the northwestern fringes of the strongest band around the center are now over southeastern louisiana. gus over 70 miles per hour. you will see more of that kind of wind and heavier rain move onshore of alabama, mississippi and southeastern louisiana. conditions really are going downhill as the afternoon goes on. you can see on the satellite that in the southern part of the circulation and out to the east, there is perhaps a longer period of rain and wind that will occur. the north side has been a little thinner. when the south side comes to short it will really ramp up. when the center comes to shore, that is not the end of the event. it will be kind of the beginning. that is when the rainfall will really start to get solid four hours and hours. the forecast is for perhaps a little more strengthening before the system comes ashore. it could get a little stronger within this category one hurricane range. cannot completely rule out category two, no. generally speaking, the situ