today into tonight. 24 million people at risk of severe storms. large hail, maybe baseball sized hail possible from oklahoma through the ozarks and late tonight through southern indiana, western ken. not too many tornadoes today. it s more or less a hail threat. the rest of the forecast we re watching the warmth sneak up the d.c. coast. d.c. 84. new york city, 82. that will feel very warm compared to how cloudy and gloomy. here s that cold weather in the rockies. so, by the time we get to saturday, look what happens in d.c. predicting a high of 92 degrees. philadelphia is going to be in the mid-80s. new york city up into the mid-80s. the middle of the nation is where all the problems are, severe storms are likely again as we go into saturday. enhanced risk of severe storms, 32 million people at risk from indianapolis to st. louis. we could even see tornadoes out of this. watch out dallas and houston included. by the time we wrap up the weekend, still dealing with rain in the middle of
purple. you re under winter storm warnings, but you may get more snow and sleet in oklahoma city and more sleet in dallas. we will see snow with this, but this isn t blockbuster snow, two to three inches and a lot of that will be crunchy, too, because it will be the freezing rain, the sleet and snow on top of it from indianapolis to st. louis. a lot of people in the east coast are asking, is it coming here? as rain. thank you so much, bill. check the news feed this morning. keep a close eye on your email and social media accounts. merely 2 million facebooks from sites like facebook, twitter, google and yahoo were stolen and posted online. facebook and twitter have reset the passwords of affected users. the most common password was 123456. really? 16,000 accounts. big concernses about the threat of al qaeda in yemen after a suicide bomber killed at least 20 soldiers. the suspect blew up a car
this morning and the temperatures are going to heat up in a hurry. they ll be hotter today than it was yesterday. the humidity is still around, too. especially after the rain last night it could be 95 and humid in hartford. new york to d.c., mid 90s. a little cooler in pennsylvania and western new york from buffalo to pittsburgh. the middle of the country will bake, 100 degrees, minneapolis, green bay is supposed to be 99 degrees. this heat wave isn t quite as bad as the last one. but the humidity levels are higher, so it s not going to feel very comfortable out there. we re going to keep it dry from kansas city to chicago to st. louis to indianapolis. we are now in the driest period, the last 45 days in indianapolis history. they ve had .09 of a rain in the last 45 days. the farmers in the fields trying to watch their crops just wither right in front of their eyes. we re going to continue a chance of thunderstorms from the southeast. it looks like minneapolis and possibly back here by
i think the tuesday will be the hottest day of it with 100 around st. louis and indianapolis. 99 in d.c. and then probably the last day of the heat wave will be on wednesday, we ll be in the mid to upper 90s from new york city southward and 100 from indianapolis to st. louis. it s not the extreme 105s of the last heat wave, but this one is more humid, so it may be a little more uncomfortable. that doesn t sound too good, but thanks, bill. big ben walks up the hill. pump prices fall and exciting new difference this morning on the internet. your first look at this morning s business headlines is straight ahead. a slug fest in the bronx, steven strasburg does it all and is jeremy lin s knick career over? you re watching first look.
we went two, three hours with no tornado warnings. now new tornado warnings for missouri, they are coming out of the ozarks. pretty much an unpopulated rural area, but now going up through interstate 44, going to salem. sullivan, union, and then st. louis. in about an hour to two hours from now, we could have serious storms going through st. louis towards the morning rush hour. let s hope these weaken. today s threat area, over the top of st. louis. we don t have a high risk like yesterday. later they could upgrade them. right now it s a large, moderate risk. we have another severe weather outbreak today, we are including from indianapolis to st. louis, much of the southern half of illinois, then all the way from paducah, cadown to memphis, outside of little rock. if you are watching, on the east