depression number five moving through the french quarter and rumbles of thunder detected in mobile and other parts of the gulf coast. the strong storms and the intense heat. >> when i first heard about the power outages, i thought z the system overloaded by air conditioning. they're used to pretty hot in washington. >> but this has been insane. not only 90s along the eegt. but some cool temperatures out towards the west, el cajon, 54 degrees. so we have a big ridge in the eastern half, a trough to the west and it looks like the hazy, hot humid weather is going to stay in place. >> the ridge and trough, are they meeting somewhere, causing problems? >> they're meeting right here where we have this boundary and right where they intersect, we have another chance of stormy weather especially over the next couple of hours. >> reynolds, thanks very much for that. are you going back to the gulf? >> back to the gulf coast tomorrow. >> you're going to be there when