a half or so from here. it is supposed to work like this. barbecue on that side, river on that side. the river is not playing by the rules. they closed a bunch of the parks here, closed a bunch of the areas. no evacuations in the downtown area. and they believe things will be safe here. it is kind of up on a hill, up on a bluff, as you know. it looks like downtown will fare okay. they had to move what was a barbecue cook-off in one of the parks here to another park up on higher ground. and there is an nba playoff game downtown tonight. that will go on as planned. but everyone watching and waiting and very concerned about what comes next. time to go before it gets to the absolute crest. jay gray, thank you. more rain is expected across the country this weekend. nbc nolmeteorologist bill karin has the national forecast. good saturday to you, alex. we re watching the mississippi river with the flooding, heavy rain in missouri, a lot of people curious about the kentucky derby forecas
let me break down the forecast, a little tricky. around the country, the biggest area of rain, we have two of them, one with some showers and thunderstorms rolling through missouri and more rain back up through idaho and montana. it is that area of rain in missouri and illinois, that little weak storm system that will blow through kentucky there in the day today. so we do expect some wet weather at the track. the key is the timing of that rain. you can see it back, just south of st. louis and southern illinois. the heaviest of the rain will miss the louisville area, but there will be showers in the forecast. you re future cast, if you watch the clock, this is eastern time. we re central time in louisville. right around the there were 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., showers rolling through for the beginning of the race card but then we get the break. the race doesn t go off until 5:24 local time, 6:24 east coast time. it looks like by that time the race goes, a lot of that wet weather should be
it really is quite chilly. the big question is, is it going to rain. there are clouds over bucking ham palace so what exactly is the forecast? well, for today it is going to be a cloudy sort in england as well. a possibility of showers. most will be just west of london. for the ceremony it could stay dry. definitely a cold start this morning. stick with me because i have the forecast later. make sure it doesn t rain. plenty of wedding updates and weather updates throughout the morning. back to you. that is the weather and the crowds thank you very much, indeed. our royal correspondent, former royal press secretary has been looking through the morning papers. not just on the front pages but all of the way through, special supplements. hundreds of words, thousands of words, lots of pictures.
copied for that because she seemed like such a normal girl. reporter: today, it s kate s casual chic look. bought at chain retail stores that women want to copy. she looks as good off-duty as on-duty. i think that she would probably look amazing in her nightie. i agree. i bet she will. she s a beautiful woman, that s for sure. well, don t forget, of course, all of the coverage, will be watching the wedding from start to finish. we have barbara walters and of course diane sawyer in london and we ll be watching on good morning america starting at 4:00 a.m. friday the big day. 4:00 a.m., make sure you tune in for that and the coverage leading up to that. we have a special little show ourselves on friday morning commemorating the wedding, which will be kind of cool. they re in the middle of dress rehearsals right now. this footage came into the newsroom a few hours ago. you can see the carriage there. they re calling for rain so they may be actually enclosed in a carriage after
copied for that because she seemed like just a normal girl. reporter: today, it s kate s casual chic look bought at chain retail stores that women want to copy. she looks as good off-duty as she does on-duty. i think that she would probably look amazing in her nightie. i agree. i bet she would. she s a beautiful woman, that s for sure. well, don t forget, of course, all of the coverage, we ll be watching the wedding from start to finish. we have barbara walters and of course diane sawyer in london and we ll be watching on good morning america starting at 4:00 a.m. that s right. friday the big day. 4:00 a.m., make sure you tune in for that and the coverage leading up to that. we have a special little show ourselves on friday morning commemorating the wedding, which will be kind of cool. and actually they re in the middle of dress rehearsals right now. this footage came into the newsroom a few hours ago. you can see the carriage there. they re calling for rain so they may be