bill karins has the weather channel forecast. >> the understanding of that we were dealing with. it was a month ago i was telling everyone about the alabama, mississippi and georgia tornados. here a month later, we are dealing with one of the worst fatalitywise to go through a metropolitan area. 50,000 people live in joplin this was a look at the radar. notice how it hooks around the storm. we knew it was a devastating tornado when we saw the white pop up there. that is the tornado picking up shingles, trees, whatever was in its way and tossing the lighter objects 10 to 20,000 feet in the air. it is unbelievable what they will be dealing with there. the town was devastated. our thoughts with everyone there in missouri. >> we will check in with you in a bit. first to otherness this morning. the field of republican candidates hoping to take on president obama it became more defined. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty announced his presidential bid one day earlier than expected. >> meanwhile, another republican has taken himself out of the running. individual independe indiana g

i'm fred roggin. >>> for another quick look at the weather, bill karins.. >> when you think of hawaii, you don't think of seeing water spouts. really they're tornadoes over the water. it was a pretty serious situation. about 60,000 people in oahu lost power as the storm rolled through. the water spouts did not move on land. if you have a water spout and it moves over land, that becomes a tornado. that didn't happen from the many reports i heard yesterday. let's bring you back home here. as far as the big corridor goes, i-95, boston, hartford, new york, philly, baltimore down to d.c., every area is going to be warmer than yesterday. that was good. it was kind of cool out yesterday. slight chance of thunderstorms late in the day, more into the evening in d.c., baltimore, and philly. but the daylight hours should be dry. low to mid-80s today. a little shock to the system in philadelphia and d.c. back in pittsburgh and buffalo, much, much cooler. look at buffalo, only 45 degrees with areas of rain. and that ugly weather will head over the top of the big cities

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, we check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins with your weather channel forecast. good morning. >> pictures, we're getting more and more images of mississippi. we or moving from one weather story to another. that's how it's been this spring. we went from the horrible tornadoes and now dealing with all the flooding. actually from the same storm systems, all that water too this long to collect. now it's all moving down the ohio and mississippi rivers. we're not raining anymore. it's going to be sunny and dry probably for the next week. that's how long it's going to take for many of these rivers to crest. right now the high water marks are right along the ohio river coming downey the paducah area that will crest sometime tomorrow. then it will take another week for the water to crest in memphis. this water is not moving fast, it's a slow buildup. in the meantime we have record flooding. there's homes the water is halfway up through the live rooms, just incredible. some areas have never seen water this high. the only saving grace is

. >>> now for a check of the weather we check in with meteorologist bill karins. good morning. >> have you toured the space center? >> i have not. >> twice i've done it. it's fantastic. >> i bet it is. we'll get you some of those stamps, bill. >> even if you can't see a launch anymore, it's still a fantastic play. stamps, i like that. let's show you the big story. it's the flooding on the mississippi river. now, there was not a lot of severe weather to talk about, not even heavy rain but all the wet weather in april is heading down the mississippi and flood warnings are nasty. let me show you pictures out of memphis. we have flood warnings and telling people in small towns along the river they'll have to evacuate. floodwater has caused people to leave their homes and mobile homes. you can see lands and islands are being swallowed up. we won't even see crest in memphis area for another four or five days. looks like wednesday of next week will be the crest in memphis. the little star i have there south of cape gerardo, that's where the crest is right now on the missi

let's check in with bill karins, he has your weather channel forecast.out the day, if people were sleeping, they're going to get an idea of just how patriotic this country was, and what an incredible day it was for this country. >> goosebumps. i can't imagine, i can't wait to hear from some of the family members to see ha they have to say. i think it will be pretty incredible, pretty emotional day. let me quickly take you through the forecast in the northeast. in northeast you need your jacket in boston and hartford, it won't be as beautiful and perfect as it was this weekend. we have chance of showers for pittsburgh, buffalo, d.c. and buffalo, late today, chance for a shower, so you might as well carry the umbrella with you to work. in washington, d.c., as we go throughout the week, we've got stormy weather on tuesday, authors thunderstorms, then nice and beautiful, wednesday, thursday, into friday. the same forecast is true for many areas of the east. the biggest weather story of the day is the flooding in the middle of the country. as we go throughout

. >>> let's get a check on the saturday forecast from bill karins. good morning. >> a good saturday to you, alex, we're watching the mississippi river with the flooding, heavy rain in missouri. a loot of people curious about the kentucky derby forecast, the run for the roses. let he had break down the forecast. it's actually a little bit tricky. around the country, the biggest area of rain, we have two of they will, one with showers and thunderstorms rolling through missouri and more rain back up through idaho and montana. it's that area of rain in missouri and illinois, that little weak storm system that will blow through kentucky during the day today. we do expect wet weather at the track. the key is the timing of that rain. you can see it south of st. louis and southern illinois. looks like the heaviest of the rain will miss the louisville area. there will be showers in the forecast. our futurecast, eastern time, of course we're central time in louisville, right around 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., showers will probably be rolling through for the beginning

bill karins is standing by. bill? >>> thanks, lester. i want to talk about numbers.l weather out there. tornadoes. we remember what happened in alabama, georgia, and mississippi. as far as tornadoes have gone, it's been amazing. we haven't had that many in may. april was record breaking. may, 257, to put in a in comparison, april, 875. we hope they don't return. but it's been a quiet month for tornados. today we expect an isolated tornado or two in areas in the mid to feel country. the beautiful weather in the southeast. it's moving up through dc, philly, baltimore, and new york. >>> here's a look at our temperatures around the bay area this morning, 40s and 50s outside, we do have some mist with some low clouds pushed in by a pretty good sea breeze. morning temperatures 40s and 50s. starting to see those temperatures back up into the 60s to near 70s well inland today. will lead to a cooler finish to the weekend tomorrow with some morning mist at times as we head into the workweek as temperatures will start to rebound again by tuesday and wednesday. to his big sister

for a look at your national and regional weather, here is bill karins who is going to sleep better tonight knowing he is able to go to prom. >> right? >> let's talk about what happened this week. in seattle, we had record rainfall. saturday into sunday. pretty good storm system that has moved through. middle of the country, on the west and east coast the bad weather is going to be found. still dealing with the wet weather this morning. the storm and system that came in this weekend. instead of moving across the country. it is rotating back up into british columbia. it is pin wheeling around each other here. it is going to lead to showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon. it is cool too behind the storm system. snow at the high elevations. we are going to expect a chance of thunderstorms. when the air mass is this cool. we can get hail with those storms. here is a look at the radar, lot of rain there. as i mentioned with the high country, we are dealing with the snow. expected to be really arizona cooled it off too. sunny and 87 degrees. soggy forecast for tuesday coming up. >> all ri

thank you. >>> bill karins is out on the plaza for us with a check of your forecast. know what's going on in west virginia today. but half of the state seems like they're here today. these are west virginia people. they go all the way around. marshall people or west virginia people. >> a little bit of a west virginia people. let's break down your forecast. approaching west virginia as one of the places that's going be rainy as we go through the day today. strong thunderstorms there in the carolinas. middle of the country, drying out. don't need rain from memphis to mississippi. new england, cloudy day today along the coast. rain for sunday to be prepared for our friends in the >>> we're already watching the clouds spilling on in. probably we'll see a little bit of wildly scatters light rain by the afternoon. but the main event comes tonight into your sunday forecast. mainly in the 50s around the bay area. highs at best around 4:00 and 5:00. low 60s inland. cooling again tonight. that's when the rain is going to drop in. tomorrow, plan on scattered showers with some th

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. morning, bill. >>> you know me, i don't like to start trouble. >> make we can encourage all the students not to show up if they don't let him go. >> let's start with your forecast. we have had severe weather overnight. many areas have had power outages. north texas we are dealing with severe weather today. weather pat earn around the nation. in areas of kansas, and oklahoma. we have a cold front moving on are shore in the north west. we had a couple of good days in the row. it is going to bring clouds and showers for more than one day. marine layer down in california. temperatures will be cool today. we'll have that foggy marine layer today. the forecast for today, showery weather theers the chance of showers. partly sunny. >> we'll talk about that forecast comion up for your thursday. did microsoft pay too much. disney disappoints and wall street has a date with china. >> plus location of the royal honey moon revealed. >> coming up the nba hits the laker

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's bill karins with your weather annel forecast. good morning, bill. >>> mississippi river, two weeks from now, that is how long it is going to take. we are watching the crest and then it is going to spread downstream. it will be monday before it will take ten days from now. by the time it peaks and gets to the new orleans area, we are talking two weeks from now. we are getting towards memorial day weekend. that is good. all the bad weather lately has been through up here through idaho. i know jackson's hole is getting through the snow here. seeing a bit of snow fall. temperatures have cooled off to most areas. here is a look at that radar. idaho falls north of there, that is where we are watching the warm weather in the country. another nice day here from california up through oregon and washington washington state. we are cool. temperatures aren't that warm. but at least it should be a dry da protty nice day. up into washington state. two days in a row. that is saying a lot. i did find out official lay that it was t

>>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> morning. we didn't have the tornados, but we still had damaging winds and hail. this time theoved through newen land three fatalities in georgia. now in the west, we have been watching the storm system pushing in georgia. moving the clouds from west to east. showers along the california coast. we have showery weather. it is not a lot of heavy rain. this system is spinning off of vancouver island. that on-shore flow will continue to keep it nice and cool. starting to warm it up. that is an understatement considering it is 102 in phoenix. vegas at 96. notice where that system is caught up. showers and possible thunderstorms as we go throughout the afternoon. co a thunderstorm during the afternoon. tucson arizona you are a chance of hiting 100 today. all about the weekend forecast coming up. thank you so much. coming up. jobless claims rise. tiffany shines and your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. ready for yo

here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning, bill. how's it look? >> it's quiet still.hh. >> we like to hear it. >> we still have a disaster on the mississippi river. we had so much snow that melted in april in the northern plains, then all the recent heavy rain and tornado outbreaks. and the mississippi river is the problem area. this is the memphis location in major flood stage. they'll go up within a half foot of their record. in the memphis area alone, they're saying about 2,500 properties will be flooded. that's a lot of people with all their items and property ruined. you can see on this map here, these are the big cities on the mississippi river that are going to see major if not historic flding over the next two weeks. we're now watching that crest north of memphis. it's going to crest in memphis next week. and then we're going to watch it cresting to the south of there in greenville about the 17th. it's going to take until about the 20th to get all the way down to southern mississippi. so it's a very slow process. this will be known as one of the great floods o

bill karins is here with the weather channel forecast. those people pay to get in that pool with those alligators. >> when i lived in florida i'm told you don't run straight. if you zig zag they can't turn as well. it was one of those dumb things. let's chat about the mississippi river. right now north of memphis where the shiny dot is, the water is still rising south of there. we still have a week to ten days until the crest makes it to the gulf of mexico. it will go up six inches more from where it is now. the damage is done. we have to wait until the 19th to get the crest down that far. now in the west, it wasn't the best. it is snowing in the high elevations right now. cloudy and cool. it is damp, cloudy and wet. western november we are watching showers and storms. temperatures have trapped o dro phoenix. outside of boise, coast we'll see area nice into see yach yachtle. rain in vegas. >> just some showers today but they like it a change of pace. >>> tough start to the business day in asia. apple bumps google, and the fat cats are get

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather forecast. good morning, bill. >> wouldn't think you would see that? >> no. bring a dog if going into the wilders in. >> i know. >>> talk about the forecast. chilly in the west through much of the spring. finally a silver lining for you. our friends in seattle, by the way, have yet to hit 70 degrees this year. how ridiculous is that? the record, by the way, is may 23rd. you do that a couple years back, i think you've got a shot, either today or tomorrow, if we could get enough sunshine, close to hitting 70 for the first time. ridiculous. that cool air move all wait through the inner mountain west. really not the areas very warm. upper level low continues to spin over the four corner region sending showers even snow to many areas of the central rockies this morning and we're cool through vegas, into arizona. california and off the west coast, though, with clear skies. should have a pretty nice day. a look at radar. northern nevada, elko, rain, in the hills outside of there,

. >> here is bill karins with your forecast.he women are wearing the big hats but you have the tie. >> if you have been there, it is a lot of fun. you can only have one or two mint julips. >> you would love it. >> the hats. the dresses. you love the fashion. let's talk about the forecast. as we go wotowards the weekend, what happened in april is causing problems in may. we are causing the problems along the mississippi. that is not just memphis. it is all the small towns along the mississippi. all of the farmland that is being flooded. the people in the deep south are trying to move the possessions along the way. so greenville, you have until the 17th and the 20th to see the high water marks in your area. in the west coast, we have had weak storm systems coming on shore. it brings showers and cool air with it. it is nothing that heavy. we have another weak system moving on shore. you see the green on the radar showing up. soon the showers will be hitting the ground during the morning rush hour. cloudy and cool again. temperature

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins withhe weather channel forecast. i know. it is still ai llettle murky to ysa the least. you can see the showers. not a lot of rain with this. just enough to keep the roads damp. this will kick through during the morning hours. further to the north, the snow continues to fall. the high elevations it is incredible with this. it is very cool. once you go up in height. around san francisco, we are doing okay. this storm system just a slow moving upper level low means it is cut off and spinning here. we don't have storm iing to kic it out. it will be moving through the mountain west. the forecast today, showers widespread out there. for the most part, count on damp weather. high pressure to the north. keeping you dry today. temperatures in the mid 60s. that is ayaverage. eugene will be around astoria. >> i think we would like a touch of wa rx axwarmt. it is may, right? >> unbelievable. thank you so much. well also coming up. dell sores, linked in and the nfl lock out spurs high interest. >> plu

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> we knew it was going to happen. we avoided a joplin situation. but we have a lot of small towns reeling in arkansas and oklahoma with the deaths. it appears two died when a tree was knocks ed into a van. 12 fatalities as the sun is coming up. the small towns last night. 47 tornados yesterday. we are going to do it all over again. severe weather out break. this is an area that has doesn't get a lot of storms. those hit, the number of people surviving would be less. they don't have the storm shelters there. the season has been incredible. we are approaching 500 deaths from tornados. on the west coast we do have rain coming. we may have two days of this in areas of the northern rockies. >> it is an umbrella day. >> all right bill, thank you so much. >> well oil shoots up another high flying ipo. and kate means ca ching. >> plus he makes a living going fast on the track. but you won't believe how fast he got driving off the track. you are watching early to

here is bill karins with your weather channel forecast. >> good morning. >> devastating. you look at the pictures. let me give you an overview. this is a satellite picture from before where the storm hit. this is the path of where the storm hit. we have shown you pictures of the hospital. ef-4 on the tornado scale. six miles, that is it. the damage took place in eight minutes. that is whow fast it came and went and it was all done. tornado outbreak is likely here. strong tornados and life tl threatening weather. these storms will arrive late probably right around midnight. the storm system that is hitting the country today, this morning still bringing showers and storms throw wyoming and colorado. we have cleared it out. 71 tuesday. tomorrow, it looks like that is when the next storm system will bring in clouds and showers. that is a look at the nationaln day. portland seattle. update on the forecast coming up. >> bill, thank you. coming up. sony stumbles. dale outs and lady gaga and sampson. plus fans have been waiting for it. but will a last minute legal hit make them w

bill karins with the weather. don't drag me down with you. >> yesterday the big drama was there we hit 70 degrees ? it will be nice to get to the 70s for once. portland and medford was nice flt we have one more chance today. the clouds are going to blow in. it will be in the 60s over the weekend in seattle. today i think we will do it. high pressure is going to move away and there will be high clouds late in the day. 70 in seattle. it is about time. should be beautiful. much of the interior. it is getting pretty nice in dae in the spring. 80 in sack pramento today, enjo. >> it is hard to be better than today. today is one of the best days ever. >> it better hit 80 in seattle. >> come on. >> it is all on you, bill. linked in looks up. and yet another business deal for lady gaga. looking to steal away some big box office gold. >> coming up, a win for the thunder and giambi turns back the clock. you are watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. that is our new mascot. >> he can snuggle up with you and put him in your apartment. >> let's talk about the flooding, lynn. we are not seeing heavy rain. we are going into a quiet weather pattern across the heartland. the mississippi and ohio river at flood stage. this isn't your typical flooding. this is a once in a life time flood event. this is going to take about a week to get down there into mississippi and louisiana. temperatures on the west coast, we are okay. cool in the northwest. appreciate this day in the pacific northwest. a high pressure ridge is built in the region. we should see a good deal of sunshine out there. this is about it. after this, it looks cloudy and gloomy into the weekend. 64 and party cloudy if not sunny today. this is one of the better days for a while. everyone else is getting a is starting to warm up is the west. >> i hate always giving that seattle forecast like that. one little day. >> we know how they feel. oil prices

. >>> how for a look at your national and regional weather, here's bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. good morning. >> big storm on the east coast and big storm on the west coast. today we are dealing with snow in the sierra mountains. the temperatures are chilly. it is a cool morning. a lot of people need an umbrella too. 41 to start your morning. 54 in la. even in phoenix, the clouds are moving in. cooler temperatures will arrive. a lot of clouds, we have three storms. the one that came in over the weekend is north of idaho. we have another one off the coast. the one through yesterday is moving through the rockies. this weather pattern is moving two dayss into the middle of th country. that is the snow at the higher train. we have showers in the higher train. even downtown, we are not forecasting a big rain event. it is widespread. everyone has a chance of one of that doesn't like a rain drop like lynn, bring the umbrella. the forecast for tomorrow coming up. thank you so much. also coming up. tech stocks tumble. and the twins take it to the top

the forecast from meteorologist bill karins. good morning. >> good saturday morning.t of the great flood of 2011 on the mississippi river. it's only going to get worse in the week ahead. we're watching the ohio river at record flood stage. this map shows you where the crest is, the flashing light. that's where the ohio river meets the mississippi river. there's a ton of water coming from the ohio river. that's where the crest is now. it has to go downstream over the next two weeks. water on the mississippi, it is a slow journey down to the gulf of mexico. cape girardeau, it's the fourth all-time crest. this is really one of the great floods, being compared to the floods of 1927 and 1937. vicksburg, this should be your all-time highest crest on the 20th of this month we still have another week and a half to two weeks to go before we're done with the great flood of 2011. memphis, thankfully, not a lot of rain in the forecast for you. that's good. it's too late, we saw so much heavy rain in april. there are scattered showers and storms rolling through missouri. we'll hav

nbc nolmeteorologist bill karin has the national forecast. >> good saturday to you, alex.ching the mississippi river with the flooding, heavy rain in missouri, a lot of people curious about the kentucky derby forecast, run for the roses. let me break down the forecast, a little tricky. around the country, the biggest area of rain, we have two of them, one with some showers and thunderstorms rolling through missouri and more rain back up through idaho and montana. it is that area of rain in missouri and illinois, that little weak storm system that will blow through kentucky there in the day today. so we do expect some wet weather at the track. the key is the timing of that rain. you can see it back, just south of st. louis and southern illinois. the heaviest of the rain will miss the louisville area, but there will be showers in the forecast. you're future cast, if you watch the clock, this is eastern time. we're central time in louisville. right around the -- there were 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., showers rolling through for the beginning of the race card but then we get the brea

nbc meteorologist bill karins is keep track of all the laters weather developments. good saturday morning to you. >> good saturday morning. we are in the midst of the great flood of 2011 on the mississippi rivers and only going to get worse in the week ahead. we are watching the ohio river at record flood stage. this map shows you where the crest is. flashing light is. that's where the ohio river meets the mississippi river. ton of water coming from the ohio river. that's where the crest is now. it has to go tall way downstream over the next two weeks. the water on the mississippi is a slow journey down to the gulf of mexico. we crested at the fourth you a-time highest. now we are waiting for memphis to crest. looks like you are going to crest wednesday. upcoming week. probably second all-time highest river level. goes back over 100 years. this is one of the great floods being compared to floods of the 1927 and 1937. look at the very bottom of this crean. vicksburg, this thub your all-time highest crest on the 20th of this mop. we still have another week and a half t

let's get the latest now from nbc meteorologist bill karins. a good morning to you.ny relieving in sight? are we going to be waiting a while. >> this will slow -- a slow-moving disaster. we don't get a lot ofas terse like this in the done trip. we get tornadoes and hurricanes. instantaneous. even earthquakes. we know what we are dealing with. this is only going up about a foot a day in some areas on the mississippi river. right now the crest is just south of cape girardeau where the ohio river dumps into the mississippi. the reason the mississippi will take so long to get through all of these flood stages is because the ohio river is where the worst flooding is right now. there is a long journey down the mississippi. we look at these dates by all these cities, memphis, wednesday of next week, we are talking about next weekend. even after next weekend in greenville, mississippi. vicksburg is almost two weeks from now. this just going to take forever and some of these locations talking about the greatest flood ever. we do not need any more rain, of course. that will ag

. >> a check of the weather with bill karins outside on the plaza. bill?th the price of oil they'd own beverly hills by now. let's take you to derby day, the big hats and everything. in wisconsin this is the hat of choice, is it not? >> yes, it is. >> how long you had this hat? >> a few years. >> most packer fans cherish these things for years and years, even if it's april or may. doesn't matter. let's talk about the weekend forecast. we are watching a mother's day forecast. let's get you there. on saturday, showers and storms rolling through louisville, kentucky and tennessee. the southern half of the nation is dry right through your mother's day. a slight risk of storms in nebraska and north texas. it's good. we do not expect any tornado outbreaks this weekend. for most of your mother's day plans, hit and miss showers at work. al >>> and here's a look at your high temperatures this morning. ocean care conditioning is going to bring your temperature into the 50s. maybe some low 70s inland throughout the afternoon. mother's day, we're going to see partly c