last year. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with our forecast. too much water there and seems like in some places here in the u.s., just not enough with those wildfires. >> the fires out west and it's been very dry. the droug northeast. this is actually our first chance of significant rain in a while. it's already raining in northern portions of kentucky. we are going to produce a quick half inch to an inch of rain in lexington this morning. this is the rainfall forecast in the next few days. it's been a while since we've had a soaking rain like this. this is the possibility of up to 2 inches of rain. the purple is about an inch and a half and later tonight into philadelphia to the baltimore area. hopefully it won't come too fast because if it does we could get flash flooding. that's why we have flood watches. so today's forecast, a few hot spots too. very hot yesterday in the