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Fidelity investments. turn here. ♪ welcome back to "cnn american morning." take a look at tropical storm bonnie. weak at this time. minimal tropical storm. 39 or above it is a tropical storm. as we take a look at the big picture you will notice deep convection. the storm ragged at the time being. it is moving west-northwest at 19. sustained winds at 40. gusts to 50. expected to make its way into the gulf of mexico if it follows the expected forecast path of the national hurricane center and may go over the oil slick as we get into saturday and then

Let's take a look at this. this is the latest path we have or forecast of the national hurricane center. it shows the storm as we get into early saturday. then into saturday afternoon, winds at 50. gusts at 65 miles per hour. if it follows true on to this forecast path it will go right over the oil slick areas and something else important, know that the top half of the storm is actually the strongest place. we could see strongest winds actually pushing some of that oil up towards the coast of florida and alabama and mississippi. that in mind remember that one of the things that's very difficul...

As it moving deep sbeer the gulf of mexico. that's where we expect two things. one, it's going to resume its march to the northwest and, second, it should intensify. i want you to notice this part of the screen where we have the oil slick lined up along parts of the gulf coast. it does appear that the forecast path will bring it well to the west and to the southwest of the oil slick, which is great news. however, you're going to have enhanced waves in that area. keep that in mind. >> heavier surf and possible winds. notice as we fast forward from today into tomorrow, winds expected to increase...

About where this thing should go? >> right now it will approach the yucatan peninsula. you can barely see it on this satellite imagery here. let me give you viewers at home an idea. you have the yucatan peninsula, the gulf of mexico and the caribbean. this is where the storm center is. that closed center of circulation is in honduras. the latest forecast path brings this storm more to the west northwest and it's going to do so at a fairly quick rate. winds right now, tropical storm alex, right around 40 miles per hour. gusts have been stronger up to 50. one of the great things we have working ...

Wednesday and thursday. if it holds this path and goes this direction. right now the latest forecast path from the national hurricane center brings it on to the yucatan peninsula sometimes as you get into early morning around 2:00 a.m. with winds of 35 miles per hour dropping below strength of a tropical storm, becoming a depression. moving across the yucatan. if it makes it intact across the yucatan peninsula and the bay and the gulf of mexico, it's going to move into an area with very warm water. very minimal sheer in terms of upper level winds. with that in mind you have a chance to see it ...