this is not a tropical wave. there s no organized rotation with this system, but bringing in torrential down pours through the weekend. we could see as much as 2 to 5 inches of rainfall. this is so close to the shore we don t think there s time for this to organize into a tropical storm. but either way you slice it, this is going to be a flood maker. let s move on to igor. igor is a huge hurricane. this thing spans nearly 700 miles across. when you take a look at the island of bermuda, what is it, like 20 miles across? there s no way you re going to get a miss on this. you re going to get lashed with tropical storm force winds any time arriving now. we re talking about that s going to last for almost 48 hours, and landfall is going to be probably late tomorrow night and into early monday morning.
of the eye and the width of the wind because we re already going to see significantly deteriorating conditions for our kaylee hartung right there in new orleans. that right there is the eye of the storm itself, just barely getting on the radar but it will get more and more distinct as the storm gets closer and closer and this storm is moving quickly. it s moving north northwest at 26 miles per hour. this isn t going to be a flood maker like harvey was, but certainly we could get four to five inches of rain in new orleans, maybe a little bit more than that on the east side of the storm, and the east side of the storm is where the true storm surge is going to be as well. that surge is going to be part of the wind field. the wind is on the east side of the storm, not so much on the west side of the storm but we also have the forward motion. so if the storm is 90 or 100, plus it s moving at 26 miles per hour forward, you almost have to