morning." i'm meteorologist jacqui jeras. it's been the wettest july on record for you in milwaukee, wisconsin. unfortunately, we're adding to that number today. as you can see, showers and thundershowers have been moving through the area. they've been weakening a little bit, so that's some good news, should keep the rainfall amount to half an inch to an inch but we do expect thunderstorms for fire up again say mid afternoon and through the evening. some could become severe. we'll watch places like chicago, minneapolis, detroit, cleveland, toledo, and even into buffalo for that threat. damaging winds will be our biggest concern. we also have an area of severe weather expected in the intermountain west, primarily due to dry thunderstorms, the type that don't really rain at the surface, that evaporate before it ever reaches the ground. we'll be concerned about the fire danger. we'll talk more about the fires burning in california in the next hour of "american morning."