executive producer. let s talk about weather because it s friday. can i yell that now because it s friday. indra petersons is here. it s friday. i think you did the opposite. that s why i was whit perring it. i want to hear it, need a little bit of excitement here. let s start with words maybe not so pretty and that s going to be in the midwest. a lot of rain expected your way and all things in an upper level low cruising into the region. the next several days we ll watch what that system does. the threat from bismarck back down through dodge city. it does extend a bit farther so affecting more you from minneapolis to oklahoma city. then we kind of shift the focus into the southeast. the gulf is wide open. what does that mean? all that humidity and moisture is still funneling into the region. every day even through the weekend it does mean there s a chance for an afternoon thunderstorm, hot and muggy. that is your story. but there is one place where it
let s look at the rainfall, accumulation that will occur through saturday. you re seeing big yellow swaths, but still, if you put an inch or 2 inches in st. paul, that s not good. it s not just the rain that comes along here, but also in the gulf coast. we have seen even some severe weather threats. with some of the heavy rainfall. especially near houston. severe weather threat, i really wanted to focus in on. it starts to kind of reinvigorate itself. large hail, strong winds, a few tornadoes possible from the panhandle of oklahoma all the way to bismarck. thank you, ginger. here s a look at the rest of the nation s weather. it s a mostly dry day in the northeast. scattered afternoon thunderstorms along the gulf coast. hot and dry in the west and central texas. denver could see thunderstorms this afternoon. seattle and portland will be in the mid to upper 60s. it will be pleasant in salt lake city with highs in the 70s. still sizzling in the southwest. 104 in phoenix. well, hap
more unsettled weather this weekend. abc s meteorologist ginger zee has a look ahead. let s look at the rainfall, accumulation that will occur through saturday. not in minneapolis. still will put an inch or 2 inches in st. paul. that is not good. not just the rain that comes along here, but also along the gulf coast. we have seen even some severe weather threats. with some of the heavy rainfall. especially near houston. severe weather threat, i really wanted to focus in on. it starts to kind of reinvigorate itself.ñr large hail, strong winds, a few tornadoes possible from the panhandle of oklahoma all the way to bismarck. thank you, ginger. a look at the rest of the nation s weather. a mostly dry day in the northeast. scattered afternoon thunderstorms along the gulf coast. hot and dry in the western central texas. denver could see thunderstorms this afternoon. seattle and portland will be in the mid to upper 60s. it will be pleasant in salt lake city with highs in the 70s. still
like the afternoon thunderstorms, as you go toward the afternoon. that s kind of the weather pattern for the week. temperatures where they should be. warm, boston 70s and 80s. new york city 70s and 80s. d.c. the same. southeast 80s and 90s. it s calm out there. there will be a change in the northeast around tuesday night through wednesday and thursday. you will start to see light showers. over all, a break tonight. easing us into the summer. i m loving the heat, i am. i m with you. no humidity for me. has pope francis made himself a target of the mofia? we are live in rome next. at od, whatever business you re in, that s the business we re in
here. they need a break. omaha, sioux falls, sioux city, minneapolis. that was a rough week last week. some incredible amounts of rain that fell. and now we re watching it further to the south. and that s great because right now we still have a bad drought. northern texas. that area of red and dark red is where we re in extreme or exceptional drought conditions. that s where we need the rain. and guess what? last night we saw it, and it still continues this morning over this area. we ll take a half inch in oklahoma city. we ll take an inch in amarillo. wichita falls is one of the driest places in this region, and they have strong thunderstorms at this hour occurring. so, you know, we don t want any damage, and we re not going to get a lot with these, but we are going to see beneficial rains especially throughout the next two days in oklahoma and north texas. we have a lot of other areas with a chance of rain on this monday. more of your typical afternoon thunderstorms in the deep sou