Flood advisory for North Shore, Francine weakens

THOSE LIGHTS TURNED ON AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. YEAH. LET'S GO RIGHT NOW TO METEOROLOGIST JIM. STILL WITH MORE ON WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE AS IT CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY UP NORTH AND JIM, THE BEST PART OF SEEING THIS GRAPHIC HERE IS THE VERY END OF THE RADAR. AND JUST SEEING THIS THING IS NOWHERE NEAR US. WELL, I ACTUALLY WENT BACK 18 HOURS JUST SO PEOPLE COULD KIND OF SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN IT WAS COMING ONSHORE. IT'S STILL A BIG RAINMAKER, THE CENTER OF IT. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE ACTUALLY ABOUT 200 MILES AWAY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA RIGHT NOW, BUT HERE OBVIOUSLY IS YOUR MOST RECENT SATELLITE VIEW, AS FRANCINE IS MAKING ITS WAY TO THE NORTH. NOW, WE GOT OUR 10:00 ADVISORY A LITTLE BIT EARLY THIS MORNING. IT SURPRISED US A BIT. MOVING TO THE NORTH NOW AT 14MPH, MAXIMUM WINDS DOWN AT 35. OBVIOUSLY IT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A BIG RAINMAKER FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THE NORTH OF US 75. IN BOGALUSA, 76 AT THE LAKEFRONT, 78. OUR CURRENT TEMPERATURE ON GRAND ISLE. THESE TEMPERATURES NOT OVERLY WARM, BUT THIS IS THE REAL KEY TO THE FORECAST, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING, MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE, THE DEW POINT CLOSE TO 70 AND A LOT OF SPOTS. THAT'S MANAGEABLE. SO HERE'S YOUR FEELS-LIKE READING. ONLY A DEGREE OR TWO MORE THAN THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURES IN A LOT OF SPOTS, AND THAT DEW POINT LIKELY TO GET LOWER. IF YOU DON'T HAVE POWER, YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE THIS BECAUSE THIS AFTERNOON, THE DEW POINT REMAINING PRETTY MUCH STEADY. BUT BY TOMORROW, WITH OUR WINDS BECOMING MORE NORTHWESTERLY, IT MEANS LOWER HUMIDITY AND HERE'S YOUR DEW POINT IN THE AFTERNOON. 62 IN HAMMOND, 66 IN KENNER. SO A LITTLE LESS MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE TOMORROW. AND THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE FOR US THROUGH SATURDAY. HUMIDITY STAYING MANAGEABLE. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES AFTER A HURRICANE, IT SEEMS LIKE THE HUMIDITY IS UP LIKE 98%. NOT SO WITH THIS STORM WINDS RIGHT NOW ARE BASICALLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 TO 15MPH. BUT TOMORROW THEY'RE GOING TO SHIFT AND BECOME MORE NORTHWESTERLY. AND AS THAT HAPPENS, OOPS. I WENT TO THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST A LITTLE EARLY AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT TEAM COVERAGE BEGINNING. HERE'S RAY FROM RICHARD. HEY, TRY TO SPEED THINGS UP FOR US. SO BEFORE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW IT FELT OUTSIDE. SO I WENT OUTSIDE, TOLD JIM, CAME BACK INSIDE, I WAS LIKE, IT'S A TEN. WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. ONE OUT OF TEN. I WAS LIKE, IT'S A TEN. IT FEELS GOOD OUTSIDE. I WILL SAY, BUT MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S COLD IN HERE. AND SO I STEPPED OUT AND THEN IT JUST, I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAYS, IT DOESN'T FEEL BAD OUTSIDE. THAT'S WHAT I'LL TELL YOU. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OFOF R CAMERAS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE CAUSEWAY. LOOK AT THE WATER. IT IS REALLY WHIPPING. AND I'VE BEEN SHOWING THIS CAMERA ALL MORNING LONG. THIS LOOKS A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT IF YOU'VE BEEN WITH US OR YOU'RE WITH US, JUST MAYBE A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, EVEN AN HOUR AGO. THIS IS THE ISLAND VIEW CASINO CAMERA. THIS IS OUT AT GULFPORT. THE WAVES AREN'T NEARLY NEARLY AS BAD, SO THE WINDS HAVE DEFINITELY DIED DOWN. SO THAT IS SOME GOOD NEWS. WE LOVE TO SEE THAT. BUT THIS HAS ACTUALLY JUST POPPED UP. I AM LOOKING AT A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. THIS WILL BE ALONG THE NORTH SHORE JUST ALONG LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. SO MAYBE ABOUT 1 TO 2 MORE FEET OF WATER RISING JUST DUE TO ALL THE RAIN. WE'VE HAD THE THE STORM SURGE AND ALL THAT. LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR RAIN TOTALS. WE'VE BEEN SHOWING THIS AS SOME FOLKS JUST NOW JOINING US. YOU'RE JUST NOW WAKING UP. MAYBE YOU'RE JUST GETTING POWER BACK. HERE'S WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YOU. LET'S GO TO THE NORTH SHORE. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE RADAR INDICATED RADAR. ESTIMATED RAIN TOTALS FOR YOU. A LOT OF FOLKS LOOKING AT ALMOST EIGHT INCHES. WE'VE GOT THAT. MADISONVILLE, MANDEVILLE, LACOMBE LOOKING AT ALMOST SEVEN INCHES. SLIDELL LOOKING AT ALMOST SIX INCHES OF RAIN. THIS IS JUST FROMOM THE STORM TT JUST PASSED THROUGH HEADING TO THE SOUTH SHORE. WE HAD SOME REPORTERS OUT NEAR THE KENNER AREA LOOKING AT EIGHT PLUS INCHES OF RAIN. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME IN NEW ORLEANS. ALMOST EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN AS WELL. AND THEN WE'LL HEAD OUT TO THIBODAUX AND ALSO HOUMA. SO THIBODAUX LOOKING AT ABOUT SIX INCHES OF RAIN ON CHACKBAY, LOOKING AT ABOUT 7.5IN OF RAIN. SO 7IN TO 8IN ALL. THE AREAS HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE. BUT OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS, HERE'S YOUR TOTALS AT ALL. LOOKING AT 15IN ALMLMOST FOR THE AREAS HIGHLIGHTED. AND WE'LL CALL IT A WHITE COLOR. SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN. GROUND HAS BEEN SATURATED. SO THAT'S LIKELY WHY THE WIND WAS ABLE TO KNOCK OVER SOME TREES THAT WE DID SEE. AND SOME OF THE REPORTERS LIVE SHOTS. HERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS FOR US. WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH RAIN WE DON'T REALLY NEED MUCH MORE. LOOK, NEXT FIVE DAYS YOUR RAINFALL ESTIMATES NOT REALLY A WHOLE LOT. SO FINALLY GOING TO GET A BREAK. THAT'S SOME GOOD NEWS FOR US RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. NO RAIN ON RADAR FOR US. SO THINGS ARE STARTING TO CLEAR OUT. LOOK AT THE WINDS. THEY ARE LOOKING A WHOLE LOT BETTER FOR US AS WELL. THESE ARE THEE WIND GUSTS. LOOKING AT HAMMOND. ONLY NINE MILES PER HOUR FOR YOUR WIND GUSTS. I'VE GOT ABOUT 20, 25 OVER IN SLIDELL, NORTH SHORE AREA. SO STARTING TO PICK UP IN A COUPLE PLACES ALONG THE COAST. BUT YOU CAN SEE IT IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT. EVEN HAD WIND GUSTS UP TO ABOUT 90. IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER BY THE TIME WE DO GET TO THE AFTERNOON. SO A LOT MORE A BETTER CONDITIONS FOR THE LINEMEN TO WORK WITH. LET'S GET TO YOUR WDSU FIRST WARNING SEVEN-DAY FORECAST GOT SOME 80S. WE'RE CLEARING OUT AND DRYING OUT. BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE WEEKEND, THINGS AR