before sunrise. let me show you the satellite loop. we have two systems to talk about, first in the gulf. this is our tropical depression number 13. it may become a tropical storm later today. it would get the name lee or maria, dpepgd on if the one in the north atlantic which has no impact gets here first. it s drifting northwest at 2 miles per hour. it s going to bring a lot of rain here to louisiana, parts of mississippi, and towards the coast of alabama. between now and labor day, as much as 10 to a 15 inches of rain. it s a slow-moving system, unlike irene last week which whipped through new england. this is a long, period drawn out affair and it may crank up to a tropical storm and we may have some wind and costal issues. we don t think it s going to become a hurricane. look owe right side of that loop. that s hurricane katia. it s back to hurricane status, just upgraded again. it s weak.ed over the past day or so. 70-mile-per-hour sustained winds moving west-northwest at 14 and
relentless. alex, the storm has been going at the same speed, the same strength, for now two days at this point. and it just shows, even at this point, not a whole lot in the way of weakening. the latest intermediate update coming in at 5:00 a.m., it did show some slight signs of weakening, but still holding on to 75-mile-per-hour winds with two different landfalls at this point. this is connecticut. and i can t believe the winds that are whipping that up. you re going to head further up to boston now. there may be some people that are thinking, okay, tropical storm-force winds. and as they head up, it s going to all break apartment and to some extent, irene might break apart a bit. but i guess you can t guarantee that because of the enormity, the width, the breadth of the storm. the only good thing with the storm is we re not seeing too much in the way of cloud tops building on the southern end. if we are able to look at my satellite loop real quickly, i can show folks on the southe
towards th the adirondacks. residual flooding with continue for a number of area and then turn our eyes to the next storm. there is a jose. not going to have any impact on anybody except a little breezy in bermuda. that could have impacts for the eastern part of the u.s., not for a couple of weeks. we will have plenty of time to talk about it. shepard: watching your loop i guess of the infrared satellite loop and show there s is more rain coming. if you watch the last picture here, there is atlantic city. looks like new york city is going to get hit again on the backside of this thing. one last brand of rain that moves through from the storm. the win wheels, that cycle on through and move through the area, we have one last band that is moving through the philadelphia area right now. it will cut back through jersey and then back to new york city and a there will be a little bit of wind with that as well.
take a look at the loop. we recognize the jog to the right. this is the infrared satellite loop as chief meteorologist rick riechmuth informed us. it has jogged to the east. northeasterly direction over the last, i don t know, 30-45 minutes. that is not to say that will continue. every indication is this storm is going somewhere into new york city. could it be a little to west or east? of course, and it will make enormous difference. on the west side of the storm won t get the storm surge those on the east. say it comes along j.f.k. airport in queens, western end of long island, hamptons would get it. if it comes over new jersey the five burrough s would get it. this storm is real. bill hemmer picks up our
tank. reed, thanks a lot. this is visual loop but i think this is visual satellite loop. it s the radar that gives us a better idea. rick riechmuth chief meteorologist in the extreme weather center. that one you are looking at is infrared. it s the visual loop or visual satellite. here you go. flood concerns. we ve been seeing 10-12 inches across a widespread area. 17 inches and major flash flooding, inland getting flash flooding been causing problems in the coastal areas and getting the surge along that. flooding concerns will be all the way up across the northeast. shep, the radar gives us an idea what the center of the hurricane is doing. we saw it take an eastward jog right there. looks like it s a little bit continuing off to the northeastern jog. instead of being 15 degrees,