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Happen. earlier in the week, we were under the impression that they were trying to get the relief well into better shape. maybe line that thing before they tried the static kill. but it looks like they may very well go ahead with the static kill as early as tomorrow. again, no confirmation of that. the weather, a huge concern. even if they get just gale force winds in the gulf of mexico that would be a little over 30 miles an hour in winds that disrupts this thing by weeks, if not days. and they don't want to line the relief well until they know the weather is going to be good because that tak...

You're hearing and seeing and what's happening there in advance of this weather system. >> reporter: well, a couple things have happened this morning. we have this thing that's now a tropical depression, likely to become a tropical storm. i know my colleagues back at the cnn weather center are tracking those models. we are dealing with a capped well, seventh day for that. all things okay. but we wanted to do the static kill, but that's requiring collaboration with the relief well which requires a five to seven day window of good weather. my guess is today they will postpone that static kill. m...

Tropical depression or storm and stays on its current track it could cause serious delays in operations setting back the well by as much as two weeks. >> the timing will be critical. and if the weather does cooperate, and that is a wig "if" this year, the oil giant may try to seal the well with static kill. that's the procedure that could take place over the next 48 hours. our rob marciano has a look at the operations as they struggle to clean up the gulf. now, rob, static kill, we talk about that much like the top kill procedure that involves pumping heavy mud. why will this perhaps have a be...

And line that well before they do the static kill. so my guess is they are not going to try the static kill in the next day or two and we will have to wait out the weather and get official word from those officials later in this morning and later this afternoon, that's for sure. the problem is how strong is this storm? what is the track? i will lead this for my colleagues in the cnn hurricane headquarters. it looks like it will become a tropical depression if not a storm by the lunch hour. if winds gets to 20, 30, 40 miles an hour, they have to evacuate certain amount of people. they have to s...

Gusher permanently. cnn's rob marciano joining us live from gulf shores, alabama. >> reporter: yes. so far so good. we are into day six with the well-being capped successfully. there are minor leaks around some of the gaskets and some seepage outside away from the well. at this point the experts and scientists think that's not an issue. they are going at this on a day by day basis. today being day six, they are going to keep that cap on, continue to monitor the pressure. it is creeping up slowly. one pound per square inch per hour. that's a good sign. i'm told. there's still some plans in the ...