right now hurricane michael is on course to hit the florida panhandle as a major storm. the next 36 hours are crucial, because we could see michael make landfall as a category 3 with devastating impacts. in all, in florida, 26 counties are under states of emergency and governor rick scott is warning families to be prepared. so let s go straight to cnn meteorologist jennifer gray. jennifer, what s the timing of this thing? this could be a major storm by tomorrow afternoon. it is expected to make landfall on wednesday, but this storm is intensifying rapidly and it is getting stronger by the second. 75-mile-per-hour winds right now with gusts up to 90, producing a lot of rain shower activity across the west coast of cuba. this is going to continue to strengthen, becoming a category 3 and possibly making landfall as a category 3 on wednesday,
rain shower activity. as far as it s monday. let s look at the week ahead. new york city. you are finally going to get into a very nice april weather pattern by the middle to end of this week. we head to the southeast. you ll see some stormy weather towards the end of this week. this is a big week for golf. biggest golf tournament of the year. all eyes on tiger woods thursday and friday. looks like some afternoon thunderstorms. thankfully for the final two rounds the weather looks really nice. they should get it in on time. chicago, an okay end to the week. some showers on tuesday. you re not as warm as you were in march but it s still pretty nice by chicago standards. and as far as dallas goes, we should be very warm. texas, lynn, already feeling like summer. bill, thanks so much. coming up, who won at the box office? and last night s big country music winners. plus when it comes to the worst, a slew of awards adam sandler would prefer not have won. your first look at entert
only 45 in hartford. if you had a foot on the ground, i think we only lost an inch or two yesterday, so we ll probably do that again today. it won t be until the end of the week that the ground will probably go bare once again as we get into the upper 50s, even in connecticut. here s the forecast in hartford over the next five days. you notice we do warm it up into the mid to upper 50s by the end of the week. by then, i think i think by next weekend all the snow will be gone with the exception being in the mountainous areas. this week we don t are anything really drastic out there. a little rain shower activity with coastal storm today and tonight in the carolinas. we ll have a snowstorm, a minor one in colorado on wednesday. that s about it. just some rain showers in the great lakes and also in south florida. if anyone has a wet trick-or-treating forecast it will be down around miami and south florida, even showers heading up the east coast. as i mentioned, detroit to cleveland, cin
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,
rains as well. let s take a look at the weather map and you can see that texas right now is dry. we ve had some diminishing storms in portions of oklahoma. pretty much the rest of the country, the eastern third of the united states is dry although there was some rain shower activity overnight. and thunderstorms, did you hear those? oh, my gosh. scary lightning. current readings as you head onned t out the door, 60 s and 70 s across much of the land. it will hit 100 in rapid city. getting close to that in denver, albuquerque, san antonio and el paso. it s going to be toasty. meanwhile, let s talk about golf. tiger woods admitting u.s. open champion roy mcilroy is better than he was at the age of 22. he s a rising star in the golf world as you know. he crushed the field in the u.s. open and almost won the masters drawing a lot of comparisons between him and tiger. tiger woods says he rushed back too soon from injuries in the past to try to make a run at a