interior valleys of california typically hot this time of year and typically dry. it is excessively dry and excessively hot. from mow dedesto down to bakersfield. this is tuesday into thursday. take a look at these temperatures. sacramento, 108 degrees. a normal high might be around 92, 95 degrees. that lets you know just how hot it is. 10 to 15 degrees above where it should be this time of year. all you have to do is sneak over towards portions of arizona and into the interior west and across the central rockies and we ve got a little bit more in the way of rainfall. this is the time of year we see that monsoonal flow. it has been very prevalent or very indicative of what s been happening across this region. high pressure has built across
because you are rain-weary here. however, we do expect those thunderstorms to intensify a bit later this afternoon and into this evening and some of them could become severe from chicago to indy, detroit, up towards cleveland and even into buffalo. out west, a secondary area here of severe weather expected. some of those thunderstorms that developed could be those dry-type thunderstorms that can spark fires in the area. we have some moisture across parts of the southwest. monsoonal flow continues in this area. we are monitoring fire conditions out there across parts of california where thousands of people have been evacuated and several homes destroyed. more on fire coming up in the next hour. also, kerry a something i want to tease, some of the best and worst beaches in the country. we are going to have that coming up in the 10:00 hour. jacqui, thanks. no secret exercise can help cut out stress and anger. wonder if mel gibson heard of that. one sports club is looking to bank his r