORE POSSIBLE REMODEL THE TROPICS. NOT A LITTLE BIT ACTIVE. WE GOT A COUPLE OF AREAS THAT WE'RE WATCHING LOW CHANCES FOR DEVELOPMENT OVERALL WDSU FIRST WARNING, SEVEN DAY FORECAST RAIN CHANCES