atlanta storm brewing look am in the south. we have a brand new storm system impacting texas and mid mississippi valley. it will be producing a lot of heavy rain. that s why we are looking at a flooding concern. the good news today with the weather is we are experiencing mild temperatures in places like the northeast. new york city the high temperature today at 47 degrees. rapid city 45 degrees for your high temperature and 50 into the 50s as we head into the afternoon in denver and colorado. looking at mild air in place. the storm system across texas already starting to reduce isolated showers across the eastern part of the state also areas in brownsville southern tip of texas. we are looking at a lot of heavy rain over the next several days associated with the storm system across eastern texas northern louisiana and places in sashing saw. the purple you see could be areas looking at 8 inches of rain.
new england winds are gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour. the storm is still so far away. that s kind of the point i want to touch on here is the fact that it is far now, and once it gets closer, that s when we re really going to see all of those effects ramp up. winds could gust near 80 miles per hour. rains could come down torrentially and we will end up to 10 to 12 inches of rainfall. that goes for inland areas, too. that s why we have such a flooding concern for inland areas. it s going to squeeze through this area of high pressure, this stalled front to our west. then it s going to slowly sit over pennsylvania and new york city and new york in general. that s why we are going to see several inch offense rainfall. inland flooding will be an issue as the rivers start to crest their banks. same goes for smaller streams as well. look at the size of this storm. here we go, monday, 2:00 p.m. it extends, the 39-mile-per-hour winds and higher extend from southern new england into northeaster
don t expect beryl to bring much more. right now sustained winds, maximum sustained winds at 30 miles per hour moving northward slowly at 2 miles an hour. that s why we are seeing so much rainfall here because it is such a slow mover. wednesday stronger with 35 miles per hour. then it could become a tropical storm once again. win moving 45 miles an hour off t winds 45 miles per hour. we are in a drought out here we need the moisture. when you get too much water too fast then you have the flooding concern. there are a number of flooding advisories from florida to eastern north carolina. now to some things you can bank on this morning, jp more than cmorgan will be spending hs
across parts of louisiana and mississippi and alabama as the storms continue to head east. because we are seeing so much rain we have a flooding concern. there s a number of flood warnings across louisiana and flood watches. we are talking about rainfall accumulations between 2-3 inches generally speaking. locally 4-5 inches of rain. drive carefully and don t drive through any flooded roadways. up slope flow. thank you for educating us, maria. can you image 50 inches of snow? it is incredible. we got 20 inches here last year. if you live in buffalo that s nothing. police in washington, d.c. surprising dozens of sleeping occupy protestors during an early morning raid. we are going to show you what happened when some protestors refused to get out of the camp site. republican presidential candidates feeling the pressure apparently taking it out on each other. can we expect this race to get even uglier?
hour. that may mitigate a little bit of our flooding concern. also as this loops around you re going to notice the bottom edge of the storm system on the southern side is relatively dry. it doesn t mean we re not going to bet rain wrapping around the pack edge of this, but it does mean that it is not full fashion, at least at this point. the land interaction, the friction is starting to break this storm down. we have a tornado watch still in effect throughout new york city, long island, also for new jersey. that will likely be extended into massachusetts, also connecticut. and as we zoom in, some of the heaviest rainfall across new jersey. a new tornado warning popping up right now in ewing, close to central new jersey at this point. if you re in that area, it s definitely time to seek shelter. and we could also be receiving tornadoes even in places like long island. the rains let up a little bit but still a much stronger rainfall still on the way. we have a lot of maps here in our sui