showers or storms across northern portions of the plains, like north dakota, minnesota, that could be bringing in a bit of relief with rain for that moment. otherwise it s just going to be a hot day. portions of the southeast right now already seeing heavy rain which is good news. louisiana, coastal regions of florida panhandle and southern portions of georgia and alabama, really need the rain. that s good news for now. again, the showers and storms across northern plains will be firing up later on today and they could actually produce some severe weather. that s what we ll be looking at, including the city of fargo. heather? heather: thank you very much. gregg: everybody s lawns are getting scorched out there. it s kind of tough. heather: you have a lawn? gregg: i have a lawn. you don t? heather: i ve got a little bread box. gregg: i ll bring awe patch from my front yard. it s all brown now. all right. how about los angeles? it s being called carmageddon, massive road cons