miles per hour as we go back to vipir, we can take a look at isaac and show you that the forward speed is just 12 miles per hour. it will be a slow mover. it will churn there in the northern gulf right into the city of new orleans over the next couple of days and they will get unbelievable amounts of rain. they are forecasting 7 to 14 inches of rain. i think flooding will become a big issue. a six-foot storm surge. six to 12 feet with the storm surge. still likely to become a hurricane. still maximum winds of 70 miles per hour show that makes it a very strong tropical storm t will likely cross the throash held to hurricane status later today. let s do local weather. we ve got a cold front moving through as we speak. it will likely cross the threshold to hurricane status later today. you can see the showers moving in from the north and west. parts of our viewing area getting some light showers. they will be moving through during the next several hours. you will wake up with
is a big push of water. six to 12 feet, tropical storm winds, and this will be late tomorrow or early on wednesday. as you mentioned, wednesday is a seventh anniversary of katrina. again, this is not the katrina- type storm, but they re going to get a lot of heavy rain and that storm surge flooding is going to be a concern. eventually as we take this farther in time, looks like it s going to end up parking over st. louis later in the week and in that area, a lot of rain is falling. in t new orleans area, it could be 12 to 15 inches and that moves up the mississippi river area is any some beneficial rains for some area and that is going to be a long day and more to come on that and we ll talk about the local forecast in just a few minutes. thank you. several airlines are canceling all of the new orleans flights in anticipation of hurricane winds from rain and isaac, of course and morn airlines, southwest, and united are suspending in the city. southwest will make a decisio