yes, that was the most exotic place way too early will ever go. we were in london for the royal wedding. went to paris for three hours and saw the entire stichlt as you saw, we didn t have a lot of time but we pulled it off. let s get a check on weather from meteorologist bill karins. he s been here about every single day. it s hard to top that. we ve got a few tricks up our sleeve. you may be involved in a few minutes. all right, willie. congratulations and good morning, everyone. heat wave continues in the middle of the country. we have effective heat warnings in in effect. kansas city, wichita and tulsa. we had the rain last night that cooled off areas like new york city and new england so it actually feels kind of refreshing this morning. that won t be the case later
he s not a chia pet, bill. good morning, everyone. let s chat about where we re dealing with the worst of the heat. that s all we re doing. we re shifting the heat from one side of the country to the other. we saw some beautiful weather in the great lakes yesterday. today that s arriving in the northeast after a little bit of rain last night. we re going to dry it out for a beautiful day from the cape to boston. real heat yesterday was focused in the southern half of the country. we were about 97 in atlanta. that s the hottest day you ve had so far of the summer season. it was very humid too. charleston and savannah, it wasn t pretty. myrtle beach, it was very hot too. this area is going to get a break, maybe some rain later this afternoon. all of this is going to shift to mississippi, louisiana, arkansas, and this is where the heat is really going to build the next couple of days. we re going to go from 100 in oklahoma city to 106, 108 in the days ahead. this is where the drough
residents forced to evacuate are watching the river very closely. alicia acuna is there live in minot with the latest. hello. reporter: hi, shannon. it has been a particularly stressing weekend for folks of minot, north dakota. they found out yesterday they are not allowed to drink or use tap water in any way after they did find out the good news that the crest was going to come in two feet lower than expected. still, they did get rain last night. up with of the worst things they could get in this area. we saw as the boat goes by, and as they travel over, let me tell you what they re traveling over. this is a parking lot where we are. railroad tracks. a couple of streets. if you look beyond the trees there, that is an entire neighborhood. the river banks aren t but beyond, way beyond those trees. this is all just regular streets. and other things in the city. not what it s supposed to be. then last night, the civil
at some good weather. yes, especially across the south. a little moving across the central. chicago, a fair share of rain last night. beginning to dry out. in detroit, kind of a wet day. west coast, still getting rainfall as far south as san diego. a very winterlike pattern for the past couple of weeks and it continues today and tomorrow. traveling through vegas, phoenix, los angeles, san diego, you will probably see some delays because of the rain and wind. late season snow, not bad conditions out there. a lot of the resorts are closing this weekend. get out there and get your snow. they are not closing because they don t have any more snow. business starts to dry up, because people think it is no the a good time to go. fire danger high again, critical across parts of the high plains in through texas and oklahoma. a threat for severe weather later on today across the ohio and tennessee valleys and the mid south. we will watch for that. that shouldn t be as drastic as what we saw ear
live on capitol hill. first, let s go to bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? good morning, everyone. with the roads the way they are, a lot of schools probably would have been delayed. with schools closed, no problems being reported on the roads or at 9 airports. no delays. we are watching a band of heavy snow continuing between interstate 78 and 80 through north new jersey, heading through westchester county. temperatures are cold enough only for snow north of new york. south the roads are fine. philly, you ve been plenty warm. just a little light rain. that s your forecast. pittsburgh, rain, too. chicago you had rain last night and you could get snow later on today. you re watching morning joe, brewed by starbucks.