weekend, red flag warnings are up. winds to push any small fire and become a monster fire. again, out of control potentially because winds are a factor. we have seen gusts between 50 and 77 miles per hour from venture a county to los angeles county. this again from santa barbara through l.a. and san diego. you can see where the red fires are and where the fire threat is today and will continue to be through the weekend. >> bad stuff. appreciate that. let's talk about more weather out there, the biggest weather maker this weekend could turn out to be a tropical storm by the name of karen. no longer a danger that it will become a hurricane. but residents on the gulf coast are still being warned. karen could hit southeast louisiana tonight. cnn's indra peterson is in pensacola with more on that and the kind of rain and storm surge that is expected. indra? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, what a difference from yesterday.