i'm fred roggin. >>> and now for another quick look at the weather, let's check in with bill karins. has your weather channel forecast. bill, the countdown is on. >> it's sad, isn't it? >> it is. it's nostalgic. >> we're a half hour away from watching the shuttle in action for the last time. it's going to be landing shortly, "atlantis," and unlike the takeoff which had bad weather forecast, this is a simple forecast. it looks good. there's no turning back, the shuttle has to land at the kennedy space center. it's mostly sunny and the winds are very light, so it should be a beautiful scene as "atlantis" makes its approach. as far as the forecast goes today, well advertised heat wave, 77 in philly, 81 d.c. even buffalo was warm this morning at 80 degrees. the cities will have a chance of hitting 100 degrees, especially with the heat island in effect, with all the pavement. 99 in new york, 100 in d.c., and even new york and philly have an outside chance of hitting 100 today. even our friends in albany will be in the upper 90s, along with boston, hartford and providence. as we look toward

nbc meteorologist bill karins will have much more coming up shortly. >>> some of the other news going on around america today, mother nature brought some rare unwelcome storms to upstate new york tuesday. officials have confirmed at least two tornadoes touched down leaving trees uprooted and downed power lines in their wake. the unusual twisters measured as ef-0s but they did produce strong enough winds to cause structural damage. >>> there was a cause for concern in southern california after a train derailment led to the evacuation of over 250 homes. at least 21 cars derailed, some carrying hazardous materials which prompted the evacuation order. investigators checked every car and didn't discover any leaks or spills. >>> the maiden voyage of an unmanned blimp took a nosedive in western pennsylvania. a technical glitch caused the expensive air ship to go awry, crashing in a wooded area two hours after takeoff. fortunately it was filled with nonflammable helium and no one was hurt. >>> and finally competitors in wisconsin looking for wiggle room on the way to the winner's circle. over

we turn to meteorologist bill karins. od morning to you bill. >> that seems so wrong on so many levels. >> better to keep the shirt on sometimes. >> i would say it's wrong to have the snow, not the pictures or the video that we have. >> that's a lesson to live by sometimes. >> skiing and -- yeah, bathing suits. interesting. well, good morn, everyone. hope you had a wonderful holiday. it was a hot fourth of july weekend. it was a hot fourth of july. yesterday, most areas of the country were in the 90s. if not, you were in the upper 80s. the nation's capitol was 91. phoenix, 104. that's expected. even up to the north, minneapolis hit 90 degrees. look at our friends in denver, 99. that's hot stuff for colorado. today's going to be similar. we're going to see showers and storms. even at this hour, temperatures are very warm. we're 78 to start your morning at minneapolis and d.c. when you start without the sunshine, you're going to get up to 80s, 90s. it's typical summer weather. it's not going to be too dramatic or too washed

. >>> now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill, good luck to the folks in finding someone who can make the bike fully functional. >> nice to get your picture taken in front of. if you're riding your bike in texas yesterday, your tires may have melted. it was another day of incredible heat, 106 in dallas. it was one of the warmest spots in the country. i know wichita falls to your north was around 111. summer is going down in the record books. yesterday the 24th day in a row in dallas of 100-degree heat. the record was 43 in the hot summer of 1980, hopefully we won't approach that record. kansas city and st. louis you're under excessive heat warnings tomorrow and thursday is when you'll see the worst of your heat and humidity. all the watches and warnings for the heat are stuck in the middle of the country. unfortunately if you're on the east coast, i think friday we'll have some heat warnings and advisories. maybe even into saturday, too, that's the next blast of hot air that will arrive for ev

meteorologist bill karins will have much more coming up shortly. >>> now here's a look at somesore stories making news early today in america. mother nature brought some rare unwelcomed storms to upstate new york on tuesday. officials have confirmed at least two tornadoes touched down, leaving trees uprooted and downed power lines in their wake. the unusual twisters measured as ef-0s, but they did produce strong enough winds to cause structural damage. >>> there was a concern in southern california after a train derailment led to the evacuation of over 250 homes. at least 21 cars derailed, some carrying hazardous materials, which prompted the evacuation order. investigators checked every car and didn't discover any leaks or spills. >>> the maiden voyage of an unmanned blimp took a dive. a technical glitch caused the high-tech blimp and very expensive air ship to go awry crashing in a wooded area two hours after takeoff. fortunately, it was filled with nonflammable helium, and no one on the ground was hurt. >>> finally, there were some competitors in wisconsin looking for some wiggle room o

i'm fred roggin. >>> and now for another quick look at the weather, here's bill karins with the weatherannel forecast. bill, you're dreaming of that tall cold one. it's only 5:00-something in the morning here in the east. >> that sounds fantastic. it's just so hot. if you're just joining us, one of those rare mornings where new york city is actually the hottest location i found everywhere in the big cities east of the rockies. it's warmer than san antonio, anywhere in florida. the closest to new york city is washington, d.c. new york city has a heat index of 94 to start your morning. that's just, you know, gross, i guess, if you want to call it that. d.c. at 93. so let's get down to it. today's forecast well advertised, record heat possible. d.c. could be as high as 103 today. that includes all the cities in between, the 100-degree heat will spread through the raleigh area, too. st. louis should be near 100 today. we do get a break with thunderstorms in chicago, so good for them. detroit won't be quite as hot as yesterday, either, but still brutal in dallas where today will be the 21st

of course, nbc meteorologist bill karins will have much more on the heat wave coming up in just a few minutes. >>> first now to the rapidly-approaching deadline over the nation's debt ceiling. yesterday president obama held more meetings on the issue as the push intensifies for lawmakers to come up with a deal before its too late. for more we go to brian mooar in washington. brian, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. the president is going to have to give a little to get what he wants. he's going to have to do something he said he wouldn't do, which is possibly sign off on an extension on raising the nation's debt ceiling. well, the white house says it will be willing to sign an extension for just a couple of days as the so-called gang of six, a bipartisan group of six senators, works out a plan. there is an august 2nd deadline, but it is going to take some time to get together some legislation and get it ready for a vote. certainly to sell it, especially to tea party republicans. so the white house says if it has to wait a little, sign an extension on the debt ceili

and now for a look at the national weather, we turn to bill karins. he has your forecast.ow about that dust stock? that looked like out of amovie. >> haboob. that's not a made up word. >> do we need a beep? >> no, that's what they call dust storms in the world and in arizona. i witnessed a couple of these. if you left your windows down, you got a lot of dust to clean in that car and also off your back porch. this cakes everything. this was a historical dust storm that rolled through phoenix and arizona yesterday. let me show what you it looks like on the radar. the thunderstorms is what causes the dust stormsment we don't get a lot of thunderstorms in the deserts. we had a complex go through yesterday. here's the phoenix area. no storms came in from the east and blew right through. and even now a lot of heavy rain. it wasn't just phoenix that saw the dust storm, many areas of the lower part of arizona experienced the dust storm yesterday. as far as weather goes, not a lot going on. we've got some dying thunderstorm complexes from last night. the temperatures continue to st

i'm bill seward. >>> and now for another quick look at the weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karinsth the weather channel forecast. bill, good morning once again do i'm not going to be a popular guy this week. no weather person is. we'll be hiding in the ac along with everybody else. let's break down the new england forecast. showers and storms that have rolled down through vermont, heading for southern new hampshire, in the boston area i think you'll get clipped by rain, portsmout, new hampshire. it's going to take too long for those showers and storms to get to new york and philly, that's why your temperatures are going to top out in the low to mid-90s today. very hot day. d.c. at 94. now, let's talk about washington, d.c. because by the end of this week it's going to get very, very dangerously hot. we are still kind of steamy the next three days. 94 is nothing to sneeze at. look at thursday and friday, and that 100-degree heat could last into next weekend so three, possibly four days in a row of 100-degree heat in the nation's capital. that's the same for all of the carolinas and

. >>> now for a look at the national weather we turn to nbc's meteorologist bill karins. i don't know. it looks like it hit. >> a wall that's three feet high. it's only baseball. good morning to you, veronica. good morning to everyone else. as far as what we're dealing with out there, we're going to continue to watch the heat. there's a big story in texas where once again it was in the 100s. we had downpours in the mid-atlantic and in the northern area. it is high. these are the temperatures to start your morning. le dlarks 82 when you walk out the door. and you'll want the ac instantly if you're traveling in the big cities from boston all the way down to d.c. it was very sticky overnight. temperatures are in the 70s. florida in the 80s. wet weather wise, the only travel trouble this morning for rain or thunderstorms is here especially in kansas. i know kansas city, you're dry now, but we've got rain heading your way. tampa, we're dry by i-95 all the way to georgia and maine. it will be later today we'll have to deal with some of the storms. here's a look at the radar in

. >>> and now for a look at your national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with your weather channel forecast. who first inlightened us with haboob. now we learn more. >> i'm over it. i'm not going to say that word. >> really? are you going to start a new word? >> i didn't make that one up. that was a real word. don't try to trick me into saying it. let's talk heat wave, how many times have i said heat wave and hot. it's a little ridiculous. let's talk about where it was the worse yesterday. through texas and oklahoma. what was really bad was up in minnesota, minneapolis was 98, not only that, it was really humid. like off the charts humidity. so the air was just really thick. and at one point yesterday it felt like nearly 120 when you walked outside. areas of iowa, one location was up there, it almost felt like 130 yesterday. which was just off the charts hot. so that heat wave is still centered right now over the top of missouri. it will be drifting to the east coast through the next couple of days. the hottest day in the east coast will be on friday by far. then ov

. >>> now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning. pretty impressive. >> i think the kid is well on the way to a good career. >> and the best way to quiet his bullies is to do what he's doing. >> look out, versace. >> yeah, look out versace. >> good morning, everyone. yesterday we saw storms rolling through england, got hit pretty good up by new england. it was pretty hochlt d.c. was # 5, atlanta was 94. but the real, real oppressive heat once again was in the heartland with the drought and the heat wave continues. that's where the worst of it is today. we have heat warnings in effect for the areas in orange, st. louis, kansas city, wichita, utah. dallas to memphis, you're under a heat advisory. you get the idea. what's different with this heat wave than what we dealt with last week, last week was hot but extremely humid. this week is not as humid this week. the dew points have been a little lower. if you're in the 70s, it's very uncomfortable. if you're in the 60s, it's not that bad. that's the case to

now for a look at your national weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. doesn't that look gross? >> i don't believe. ten years? >> and it still stayed on that antenna. >> people have roofs that don't last ten years. unless it like solidified. i don't know. >> what do they put this those hot dogs? yes, you don't want to know. >> i want a full investigation. when's our nbc investigative reporter. good morning, every. the big weather story has been the drought and the heat throughout much of texas. we were very encouraged that we could get a tropical storm that would head over texas and you can see that big red blob. this is tropical storm don. it does not appear that don will bring us the relieve that we need. houston probably won't see anything, corpus krissy christy some showers. it has tracked further south than we would have liked. you can see that the bapath is more north/northwest. we wanted to end up in central texas. it looks like it will rain itself out over northern mexico and the mountains and that will quickly break the storm up. so ev

and now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. cheating for some. that's not cheating for me. >> does it attract or repel sharks? that would be -- that's why i don't surf. >> there you go. >> i don't swim with the sharks. one of my basic premises of life. good morning. everyone is packing up and maybe if you are already on the road or heading out, let me take you through the only travel trouble spot, that's up through the dakotas, interstate 94 and interstate 90, we have light rain this is about it. there's not a lot of bad weather out there. the airports look good. we will also be good on many of the roads. the hot conditions are probably the biggest story out there. heat warnings today from kansas city, wichita, arkansas. heat advisories around chicago, even st. louis this morning, all through iowa, the quad cities, minneapolis. this is where temperatures will be almost in the dangerous category. when we start worrying about the elderly, especially people without air conditioning. if you have those neighbors, c

bill karins is with us. this is ideal weather right now. >> it's perfect. everything's going well.it's past kind of the critical point. as the shuttle comes in, it has to go through our atmosphere and that's the most dangerous part. that's when the heat tiles take the most abuse and i think it's past that point. it's now passing cuba and about to head over florida. then it will do a bunch of high-speed turns to lose some of its momentum as it approaches the runway. the sun's coming up, you couldn't ask for a more picturesque morning for the last shuttle landing ever. obviously the heat is the big story, yesterday oppressive heat across the country, that has now arrived on the east coast. you will feel it this morning in the humidity levels that are much higher than yesterday. we have heat warnings in orange that spread from tulsa, chicago, pittsburgh, all of ohio and right up the busy i-95 corridor. this is the amount of moisture in the air, and that dew point is high. the heat index today going to be ridiculous. we had a chance for some near record highs. as advertised, two days i

bill karins is here right now with the forecast. we've still got some more of this. it's not done yet. >> no, this is an historic morning for many locations, but new york city, you are one of them. to start the morning, this is as warm as it gets for starting a morning. it is 94 heat index when you walk outside right now in new york city. that is warmer thani where else in the entire country right now. the worst of the heat is going to be from d.c. to new york, somewhere in that region will probably get close to 120 heat index later on today. so as advertised, this is even worse than what we saw yesterday. here's what we're looking at as far as numbers. today should be about 101 in central park. we're looking at 103 in washington, d.c., raleigh, up to 104. and it's humid. this isn't phoenix heat where it's a dry heat, this is oppressively humid. here's what i'm forecasting for the max heat index. this is when you combine the humidity and the temperature out there. it should feel about 110 to 120 in the busy areas of i-95, but look how much of the country is up there,

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bill karins is outside on the plaza with today's extreme weather. good morning, bill. >> good morning. it is the type of weather that makes firefighters nerve otherwise all across the southern half of the country. we're in the grips of this historic drought and this heat is unrelenting. high pressure continues over the southern half of the country. that's the area in red. the jet stream which gives you relief is now all the way up in canada. so there's really no hope any cool weather is coming any time soon. we could see our 12th 100 degree day of the year in oklahoma city. phoenix today 116. even by their standards, that's extremely hot. and some of that heat is now spreading into mississippi and louisiana. so you get the picture here. it's great if you're buy the beach, if you're by the pool. don't be playing with the fireworks and drought areas. going to be a dangerous monday in the deep south. >> all right, bill, thanks so much. >> chris jansing is at the news desk with some more of today's headlines. good morning to you. >> good morning to you,

our thanks to richard lui and bill karins.ntinues to tick. >> we'll see you then. i'll see you later tonight on "nbc nightly news." until then, so long and thanks for watching. [ female announcer ] every box of general mills big g cereals can help your kids' school get extra stuff. ♪ like musical instruments. ♪ and new art supplies. ♪ because they're the only cereals with box tops for education. last year, schools earned over ten million dollars from big g cereals. you can raise money for your kids' school. look for this logo... only on big g cereals. you can make a difference. every cereal box counts. >>> good saturday morning. i'm kris sanchez. >>> family and friends of a smain good samaa drive-by shooter are calling for justice as investigators show us the mini van police are looking for. >>> we'll show you the quiet neighborhood where bandits are hitting houses in broad daylight. >>> and a lesson in perseverance. a young woman paralyzed by a hit and run driver. >>> you're watching "today in the bay" with kris sanchez and w

time now with a check of your weekend weather with bill karins out on the plaza for us. good morning, bill? >>> good morning, amy. we wait our whole lives for certain things. you waited your whole life to do what? >> to come to new york city. >> and who's this person next to you? oh. >> courtney. >> is that yourister? >> yes. >> very nice, very helpful. let's talk about the forecast and what we're dealing with out there. this is one of the biggest beach weekends of the year. temperatures are warm on the gulf as you expect. the northeast coastline, we're warming up for the folks in cape cod and martha's vineyard. in the west coast, the temperatures are cool, san diego to l.a., the beach temperatures getting warm enough for you to enjoy. the forecast in the southeast, that's where we're dealing with showers and storms, it's warm and bea >>> speaking of beach weather, we have the fog from the coast that spilled inland this morning. might find mist along the coast or the peninsula as low clouds spill inland. warmest places probably seeing 70s top low to mid 80s out by the tri

. >> thank you for stopping by. >> all right, we want to get another check of the forecast with bill karins. >> good saturday morning, everyone. we have a wonderful sweet 16th birthday today. nice time, too. hold this still. this is you and mom down here? >> yeah. >> and who is this down here? >> that's me. >> that's you. and you and your cousin on the bed a long, long time ago. and you're from virginia and maryland, right? let's talk about what's going to happen this weekend. i don't think too many have washed out. if you're down along the gulf coast you're probably going to deal with more rainfall as you'd like. down along the gulf, louisiana is going to get wet today, all along i-10. sunday is probably going to be the wet spot in the country. the sizzling heat continues from oklahoma down to texas and very warm in the mid-atlantic. all the way up through areas of new england. not going to be too bad on sunday but the humidity is going to increase for areas of the east. i hope everyone enjoys the break from the humidity. it's going to come back in a big, big way. >>> here's a look over th

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. bill, good morning. >> trying to figure out what they were eating while they were watching the game. >> nachos. did you see that? good choice. >> i did see they had two big tv remotes. typical american family. good morning, everyone. hope you had a wonderful weekend. let's show what you the big weather story is. it just dominates the weather map. from canada, southwards to texas, now starting to move into the eastern half of the country. that's an historic heat wave. if you're on the west coast and joining us, you're saying give us a little taste of that. we'd just like a little bit of heat. but that's not the case. often we get those cutoff flows in the northwest. that's been the pattern. portions of 11 different states have heat warnings that will extend all week long. so its a long duration event. you can see where the cutoff low is. you can see tlgt spin. there's another one that's been left behind. this is going to keep it rather cool in the

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. >> good morning. who knows, maybe some famous designer in the west coast will say this kid hahas talent. >> maybe he wants his own business. oh, yeah. >> shoot for the stars. good morning, everyone. the heat around the country continues. a little warm in many areas of the west. not in the pacific northwest. we did sneak up into the 70-degree range, barely, in seattle. interior california was warm. l.a. had a beautiful day at 84 degrees. the real story is in the middle of the country where the drought is getting worse. 102 in dallas. that was the 25th day in a row that dallas has hit 100 degrees. incredible. now as far as what vegas did yesterday, 100. phoenix, 105. that's very typical for this time of year. medford saw a great day. where do we stand today? nothing much changed. the storm system that brute the co brought the cold front through is leaving the area. coastal clouds barely hugging the shoreline south of san francisco and off san diego. except

and with your forecast, bill karins. good saturday morning, bill. >> good saturday morning to you, alex. the weather pattern looks pretty nice. we're not going to see many people with a washed out weekend. if anything it's going to be hotter than we like. the trouble travel spot this morning, so. showers and isolated thunderstorms through ohio around interstate 70. cleveland's looking okay. around columbus, and sinn be prepared for a few downpours. severe weather it's going to be scattered. the area in yellow the chance of a strong thunderstorm. cleveland, detroit, right through the lower great lakes. even st. louis could see an isolated storm. not going to ruin your day. let me take you through your holiday forecast. areas of green the chance of wet woert. showers and thunderstorms as we mentioned in the great lakes to northern ohio valley. scattered storms around gulf and a few scattered showers in nebraska. west coast looks great. east coast just fine. sunday's weather that cold front will spark showers and afternoon s

let's get a check of the weather from nbc meteorologist bill karins. llo, bill. >> tropical storm don formed last night. >> don. >> are you afraid of don? >> sounds like a guy in a bowling league. >> you're not afraid. maybe he'll buy you a beer. don is heading to texas in about 36 hours, that's why it has our attention. but this is a very small storm, very unorganized at this time, and the odds of becoming a hurricane are looking less and less as every hour goes by. the good news is you want a tropical storm sometimes because it can bring beneficial rains. we've been talking about the heat and drought in texas all summer long, so we're actually happy this is heading towards texas. the forecast has shifted even further south overnight, now it looks like the beneficial rains will miss the houston area. we're still hoping we can get enough from corpus christi to brownsville, maybe san antonio. so that's what we're watching. otherwise, heavy rains in the great lakes, thunderstorms in chicago, warm in d.c. today but tropical storm don heading towards texas

. >>> well, now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill, good morning to you. >> good morning, i know the last one was historic. this one was messy. >> it still looked pretty bad. >> it just covered everything with dirt. it didn't knock power out or everything. 40-mile-per-hour winds through phoenix. a lot of people trying to get the dirt out of their pool and off their cars this morning. the big weather story around the nation is the heat wave. right now we have 20 different states either under a heat warning or heat advisory. most of it is in the midwest, especially the northern plains, it will be heading to the east coast eventually. we still remain rather cool in areas of the northwest. but we have warmed up significantly, phoenix at 112, the heat in the deserts and through the intermountain west. even in california, temperatures are on their way up. but with the temperature dip and the upper-level low still lingering, we'll still be cool with showers in oregon and washington state. the green on

nbc meteorologist bill karins joins me now with the forecast and all that four. good morning, bill. >> heat wave is the word of the week and this is going to be a massive one. let me show you what's happening first with our drought. this is the big story in oklahoma, texas, portions of kansas, new mexico and down along the gulf states. exceptionally dry. this is one of the worst droughts we've seen in the last 20 years. check out dallas. 107 yesterday in dallas. 105 oklahoma city. 105 wichita. you can to see where the worst of the drought is also where it's the hottest temperatures. there's no soil moisture to help keep it cool. the humidity isn't in the areas of the drought so much but areas just to the east of there. the humidity, these numbers you're looking at, the green, very humid air coming in off the gulf and make it dangerously hot and uncomfortable over the days ahead. as far as today goes, as far as the hot conditions go, 103 today in wichita, in the 100s through much of oklahoma and dallas. no relief nor anyone in that area. the heat will spread. kansa

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. >> i heard the seat is a little uncomfortable. >> and reaching the pedals might be impossible, you think? >> slightly. >> well, good morning, everyone, yesterday in dallas, texas, their incredible summer continues. can you imagine what 106 feels like in dallas? because it's not like a dry heat, either. they have a little bit of humidity in the air there, also. they were hotter than most areas of arizona, hotter than vegas, it's almost like the desert has shifted to central texas where the worst of the drought is. seattle was cool, interior california was warm. but right along the coast, especially san francisco, they kept their temperatures around 66. vegas tied dallas at 106 yesterday. nice day yesterday in los angeles. and for downtown l.a., the next five, six days looks to be mid 80s and sunny, so a very enjoyable summer forecast. the cold front has cooled us off in the northwest. you see the gray here, the gray in the map shows you

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now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weatherhannel forecast. good morning on that note, bill. isn't food supposed to be edible? biodegradeable. i don't like when it lasts that long. >> yeah. >> what's in our hotdogs. >>> well, good morning, everyone, let's take a lookat what's happening with tropical storm don. this was the storm that developed in the middle of the week. it's still a storm, it's got a little rainfall and thunderstorms with it. it doesn't look like it's going to have a chance to become a hurricane. the problem with this storm is it's headed too far south. it hasn't moved far enough north to give texas their needed rainfall. just scattered showers today on the coast. the only areas that will get the heavy rain, possibly from brownsville, maybe up to corpus christi. that's a maybe and over to laredo. there's the forecast path. instead of going up here like this, we need it to head up to corpus christi and go to the middle of texas. unfortunately it's going to head to mexico to the high mountains, which will tear it

nbc meteorologist bill karins joins me with the forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> good saturday morning to you, richard. heat wave is the word of the week. this is going to be a massive one. let me show you what's happening with our drought. this is the big story in oklahoma, texas, portions of new mexico. this is one of the worst droughts we've seen in 20 years. yesterday, check out dallas it was 107 yesterday in dallas. 105 oklahoma city. 105 wichita. you can see where the worst of the drought is. it's where it's the hottest temperature. that's because the soil there's no soil moisture to help keep it cool. the humanity isn't rel in the areas of the drought so much. but areas just to the east of there. the humidity the green that's where it's very humid air coming in off the gulf. that's what's going to make it dangerously hot and uncomfortable over the days ahead. as far as today goes, as far as the hot conditions go 103 today in wichita. easily in the 100s through oklahoma and dallas. no relief for anyone in that area. now the heat'

nbc meteorologist bill karins joins me now with the forecast. >> heat wave is the word of the week and this is going to be a massive one. let me show you what's happening first with our drought, because this is the big story out there in oklahoma, texas, now portions of kansas, new mexico and down along the gulf states. we have been exceptionally dry and this is one of the worst droughts we have seen in the last 20 years. as far as yesterday went, check out dallas, it was 107 yesterday in dallas. 105 in oklahoma city, 105 in wichita. you can see where the drought is, and that's because of the hot temperatures. areas just to the east of there, the humidity, these numbers that you're looking at, the green, that's where it's very humid air coming in off the gulf and that's going to make it dangerously hot and uncomfortable over the days ahead, as far as today goes, as far as the hot conditions go, 103 in wichita, no relief for anyone in that area. as far as wet weather goes down in the gulf we will see some showers and thunderstorms, los angeles i-10 in california. then as we go into sund

now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> what's more important, appearance or taste? >> taste. yeah, i'd eat just about anything if it taste good. it can be in just a brown box and i'd eat it. >> maybe they do both there. >> maybe. >> good morning, everyone. the weather pattern hasn't changed. actually a little change in the northwest. we got rid of your rain. but everywhere else, what you had yesterday will be your today. temperatures continue on the comfortable side. you may want a light sweater or jacket as you head out the door. l.a. right now 64. portland, we're at 60 degrees. as far as the weather goes, you can see the marine layer down here along portions of southern california. then we have clouds lingering there. our upper level low that plagued us is now opening, but there's another one sinking down to replace it. that's why we have this trough in cool air. the rest of the country will bake and be in this really crazy heat wave while the northwest remains in a cooler weather pattern. 92 in salt lake city. boise at 90, bil

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. you remember we had cookies yesterday. we had eggs today. >> what's next? >> that's local news move. how about the whole breakfast. pancakes and everything. >> waffles too. >> good morning. the well advertised heat wave has gripped much of the country. this map shows everywhere yesterday in red where it was at least 90 degrees. you notice the exception is the northern plains, much of the northern rockies and central rockies and also right along the west coast where temperatures continue to be cool. only 70 yesterday in seattle. we warmed up in nevada and also southern areas of utah got hot along with much of arizona. heat warnings today are in the mid-atlantic. hottest weather around the nation's capital. a heat index feeling like 120 late this afternoon. we still have some ocean layer clouds right near the coast there. we have upper level low that's kicking up into canada and as all of this exists, finally high pressure and calm conditions are arriv

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> they look friendly and fun, right? >> like your grandfather. big hug. jolly old man. >> they can play santa in the off-season. good morning, everyone. yesterday we turned the heat up just a notch on the dial in the northwest. we were up into the 80s and after the summer we had it was appreciated. boi boise, way up on the dial. heat builds into cities like medford. cool on the immediate coast but 87 in portland. temperatures have cooled off with a frontal system that's come in. jet stream dipping to the south. still warm in boise. deserts are warm. san francisco down to 56. that's jacket weather. you can see we don't have a lot of moisture out there. we had some monsoonal showers in new mexico. a weak system kicking out of the northwest knocking the temperatures down. boise, 85 compared to 100s yesterday. a significant frontal system. 67 today in seattle. we're back into the cool weather after what was a really enjoyable weekend. that's a look at yo >>

. >>> now for a look at your hot national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your steamy weather channel forecast. that's an understatement for a lot of parts. >> what happened in chicago is similar to what happens in san francisco a lot. gloomy and foggy and then it burns off later in the day. has to do with temperature contrast between land and water. that's what happened yesterday in chicago. we have 100 million people, roughly a third of the u.s. population is under either a watch, warning or advisory because of this massive heat wave expanding into major cities in the east coast over the next couple days. in the west the weather pattern is leveling out a bit. the jet stream did take a big dip down here and it's not smoothed out but just a bit of a dip so the only areas that will stay cooler and unsettled with clouds and showers will be washington state and portland, oregon, northward back up through northern idaho. high pressure dominates. nice weather over arizona and also through much of california. we wake up this morning and it's 90 in phoenix.

. >>> now for a look at your national and rnlal weather, here's bill karins with a region channel forecast. can you imagine sitting at home and watching the news and there's little -- >> no. >> -- john and joann. >> a day she won't forget, right? let's show you this forecast. we talked about "atlantis." that's the big deal out there. again, we're hoping to get "atlantis" off the ground, but right now look at the radar over florida. all the green is the rain. this is where the shuttle will be launching from, cape canaveral. all the rain should encompass this area later today. it will only increase in its coverage. right now a 70% chance that we do not watch "atlantis" lifting off. temperatures fine, winds not too bad. it will really just be all the clouds and rain that will delay the launch later today. who knows? maybe they'll get lucky. conditions are still hot down in arizona. 109 in phoenix. we'll be watching showers and storms in the colorado rockies. we're watching beautiful weather from san francisco to medford. much of the west today going to enjoy a real >>> weekend forecast going

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, a our nbc meteorologist, bill karins. >>where do we draw the line? >> i thought pets were the line, but now we are crossing it. >> just stop everything. >> let's talk about the forecast going throughout the day. good morning, everyone. yesterday another cool day, temperatures this morning similar. we are in the 50s right now in san francisco. 55 with a cooler spot in all of the western half of the country. even the desert areas really aren't all that hot this morning. 7in vegas to start your morning. we have enjoyed a cooler period in the deserts after brutal heat over the last two weeks. it is just all our friends on the coast would like to get a little taste of the warmer air. you can still see the spin up here to the north now, north of seattle up here in british columbia. that's the culprit, the upper-level low for drawing down the cooler air and continuing to move off the water. you can see this morning how far inland, you can see the gray right here into california, i mean, the marine layer is well inland so it will ta

now, for a look at your national and regional weather, here's bill karins with the weather channel forecast. it's not cheating. especially for people like me who have zero ability. >> not for the people that know how to do it already. >> is it a board or a boat? that's what you are thinking. sfla motorized. battery. >>> good morning. let's take you through your forecast. what we are going to be dealing with throughout the day 24 to to 48 hours. the cold front is moving through. you can see the weather out here now. showers and thunderstorms through south dakota. pierre, south dakota, has storms just skirting by to your south. it crosses interstate 90 here. for anyone traveling there and the fargo area. the heat is actually the bigger store as we go throughout this holiday weekend. yesterday the hot weather was up here in the dakotas, but now it's shifting and heading eastward. now we're watching chicago. heat advisory for you to minneapolis. the areas in orange are under heat warnings. that includes the greater kansas city area, right around tulsa, oklahoma, to wichita. that's where it's no

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's bill karins with the weather channel forecast. i don't know what to say about that. >> nature is strange. >> apparently one is bigger than the other one, and he drags the other one around. it would be best to separate them, i guess. >>> well, good morning. atlantis, we would like to get it off the ground, and the beautiful blue sky launch. that's not going to happen today no matter what. we're going to see plenty of clouds, and this is the radar. the green on the map is showing where you the rain is. there's very strict criteria. if there is any rain or even a thunderstorm within about 20 to 30 square miles of the cape canaveral launch pad, they're not going to go off. right now most of the rain is off the coast, but as the daytime heating goes on, we're still seven hours to go, but rain will close in on that area, and that's why tear saying a 70% chance of a no go at launch because the showers and thunderstorms and also the winds are up a little bit out of the south too. as far as other areas are concerned, rain around

now for a look at your national and regional weather here's bill karins. good morning. >> i told my dad to put a t-shirt on. >> they never listen. scary there in some parts, but all in good fun. >> good morning, lynn. i hope everyone had a wonderful and safe fourth of july. it was hot around the country. no doubt about that. temperatures were really warm. we were in the 90s in many locations. if it weren't in the 9 0z, you were at least in the 80s. the only chilly air out there was the pacific northwest. 78 in seattle. 90 in boston. 86 in new york. as far as bad weather went out there, showers and thunderstorms were wide spraid spread over the dakotas and going down into minnesota. that's where we saw the worst of it. also hot conditions in texas, and that's nothing that has changed. this morning the only travel trouble we've had was in the northern plains. minneapolis, st. cloud, we have rain heading down to the south along the front. aberdeen and watertown, south dakota, we have pretty good thunderstorms with downpours also. forecasts for today, more sho

bill karins here with a look at the forecast. now it's sort of our turn. the east coast gets its turn. >> it's not like we've been chilly. yesterday was 95 in new york city. good morning, everyone. but the difference with what's coming for the east coast is that we're going to add a lot of humidity to these high temperatures. today we'll be warm, not cold. 95 in d.c. today, 94 in philadelphia. but the humidities during the afternoon, during the peak heating, isn't quite that bad. heat index maybe 100 to 105. on friday, probably 115. so as far as the worst of it today, minneapolis to chicago, today will probably be the hottest day you'll have for chicago. it's your best chance of hitting 100. all our friends in the ohio valley, dallas easily 100. and today will be the 19th day in a row of 100 degree heat in class. and washington, d.c., get ready for a brew it wiutal weekend. it's not even refreshing to go to the pool anymore. >> the feels like in washington on friday? >> about 115. > >>> time for sports. who could have seen this coming? the pirates merchand

now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc's meteorologist, bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. a lot of times they're in mammoth and things like that it can be warm enough not to wear your heavy jacket. no shirt? another story. >> there's the issue of falling. in the bikini top -- interesting. >>> good morning, everyone, hope you had a wonderful fourth of july. we'll show you the high temperatures across the west. it was a warm day yesterday. in many areas, a lot of the red shows the 90s, boise at 95. even portions of oregon are starting to get into the heat and all of the central valley of california. the exceptions along the immediate coast. not a lot has changed out there with the weather pat erp. still looking at isolated showers to continue. they'll die off in the early morning hours and late in the afternoon they'll pop up. the monsoonal flow we'll get in the early summer months. the showers rotate in and dry up as we go throughout the overnight hours. just a few to the east of the grand canyon. as far as the forecast goes today, just

now a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist bill karins. you've got a little boy. they can just skip to nine months clothing. >> my boy is like a year and a half and 23 pounds. that kid is almost the same size. that's ridiculous. good luck to mom. she must be relieved but, i mean, wow. good morning. temperatures in the west will remain cool. amazing how this weather pattern has been with us since the spring. it won't change any time soon. the temperatures in the middle of the country were brutally hot. 110 this weekend inth oklahoma city. we've cooled it off in vegas. only 99. we say only 99. typically you're hotter than that. temperatures only in the 70s in the northwest. temperatures this morning if you head out the door, 50s and 60s are widespread. a storm system dropping down from canada. this will bring a reinforcing shot of cool air. they had moisture with it where you got that unusual rain in june. this will still dip to the south and bring cooler conditions. maybe some showers. not a lot of moisture with this storm system. today's f

. >>> here's bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> how impressive was the dust storm. >> it's surreal. it looks like a movie or something. >> i spent some early years in phoenix, and one of the coolest thing i ever saw was the dust storms that would roll through during the monsoon season. think of the cleanup that has to be done. it left a quarter inch of dust on everything in its path, and that's what people had to deal with this morning. incredible stuff there. on the radar you can see here's what it looked like as the thunderstorm rolled through, and it's the winds from the thunderstorm. often the thunderstorms die and send out a big gust of wind, and then, of course, the sandy soil and dust just picks up and blows right through, and the phoenix area is where you saw those pictures from, but that was also widespread all through southern portions of arizona and now those thunderstorms producing flooding around lake havisu city. 102 in dallas. it was 104 in oklahoma city. this area has not caught a break. much of the country was very warm. how is this? we've now had in o

. >> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> hope your holiday weekend is off to a good start. today is the big day. fourth of july. fireworks. everyone wants to get those in. they don't want them to be canceled. we do have a little bit of unusual wet weather in in place that don't usually see it. first things first, 112 in phoenix. heat continues in that area. typically 105 to 110. we're above average there even in las vegas. salt lake city, 101 yesterday. the only cool spot is up there in the northwest. that's the only spot where we're getting influence from canada and off the pacific. everyone else is warm including all of nevada and interior sections of california. this green area is actually seeing some rain. temperatures are warm. have monsoonal connection out of mexico this morning. lake halves a u, you have a chance at wet weather. it should dry out later. temperatures will be kept down because of all the clouds. that's good. no one wants the forecast for tomorrow since it's back to work

now for a lock at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. if he wasn't cooked, why was he on ice? did you see that? >> i heard of some that are like a bluish-purple color, but i have never seen that. >> i have never teen season that either. crazy. >>> good morning, everyone. let's take a look at what's happening out there around the country. today it is a very warm morning. we're in the midst of a mild summertime pattern, and the thunderstorms will fly once again this afternoon. we're at 78 in kansas city. we're at 83 in dallas to start your morning as you head out the door. on the eastern seaboard, very warm too. there's really no cool air in sight. we've had a big thunderstorm complex pushing down from nebraska overnight, and now it's set up over kansas. it's a good drenching rainfall. nothing too severe. it will cause delays on interstate 70 going across kansas or i-35. just a big complex of wet weather. we'll have to see how much of this holds together by the time it gets to kansas city. if you are in topeka, have your