The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Cristobal doesn't look like a traditional tropical system with dry air disrupting formation and wind shear pushing much of the rain away from the center, with storm forming far away from the middle of the system.
"Cristobal continues to resemble a subtropical cyclone more than a tropical cyclone. The convection near the center remains limited," Senior Hurricane Specialist Dr. Jack Beven said.
He added that the estimate of top sustained wind of 50 miles per hour "may be generous" as the storm moves toward the Louisiana coast, and it won't get any stronger.
"The broad nature of the cyclone and significant dry air entrainment is likely to prevent intensification before landfall."
Dr. Beven warned people from Mississippi to Alabama and Florida that they could continue to see some of the worst Cristobal has to offer.
"Cristobal remains a broad and asymmetric storm. Therefore, one should not focus on the exact forecast track, as the associated winds, storm surge, and rainfall will extend well away the center."
WWL TV Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum says flooding from rain and storm surge remain threats in Southeast Louisiana, depending on where the heaviest of the rain sets up and if we see storms training over the same areas.
"We could see some of that heavy rain coming in that could cause some of those street flooding issues for us... once the storm moves north of us on Monday we could see those feeder bands some up and sit over top of us for hours. That could lead to street flooding issues"
He added that river flooding on the Northshore could be an issues to.
