it is cloudy here any way. there is a ceiling above me. i won t be able to see a thing. even if i went outside in atlanta it is a mess. the southeastern u.s. has been getting hit with some nasty thunderstorms. and those cloud tops going to the stratosphere. clear sky across the mid section of the united states and a lot of clear weather toward south america. not too bad there. this is where we have the entire total eclipse visible if you re in the red shaded area. not going to be as exciting for you because it is a partial eclipse so you won t get that blood moon effect going. there are the thunderstorms i was referring to. texas just about to exit here. so i think we ll actually clear out nicely. but look at all the cloud cover across the big cities. there are pockets of clearer skies so you may get a window and may be able to get to see it. but this across the mid section, definitely here. some clouds across the northwest
new mexico. let me take you farther east to texas to guadalupe mountain national park where we ve seen such an inundation of flooding as well. you see the pictures here. the swollen rivers. it only takes six inches of water to sweep you off your feet. the national weather service talked about this as being biblical. it is historic. we ve never seen some of these water leveling quite so high. this is the water vapor satellite. this is what meteorologists use kind of to look at the atmosphere. we don t usually show you but it s illustrative in one point. you see where it s brown. that s where it s very dry air. but look where the bright white colors and the purple. those are the high cloud tops. where there s the most moisture in the atmosphere. so synoptically, where you see the h s and l s on the map,
monday morning. as that rain continues to move in. it s likely they could be extended although we re starting to see a lull outside of the florida panhandle as far as the rain goes, we had a tornado watch in effect out here and harris that wasn t allowed to expire and we re thinking of a severe weather component as far as flooding goes with the storm system and impact parts of the mid atlanta tomorrow. harris: i m looking at your key for your map. a the lot of red. i see purple, purple and that s worse. yeah, that s worse when it s clouder up at the cloud tops and means some of the storms are stronger. harris: wow, maria molina we ll bring you back ago news warrants. drag racing, a crowded track and spectators saw a nightmare unfold for a driver who simply lived for racing. it s our going across america. ohio not much left after that racing lost control of his car and slammed into a guardrail.
where a manhunt by nato forces, muammar gadhafi keeps surfacing and taunting the world. earlier today nato bombed the barracks in baun knee wall lead where some reports say gadhafi may be hiding. if he is they didn t get him. a few hours later, gadhafi or presumably his voice turned up on a sympathetic tv network, al rae. translator: give up ourselves to them? we re not stupid. we are not cowards. the libyan people are brave. a few hours ago, the voice was back, this time gadhafi called on his followers to start an insurgency like the one that nearly destroyed iraq after the fall of saddam hussein. translator: we will fight against you, wherever you are. we will sacrifice our lives so that the son of libya will become and the stones of libya will become fire and fight against you. you will never have peace of mind inside our land. cnn s senior international correspondent nic robertson is with us tonight in tripoli. nick, is anybody listening to these tapes? reporter
hiding. if he is, they didn t get him. a few hours later gadhafi or presumably his voice turn up on a sympathetic tv network al rai. translator: give way or give up ourselves to them. we re not stupid. you know, we re not a coward. the libyan people are few hours ago, the voice was back. this time gadhafi called on his followers to start an insurgency like the one that nearly destroyed iraq after the fall of saddam hussein. translator: we will fight against you wherever you are. we will sacrifice our lives so that the sand of libya will become and the stones of libya will become fire and fight against you. you ll never have peace of mind inside our land. cnn s senior international correspondent, nic robertson, is with us tonight in tripoli. nic, is anybody listening to these tapes? reporter: there probably are some people that are listening to it. i just met with the national transition council main military commander here in tripoli. he says that he believes ther