>> it's a sure sign that holiday season is around the corner because rockefeller opened its famous ice-skating rink even though it was in the 70s how they do that is a miracle. more than a quarter million skaters take to that ice each year between october and april. so for the sunday forecast around the country, let's go right to the weather channel's jeff. jeff, goorn morning. >> good morning, it's a beautiful morning across most of the country today, alex. we've probably got near record heat. i don't know if we'll be opening any ice-skating rinks over the south. the little bit of rain we have is over the western plains. seattle and portland, if you're watching me from the pacific, maybe not the best of days there. for the rest of us, pretty nice. actually in the northeast it will be pretty pleasant. i issei new york getting up a little cooler than yesterday, alex. up to near 70, about 69. maybe a little better for the ice-skaters. but look at atlanta, 86 degrees.