brett lowery are a solo shot in the ninth, the blue jays knocked off the rangers 8-7. that s your first look at sports. i m fred roggin. for another look at the weather, we check back in with nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. a lot of heavy rain yesterday was pushing through the big cities of the east. today we have clouds but not so much rain. just a few showers out there south of d.c. and heading through northern maryland. there s more rain back here in eastern ohio that will roll down through west virginia and south of pittsburgh. so we do have rain in the forecast today, not going to rain all day long. the best chances of rain will be late this afternoon d.c. into areas north of there towards philly and also pittsburgh. notice the temperature difference, wind off the water in boston, highs in the 50s. we re in the low 80s in d.c. the big contrast the further north you go. the widespread areas of severe weather include a moderate risk
stories. but first, here s bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? good monday morning, everyone. beautiful weekend in much of new england and much of the east coast. but we suffered in the middle of the nation from kentucky all the way to st. louis, a lot of nasty thunderstorms this weekend. so this morning it s kind of the same old story. we re watching cold temperatures in new england. but you re going to have a beautiful afternoon. gorgeous weather today from boston to d.c. we will see some rain, though, from buffalo, detroit, pittsburgh, back into the ohio valley. right now this morning, nu nume stories stilrolling in around the st. louis area. about 3,000 lightning strikes in last hour. as far as the forecast goes today in the areas of yellow, you can expect strong thunderstorms today, cleveland, detroit, indianapolis, louisville, just south of st. louis, including areas of north texas, oklahoma city, and wichita. so the forecast today, if you re traveling at the airp
last year, one of the wettest years ever in like connecticut. and now just like snap of the fingers, four months and very little rainfall. we re now in severe drought conditions and yesterday it was 92 in hartford, it didn t help things much. more brush fires popping up. no rain in sight for this region. i think it could change, especially as we go through sunday and monday, there s a chance for actually a coastal storm, maybe even a nor easter. i don t want people to say nor easter. it would be a rape event, we need the soaking rains, we don t need it over the weekend. new york city, four days, very dry, the same forecast for boston, providence, d.c. and philadelphia. all the wet weather is going to be down in the southeast. we got drenched yesterday. we saw the pictures from kospi. new orleans had a lot of heavy rain yesterday and this morning we have showers up through central mississippi. the only really heavy rain is now approaching homer, louisiana, and it may drift over towards
today. as far as the rainfall totals are going to go, our computers are estimating an additional 3 to 4 inches of rain from the dallas area up towards, heading up to ft. smith, arkansas. shreveport, new orleans, you ll get rain but the heaviest of it will stay in texas. the rest of the east coast, we re okay today. yesterday, what a beautiful warm day up in new england, mid-atlantic. snow showers from minneapolis northwards towards northern wisconsin. otherwise it s a quiet day. we had the heavy rain yesterday in the pacific northwest. today, more showers around seattle. how great has the weather been around denver? today, 54 degrees. not bad, d.c. atlanta looks good today, along with florida. it was mid-50s in boston yesterday. that s a thing of the past. no cold air in sight. thanks so much. coming up, stocks sputter,
you, chicago, milwaukee also for you. even up in minneapolis, we re getting rain and that s kind of rare for this time of year. and back through des moines, even some thunderstorms around kansas city with downpours. last stop in the desert southwest, heavy rain yesterday in phoenix. still snow north of albuquerque. so the forecast for today, temperatures pretty mild, mid-40s for highs. partly cloudy skies. but if you ll be in pennsylvania from pittsburgh northward to erie up to buffalo, that s where you need the umbrella. also and he through the middle country, 62 is fairly cool by l.a. standards. it s pretty chilly out here. coming in, in the 40s. not what i expected. i ll be home soon. thanks so much. turning to sports, the case against jerry sandusky moving closer to trial after the former penn state assistant football coach shocked a pennsylvania courtroom by backing out of a