oklahoma and then as we go through saturday we re going to bring that rainfall into wichita, and dallas. a period of rain that may ruin your outdoor plans in those areas saturday. on sunday the rain moves and gets heavy through areas of alabama, mississippi, tennessee and eventually through sunday night into monday it heads into georgia. looks like in georgia most of your weekend is dry and safe but we ll track that rain through the deep south. here s today s forecast. cold and chilly but the sun goes to work melting a lot of the snow on the ground that s left on minneapolis and green bay. nice afternoon after a cold start new york and d.c. still below average but at least with sunny skies it will feel like spring. here s that rain on saturday. nice and mild, lots of sunshine the oes coast for your saturday. then on sunday we track the heavy rain. tennessee, mississippi, alabama, this is what we deserve after a very punishing first half of
those winds will increase as we head to maybe wednesday or thursday of this week. so several days of rain, again, still the major concern as we head into the weekend of next weekend. might even be seeing rain on saturday. again, we need a steering mechanism and it s just not moving anywhere. since friday, the major impacts, the first major hurricane to hit sin wilma in 2005. we had as much rain in alison, but in half the time. over 50 inches of rain is possible by the end of it from this storm. it s going to set some records. it s amazing to think of that much water coming into the area. it has nowhere to go. these are the prediction models right now. we hope it comes in less and in some cases it could come in more. we re seeing breaks in between, that may throw people off a little bit. it s not offever, we ll see
washouts but rain on saturday, by sunday not too bad but a new storm system sunday into monday will come to the ohio valley. by the time we get to the fourth of july, kansas, indianapolis, ohio valley, that s where we ll have some storms. some of those early morning and afternoon parades could have problems. we ll update as we get closer to the fourth of july and the forecast. new york city today a little warmer, 82 degrees if you didn t like the coolness yesterday. hot tomorrow in the 90s. you re washingtonitching morni we ll be right back. lhello, it s me researchers of technologies that one day you will. some call them the best of the best. some call them veterans.
is a soggy weekend for many of us. we will look at it day by day. not to the weekend yet. we are looking to the midwest and back through texas with some showers. heavy rain through tomorrow. louisville and nashville and memphis with the bull s-eye. the moisture filling into the mid-atlantic and northeast. by the time we get through saturday, we will see hot spots. boston and new york city through d.c., we will look at a soggy mess. not a change. mild weather in d.c. in 40s and 50s. rain on saturday. that mixed bag for you. meanwhile out west, still talking about the systems here. the first one pulling out of here. moisture pulling into the four corners. another system is behind it labeled it number two. making its way. more heavy rainfall is expected into california by the time we get to the weekend. all right. thanks. gas has fallen below $2 a
apple. hard to believe with windchills so far below zero. by the end of the week, 40s on friday. 50s with rain on saturday. so it s a short but painful punch of cold air here in the northeast. richard? so it s that mixed blessing, isn t it, really? we don t have a lot of moisture. that made things more botheraea if you will. not dealing with a massive snowstorm. we can enjoy the dry weather. we ll take that. so will those in chicago and atlanta. thank you very much. developing right now, the house of representatives convened just a few minutes ago and then quickquick ly recessed until 6:30 p.m. after two weeks away for the holidays, it s front and center in the latest battle. long-term unemployment benefits that expire december 28th for 1.3 million americans. just a few hours ago, a bill extending those benefits survived a key vote in the senate. the measure surprisingly got the 60 votes needed to advance.