Tropical Storm Barry appears to be in no hurry to make landfall.
"Barry has been meandering during the past few hours, but is expected to resume a motion toward the west-northwest near 4 mph," Senior Hurricane Specialist Daniel Brown said from the National Hurricane Center.
He says the slower movement has not changed the path of the storm.
"On the forecast track, the center of Barry will approach the south-central coast of Louisiana tonight and then make landfall over the south-central Louisiana coast on Saturday."
Over the past three hours the storm has move slightly to the north, but not at all to the west.
The wind speeds have not changed, but Barry is expected to get stronger before hitting land.
RAINFALL:
- Barry is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 10 to 20 inches over south-central and southeast Louisiana and southwest Mississippi, with isolated maximum amounts of 25 inches.
- These rains are expected to lead to dangerous, life threatening flooding over portions of the central Gulf Coast into the Lower Mississippi Valley.
- Across the remainder of the Lower Mississippi Valley, total rain accumulations of 4 to 8 inches are expected, with isolated maximum amounts of 12 inches.
STORM SURGE:
The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline.
