fredericksburg up to t 1. we have a heat index with a dew point at 70. it is thick outside. t index up to 89 already and a light southeast wind at three miles an hour. some kind of hot. the firing are burning in california and no relief in sight for them. this is what is left of claudette. down gridded to a depression. no more advisories which you can see the heavy rains in this gulf trying to lift now. in to western florida and parts of alabama and around here, high pressure controls our weather. we sit in good shape. this front what is left of it gets close to us on wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday where our thunderstorm chances will be increasing. i want you to look at this satellite imagery. this buzz saw here coming through the caribbean. hey these are the islands bar pecos dose and the south. and good news about bill while it is impressive looking with winds of 90 miles an hour and gusts to 115. the track of bill takes it to the north and northeast of the islands by a good margin. you'll get some surf but not a direct impact from that and this may affect bermuda

we'll probably see some of a these temperatur t ititl ble xtouh bit e r or so. 7 # degree right now in washington. 71 up in bald. fredericksburg, 7 # degree. out to the west, that is where there -- 73 degrees right now in washington. fredericksburg, 72 degrees. most of the rolando paulino we've seen has been out to the east and they continue to see or could continue to see more rain showers out there that could lead to flooding. that floodwatch in effect until this evening. a look at the satellite-radar for today. and again, here is the precipitation. we'll put it in motion for you. we have some clouds over us this morning. you can see mainly from washington to points east, that is where we see most of the clouds and points west, not so cloudy this morning. and we are already seeing some of the clearing going on. we'll see a good amount of sunshine here during the course of the day today. forecast for today looks like this. partly sunny, widely scattered showers. only about a 0% chance most of you will not get rain today. some of you will see some showers and maybe even some thunderstorms with heavy downpours. these will be widely scattered. high

to r 10. temperaturestot ri ghnow ese t 91 up . 90 in fdeck 90 ssnamaas massas and 90 in winchester. 91 down in fredericksburg. we'll come back and show you the various paths danny could take. also give you a take on what you shouldn't worry about and what you should worry about coming up. >>> we'll look forward to it, topper. if you have window blinds in your house, you'll want to take them down. we'll have important safety information coming up next. >>> plus, we have more on the life and legacy of senator edward kennedy, including the lasting impact he made at american university here in washington. >> being a kennedy provided me with a background and an experience in education, which i feel is quite unique. but i'd say just as well that being a kennedy has certain disadvantages here in massachusetts. fa >>> checking wall street for you, stocks didn't move too much today. the dow finished up 4 points to finish up. >>> six companies are recalling millions of window blinds and shades following the death of three children who got caught in cords that moved those blinds up and down. the desk involved blinds or