most americans. always love having you here. patti ann, what do you have going on over there? it is time for the first degree weather update with janice dean. good morning patti ann and heather. we are looking forward to the weekend. in some cases we are going to see record setting temperatures across the eastern half of the country pushing 60 degrees. that is pushing over the ohio valley and the great lakes. we have several reports of tornadoes yesterday around this time. we have a storm brewing here that will be 6 to 12, even 18 inches of new snow. great news for this year. you can see a real divergence between the much cooler air across the rockies and warmer air across the south and eventually pushing across the
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vote. first the stifling heat wave that s creating dangerous conditions in the midwest, south and northeast. take a look at the predicted highs for today. 103 where i m sitting in atlanta. 20 states are under heat warnings or advisories right now. the sizzling temperatures aren t just uncomfortable, they can be life threatening, especially people who don t have air conditioning. that s the unfortunate reality in a lot of northeast right now after storms knocked out power to millions of homes. athena jones joins us from a cooling center in burke, virginia. give me a sense of what officials are saying about when power s going to be fully restored there. reporter: good afternoon, poppy. of course this power is just the top of enone s mine. in maryland power company officials say it is going to take up to a week for full restoration of power because of the extensibilive damage. there was a conference call here with utility companies that said in virginia it could take until s
jon: elizabeth prann, thank you. jaime as tropical storm barrel sweeps the coast, you have to take precaution, our team coverage continues with maria molina, 97, 96, high, high temperatures. possible record setting temperatures for a large area of the country from the northeast into parts of the great lakes, like the city of chicago, cleveland, through the plains, down into texas. so a pretty big chunk of the country that s going to be seeing high temperatures into the 90s this afternoon so everybody needs to be safe out if. twenty-three out there. if you re headed outdoor for a long period of time, you ve got to make sure you stay hydrated, drink a lot war a lot of water throughout the day. i do want to kick off with tropical depression barrel because there is an sreupbzry, downgrading the storm from a tropical storm to a depression, sustained winds at 30 miles per hour. you can see gusts stronger than that. that s something to keep in
temperatures right now not too bad across the eastern part of the country near normal 67 as we head out the door in new york city. pleasant 65 in dc and 70 savannah georgia and temperatures remain near where they are supposed to be at this time of the year across parts of texas. across the west you guys it is extremely warm out there well above average record setting temperatures out there. 104 for the high temperatures today. we have several excessive heat warnings because of how hot it is out here. there s not a lot of humidity. there is a dry heat. we are not talking about big concerns as far as heat index values but it s hot out here. maria molina, thanks. uncelting news for job seekers out there. what they are saying about the economy for the years.