hurricane ian? absolutely, although it s been downgraded to a tropical storm ida it was one of the most powerful to hit florida ranked it s not finished with its damage. there is still rain to fall in florida and as you can see it s very extensive, the rain heading into northern florida and into georgia and the carolinas so again a lot of storm surge potentially here, five or six feet, nearly two metres and several hundred millimetres of rain forecast for other states in the usa in the south east in the next couple of days. close to our shores nothing quite as stormy but we do have our first autumnal gale is coming quite widely tomorrow with some wet weather as well, so quiet today in contrast, we ve got few wish i was around, more sunshine. the wind, that chilly northerly wind, starting to ease a bit so in the sunshine away from the showers, 16 17 feels quite pleasant, we are still in september after all but it is all change. not tonight necessarily in the south and east, te
let s get a check on election day forecast. bill karins, looks like new jersey and virginia going to see rain today. mentioning how important the turnout is going to be especially in the virginia race. in the rain for much of the day. see how it affects the numbers. how many people come out and vote in an off presidential year. rainfall right now over ohio. soaking rain in kentucky. especially in tennessee. a lot of heavy rain overnight. now over the top of knoxville. heading to the mid atlantic this afternoon. rainfall totals aren t going to be that high. much of the state of virginia in a quarter inch to half an inch of rain. timing of it for bigger cities suburbs south of d.c. that s going to be late afternoon, early evening. typically when the most people get out there and vote. here s the timing of it. track the rain. yellow and moderate to heavier rain. this is 7:00 a.m. go through the lunch hour today. raining in roanoke. rain begins to arrive in washington, d.c. 5:00 p.m. and
the heavier rain in northern virginia. also from the richmond virginia and down towards norfolk. not snow or ice or anything. just rainfall. that can stop people from voting. we ll also see the rain moving into new jersey during the day today for that voting. all right. bill karins, thanks for the update. in the wake of the mass shooting in texas, members of congress looking to sake some sort of action on guns. is it going to work? we take a look at the options on the table next. don t let type 2 diabetes get between you and your heart. because your risk of heart attack or stroke is up to four times greater. but there are steps you can take to lower your cardiovascular risk. talk to your health care provider today about diabetic heart disease. and find out more at heartoftype2.com. your heart and type 2 diabetes. make the connection. here s the story of green mountain coffee roasters sumatra reserve. let s go to sumatra. the coffee here is amazing. because the volcanic soil is amaz
rain. then exit virginia and the steadier rain all over the state of new jersey. everyone heads home from work or school and start to head to the polls there. not a lot of forecast concerns. we ll see 34 in denver. denver, a cold day for you. it will be warm enough. they ll stay wet. a few concerns on election day. mostly it looks like the rain in areas of new jersey and virginia. still ahead the announcement of a price tag of $105 billion in what could be the tech industry s latest turnover. a major deal that could reshape the media landscape and the others driving your business day coming up. whether you ve saved a lot or just a little.
vote turnout. probably stop a few people from going out, but typically does when we get a rainy forecast. snow is even worse. don t have to deal with any of that. chaj changes have arrived. blue temperatures show colder than average. big change for the northeast. huge change in texas and kansas too. this will go away in about two days from now. have the rain moving in through ohio right now. heading to appalachians throu s ashville. during the day spread and move in there. as far as temperatures go, warm enough this is all rain. maybe interior section of pennsylvania wet snowflakes today. that will be about it. this map blue shows you mixture of snow. that s at noon today. southern new york some snowflakes flying. not going to accumulate. you ll see them. here s the rain heading for washington, d.c. at noon. northern d.c. gets the heaviest