STYLES.
STYLES. NANCY CHEN, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.
>>> ALL EYES ON THE GULF AS WE
TRACK TWO NAME TO STORMS THAT
COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. WE
AREA. WE HAVE JUST LEARNED ALSO THAT
PORT ARTHUR'S MAYOR IS EXPECTED
TO ALL FOR A MANDATORY
EVACUATION OF THE CITY AHEAD OF
THOSE TERMS.
THOSE TERMS. ADDISON GREEN, YOU ARE WATCHING
MARCO AND LAURA.
MAN, A LOT GOING ON. OF
COURSE, THE QUESTION IS ARE WE
GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THE
STORMS HERE IN HOUSTON?
>> WE HAVE HOUSTON INSIDE THE
CONE OF BOTH SYSTEMS, BUT
THANKFULLY, ONLY ONE SYSTEM
POSES MORE OF A THREAT THAN THE
OTHER ONE.
OTHER ONE. AS WE LOOK TO THE NEXT FEW DAYS
THIS PART OF THE GULF COAST IS
IN SOMETHING WE DON'T SEE TOO
OFTEN, JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME OF BEING IMPACTED BY TWO
TROPICAL SYSTEMS COMING IN.
HERE IS THE LATEST INFORMATION
WE KNOW ABOUT MARCO.
LANDFALL IS EXPECTED LATER
TODAY IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
WHERE IT WILL WEAKEN AS IT
MAKES ITS WAY FURTHER AND LEAD
úTO A DEPRESSION BY TUESDAY
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. MINIMAL IMPACT FOR THE HOUSTON
METRO AREA FOR TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
BREEZY WINTER.
BREEZY WINTER. YOU CAN SEE THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION RIGHT HERE ON THE
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY.
VERY LOPSIDED.
VERY LOPSIDED. MOST OF THESE STORM ACTIVITIES
IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE
STORM SYSTEM, SO IT DOES NOT
LOOK VERY HEALTHY.
LOOKS RATHER RAPID. THEY HAVE
DROPPED DOWN THE HURRICANE
POTENTIAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS
IN THAT VICINITY TWO TROPICAL
STORMS.
STORMS.
STORMS. THE LATEST INFORMATION ON MARCO
HAS WHEN THE SUSTAINED AT 50
MILES AN HOUR COSTS.
65.
65.
65. 55
65. 55 ILES SOUTHEAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI.
MISSISSIPPI. WE HAVE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS
AROUND THE NEW ORLEANS AREA AS
WELL AS CONCERNS FOR THE
POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING AND
STORM SURGE CONCERNS AS WELL,
ESPECIALLY RIGHT AROUND THE
MOUTH YOU CAN SEE ABOUT THREE
FEET OF INUNDATED WATER BEING
PUSHED ASHORE.
PUSHED ASHORE. BACKTRACK FROM MARCO, GOING
ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY.
TOMORROW AND EVENTUALLY FADING
AWAY AS A REMNANT LOW BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS WE MOVE AWAY FROM MARCO DOWN
TO LAURA, LAURA LOOKS LIKE A
MORE ROBUST, A LOT MORE
ENERGETIC STORMS HEALTH OF THE
CUBE AREA WHERE IT HAS WENT
SUSTAINED AT 60 MILES AN HOUR
COSTS OF 70.
TRAVELING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
YOU CAN SEE THE HURRICANE
HUNTERS DID GO DOWN INTO THAT
STORM SYSTEM EARLIER ON TODAY
AND WERE ABLE TO GIVE US THE
LATEST READINGS, THE LATEST
SATELLITE INFORMATION COMING IN
BEING PUT INTO THAT FORECAST.
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
SHARES WITH EVERYBODY AND WE
DID FIND THAT PRESSURE GOING
DOWN TO AROUND 998 MILLIBARS.
IT IS SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF
GETTING SLIGHTLY STRONGER AS IT
MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THOSE
WATERS
WATERS BETWEEN CUBA AND GOING INTO WORDS THE AREAS SOUTH
TOWARD THE JAMAICA AREA, THE
GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND AREA.
RIGHT HERE MAKING ITS WAY
ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND
WILL MAKE IT INTO A CHANCE OF A
CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE AS WE GO
INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
AS IT GOES CLOSER TOWARD THE
SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF TEXAS
INTO LOUISIANA IT COULD
STRENGTHEN INTO A CATEGORY TWO
HURRICANE WITH WIND SUSTAINED
AROUND 105 MILES AN HOUR.
A MAJOR HURRICANE CATEGORY 3
ANSWERING PASSES SUSTAINED WIND
OF AT LEAST 111 MILES AN HOUR.
IT WILL BE CLOSE AS IT MAKES
ITS WAY TOWARD THE GULF COAST
BY LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY
AND HOUSTON IS THAT FORECAST
GONE.
GONE.
GONE. MORE SO CLOSER TO THE LOUISIANA
BORDER AS OPPOSED TO NORTH AND
WEST.
WEST.
WEST. AS
WEST. AS WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL UPDATES THAT TRACK HAS
SHIFTED BACK AND FORTH.
A LOT OF DETAILS NEED TO BE
FINALIZED BEFORE ALL IS SAID
AND DONE REGARDING LAURA.
SEVERAL MODELS HINT AT IT GOING
TO THE WEST, WHICH PUT MORE OF
THE HOUSTON METRO AREA IN
HARM'S WAY.
HARM'S WAY. A LOT OF WINDSHEAR WEAKENING
MARCO AS IT MAKES ITS WAY
WESTWARD AS WE OPEN THE DOOR
WITH MORE COMING WITH LAURA WE
REMOVE THAT WINDSHEAR POTENTIAL
AND GIVE US STRENGTH,
POTENTIALLY RATHER QUICKLY
HEADING THERE.
HEADING THERE. LACK OF WINDSHEAR WITH ALL THE
WARM GULF WATERS. A LOT OF
THINGS COULD CHANGE GOING
FORWARD THROUGH THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.
SEVERAL DAYS. AS WE DEAL WITH POTENTIALLY
SOME TROPICAL RAISE FROM MARCO
ON TUESDAY WE WILL SEE FLOOR
WILL IMPACT US DIRECTLY OR A
GLANCING BLOW FOR WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. BY FRIDAY SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AROUND THE AFTERNOON.
AND THEN WE SEE