region. we re going to get toasty from the carolinas to the d.c. area, getting up into the mid-80s. the warmth is coming in. later will come the humidity, too. more thunderstorm chances. tomorrow is warm, if not warmer. tomorrow, we ll peak out in the mid-90s. thomas, iowa we re watching, southern minnesota, even a few tornadoes. this weekend was excellent, though. low-humidity weekends aren t going to last much longer. coming up at the top of the hour fast-moving developments in the violence in iraq. we ll hear what president obama says has to happen before the u.s. takes any military action. but first, when we come back, we re going to huddle around the water cooler together.
you can see through the beginning of the week, conditions improving. less chances by wednesday. partly cloudy conditions. speaking of the rain, i want to show you something unusual for this time of year. this moisture barrelling into northern california and the pacific northwest. this is something we don t typically see this time of year. it s good news. more rainfall is not that impressive for a wintertime storm where typically you can see eight to ten inches of rainfall. we are talking one to three inches of rain. two to four inches this time of year is extremely rare. that s the good. the plus side of this. unfortunately, the bad side, cold air up to the warm air. it means strong winds over the rockies. good for them. bad in the rockies, higher wind and lower humidity as a result. thunderstorm chances from the dakotas to iowa today. what does that mean? the college world series. they are not going to like that so much.
shot or a field attempt. they re dubbing it the worst penalty shot in the world. i ll just call it hilarious. way to run it in, mario. here s nbc meteorologist bill karins. that was pretty entertaining. we re watching the threat of severe storms in the mid-atlantic into the northeast. not a large threat, but if you re traveling today in areas from new york city to pennsylvania, new jersey, we re going to see the storms rolling in. right now light rain this morning areas approaching harrisonburg and harrisburg, pennsylvania, and also d.c., but late this afternoon the area of yellow, we have the possibility of wind damage and large hail it includes a good section from state college to scranton, through philadelphia, baltimore and d.c. so we don t get too many bouts of severe storms, the coverage won t be that great. but whatever strong storms could dorm, could do some damage. that s why we have the thunderstorm chances in those areas. other storms are possible in the southeast. mid
head possibly to illinois, even indiana later today, so that s great. forecast for the northeast, one more very warm day. humidity s beginning to increase. thunderstorm chances pretty much from thursday through saturday. warm and humid air spreading up the eastern seaboard. today looks like a dry day, airports no problem at all. southeast drier today than yesterday. and look at those temperatures. i told you it s cooler. 77, that s it today in minneapolis. chicago only 84. all the hot air is from denver to billings back out west. look at phoenix. now you re getting into your hot weather as expected, 113. thomas, i ll leave you with the forecast for st. louis. one of the hottest, driest places in the country. by the time they get to friday, everyone is going to be outside. air conditioning off, high of only 82 degrees. they ve been in the 90s or 100s all summer. they deserve it. they deserve a little break. thank you so much. we ll go back to willie live for us in london with highli
quite a bit of rain into north dakota first thing this morning. 55 in minneapolis. 59, denver. 66 in dallas. warm weather into florida. 75, orlando. 82 in miami. the rain shower activity will really be foe cucused in the southeastern states. nice break in the action today in chicago. 90 and sunny in dallas. storms in the east today. tomorrow, a break in the action in the plains. more thunderstorm chances in place across the southeast. lynn, that s the first look at the forecast. all right, ryan. thanks so much. well, italy is downgraded. apple is bumped. another flub by netflix. a first look at this morning s business headlines is next. coming up, a save for the record books and hands down the best touchdown catch of the season. you re watching first look. [ woman ] jogging stroller, you ve been stuck in the garage,