weekend. tropical storm fernand made land faufl in the southern gulf of mexico. this one thankfully was near land so couldn t become a hurricane, just a big rain event. it was hot over the weekend, very hot in the central plains, 96 minneapolis with a record high. we are right in the mid summer-like pattern for the end of summer. this is going to be an end of summer heat wave, here to stay for at least the next week from texas through the northern plains. at times some of the warm air will come to the east coast. we had a little rain in the areas that need it and deserts. not a lot of us made it up to the fire areas. we didn t get a lot of relief from that. your monday forecast. the big headline is, of course, the heat. 98 in minneapolis today. that s going to be easily the hottest temperature of the summer. it s funny. we had that august, chicago, the northern plains, new england wasn t that hot. this is going to be one of the hottest weeks of summer. a lot of kids are going back to s