LOUISIANA. >>> ALWAYS ALERTING. ALWAYS TRACKING. THIS IS NEXT WEATHER. >> I'M NEXT WEATHER METEOROLOGIST DAVE WARREN. TROPICAL DEPRESSION GOING UP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY HERE . VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING PROBLEMS THERE. THIS TALE OF MOISTURE RIGHT THROUGH THE EMERALD COAST AND WE HAVE BEEN SEEING TORNADO WARNINGS COMING IN, WHICH IS WORKING ITS WAY EAST AWAY FROM PENSACOLA TOWARDS JACKSONVILLE. YOU HAVE THE MOISTURE COMING IN LIKELY HERE ON THE OVER THE STORM AND EAST OF THE STORM . UP IN ALABAMA, FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL PERSIST AS THE STORM MOVES NORTH. WE WANT TO WATCH THE NEXT WEATHER RADAR NETWORK, BECAUSE A LOT IS HAPPENING AND THERE WILL BE MORE ACTIVITY COMING IN. WE ARE JUST STARTING TO SEE THE SHOWERS DEVELOP OVER THE METRO AREA AND THEY WILL BE WORKING THEIR WAY HERE TO THE INTERIOR AND WHAT'S COMING IN FROM THE GULF COAST AND PUSHING BACK ACROSS THE AREA . IT WILL COOL THINGS DOWN AND NOTICED THAT IT IS GETTING COOLER RIGHT NEAR THE COAST. STILL, SENSORS AT ABOUT 90 DEGREES AND STILL DEALING WITH THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES. 100 IS THE CURRENT HEAT INDEX . 103 IN MIAMI AND FORT LAUDERDALE. CLOUDS ARE BUILDING UP AND THE SHOWERS WILL BE DEVELOPING AND TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB . HEAT OF THE DAY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND THERE WILL BE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE BREEZE PUSHING EVERYTHING BACK ACROSS THE AREA, WHICH CONTINUES TOMORROW. SATURDAY, HOT AND HUMID AND WE WILL GET DRY AIR COMING IN. BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND START OF NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEATHER RAIN TRACKER SHOWS THAT THE STRONGER WESTWIND IS PUSHING STORMS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPING BY 2 TO 3 ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 4:00 AND 5:00. AFTERNOON EVENING DOWNPOURS AND RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. THEY DON'T LAST MUCH LONGER BY 6:00 OR 7:00. A FEW STRAY SHOWERS AND QUIET OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF DEVELOPING TOMORROW. STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WORKING THROUGH THE AREA. IN ADDITION TO FRANCINE, IF YOU AREAS TO WATCH. LOW DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS EMMA WHICH MAY NOT AMOUNT TO MUCH . MOVING THROUGH THE ATLANTIC WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION 7, WHICH MOVES THROUGH THE EAST AND IT MAY BECOME A TROPICAL STORM , BUT LIKELY TURNING TO THE NORTH AS IT ENCOUNTERS A BIG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE. THERE IS THE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON. NOTICE THE RAIN CHANCE IS 6:00 TO 8:00. BY 8:00, THEY DO START TO DIMINISH DOWN TO ABOUT 10% BY 10:00 TONIGHT. THE TIMING OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS NOT IN THE MORNING, BUT THE AFTERNOON. 3:00, 6:00 AND 9:00 WITH THE STORMS COMING IN. NO ALERTS AND THE WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AND WE ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD . IN FACT TO 10 WIND THERE. WE DO HAVE TO KEEP THE RAIN CHANCES HIGH WITH THURSDAY, FRIDAY