forecast from wdsv Channel 6 in New Orleans the radio partner of KBC 1059 FM this weather is being sponsored by proven weight loss Solutions are now available in St Mary Parish at a new buben bariatric center in Franklin Dr Johnny Perez offers a comprehensive line of advanced and general surgery procedures including gastric sleeves and revisions gastric bypass and lap band adjustments weight loss injections and hor therapy options are also available call 337 4711 1215 to schedule a consultation or visit buub health.org bariatric center for more details today is going to be a wet day off and on we actually have a flood watch in effect right now WDSU first warning radar showing us some rain most of it on the light to moderate side but today is going to be an off andon rainy day obviously what we're most concerned about is what's going to happen tomorrow because that's when Francine is really going to impact our weather right now about 548 Mi away from us according to the 4:00 advisory in the National Hurricane Center let's go ahead and kind of show you exactly what's going on in the next 24 hours as far as the forecast track goes what we're going to do is we're going to likely see this system getting a little bit stronger might become a category 2 hurricane here sometime in the next 24 to 36 hours now it follows this forecast track here it is Category 2 storm Wednesday afternoon coming ashore somewhere likely in the state of of Louisiana again here's your cone of probability doesn't matter where it goes in this cone we're going to get bad weather throughout the day on Wednesday we already have a flood watch in effect through Thursday in the morning gustiest winds could be also looking at the potential to reach that hurricane status so that's winds 74 miles hour or stronger it's the potential right now we're looking for tropical storm force winds likely this is all through Wednesday Wednesday morning going through late Wednesday night so for Tuesday we're looking at widespread storm potential the flood risk begins but on Wednesday we also add risk for tornadoes and locally heavy rain too FR scene is projected to become a category 2 by Wednesday braking 6 to 8 Ines of rain flashlighting is a big concern Wednesday and a loss of power due to high winds the system quickly moves out late Wednesday into early Thursday and then we finally dry out from the WDSU first war weather center I'm Raven rishard