now tropical storm lane. we are told in a few short hours may be tropical depression lane as it gets broken up. really the one area that has protected the rest of the chamber taken the brunt of the storm is the east side of the main island. the big island of hawaii. which is basically separated down themiddle by the volcanoes. the east side was taken without protection and they really have in some places, 40 47 inches of rain. in hilo 35 inches of rain. that s one of the top five rain producing storms in u.s. history. hurricane harvey is still number one when it came to rain totals per the number can still go. obviously flood and mudslide problems in the hilo area on the east side of the big island. here on maui we are getting random rainstorms and also fires here believe it or not. everyone was waiting for the rain to come ashore there were three fires. they have been contained. we can still smell the smoke
has a distinct me smell, distinct touch, it s very obvious, you do not need an analysis. you were poking me. i don t know that they tested the pine tar. i think the whole thing is under protest. we will leave it there. wouldn t you like to know what the weather is like today? let s get to chad myers in for indra petersons. chris, you ve got a little something right there. it s called egg. three things going on today. windy conditions. 7 million people on the way of severe weather in the plains and more mountain snow here. heavy rain they just don t need out there in the pacific northwest. that could cause more mudslide problems. here are the wind gusts. boston, 42 miles per hour. new york city, 23. that could slow down airplanes because you can t use all the runway it is you have to take off and land from the same runway or the same direction. little rock, memphis, paducah, st. louis, severe weather. pleasant windy day i cross the northeast. winds in new york city across
this is a good one but they need more. it s a good soaking. the entire state is under a drought. the entire state 100% of it, and over a quarter exceptional drought. now you see exactly where the rain is, the entire state. we ll tell you, this rain is going to make its way into arizona, snow across the rockies, that s all good as well. but we have this one big heavy band move through downtown l.a. adam was saying he has the break. there s the next band moving through. more heavy rain, ve already seen two inches and more on the way. there are strong winds and the possibility of a tornado popping up pretty quickly there think about that. all of the people in the big cities from santa barbara, to the south, will look for that threat. we ll see more mudslide problems. this is additional precip. the red, another three to five plus inches.
off the coast and that storm is still right here. that s the big one that was off the shore. last week at this time we thought this one would be closer to new england and affecting it even worsep. it didn t happen. the forecast progression and then we ll talk about the potential for the storm on the east coast. currently, the big weather headlines are out west and it s eventually this whole complex mess will move across the country and this is the origins of what could possibly be that storm that heads up the eastern seaboard on saturday and sunday. right now definitely this hose of moisture continues. we re going to have a lot more in the way of mudslide problems today. high elevation snows aren t as much of an issue today as yesterday. we re getting down here to some warmer air. even san diego will get some heavy rain today. our computers are projecting between another two to five inches. this is just incredible. it s going to occur today and continue until tomorrow and then it will