Tracking what's next after Hurricane Francine

PEOPLE WAIT IN LINE FOR THOSE HOT MEALS. THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE OKAY FOR THAT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, FALL. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A HIGH OF 78 AND BEAUTIFULLY DRY WEATHER. IT'S GOING TO BE THE TYPICAL SOME 80S GETTING A LITTLE HOTTER, GETTING A LITTLE HUMIDITY, THE HEAT INDEX. BUT IT'S NOT TERRIBLE. IT'S NOT WHERE WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH TERRIBLE HURRICANES AND THEN HEAT INDEX HEAT INDEX OF 110. AND YOU DON'T HAVE POWER. YOU DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. IT'S FAIRLY COMFORTABLE FOR THINGS CONSIDERED. LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE STORM RIGHT NOW. FRANCINE IS NO LONGER EVEN NAMED. IT'S NO LONGER EVEN A TROPICAL SYSTEM. THIS IS SPINNING AROUND. IT IS JUST AN ORDINARY SYSTEM. IT'S BEEN DEEMED WHAT'S CALLED POST-TROPICAL OR NO LONGER TROPICAL. BUT THERE IT IS SPINNING. IT'S RIGHT OVER MEMPHIS. STILL QUITE A BIT OF HEAVY RAIN. WE AT ONE TIME, AND STILL DO HAVE SOME TORNADO WATCH FOR THIS ESSENTIALLY. FEEDER BANDS. LET'S GO BACK. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS TIME. YESTERDAY WE WERE ON AIR AT THIS TIME AND JUST TAKING YOU ALL THE WAY THROUGH FROM LANDFALL RIGHT HERE IN TERREBONNE PARISH IS WHERE IT HIT, ROLLED RIGHT ON THROUGH. AND THAT EYEWALL BROUGHT THE WORST OF THE DESTRUCTION RIGHT ON THROUGH HOUMA THIBODAUX JUST ON THROUGH SAINT JAMES, SAINT SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST TO SAINT CHARLES PARISH NORTHWARD. WENT TO TANGIPAHOA AND WESTERN SAINT TAMMAMANY PARISH. AND ONCE WE ENTERED THE NORTH SHORE, AND IT WAS LATER AT NIGHT ENOUGH INFLUENCE WITH LAND, THE WEAKENING PROCESS REALLY HIT AND TOOK UP, AND WE WEAKENED THAT STORM VERY QUICKLY. IT WAS STILL TROPICAL STORM STATUS, THOUGH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE STATE AND NOT UNTIL WE GOT TOWARDS TODAY DID WE SEE A DROP BELOW. EVEN BEING A TROPICAL SYSTEM TO RIGHT NOW IN THE LAST FEW HOURS, HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS AND THESE ARE JUST FOR THE DAY YESTERDAY, GOING FROM THE MIDNIGHT INTO THE PREVIOUS DAY. UP UNTIL THAT POINT, ABOUT NINE 10:00, DEPENDING ON WHEN THE RAIN ACTUALLY ENDED FOR YOU. MANDEVILLE, THAT WAS PRETTY LATE. THIS IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO 11:00 NINE INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL JUST FOR THE DAY. ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL, SETTING A RECORD FOR THE DATE OF OVER SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN, EVEN LAKEFRONT AIRPORT OVER SIX INCHES DOWNTOWN. ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF IN MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN TOTALS WERE RIGHT ON THROUGH NEW ORLEANS. GOING TO WORK UP SOME OTHER RAIN TOTALS FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT, AND I'VE SEEN THINGS HERE IN NEW ORLEANS THAT WERE UPWARDS OF 13 AND 14IN GOING ALL THE WAY FROM TUESDAY ALL THE WAY TO LATE LAST NIGHT FOR THE WIND GUSTS. DULAC TOP OF THE LIST AT 96, AN OIL RIG WAY OUT INTO THE GULF WITH GUSTS TO 112. THAT WAS PRETTY HIGH UP IN THE AIR TOO. ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL L GUSTSO 78, AND EVEN AN AREA IN NEW ORLEANS EAST WITH A GUST AT 70. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RIVERS AND MONITORING THESE VERY CLOSELY. THE ONLY RIVER I'D SEEN THAT HAD ANY CHANCE TO CREST THAT MIGHT GET INTO A MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THIS IS THE BOGUE FALAYA LATEST I CHECKED WAS POSSIBLE. CREST. AND THAT'S TONIGHT AT 7:00. THAT'S A PRETTY BIG JUMP TO THE LATEST OBSERVATION TO ABOUT 15FT. BUT THAT'S STILL AT MODERATE STAGE. THAT'S STILL BELOW THE MAJOR STAGE. AND THEN IT'S A QUICK FALL. SO WE'RE EVEN DOWN TO MINOR FLOOD TERRITORY AND BACK TO REGULAR RIVER LEVELS GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. REAL TIME TEMPERATURES WERE 80S. WE'VE GOT SOME 70S. THE HEAT INDEX ISN'T TOO AWFULLY BAD. THE WINDS VERY IMPORTANT HERE. THEY'VE REALLY FADED AWAY. THESE ARE JUST AVERAGE WIND SPEEDS OVER A COUPLE OF MINUTES. FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE. AND THERE AREN'T ANY WIND GUSTS TO GO ALONG WITH THAT TOO. AND I THINK WE WILL ALL TAKE THAT GIVING CREWS THAT ARE OUT TRYING TO RESTORE POWER GET NEW POWER POLES UP. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE DAY, THROUGH THE NIGHT, THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL WE GET THAT TOGETHER. THERE'S WHAT WAS ONCE FRANCINE, STILL A PRETTY POTENT SYSTEM. IT'S STILL GOT THOSE TORNADO WATCHES I MENTIONED FOR THE FEEDER BANDS. ALABAMA, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, LOOKS TO BE BIRMINGHAM AND MONTGOMERY. PROBABLY BOTH WITHIN THERE AS WELL. WE'RE LOOKING UP PRETTY HIGH AT THE WIND STRUCTURE ABOUT A FEW MILES INTO THE AIR. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE JET STREAM. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WE STILL AREN'T DONE WITH THE INFLUENCE OF THE ENERGY FROM WHAT WAS. FRANCINE. IT'S GOING TO BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT FARTHER WEST, AND THERE'S A CHANCE THAT IT'S IN THE REGION. COULD GIVE US A CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER AS WE GET TO SATURDAY. SUNDAY? I MEAN, IT'S A MINIMAL THING. THIS ISN'T ANYTHING OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM OR EVEN A STRONGER STORM DEVELOPS FROM HERE. EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE FINE. NO BIG RAIN CHANCES COMING IN. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE BEST FORECAST FOR AT LEAST A 10% CHANCE OF A SPRINKLE OR A BRIEF SHOWER. DOES POP. LET'S GET THE HIGH RES LOOK AT THIS TO TOMORROW MORNING. STARTING OFF OKAY. UPPER 60S NORTH SHORE. I GOT 71 GALLIANO TO HOUMA 72 HERE IN TOWN. LAKEFRONT ABOUT 76 IN GRAND ISLE, STARTING OFF AT 77 GRAND ISLE. THE LAST I CHECKED, YOU HAD YOUR POWER ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE EVENT TOO. THERE YOU SEE, THE LAST OF KIND OF THOSE ENERGY BANDS WRAPPING AROUND THE SYSTEM. MAYBE THAT 10% CHANCE OF A SHOWER. TEMPERATURES 86 BOGALUSA TO GULFPORT TO GALLIANO, TO GRAND ISLE. THE LAKEFRONT 85 HERE, 87 BELLE CHASSE INTO THE WEEKEND. NOW, THE WEEKEND ACTUALLY LOOKS PRETTY TREMENDOUS. STILL, THOSE BANDS AND INFLUENCE AS THE SYSTEM TRIES TO BACKTRACK AND BACK UP WESTWARD. THERE'S AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO THAT SHOWS 5:00 IN OUR HIGH RISK FORECAST, AND MAYBE A FEW MORE. SO MAYBE 10 TO 20% CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER. BUT THIS ISN'T A HEAVY STORM. THIS ISN'T A FLOOD THREAT WHATSOEVER. THE TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY UP 88 LAKEFRONT TO 89 HERE, SOME OF THE OTHER READINGS A LITTLE BIT DOWN 85 SLIDELL, BUT 87 INTO BELLE CHASE LOOKING AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST AGAIN THE ENERGY FROM WHAT WAS ONCE FRANCINE IS STILL CHURNING AROUND BY THIS PARTICULAR FORECAST CUTS ITSELF OFF. IT'S AWAY FROM ANY STEERING WINDS. THOSE JET STREAMS. IT'S JUST CHURNING AROUND. SO IT COULD GIVE US S A COUPLE F STORMS WRAPPING AROUND MONDAY INTO TUESDAY'S FORECAST. BUT THERE ARE VARYING DIFFERENCES EXACTLY WHERE THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO MEANDER OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE TAKEAWAY HERE, THERE ISN'T ANY MAJOR STORM SYSTEM. THERE'S NOTHING TROPICAL COMING. OUR WAY. IN FACT, I'M GOING TO NEED TO PUT SOME TROPICAL OUTLOOKS BACK IN MY FORECAST FOR YOU. THE NEXT TIME YOU'LL SEE ME, I WILL GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THE TROPICS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS WITH LOW CHANCES, BUT THERE ISN'T ANY CHANCE OF ANYTHING COMING OUR WAY. AND I DON'T EVEN SEE THE CHANCE OF ANYTHING DEVELOPING. TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 80S GETTING POSSIBLY NEAR 90 TO THE WEEKEND. BUT T AGAIN, THE RAIN CHANCES VY MINIMAL. THERE ISN'T ANY CHANCE OF FLOODING RAIN. SO THE