an hour, that is where it s going to be contained. and that is now moving through biloxi. so biloxi is experiencing the worst of the storm. 85 miles an hour, that s the latest advisory from the national hurricane center. we know where the storm is headed. it s headed to the north and booking at 20 miles an hour. i was with you earlier this morning, this thing was out in the yucatan peninsula. it only took a day and it s made landfall. now within the next hour or so making the secondary landfall here across gulf port and into biloxi. mobile bay will also be seeing storm surge. that water will continue to be pushed up as long as the winds continue to come in from the south. that s not the only problem here. when we talk about storm surge
we always think about water coming in from the gulf and the atlantic ocean, sure that can happen, but it can also come in from on the eastern side of the storm because of the southerly winds we ve had water coming in through mississippi, 3.2 feet. that s already happening. again, the forecast has been anywhere from 5 to 7 feet. so the worst of it happening right now and will continue for the next couple of hours. as far as the winds, that wind field will diminish dramatically within the next four to six hours because the storm is making landfall, and it will be the last landfall. obviously it s making its way up to the north, the wind will begin to diminish and then we re dealing with a rain event the next few days. a drought condition across the eastern u.s., so this will be beneficial rainfall. it s going to be a bumpy next
way right now. it s ankle deep here, it s going to continue rising. and that s always been the big concern right here in biloxi. the high-water level anywhere from 7 to 11 feet of storm surge. a lot of it being driven of course by the winds being pushed onshore. the problem is for these first responders they re not going to be able to get through. they know that, which is why they ve evacuated a lot of these areas along the coastline here. a lot of people would be coming out here just to look. so this is the real reason. this is what the warning was all about. this water is coming up dramatically fast, continuing to coming up. and it s the real worry they have tonight in biloxi tonight, brooke. martin, let me stay with you a little longer. for people just tuning in wanting to know what this storm
is. that s the eye of the storm making landfall as we speak. once this part goes right over biloxi, it ll be an official landfall. but right now the worst of the conditions are on that northern eye wall. and if we have hurricane force winds, that s where they re going to be located. the rest are going to be tropical force winds. nothing to sneeze at. those can also take out power lines. biloxi now, 4 to 5 feet of storm surge. literally the gulf of mexico moving into shore. these could go a little bit higher in the next hour or so and then things will begin to wind down along with the winds as well. once this thing makes landfall, the winds will diminish. the center of the storm, the worst of nate happening right
it is incredibly the different pictures and what is still yet to come, ed lavandera, in mobile. let s talk about what exactly nate is doing. my goodness, those pictures out of boxty, that was really the first we had seen of that storm surge really picking up. first pictures of what really hurricane nate is capable of. i tell you what, gulf of mexico is now in biloxi. it has come in with 4 or 5 feet of storm surge, and it has continued to push in. what you see here, this big gap, that s the eye of the hurricane. that s the center of the storm. so the worst of the weather is actually now moving in two forms here. not only is the water coming in from the gulf, but also we re looking at the strongest winds. those are going to be contained in the outer bands here. we re going to see 75, 80 miles