temps looking cooler in central china, 24 degrees in chongqing, 25 in shanghai, quite cloudy out here, it will be warm, though, for beijing, 32. 29 in seoul. now let's head to the americas, turning much cooler up in the northeastern corner here, but stays exemely hot across the southern plains and in between is where we're going to find those severe thunderstorms break out across the plains states into the lower mississippi valley, we're looking at chances of storms here, especially arkansas and down towards mississippi looking at violent storms, just north of this, heavy rain will impact areas like missouri and illinois. now, flooding is still a concern up in montana here, river levels are starting to slowly recede but still pretty high and another round of rain here is really going to be increasing those flooding risks. down toward the southwest it stays very dry and windy here, so the strong wind gusts really not helping the fire fighting efforts going on. 26 degrees in los angeles today, 38, another hot day in houston, but up towards the northeast, new york city, much, much cooler

31 degrees in hong kong today, temperatures exceeding 30 degrees for many of you in china. 35 in chongqing32 in beijing and warming up in tokyo as well to 30 celsius. over to the americas looking very wet out in the east during the overnight hours. we have a very long frontal system that's stretching across the region and areas from missouri extending towards west virginia could pick up some severe thunderstorms, damaging winds, tornadoes not out of the question. a new system coming in from the pacific is going to be spreading some light showers from british columbia down into northern california here and ahead of this frontal system we'll start to see some winds kicking up as well for the southwestern corner so again we're looking at critical fire conditions from tuesday onward for the southwestern corner here, it stays dry, windy and temperatures remain on the warm side again, 37 degrees in houston, lots of red showing up in the southern tier of the u.s., 33 in atlanta, and 32 in washington, d.c. high pressure system continues to dominate much of europe again today, but out towards the e

to be about 25 degrees on saturday. 29 in seoul and a warmer day also in beijing. 29 here. 32 in chongqing and low 30 s in honk con and down into bangkok. i want to move to north america. point down here in the clouds. very well formed hurricane in is adrian, of course, moving away from the southern mexico out over open waters so it doesn't look like it's going to be too much of a threat. it is still a very powerful system, of course, and is generating some sea swells that could well be reaching the southern edge of mexico there. so you need to be really careful and mindful of this system if you're going to be anywhere near the beach. let's have a look at what's happening across parts of the midwest. actually down into the southern plains, too, we see those thunderstorms. this is where the severe weather is going to be today. just heading further towards the east. once again coming into the northeast on your friday. the severe weather outlook is a little bit like this. anywhere you're seeing in the orange, potential for severe thunderstorms to break out and then down into new mexico, well,

temperatures staying hot in central china. 34 degrees in chongqing. 34 degrees in shanghai and 33 in tokyo today. now across north america, chances of severe storms again over a wide area especially out towards the east as this strong low pressure system moves slowly into eastern canada here, bringing widespread rain as well as thunderstorms along the eastern seaboard toward the southeastern u.s. new system from the west bringing heavy rain to western canada, turning quite stormy across montana, idaho and the dakotas. renewed flooding risk as well. stays hot in the south, 35 degrees in houston and cool in the northwestern corner. 17 in seattle with cloudy skies. now for europe, the mediterranean holding on to that warm sunshine so looking summery out here, spain, portugal, all the way into greece but just to the north, central and eastern europe will experience severe thunderstorms again for germany a cross the alps and also into parts of eastern europe, exriencing outbreaks of heavy thundery downpours. across scandinavia unsettled but nothing too severe and out towards the northwest

over the next several days, southwest monsoon impacting the area. 32 degrees in hong kong, 28 in chongqing, another hot day in shanghai, 32 in beijing and warming up in tokyo to 25 degrees. now, we take a look at what's happening in north america, we've got a lot of warm air coming in from the gulf of mexico, reaching the northern plains and feeding energy into this low pressure system so looking very severe throughout the night for central canada especially northern manitoba, southern saskatchewan looking at the risk of tornadoes, also severe weather conditions across the northern plains as well, some hail reported here, some of that lingers in montana and idaho tonight, clearing up by friday finally and then that system heads towards eastern canada as we head into your friday, bringing severe weather into eastern canada, also the great lakes will experience thunderstorms as well. the west coast is going to be clearing up on friday, but by the afternoon, new system comes on through, this is going to be bringing some showers to northern california. 26 degrees in los angeles today. 25 in de

now for thunderstorms in chongqing, 32 degrees. 22 in shanghai.ooking slightly cooler today, and summer like in seoul at 30 degrees. now we head into the americas. still looking at that very long rain band stretching from canada all the way into the mississippi valley here, particularly severe for the southern end. so places like missouri and tennessee will contend with some violent storms. watch out for hail as well as strong wind gusts, tornadoes not out of the question. and quite thundery up towards the northern plains as well. light rain expected to arrive in montana by wednesday afternoon, but at least we're getting a bit of a break from that wet weather. and down towards the southwest, it stays dry. winds going to be much calmer, though. but air quality alert again has been issued for new mexico as well as arizona. the wildfire continues to spread a little smoke in the air. and the heat not helping the situation either. 26 degrees in l.a. 30 in denver. it stays very hot here, 38 degrees in houston. now for europe, clouds starting to swell ov

along that front, 26 degrees in chongqing. you're going to stay dry in seoul and tokyo, 26 for both of those cities. now, we head into north america. out to the west, things are mostly dry here. but there is another round of moisture coming. this time down towards the southwest. so actually coming into much of cal, you will see a few showers. a big storm system is pushing up further into canada but those fronts are going to be left behind. go to two of them coming off the system. and it means that we will still see severe weather on friday. actually into saturday around the same area. the great lakes region and up into ontario. thunderstorms, including hail maybe and damaging winds, too, also the ps. now, out to the east we're mostly dry. down in the southeast, this blue you're seeing here is pop-up thunderstorms. very, very hot. and we know why. it's because the jet stream is moving all of the way up to the north allowing all of that warm air to come up and is really going to be making things sizzle. anywhere you're seeing in

flooding is going to be a big concern here. 30 degrees in chongqing today. stays hot despite the heavy rain. 29 in beijing. summer-like again in seoul at 30 degrees. tokyo is going to be chilly though at 21 degrees. now we head into the americas. lots of thunderstorms developing tonight. we've got a very long frontal system stretching across the u.s., so anywhere from dakotas through the four corners into the east coast will experience some rain and thunderstorms. looking particularly severe down in the south for arkansas as well as mississippi tonight, also near that low pressure system for nebraska and into wyoming could experience a couple of violent storms, but unfortunately, the rain not getting into the place where we really need it. arizona new mexico, into texas will stay extremely dry and windy, and also hot as well. central america, too, seeing plenty of showers develop here just to the south of mexico. we have a broad low pressure system that could intensify over the next 48 hours. 26 degrees in meco city with plenty of rain. 38 in houston. anothe

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temperatures hotting up in chongqing today, 34 degrees. 28 in beijing and 31 in seoul. tokyo looking slightly cool at 23 degrees. now for north america, dry conditions really continuing to prevail down in the southwestern corner here. winds really starting to pick up from the south and the west as well. so looking at critical fire where the conditions for arizona as well as new mexico. now where this warm air meets the cooler air in the northeast is where we'll find this -- lots of thunderstorms and rain developing for the eastern u.s. looking particularly stormy for places like tennessee, southern illinois, down towards alabama and georgia. some welcome rain coming in to florida as well. but as you can see, extensive rain stretching into the great lakes and back towards western canada here. 19 degrees in vancouver today. stays hot down in the south. hotting up to 37 in houston. now for europe, some more showers will prevail across the british isles. nothing too severe, but could get quite blustery and wet at times. ahead of this system, we've got this cold front that's

temperature wise it stays hot for much of central china, 35 degrees in chongqing today, and 31 in shanghai and tokyo coming in at 32 degrees as well. looking extremely hot for much of japan today. in fact, many areas exceeding 30 degrees. 35 in osaka and even sendai coming in at 32, ten degrees above the seasonal norm here. now we head into the americas, we're seeing tropical development in the southwestern gulf of mexico here, heavy rain anticipated over the next several days. this system could well become a tropical depression soon, and also tropical cyclone over the next couple of days. across the u.s. looking quite thundery down in the southeastern corner tonight. watch out for heavy rain as well as strong thunderstorms and then as we head into the western side we're running into this new system coming from the pacific, this is going to be producing those strong winds across the four corners and then over towards the pacific edge we're looking at plenty of showers here. in terms of temperatures it stays hot in the south, 37 degrees in houston, 37 in denver, but towards the west coast i