hotspot in the country. bull head city, lake haf sue, death valley. sometimes phoenix. usually these locations are the hottest in our nation. sometimes hottest in the entire planet. today's forecast just enjo i this. 72, chicago. 84 in d.c. today is gorgeous for lunch outside. same for new york and boston. now, once you get down along that front and areas like tampa and all through jacksonville, orlando, you'll be dodging some afternoon thunderstorms there. even the next two afternoons it's such a cool air mass and the air above the ground is cold enough that in the afternoon you're going to pop up some showers in the mountainous areas of the adirondacks. it's not going to rain all day. there will be hit and miss showers. tuesday looks great. notice that we cool off slightly in phoenix. this imtoo of year, though, normally about 104, 105. when had he get to 109, that's only a little above average. you look at a weather map, we're looking pretty nice. by the time you get to wednesday, though, strong thunderstorms possible. chicago on to the quad cities. remember, last week we had to deal with cindy, and we didn't know what that storm would end up doing.