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People out of the heat. lets get a check of the weather this morning, jacqui jeras is in the weather center for us. your eyes are on tropical storm alex this morning and where he may be headed. >> yeah. well, its moving towards the u.s.-mexican border, somewhere right within that neighborhood. right now its moving across southern parts of the gulf of mexico. this thing has really ramped up since the overnight. looking at maximum winds now, 70 miles per hour. thats nearly a hurricane. you have ...

Youll see the storm probably will travel to the south of brownsville, we always focus on the cone. it could be all the way to corpus christi and all the way down to la pesca. we dont have any forecasts that would take it near the oil spill. a devastating storm surge would push the oil much further inland. that does not look like thats going to happen. we will still get the winds from this direction for many hours. maybe three days. that will push the oil into the marshes of louisiana and mississ...

>> the news is now that the hurricane watch that was from baffin bay all the way down to brownsville and la cruz mexico, thats a hurricane warning. the forecast is for this to become a hurricane in the overnight hours tonight. right now its bumped itself up a little bit, 60, 65 miles per hour. you can see how the purple has really gotten a lot stronger in the past couple hours. the forecast as itself -- well get rid of this whole thing here, throw it away. youll see the storm probably will trave...

Mexico. hurricane advisories, hurricane warnings are in effect, and conditions are going to go downhill through tomorrow in this region. a trpical storm vary from port or to baffin bay. corpus christi is going to feel the effects as well. here is the model that makes up the cone of uncertain terks stipulate a little bit of discrepancy with the outliers but most of the models are agreeing that once the ridge of high pressure gets stronger, were going to see more of a westward turn and that means,...

Waters, off the charts for this time of year. hurricane advisories, watches are in effect for parts of south texas, baffin bay to the rio grande. that means hurricane conditions in 48 hours. this is the latest track from the national hurricane center. as we go out a day or two, were pretty certain where we know the path of this storm but as we head further out in time, wednesday, thursday, look at that cone. we call it the cone of uncertainty, because we have some uncertainties. we have to deal ...

Water, the stronger the storm is going to be. now this is the latest projected path from the national hurricane center. notice how wide that cone of uncertainty is. it goes from all the way north of corpus christi down to throughout much of northern mexico. heres why the cone is so wide. the computer models have been all over the place. and every time we get a run of these, four times a day, these lines have been zig-zagging all over the place. and weve seen the trend up to the north. if that en...

Tonight. the more time it spends over water, the stronger the storm is going to be. this is the latest projected path from the hurricane center and notice how wide that cone of uncertainty is. it goes from corpus christi. the computer models have been all over the place. and every time we get a run of these four times a day these lines have been zigzagging all over the place. weve seen this trending further up to the north. and if that ends up happening, this would have a little bit of inner act...

Out in time, that is a possibility, and with each track that we get in, it seems the track is coming a little more northward, which means texas are not out of the woods, the coast of texas needs to be on alert now. theres the storm, 535 miles east-southeast of brownsville, texas, hurricane watches have been posted from bathon bay to the rio grande area, that means we could see hurricane conditions in 48 hours. this is the latest track, and remember, this is the cone of uncertainty. a day or two ...

Southern gulf of mexico. the national hurricane center has just released its updated forecast on tropical depression alex. meteorologist jackie jaris. it is still a threat? >> it is still a threat. and the models have quite a spread on it meeting our kst confidence as to where the storm is going is a little smaller. the accuracy has been so incredible in the last five to ten years. but this time around, its a little different ball game because of the high pressure ridge which is in place and ver...

Louisiana, south of texas, so it is standard operating procedure if there is a tropical storm in the gulf which there typically can be this time of year to get the nonessential personnel out of the way. heres a look at the way alex is shaping up now. it has intensified as it bears down along the yucatan and belize coastline. the winds are intense. right now maximum winds are at 65 miles per hour and the storm is really bearing down on this region. were seeing very heavy wind and rain. possibly u...