janice dean joins us with the pollen forecast. janice: some kids are not going outside during recess because the pollen is so bad. i mean,. [sneeze] take a look at the maps. beautiful day despite the pollen u 63 in chicago. 50 in rapid city. 65 in corpus christi. showers for thunderstorms across the great lakes. good things with the showers and thunderstorms it cuts back on the pollen. so we ll enjoy that but the potential for large hail, maybe damaging winds and isolated tornado will be with us through the afternoon and the evening with a daytime evening watches and warnings in effect. holy moly hot across the southwest. breaks records in phoenix. 106 already. and we will see feel a little bit of relief as we head into saturday and sunday. still really hot. we can t complain here because look at phoenix. crazy. steve: no kidding.