Local impacts this week

WE CONTINUE TO TRACK POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE NINE. THAT WILL DEVELOP INTO TROPICAL STORM HELENE LATER TODAY IN THE CARIBBEAN. THEN IT WILL MOVE NORTHWEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. AND TOMORROW IT SHOULD BE WHERE IT'S VERY LIKELY TO BECOME HURRICANE HELENE, WHICH IS NOW EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TO A STRONG CATEGORY TWO OR A STRONG CATEGORY THREE AS IT MOVES TOWARDS THE FLORIDA COAST. IT'S STILL LIKELY TO MAKE LANDSHOW THERE ON THURSDAY BEFORE THE REMNANTS MOVE NORTH AND NORTHWEST AND HIT US ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE GUSTS. IT'S GOING TO BE WINDY TO WINDY AT TIMES ON THURSDAY. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY WINDY AT TIMES ON THURSDAY NIGHT AS WE GO INTO FRIDAY. THOSE GUSTS WILL BE A LITTLE MORE INTENSE AS THE REMNANT LOW SYSTEM IS DIRECTLY SOUTH, AND THEN ULTIMATELY JUST WEST, AND THEN ULTIMATELY NORTHWEST. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THIS INTENSITY INCREASING OFF AND ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY, NOT CONTINUOUSLY. BUT SOME OF THESE GUSTS COULD BE 30, 40, EVEN 50 MPH ON FRIDAY. THINGS SHOULD CALM DOWN MUCH BY SATURDAY AS THIS SYSTEM SHOULD DISSOLVE. NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE RAIN TOTALS. REMEMBER, IT'S STILL VERY EARLY SO NOTHING IS MEAN IN MAJORITY, BUT JUST THINGS ON THURSDAY COULD GIVE US A GOOD WETTING. 1 INCH, 1.5 INCH, MAYBE 2 INCH OF RAIN. BUT WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ADD ON TOP OF THAT THE POTENTIAL RAIN FROM FRIDAY. I THINK 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME PLACES OF HIGHER AMOUNTS TO COME. AGAIN, WE WILL BE WATCHING THIS AND PROBABLY MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN THE COMING DAYS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WIND AND RAIN, SOME OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WE COULD SEE SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS FILL UP. IN THAT SENSE, WE COULD ALSO SEE SOME GENEROUS FLOODING WITH SOME OF THESE SOILS AFTER OUR SOILS ARE NICE AND SATURATED. WE COULD SEE SOME BLOTTED TREES FALLING DOWN AND SOME POWER LINES AND POSSIBLY IN THE MOUNTAINS SOME Isolate MUD POOLS. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING FOR AGAIN. FOR MOST OF US, NOTHING GENEROUS, BUT A REALLY GOOD, PENETRATING RAIN AND THE TYPICAL AREAS WHERE WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THAT FLOODING WILL PROBABLY DO JUST THAT. AS WE LOOK AROUND THE AREA TODAY, WE'RE SEEING THESE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS. WE HAD A FEW THIS MORNING. I THINK WE'LL SEE A FEW MORE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN TONIGHT IN THE UPSTATE. HERE WE GO. TWO AT 3. WE'LL SEE THEM APPEAR OVER THE MOUNTAINS. FIVE, SIX, 7. WE'LL SEE SOME COMING AND GOING IN THE UPSTATE TOMORROW. DON'T BE SURPRISE IF YOU DON'T GET INTO A SPOKEN SHOWER OR TWO. I THINK THE CHANCES OF RAIN ARE INCREASING TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND THAT CURRANT IS RIGHT HERE. THAT'S OUR COLD FRONT. IT'S SO WANTING TO COME THROUGH. IT'S GOING TO TRY TO COME THROUGH, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ALLOWED BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME OF THESE OUTER BANDS AND EVEN SOME OF THESE WINDS FROM THE REMAINS OF HELENE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. AND THAT'S GOING TO, WELL, THAT'S GOING TO KEEP THE COLD FRONT TO THE WEST, INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF RAIN AND THEN BRING RAIN OF ITS OWN. SO IF WE LOOK AT IT FROM A LITTLE DISTANCE, YOU CAN SEE THE COLD FRONT HERE. YOU CAN SEE IT DEPARTING. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE EVEN MORE RAIN COMING. SO THE FAR WEST YOU LIVE, THE LIKELY YOU'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALLS DURING THE DAY. FRIDAY. HERE WE GO. WINDS AND RAIN. WE HAVE ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPING IN ARKANSAS. THAT'S GOING TO PULL THAT FIRST REMNANT A LITTLE WEST. KEEP US ON THE EAST SIDE. THAT'S THE WET, WINDY SIDE. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ARE NOW LIVE SUPER DOPPLER 4 ALERT DAYS FOR WIND AND RAIN. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN HEAVY ALL DAY ON ANY OF THE DAYS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH THAT IF YOU WORK OUTSIDE, YOU'LL WANT TO BE OUTSIDE OR DRIVE AROUND. I THINK THE DAYS THAT THEY'RE AFFECTED SHOULD BE A LITTLE CALMER UNTIL SATURDAY, AND THEN THE LOW PRESSURE AREA THAT'S DEVELOPING IN ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY BE AHEAD OF US LATE SUNDAY