Tracking Ida

" Residents from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle are bracing for the impact of hurricane eye of the storm is expected to make landfall. As early as tonight is tomorrow it could bring a lot of rain in the Gulf Coast the storm downgraded this morning to category one. Ed Rappaport is the deputy director of the national -- Henry joins us live from the Miami area. And yeah this storm is bigger than you thought it was going to be -- What stronger than what was forecast originally but we did think that there be some significance we continuously. As I approached the coast and that's what's occurring right now okay now we're looking at the images you've got over your shoulder and we know that -- watches and warnings have been posted all the way from grand file in Louisiana. Right through the Gulf Coast of Florida. Tell us when you think it's gonna make landfall and who's going to be impacted by all of that rain and wind as well. Right now the center of hurricane is way down here you see most the colors are up ahead of it. The -- is down here what that means is that the weather is also well ahead of the senator. The center itself less likely to come ashore during the overnight hours but most of the wind and the rain will be ahead of that so -- conditions are gonna deteriorate. During the day today and it's most of the rough weather will be. From Mississippi eastward to the Florida Panhandle okay and in addition to the rough weather and we've got to worry about storm surge could be 1456. Feet in some spots. If they intensity -- so stay up where it is not a hurricane deaths so we wouldn't. That's what we would see but at this point it looks like they're the weakening trend will continue until the storm surge mean if -- quite that high probably on the order of two to four feet maybe locally -- And it's -- it's weakening a bit because it's getting now over us closer cooler. Water as he gets closer to land right. The other two reasons first -- one it's very strong -- in the upper level winds are moving very fast across the top of the let's wait and see all these high clouds -- ahead right of the center -- is winning over the cooler waters here with her five degrees below normal for this time here aren't keeping an eye on the sky down at the hurricane center. Ed Rappaport we thank you very much."