eric. eric: absolutely. meanwhile powerful storms could slam parts of the country early next week. the system expected to rapidly develop we re told monday into tuesday, election day. where will it hit? thanks for election day forecast, straight ahead. if you have psoriasis,
to the polls. so ohio valley, parts of the tennessee valley. florida as well. the west coast looks pretty good. we are not worried about the west coast. it s really the eastern half of the country. there is your election day forecast for some of the big cities here it looks like atlanta, georgia you can see some thunderstorms in your forecast. chicago as well. cloudy in st. louis. seattle we could see partly cloudy skies. some rain showers. not worried about houston, texas. not world about colorado. we are worried about the showers newark, new jersey, charleston, west virginia, tallahassee, florida, along the florida panhandle, these are some of the cities that we really need to get those voters out to vote and, unfortunately, we have got weather that could hinder that. but, as you look historically, guess which party bad weather helping during election day? pete: i don t know. steve: i would imagine democrats. janice: republican goes out to vote when it s stormy weather. you are right
let s get a check on election day forecast. bill karins, looks like new jersey and virginia going to see rain today. mentioning how important the turnout is going to be especially in the virginia race. in the rain for much of the day. see how it affects the numbers. how many people come out and vote in an off presidential year. rainfall right now over ohio. soaking rain in kentucky. especially in tennessee. a lot of heavy rain overnight. now over the top of knoxville. heading to the mid atlantic this afternoon. rainfall totals aren t going to be that high. much of the state of virginia in a quarter inch to half an inch of rain. timing of it for bigger cities suburbs south of d.c. that s going to be late afternoon, early evening. typically when the most people get out there and vote. here s the timing of it. track the rain. yellow and moderate to heavier rain. this is 7:00 a.m. go through the lunch hour today. raining in roanoke. rain begins to arrive in washington, d.c. 5:00 p.m. and
day and we are dealing with temperatures above average in the northern plains and in the west, and if we have travel it will be in the lone star state, and overall i have to give this election day forecast a 9 out of 10 because it s so unusually warm. you are watching morning joe. we ll be right back. changes to make things right. first, all customers who have been impacted will be fully refunded. second, a confirmation will be sent when new personal or small business checking, savings or credit card accounts are opened. third, we ve eliminated product sales goals for our retail bankers to ensure your interests are put first. we re taking action. we re renewing our commitment to you.
stephen had been expecting. people are getting hit by water? there is rain, greeting you this morning in areas of texas. san antonio drying out after heavy rain. new orleans some showers. we re getting much-needed rainfall in mississippi and a little portion of alabama. hasn t rained in alabama in in spots in two months. wet weather i-70 kansas city to lose. it s a warm election day forecast. fantastic day for so many people out there across the board. and if we re going to have any thunderstorm activity it would be along the gulf coast, we could get heavier rain. the election day forecast, let s show you the time frame if you re going to be voting in the noon hour or maybe the afternoon. so texas, rain will be dying off. then we re going to pop the thunderstorms up this afternoon. then this evening we ll be seeing a few thunderstorms. again the concentration will be during the late afternoon. especially pennsylvania, of course, people watching pennsylvania closely. looks like you