>> something reiterated by new orleans city officials, who upgraded the storm surge forecast. it's going to cover from 7:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. bonnie schneider, thank you for the update. to get now perspective of what the conditions are going to be like, not just in new orleans, we're going to cross over and speak to kristen dahlgren who joins us now from mobile, alabama, as the hurricane there, not just going to impact one city or one state, but in fact, the entire gulf coast. talk to us about the preparations there that are under way. >> reporter: hi there, well, a lot of sandbagging earlier today and that's a good thing, because i want to show you this. we are already seeing that storm surge. this is mobile bay. it's already coming over its banks here. take a look at this. this is just after the initial outer bands. right now, you can see it's clear, and this water still here, four, five, six inches deep in places. it's expected to get much, much higher. the national weather service is

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