you take out the car this morning. also we ll be watching showers throughout the day. keep the umbrella handy. here is a wider picture of the east coast. clouds, the green is rain. now we even have light rain moving up into central portions of new england. so it pretty much covers a good chunk of the mid-atlantic and the northeast. how much rain can we expect over the next 48 hours? could be significant from the roanoke area up to d.c., possibly two to three inches. in new england, one to two inches for you. so the forecast today, there is the rain in the east. but i tell you what, the rest of the country on this monday, picture perfect from the middle of the country all the way to the west. enjoy early summer weather. cloudy today in new york city. you re watching morning joe brewed by starbucks. [ morgan ] when you cheer,
way, alex. nice to talk to you again. the southeast, we ve got showers and thunderstorms. no surprise there in the summer time, those are part and parcel of the season. where we could use some of the rain, but we re not getting any, across texas. dallas will hit up to 9 8. storms in tampa, miami as well. in the northeast, you mentioned it a beautiful day here around new york city. norfolk, up to d.c., philadelphia, also nice weather. boston having a nice day. farther north, a few scattered showers. there in new york, you ll head up to 81 pleasant degrees. out here in the middle of the country, janelle talking about all of that water, more rain across parts of the northern plains and parts of the middle tennessee valleys as well. in fact some of the storms could be severe. looks like chicago will get up to 77 but a hot 91 in kansas city and under the arch at 90. things look decent but
sneak peek at what is on the agenda. reporter: now officially known as the duke and duchess of cambridge, william and catherine are set to arrive in southern california july 8th and stay until july 10th. the royal newlyweds will spend their first night in los angeles at a business event, supporting uk trade and investment followed by a reception at the british consular general residence. in hancock park. and the prince will also play in a charity polo match in santa barbara with the duchess awarding the trophy to the winning team. that evening, prince william and the former kate middleton will attend a black tie dinner at the renovated theater to introduce young british film talent to hollywood executives. one celebrity who s excited about the royal visit is their close friend, soccer star, david beckham. it will be exciting for them, i m sure. they have many other things going on in their lives, but it is incredible to have them together and have them married. reporter: the roya
a little bit of damage in the form of broken windows and trees down. we ll take that dramatic video with relatively little consequence. i think we ll see more of that maybe today. but i think even more so as we get to thursday and friday. if you are doing travel today, a little bit of wind in boston, new york metro, rain in d.c. and philly may slow things down. and low clouds here in atlanta and denver might lead to delays early on. raleigh up to d.c., there s the batch of rain in d.c. yesterday. moderate rain at times. for the most part it will be beneficial. wind in california and that will come into the plains the next few days and we ll see the threat for severe weather and more widespread damage. we ll watch that carefully as we re getting into prime time severe weather season. talking about chicken fried, cold beer on a friday night.
snow in parts of the sierra. getting into the tetons right now. this is going to create some wind. already did create a lot of wind across parts of utah. it is going to press more in the front range. we are seeing rain trying to sneak in from pittsburgh back to philadelphia up to d.c. a live shot of d.c. for you. not quite getting there yet. a fair amount of dry air. you see some stratus clouds at overcast conditions. still, some brightening of the sky. we haven t really saturated the air enough for it to rain just yet. you will see light showers or sprinkles. maybe a light, steady rain later in the morning. jen this is not that strong of a system. it is losing steam. the bigger story today, wind. the owe tensi the potential for severe weather into the bad lands or the black hills. you might see rough weather later on. is going to continue.