we have a potent low pressure system moving into hokkaido and northern portions of japan, so heavy rain at times, isolated thunderstorms with small hail and gusts will be strong there as well. here are the temperatures, ulan bator at 20 degrees, pretty warm there. beijing at 25, and tokyo, looking at 24 degrees for our friday high. here in north america, a first winter storm of the season, which is moving gradually inland. in towards the northern plains. now, ahead of the system is where we're going to be seeing very strong winds. and as of now, the dakotas and wisconsin is alerted against fire weather. but this system will be pulling in, bringing moisture and some chances of thunderstorms to come. just around behind it, though, still, winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are posted. and some higher elevations, especially around 3,000 meters or higher, we may see some snow accumulate up to 30 centimeters. but just around this area, summery weather will be seen in the temperatures will rise. on friday, but as of now, new york still at 19 degrees. and oklahoma city, 29, so

we may see some snow accumulating up to about ten centimeters in higher elevations in hokkaido. tokyo, 22 degrees, seoul 20 degrees and shanghai at 22 and taipei, 27 degrees. here in north america, let's first talk about ophelia, as you can see the clouds quickly passing through the newfoundland area, moving at speed of almost 70 kilometers per hour, this tropical storm ophelia. and it is going to be bringing tropical storm watches to much of newfoundland, along the peninsula. elsewhere in the states we have a low pressure system that will be moving towards the new england area. and it's going to be bringing some stormy weather towards you as it passes through. out towards the west, british columbia is going to be looking at very heavy rain as well as gusts up to about 100 kilometers per hour in some areas. vancouver, 15 degrees, toronto 13, looking at washington, at 14 degrees. here in europe, though, we've got no clouds whatsoever. just around this area as you can see, high pressure dominating, it's a ginormous high pressure system. this low pressure system over there in the n

only that, but after the rain pulls away, there's going to be a separate system moving across into hokkaido, so sunday into monday it's going to be wet towards the north as well. though it probably won't be quite as severe. 25 degrees in tokyo with showers tomorrow. 17 in seoul, 20 in beijing. cooler in ulan bator, just eight for the high. shanghai looking at 23. a little bit cooler in taipei, still hot at 27 and 31 in manila as well as as in bangkok. in central america and southern mexico were definitely worth a mention here, very heavy downpours are continuing, likely to result in some floods. perhaps landslides, mudslides as well. very high risk here as the heavy rain continues in towards the weekend. towards the north, though, it does look very dry here across much of now southeastern parts of the u.s. much of canada and the u.s. as you can see out towards the west looking very dry and settled. strong high pressure. but out towards the northeast is a completely different story. eastern canada is going to be seeing some very heavy rain. maybe even up to about 100 millimeters in the next

and actually even sunday is going to see some heavier rain across hokkaido as this system from northeastern china makes its way across the sea. in terms of temperatures, eight degrees in ulan bator, so very, very cold. the lows are down around freezing once again. 18 degrees in beijing. 17 in seoul, tokyo, 25 on friday and we're seeing just in at 30 in taipei. i should say we're going to be seeing some wet weather continuing across taipei for the next few days as well. all right. as we head into north america, very big and strong high pressure system is over the west. and that is going to keep things very calm and still. but also very, very hot. especially for california. i'll show you the temperatures in just a second. let's see what's happening to the east as we go. we've got this massive low pressure system and fronts and that is going to be pushing some very wet weather across new england. you could even see some flash flooding occurring here. to give you a better idea of exactly what's going on, this is the way the jet stream is moving at the moment. this is going to be wet here across

only that, but after the rain pulls away, there's going to be a separate system moving across into hokkaidounday into monday it's going to be wet towards the north as well. though it probably won't be quite as severe. 25 degrees in tokyo with showers tomorrow. 17 in seoul, 20 in beijing. cool anywhere ulan bator, just eight for the high. shanghai looking at 23. a little bit cooler in taipei, still hot at 27 and 31 in manila as well as as in bangkok. in central america and southern mexico were definitely worth a mention here, very heavy downpours are continuing, likely to result in some floods. perhaps landslides, mudslides as well. very high risk here as the heavy rain continues in towards the weekend. towards the north, though, it does look very dry here across much of now southeastern parts of the u.s. much of canada and the u.s. as you can see out towards the west looking very dry and settled. strong high pressure. but out towards the northeast is a completely different story. eastern canada is going to be seeing some very heavy rain. maybe even up to about 100 millimeters in the next 24

you see the green starting to inch through northern parts of hokkaido. and parts of northern tohoku as well. 11 degrees in ulan bator. tokyo looking at 24. in the tropics, we'll be staying in the 30s. as we head into north america, we have ophelia, another storm here this one a hurricane to deal with, a category 2 storm, which looks just set to move to the east of bermuda. there is a tropical storm watch in effect right now. it's moving 15 kilometers per hour at towards the north here. and actually it is going to be moving right up in towards newfoundland by the end of the, beginning of next week. probably will have run out of steam by then, but definitely another storm to keep an eye on here. there's plenty of wet weather moving through eastern canada. through the northeastern united states as well. we have a trio of low pressure systems there. storms all the way along this front down in towards texas. not enough moisture, really to dent the fire danger. we have red flag warning for parts of eastern texas here. it's going to be very dry, low humidity, a

the man with the department of natural history science at hokkaido university looked at data from theapanese gps network. he claims to see what might be a predicter to the fifth most powerful quake ever recorded an increase in the total electron content in the ionosphere about 40 minutes from gps systems. darcy is a research geophysicist with the usgs. >> a lot of researchers are using it today to detect small missouri deformation of the earth's crust and small movements. >> reporter: while researchers are using the gps information, she says the study conducted in japan should not be taken as proof that quakes can be predicted. she says the researchers' study of the japan quake along with a 8.8 shaker in chile last year and a 9.2 temblor in sumatra in 2004 did not take into account many of the variables that could affect gps data. >> there's a lot of unknowns there so what the anomalous signals that the researchers are showing here, uhm, don't necessarily take into account the changes in the satellites or space weather for that matter. >> reporter: the ionosphere at 60 to 600 miles ab