and then you also realize a lot of the big weather phenomena that impact people -- el niÑo, monsoons - those are tropical phenomena. and if you really wanted to look at the history of those, you need records from that part of the world. and i will never forget a rebuff when we proposed to drill the quelccaya ice cap. and it basically said, "the ice cap is too high for human beings, and the technology does not exist to drill it." and toward the end of the season, i got a telex from the program manager. he said that he had funded all of his real science projects and he had $7,000 left -- what could we do on that tropical glacier for $7,000? and i remember telexing back and saying, "i think we can get there." the idea was to bring a drill from antarctica and fly this thing up to the summit, drill the core, put the cores in a helicopter, fly it out. this helicopter -- we'd be flying along at 19,000 feet, and it would just fall like a rock. i mean, it's clear air. and the pilot's eyes were big. i'm sure ours were, too. after two attempts, they said, "there's no way. we can't even get close

la nina is done and el nino as not kicked in yet. it should be a fairly normal hurricane season. we have had one storm. four to eight of them expected to be hurricanes. as we have said every year it almost does not matter how strong they are. it looks like a fairly typical hurricane season headed our way. we will have to keep our eye on the tropics. hurricane season goes from june 1 through november. we have another area of disturbed weather east of miami. this is the second name on the list. that may develop into a named storm. temperatures are warming up to a tropical-like levels. it will stay warm tonight. 60's 4 below. a minimal chance of an evening thunderstorm and patchy fog overnight. high pressure is building in from the west over that front. the gradual warming trend and warmer weather. isolated storms in the afternoon. a warm day. 82 to 87 degrees. a southerly breeze and it should be a decent day on the chesapeake tomorrow. partly to mostly sunny tomorrow and partly cloudy saturday. an isolated thunderstorm on the ridge tops but most areas in the mountains will have a n

and the fundamentalist are seizing on el ninos destruction of lands - fire and so, with the millennium i think people want to identify themselves with some faith, i'm here the millennium is coming, where is my status? >> and you're quite right and we are seeing all kinds of religious activity around this time and in this society it's spinning off cults and sects, it really actually is. i don't know how long lived they will be but you have a christian groups who are seeing in those terms. but there is a whole other millennial vision that actually can go back to roots and the aquarian age of the hippies in the 60s which sees the new world, the new age, the new order the new light coming down, so it's a fascinating thing. but time, historical events certainly spawn, it's like putting a catalyst into our soupy ecological mix, it creates more stuff bubbling up and coming out. yes, annette? >> we have an example here but - >> oh good lets go to the roll in. >> a few years back, i don't even remember, a man who was a geologist predicted an earthquake in the mid west region and it was like phe

el nino may play a role in all this. >> it has to do with the water temperature. it's kind of a catch-22. too many birds move into the cooler waters andk about the cyclical pattern between el nino and la nina. here is peru. we go through the cycles. we been in what is called the la nina cycle. that ended in april. that means the water temperatures are cool. this is an area that is rich in n nutrients, lots of fish, including anchovies, is the primary food source for the pelicans. in the last couple months, those temperatures have warmed up. what happens is the fish then move further to the south and they move into deeper waters and so the birds that are too young or maybe even too old or too weak to be able to make the flight to follow that fish end up dying off. so that's what they're saying, they're starving to death. this graphic shows you what's been happening with our te temperatu temperatures. here is the average or normal, so to speak. we have been in that big blue area here. over the months, and then you see the big dip up right here into that orange area. that's where the temperatures have been above average about two to five

>> actually it could be a little bit less and especially if we have el nino forming. we'll see if that's going to happen. >> these are confirmed hurricanes, not lick beryl, these are hurricanes. >> exactly. we're going to talk more about that because the official season does start tomorrow but again already two tropical storms. with all this crazy weather that we've been having since the beginning of the year, then you know what? this is not something that we're not used to i should say. so we look at the satellite and radar as of now and we have some stormy weather across the middle of the nation. and also this will begin to slide its way off towards the east and once it does that that's going to set us up for some severe weather as we head into tomorrow. so definitely going to keep your eyes peeled for that. and we'll see if we get some thunderstorms severe gusty winds and large hail. but for today, we're not talking about that. the satellite the radar is nice and clear as of now. beryl is long gone. we don't have to worry about that at all. take you odds this morni

during an el nino year when it pours every weekend and you have your unverted umbrella, your kids playing on the tirble tissue might think wow, those lucky kids that got rained out there are playing on the real grass. you know, you never really know. we are hearing oh, we got rained out. well, that is rained out. you can embrace that. go to a matinee with your kids and do those things you didn't get to do and you can embrace the fact that if they're literally bouncing off the walls take them to the house of air. you can book time in there. i live equi distant to the ocean at the beach chalet field and i wouldn't put fake grass out in the yard so my kids could play out in the fog and rain at night. [timing bell] also the sweat and spilled food and animal droppings and all the other things that go on the astroturf is biohazard and it sits on top and then you have to put the chemicals on because it's a high traffic area so we're going to be killing everything. i don't find that the utopia of having the artificial turf, the art tirble grass, it's more of a biohazard because it's designed for

and major hurricanes, it could be one, above normal or, below normal. why? because el nino could get in the way. if it really builds off of the west coast of south america, mexico and even kind of runs up to the u.s., but really south america, that would ruin the season which means it would hamper the storms and all of the lower numbers. if el nino does not form, we could be above normal. remember, all of the numbers are just an estimate, and we have already had one storm if you have not heard about it, alberto, and it was there and did not hit anything, but by the weekend we could see burial off of -- burrell off of the east coast as a rainmaker for parts of florida and georgia and it is starting. >> i see csu, and noaa and you added the acronym cya and why is that not up there on the board? okay. there it is. >> we all know what that means. >> yes, we do. i had to think for a minute. did he say that on live television? okay. we have it covered. you have covered us all. thank you, chad. >>> we have scoured through the thousands of ireports and selected the most compelling

so, we hope that they stay away from the east coast and i would tell you that that is under what they predicted the last several years is any if el nino were to develop in the summer that would diminish them greatly. >> we'll be right back. . >> hi, i'm dave feldman. tomorrow, they'll face the braves the first time all season and that is a showdown of the top teams in the nl east and atlanta's in action tonight against the reds. last night, nats and phils, bottom of the 5th, nats trail 2- 0. juan pierre to deep right and with that good jump. loves it and bottles it. catches it. and showing great concentration. to haul it in after it squirts out of the glove. the top of the 6th after danes -- danny espinosa doubled and harper with the base hit to right. espinosa's waived home and to -- who puts the tag on espinosa and nats fall on the finale, 5- 2 and the lower right leg needed to be wrapped in ice. ho this is the nats' manager on the key play of the game. >> and i doubt he's going to hook here hauling, and took a heck of a play. the only thing -- on 2nd base on the play. >> and on july 25th, the nfl pa and the owners inched a new coll

and of course we've changed those patterns of weather. we've logged much of borneo. we've also changed the cycles of the warm/cool ocean, the who el ninoa nina thing. but we're seeing really big weather patterns that we had not seen before. and like we were just seeing recently, that can shift to the south a great deal. and california suddenly becomes a whole lot wetter in a very short period of time than it's used to. >> there's a plan in development right now in the bay area for an area known as ocean beach in san francisco, aptly enough because it's the part of san francisco that fronts right on the pacific. takes the full brunt of it. for long-range erosion management plan. they're actually talking about taking a major thoroughfare called the great highway, picking it up and moving it inland. i mean, how -- how much of this are you seeing around the country, and is it -- is that really the kind of thing we're looking at? well, i certainly think in the case of ocean beach, which i understand there's a highly erowsive environment, that if if you actually want to have this pocket urban beach and its amenities in the future, you're goi

and wednesday temperatures will be trending into the 70s. very seasonal for this time of the year. as you mentioned earlier, el ninomaking a comeback as we head into august, september and also october, which could mean a wetter winter for us next ye year. yeah, next winter. so we're going to keep an eye on that for you guys. >> thank you, jeff. let's get to sports. remember the guy with the big beard? >> i fear him. >> yes. we fear scott reis. take it away, scott. >>> i thought you were talking about me, like i didn't do a good shave job today. yeah, brian wilson, guys, not one to hide in the shrubbery. we haven't seen hide nor beard of him since he had elbow surgery last month. today wilson reappeared to update us on his rehab. >> i kept myself busy charting the games at home and doing rehab every day. it's going well. we're ahead of schedule. not getting too crazy. things have progressed. i don't have room for negativity in my life. early on, you know, you can think of all the negleative this that hinder you, but if you keep focusing on negativity and that's exactly what you'll produce. i try to think more positi

typically we start out pretty slow and then we peak into the month of september. but we're expecting more of an el ninoe pattern that would keep hurricanes at bay. but keep in mind, it only takes one. hurricane andrew was a quiet season, and already in august we get our "a" named storms and that was a doozy. first named storm in the atlantic, alberto. >> there was a fred a couple of years ago back in the day. >> i remember. >> i saved that news headline, hurricane fred. i like it. thank you very much, jacqui. >> sure. >>> it is the top of the hour. you are in the newsroom. president obama's decision to support guy marriage is a focus of church sermons all across the country on this mother's day.

i am from the west coast and i am familiar with this but is it an anomaly? >>guest: believe it or not, el ninooes not drive the her temperatures as its does in the winter but it shapes the drought and flooding that occurs in the winter that can set the stage for the summer both pattern. so if it is dry that fueled the heat waves and spikes we see. >> does this mean a busy hurricane season? >>guest: not necessarily. mother nature does not care about the california dairy, per se, june through november is an approximate book end when we see the storms but, we should see a large number of storms according to our research. >> is there a bigger picture, bigger reason? >>guest: no, each year is a unique circumstance. however, the last four summers have been identical to each other. >> thanks so much, can sugar ple summer wardrobe. >> mild winter may have given you a break on utilities but will be you burned this summer? how much more the cooling cost? >>guest: if we have another storm like alberto maybe ten percent to 15 percent more. this is my biggest concern. too much heat is too much of a good th

about is, the pelican mortality and dolphin mortality, while they are probably linked, could be totally disconnected. could be totally different causes for them. now, the el nino -- or rather, the la nina that had prevailed for about 18 months, started to wind down in january and february, and was declared over in april. so that means that there's been a tremendous change going on in the water temperatures off peru, which can redistribute prey, and that might particularly have an effect on the pelicans. some of the fishermen were saying that the pelicans just weren't getting anything to eat. >> that's a huge number, you talk about the 1,200 pelicans. do you think it's something much more ominous than that, or do you really think it could relate to some sort of contaminants in the water or food source of these pelicans? >> red tides are not uncommon such as this area off peru. red tides are generated by warmer waters that may be a result of global warming. they also are enhanced by fertilizer and pest side runoff. so they then have an red tide and they produce a neurotoxin, which is very deadly. and that is something that could kill both species. >> joe says th

with 4 to 8 strengthening into hurricanes, and 1 to 3 of those becoming major hurricanes, category 3 or greater. the big wild card, the warming effect from el nino in the pacific that could help lessen the hurricane risk. >> it tends to increase the wind shear. wind shear tends to suppress or even kill off hurricanes. >> last year was one of the worst years on record for hurricanes. 19 in total. including one of the most expensive, irene. it slammed the east coast and even after being downgraded to a tropical storm, reached as far inland as vermont, tearing down historic bridges and isolating entire towns. the total price tag, nearly $16 billion. now 2012. >> this is something i have never seen before. >> already a year of extremes. 63 people killed as more than 400 tornadoes tore through the country in late winter and spring. >> peeked out the window and started seeing trees coming out of the ground. >> now the national's hurricane hunters begin the yearly ritual of watching and waiting. as if they needed any reminder, this argue will mark the 20th anniversary of hurricane andrew, the category 5 storm that tore through south florida in 1992, ki

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el nino. that could be good news for the chesapeake bay. last year irene and lee caused flooding and runoff into the bay, but if there are fewer storms this year, that means less pollution. >>> 6:16. weather time now. olga is here with big weather. yes, 76 degrees and we haven't even reached 6:30 yet. it is balmy. >> humidity is up there above 72%. winds are out of the southwest. that's going to keep that moisture moving on through. then we have the cold front coming in. that, too, is going to kick up some showers and storms adding to a little bit of mugginess before it's all said and done. but behind that front, 24 hours from now, we'll be fairly comfortable as the wind shift in temperatures start to drop off. at least getting back to some more normal conditions. weather planner is on the clear side. plenty of sunshine as we're seeing mainly clear skies through midday and early afternoon, but by about 6:00, 7:00, those storms will be widespread across the area. and then not a whole bunch of rain expected but at least some moisture moving on through as tempera

the pacific coast and the regional patterns that it affects including making droughts in places like texas worse. it looks like there is a 50/50 chance we'll actually go to an el ninos tend not to be associated with strong hurricane seasons. so it is very hard to predict and it is also worth noting that something like half of all of the hurricane damage done to this country were done by five or six storms. so you know, the coincidence of the strong hurricanes -- then it has to make landfall and it has to make landfall in a place where a lot of people and property are. so those events are, you know, still so infrequent that it is going to take awhile, i think before it is very obvious that hurricanes de station is being driven -- devastation is being driven up by global warming. >> bill: one of the points that fugate made yesterday there are two questions. how many hurricanes we can expect and how many of them will make landfall. and there's no way of predicting the second part of it, right? and if they don't make landfall then obviously the property damage is minimal. if at all. >> no, that's absolutely the case. he should have said there was a third factor which i

and one of the big factors in that, jeff, is this developing el nino, warm water in the pacific. that leaves a lot to rising air in the pacific. lots of thunderstorms there. in fact, they'll probably see more storms in the pacific than the atlantic. but on the other hand that leads to disruptive wind shear in the atlantic. that's bad for storms. they don't like to see wind shear. that is not favorable for strong storm formation. >> dave bernard from wfor. appreciate it. thank you very much. >>> and now we turn to the john edwards trial, which is still going. jurors have the holiday weekend off. they'll begin their seventh day of deliberations on tuesday. friday afternoon the judge abruptly cleared the courtroom, consulting with attorneys, and then sent the jury home. here to stoort out what's going on, "48 hours" correspondent, erin moriarty, also an attorney and following the john edwards case. >> can you imagine what it must be like for john edwards and his family? you know, they have to stick pretty close to the courtroom. and just as day goes on and his life is on hold and in

el ninos or la ninas. you look back for the amount of information we have going back about the 1850's, you'll see a cycle, it's over decades, of increased activity and decrease activity. so that cycle's been there. as far as anything driving that, i really defer to climate scientist, the reality s. the history says we have had this period of activity and period of quiet, period of activity, period of quiet. and so what we have seen is not what -- we have seen this in history before. thanks, everybody. >> get l.a.n. lines again? >> no, economic sure you have a charger for your cell phones and make sure you got something you can charge it with a battery. battery charger just in case you don't have power. and add to your evacuation kits your cell phone chargers. we are seeing, this is again time and time again, oftentimes wireless communication is coming up as farce as the wired line communications. -- as fast as the wired line communications. it's good to have a phone system. since most people a. lot of people now are going totally wireless, they don't have a l.a.n. line, make sure you have the emergency power and the ability to charge it. >> thank yo