temperature forecast for the day. so a significant departure from normal. so if you are traveling there, be prepared for heat but the cool weather is coming and that will bring relief into those area as well as we head into next week. the heat will be in the mediterranean where it should be this time of year. and talking about the arctic circle, with the month of june being the warmest on record across the plan either, looks like july may also be the warmest july on record. it has sparked hundreds of wildfires in the arctic circle. this is a satellite image coming from russia. you can see some of the fires. unfortunately, this has created a very bad air pollution problem. we re talking about 50 gay tons of co2 emissions.
behind this system we have temperatures that are 10 degree to 15 degree below average. some highs forecast to reach the 50s. but then we have the opposite occurring. we have a heat wave across the southwest. some of these values are quite incredible. up to 112 degree for the temperature forecast out there. it could feel as hot as 120 degree in vegas, southern california and southwestern parts of arizona. ahead of that front we mentioned across parts of the plains we have a heat wave. temperatures widespread. but we have a lot of humidity out here so it will be feel hotter than what the thermometer reads in many of the areas. it s hot. martha: it s sticky.
temperatures in the long-term temperature forecast. back to you. we ll take it. for chicago, i had it 20 degrees and 60 degrees. i wonder if you will tell me more stories about st. patrick s day. isis joining forces with another deadly terror group as it fights iraqi forces for control of a key city. we are live in baghdad after the break.
storm system still very warm in the upper 80s in houston and new orleans. dell rio 99 degrees, 100 if yis your temperature forecast. it will be a hot one. you factor in the humidity it will be hotter than that. parts of the east coast feeling warm as well. 89 in atlanta 89 for the high in raleigh, north carolina. is 1 hins befo 11 minutes before the top of the hour. a woman has her house broken into and on-line gamers come to her rescue. looking out of the window to see the big piece missing from the wing. how human error took a chunk out of this jet. woman: this is not exactly what i expected.
we could be seeing some shine later on. there will be some scattered showers of storms. where we could be seeing storms. mississippi, alabama, tennessee, kentucky. that s where we have a storm system rolling through and the ingredients are in place where we could see severe weather. flash flooding another concern. we have watches in effect out here, several inches of rain could fall from the storms as they roll through these areas. keep that in mind. flash flooding and severe weather possible. and south of the storm system, temperatures are very warm and even hot for some of you, like in el paso, you re looking at a temperature forecast to reach 100 degrees. upper 80s in atlanta. middle 90s in raleigh, north carolina. factor in the humidity and it s going to feel hotter than that. let s head back inside. all right. thank you very much. 110 today in phoenix. meanwhile, miss nevada may have won the miss usa pageant on sunday night, but miss indiana took social media by storm sunday nig