both those coasts and a heat wave hitting the middle of the country, let s check in with accuweather meteorologist jim dickey with the latest. good morning. good morning, dan. brandi. heavy thunderstorms expected out across the portions of the nation s mid section. the plains in particular, watching kansas, watching nebraska heavy storms, late, bringing flooding rain. a battleground between dryer, cooler air, upper midwest, northern plains and heat and humidity in place across the mississippi valley, many spots easily in the triple digits. we re also tracking two tropical systems having an indirect impact. this is hurricane cristobal not making landfall on the east coast here. going to stay offshore. but going to keep some rip currents and high surf in place along the eastern seaboard. meanwhile, off the west coast, off baja, california, powerful hurricane marie, which is weakening but that will keep dangerously high surf along the west coast, too. dan, brandi, back to you. jim, th
both those coasts and a heat wave hitting the middle of the country, let s check in with accuweather meteorologist jim dickey with the latest. good morning. good morning, dan. brandi. heavy thunderstorms expected out across the portions of the nation s mid section. the plains in particular, watching kansas, watching nebraska heavy storms, late, bringing flooding rain. a battleground between dryer, cooler air, upper midwest, northern plains and heat and humidity in place across the mississippi valley, many spots easily in the triple digits. we re also tracking two tropical systems having an indirect impact. this is hurricane cristobal not making landfall on the east coast here. going to stay offshore. but going to keep some rip currents and high surf in place along the eastern seaboard. meanwhile, off the west coast, off baja, california, powerful hurricane marie, which is weakening but that will keep dangerously high surf along the west coast, too. dan, brandi, back to you. jim, th