indra petersons is tracking it. >> she's got her work cut out for her.hn berman is off today. >>> we have two developments in egypt this morning. they have the nation on knife's edge. the arrest of the spirit chul leader, he is the latest in the party that backs morsi to be picked up by police and accused of insighting violence. that hours after the former ruler, hosni mubarak on one charge. he's been in custody followin i revolt two years ago. the death toll from nearly a week of violence is approaching 1,000 people. >>> there is late word this morning that the u.s. is temporarily holding up military aid to egypt. not all of it. the decision is not permanent. the u.s. gives more than $1 billion of aid to egypt every year. some u.s. companies have every reason to want that money to keep flowing. >> the obama administration could say enough is enough and cut aid to egypt. but some american companies want to keep that money flowing because they are the ones cashing in. >> you are buying u.s. equipment from u.s. contractors. >> the u.s. doesn't cut a check

we'll bring in indra petersons for more.hings looking better this weekend to help the firefighters? >> it's an unbelievable turn. you have been talking how long it's been burning. it is the 13th day. almost two weeks of this weather. look at the terrain. we see the fire build its own weather. that it's difficult characteristic. we are not seeing a lot of spotty clouds on this or thunderstorm activity in the afternoon. it is good in the news of less winds, less threats for dry lightning. we are looking at a lot of 70s. this is on the outside of the fire. a huge blaze like this, the winds. as far as the heat, where we are seeing it is in the midwest dealing with record breaking heat in des moines, iowa. looking at the temperatures cutting back and cooling off for the weekend. the biggest change is tomorrow, so saturday, the cold front kicks through and it should cool you off and get the moderate temperatures in there. for labor day weekend, a chance for showers. there's two cold fronts. there's today, if you go in tomorrow, th

indra petersons is tracking that late summer heat wave. what's going on with that, indra?school, you'd like to think fall and cooler temperatures, instead, temperatures 20 degrees above normal. heat indexes from 100 to 115 degrees for the start of the school year. one of the first lessons of the school year, how to beat heat. students huddle around fans to stay cool, water bottles, popsicles, and ice are just small periods of relief. >> parents brought in fans, friends brought in fans, brought in ice. we're going to pass out ice. >> water bottles up there, we'll stay hydrated, i think. >> it's just really hot, and it's just hard because we're sweating and stuff like that. >> temperatures across parts of the midwest are soaring into the upper 90s with heat indexes into the triple digits. many of the schools aren't equipped with air conditioners, calling for some to call for early dismissals and others to cancel the day altogether. >> we don't dismiss because kids are hot, we dismiss because learning suffers. >> and parents say it's the right move. >> i think it's the right

indra petersons is watching the forecast for us. could the weather shift and help the firefighters which is a really, really monumental job they have. >> the thing is the extreme terrain. the temperatures are too high. the humidity is low. i want to show the water vapor satellite. the bulk of the moisture is north of them. you can see how dry it is in the region. another way to look at it is the humidity itself. not good numbers when you are into the teens. 17%. no red flag warnings. the good news, winds are generally calm. that's on the outskirts within a huge fire like this, they create their own winds. the main thing we are watching is a lot of moisture move sboog the four corners over the next several days. so much that we are talking about flooding potential as we go through sunday maybe creep up toward idaho where they are struggling with fires in that region. the concern will be the flood threats. where is the all coming from? it's from a tropical depression out in the pacific. through the weekend, we are expecting it to stre

indra petersons is tracking that for us.ne in the northeast complaining of the rain. it's nothing like the southeast. the tropics now becoming more active. we are going to start with tropical storm erin. it is way out there. off the coast of africa. it's 1-mile-per-hour over tropical storm strength. it's weak. expected to strengthen then weaken into a depression. a week out, we are still talking about it being in the middle of the ocean. a long way to go before we track that. immediate concern today is for the moisture here that's hanging out in the caribbean over the peninsula. we are looking at the development. where the moisture goes, it's impacting florida. there's change from yesterday and today. right now, it looks like if it does develop, it will go into texas. we'll be monitoring that. for the current impact, we have a stationary front in the southeast. that, alone, produces heavy rainfall. we bring in the tropical moisture and the upper low will backtrack just a hint. it will allow the moisture to creep up and bring

indra petersons is tracking the forecast for us.gain. >> good morning. >>> a big, scary cat terrifying residents in detroit. some scared to leave their homes. look at that thing. what is being done to find this giant feline. >> wow. >> my goodness. >> my goodness is right. welcome back to "early start." i'm pamela brown. >> i'm michaela pereira. 30 minutes past the hour. >>> could the u.s. be getting closer to getting involved in the syrian civil war? the assad regime used chemicals against his own people. there are many signs a time of dm diplomacy may be over. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry issued a stinging indictment. >> what we saw in syria last week should shock the conscience of the world. it is undeniable. >> reporter: he accused syria of slaughtering. >> this international norm cannot be violated without consequences. >> reporter: it was an unmistakable message from the state house to the white house. >> this violation has to be taken very seriously. >> reporter: since last week's gas attack, the obama administr

indra petersons is talking about it. >> one foot of water makes you weigh 1500 pounds less. don't walk through, especially a car, an average of 3,000 pounds, two feet of water is going to sweep it away. it's important. turn around, don't drown. look at the rain, bran son, eight inches of rain. madison, tennessee, seven inches per hour. that's causing flooding. in addition to that, we are talking day after day of rain just like this. here we go again. this is the current radar. the last six hour loop, oklahoma city seeing heavy rain and arkansas. not as much in missouri. still rain in the forecast especially the southern portions of missouri. what's going on? notice where it's blue, it's the cold front. notice how quickly the rain moves through the northeast. the stalled front does that. it stays here. look at the flooding potential again over the next several days. we talk about where it went faster. you can still have heavy rates per hour. new england, two to four inches. maybe one to three inches for d.c. and new york. we'll talk the southern portion. it's where we're look

. >> indra petersons has her eye on the forecast. any rain on tap? we have been talking about all the crazy rain. >> this is a familiar story. more and more rain. three inches of rain in three days. but, for this month already, it's early in the month. they have seen 12 inches. four times the amount they typically would for this month already. they have a ways to go. today, we have a severe outlook from south dakota going through te s texas. more thunderstorms possible in the forecast. all eyes on the south. very heavy rainfall and flooding. this is the current radar right now. i want to show you a couple things going on now. all this moisture that could come out of the golf. the reason we are talking about this is not just the stationary front. there's a 70% chance of development into the caribbean. it could go into the gulf and merge there with the stationary front that is already in place. if that happens, look at that tropical moisture. you are not talking about that spreading through georgia and the carolinas. not just florida. three to five inc

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indra petersons has the weather to figure out the situation. fuf, people get jammed up out there.he flooding happens quickly. >> very quickly and unfortunately it's the burn area. they got under an inch of rain but that's all it takes once the thunderstorm hits the wrong place. this is a water vapor satellite, a lot of dry air is filling in the area. on the 12-hour loop you can see a couple thunderstorms can pop up, they're still in the forecast today and unfortunately that's all it takes is just a lot of rain in a short period of time and you can see that mud come down from the hillsides. we're looking in the northeast that cold front has moved offshore and look at the cool air that's filtered in from canada. temperatures 10, even 15 degrees below average for this time of year. cleveland today feeling like fall, 68. that is their high today. indianapolis just 73. chicago 74, new york city today 75 degrees so beautiful weather out there. unfortunately, that same cold front has just stalled so another stationary front into the south, so heavy rain from all that tropical moisture in

let's get to indra petersons for the weather. >> tropical depression 9-e.by sunday and monday look for one to two inches and two to four inches of rain possible into the region. >>> we have the rain in the northeast yesterday. the same frontal system making its way into the southeast. don't worry, we're talking about just rain for another day or so. so much better out there. in fact, high pressure building in and nice and dry and even more importantly, better into the northeast. >> all right, thanks so much, indra. >>> we are now at the top of the hour, which means it is time for the top news. >> ultimately, you don't want kids settled with debt. we want them to get a degree and get a good job. >>> a "new day" exclusive president obama one-on-one. pressure on the u.s. to act with syria and what he says his administration will do now. >>> plus, his plan to tackle the soaring cost of higher education. >>> powerful reunion only on cnn. the school hero who talked down a gunman. all caught on a gripping 911 call. she meets the dispatcher on the other end for the

let's get to indra petersons with the weather. >> no problem, couple million. tropical storm erin this morning, far out in the ocean even by the middle of next week. still expected to dissipate into a depression and stay in the middle of the ocean. we'll shift our focus to the tropical moisture in the yucatan peninsula, expected to combine with a front in the southeast. that means heavy rain stretching from louisiana all the way into the carolinas. couple scattered showers are possible in the northeast but generally speaking gorgeous. we're talking about 70s and 80s. temperatures below normal and i always want to end on a good note especially in the rock block. >> rocking into a beautiful weekend. thanks so much, indra. >>> we're close to the top of the hour, time for the top news. >>> right now we're just looking for her future and getting her settled. >> moving forward. hannah anderson stepping out in public for the first type since being rescued. new details on her captor as we hear from her father on how she is doing. >>> too far, a blistering, new report s

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indra petersons has all the details. >> two things we're concerned with. these temperatures and secondly how long are they dealing with these heat. 15, 20 degrees above normal and on top of that, dealing with it all week long. it's been three days of near record breaking temperatures in parts of minnesota. the temperature refusing to dip below the 90, reaching a burning 92 degrees yesterday, but feeling like it's past the 100 degree mark. now some schools are being closed for the rest of the week. >> oh, my gosh, friday is canceled, too? >> reporter: it's just too hot and these schools don't have any air conditioning. >> the best thing to do and safest thing to do is to stop school for two days. >> reporter: these temperatures just aren't affecting minnesota. a giant heat dome over the middle east keeping that hot air locked in. take a look at these temperatures right now. 15 to 20 degrees above normal across the area. the big question everyone is saying, when will we see relief? you can still we still have some time to go. the record in des moines, just 9

indra petersons is tracking all the severe weather for us.ing. >> what a scary situation when they showed up to the rescues yesterday. people were on top of their rooms and hanging to trees because the flood waters were literally sweeping the trailer parks. even bigger chunk of the country today. >> i've just seen a funnel cloud come down and trees and debris come up. >> a roof ripped off a home and trees uprooted after a possible tornado touched down in ohio. parts of the country are battling severe weather and even the threat of flash flooding. a powerful storm tore through wisconsin leaving behind a path of destruction just outside of green bay. one man was killed while clearing away debris. missouri is under flood alerts. deadly waters have reportedly claimed the life of a young boy in waynesville and police are still searching for a woman who may be the child's mother. dozens had to be rescued after waist-deep waters rushed into residential neighborhoods. the governor declared a state of emergency calling in 50 national guardsmen. >> i w

thankfully indra petersons is here to bail me out. >> we're still doing the huge heat wave across the midwest. with the heat indices this is not just a dry heat. all the moisture in there feels like 105 degrees, huge portions of iowa into minnesota. the big question is how long is this going to blast? when you have the big blocking ridge, it blocks out all of that cold air so it's going to stay hot not just for today but we brought this out a couple days into the future and temperatures even get warmer by friday. friday should be the hottest day we haven't seen yet. we talk about temperatures over 20 degrees above normal. average in des moines 82, expecting about 100 degrees on friday and that's without the heat indices combined in that. into the northeast and atlantic we're talking about short waves, a little bit of energy. what does that mean? scattered showers, nothing major but with you are going to see a little bit of rain throughout the day. the big picture as we go forward in time will be all this monsoonal moisture coming into the southwest. we saw over the weekend, beginning

indra petersons has been tracking the weather. >> it will not let up.is what happened in georgia, they go to their apartments and now they had rain go into the fair road apartments. their furniture was rolling around in the rain, their cars you can see the water level to the car doors. this is not the only place this is going on. take a look at the map. flood warnings stretching anywhere from the florida panhandle, all the way to the carolinas. where you see the bright green, that is flood warnings. that means it's imminent and already occurring in those areas. of course, more watches posted because even more rain is expected into the forecast. let's talk about what has been happening. look at the amount of rain since june. anywhere upwards from 20 to 30 inches of rain. how above normal is that? the southeast does get rain, but take a look. we're talking about ten to 15 inches above normal for this time of year and the stationary front is going to be staying in place, so we're going to be talking about two to three inches, four inches of rain possible t

we've got indra petersons here with your labor day forecast as well as christine romans tracking gas could see a bit of a spike. let's begin with indra, what is the forecast looking like for the weekend? >> once again we're dealing with a lot of the heat in the midwest. look at the temperatures still 15, even 20 degrees above normal, des moines possibly breaking a record. the forecast is 100. the record is 99 so likely they will break that. there is good news, though, we'll see relief, a cold front will push through between saturday and sunday, so we still have a little ways to go but eventually temperature also moderate and go back to 70s and 80s. it's been feeling about 100 for a week long. cold front moving through means rain. you have the warmer air up against the colder air so you'll start triggering showers. couple of systems are in the forecast. notice by friday we'll be looking at the ohio valley, saturday in through sunday we'll be looking at the northeast, the mid-atlantic talking about rain and notice the two systems once we get into sunday and monday those two maernlg tog

cnn's indra petersons joins us live to talk about that. good morning, indra. >> good morning. hardly what you think about when you think back to school. temperatures are soaring. look how many people are affected in the midwest, pretty much all of iowa, minnesota, wisconsin, even back to the dakotas and nebraska. so a lot of heat. it's not a dry heat. we're adding in the humidity factor. the heat indexes making it feel like 105 to 110 degrees. here's what the temperatures are without even taking that in consideration. on its own, des moines, 103 degrees today. that is 20 degrees above average. 96 in minneapolis, minnesota, unbelievable. look at the 90s out towards st. louis and chicago. is this heat going to last? unfortunately as i take you in through tomorrow, not seeing a change there, still about 15 to 20 degrees above average, even in through thursday, we are dealing with this heat. unfortunately, it's not about the hot temperatures, but how long you have to deal with the heat. that's what we're concerned with. >> indra petersons, thanks so much. >>> miley cyrus, still ta

indra petersons is tracking it all. >> unbelievable summer.'t handle any more of this rain. heavy rain and rain flooded the southeast. check out members of one church in gulfport saw after their sunday service. waist deep weather covering their car doors. a foot of rain fell in less than an hour. business owners along highway 49 found water rushing into their stores. >> fire trucks out there, it has to be pretty bad. >> it didn't get that bad during katrina. >> these motorists were caught off guard by the rising water. the fire department rushed in to help dozens of stalled cars. from the gulf coast to the carolin carolinas. in miami beach, an elderly couple was killed while swimming on sunday. >> in cardiac arrest when fire rescue arrived. we worked them all the way to the hospital in mt. sinai, where they were pronounced dead. >> came to the aid of 50 swimmers caught in the rough surf. >> let's take a look at the water vapor loop from the weekend. this is just from friday. all this tropical moisture literally feeding into the south. almost l

indra petersons, how is that weather looking? >> wish it was better.g across a huge chunk of the country thanks to a stationary front. in the northeast it's not stationary so it's going to move quickly. by saturday/sunday you have beautiful weather and heavy rain causing urban flooding is in the forecast. southeast not a big deal, but thaufrl front brings heavy rain from oklahoma, kansas, arkansas, missouri, even spreading in through tennessee and kentucky. >> we'll check back with you in a minute. top of the hour, time for the top news. >>> one to three more inches tonight. if we get that much more rain we're going to have a pretty serious event. >> state of emergency, huge areas of the midwest and south submerged. rescue operations late into the night. where the storms are headed next. >>> desperate plea from the father and grandparents of the 16-year-old abducted in california, as police say her kidnaper may be more dangerous than ever. he could be carrying explosives. >>> lena remeni has filed a missing church for the wife of the church's leader, w

. >>> indra petersons is in new york with a lot more on this weather. what is going on, indra?'re talking about slow-moving system. take a look at the flood threats. kansas, missouri and as you mention now, nashville, tennessee, dealing with day after day of rain and flooding. this is going to be spreading. take a look. >> i just seen a funnel cloud come down and trees and debris come up. >> reporter: a roof ripped off a home and trees uprooted after a possible tornado touched down in ohio. parts of the country are battling severe weather and even the threat of flash flooding. a powerful storm tore through wisconsin, leaving behind a path of destruction just outside of green bay. one man was killed while clearing away debris. missouri is under flood alerts. deadly waters have reportedly claimed the life of a young boy in waynesville and police are still searching for a woman who may be the child's mother. heavy rains hammered the area and dozens had to be rescued after waist-deep waters rushed into residential neighborhoods. the governor declared a state of emergency, calling i

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meteorologist indra petersons at the weather center and the reason this is so amazing is because thisknown as unfaithful. >> pretty much. it's been so long. what's so cool is even after that geyser we saw that steam there for a good 24 hours after. what are geysers, how do they work? it's important to know that yell yellowstone is a volcanic crater. we're talking about the core the center of the earth and then the center and the crust. now that you got that, what we're dealing with, you see the water percolate into the crust. the heat sources out of the mantle and those two come together and once in a while you shoot out a geyser. now, that's because it's the thinner plumbing channel. if it was thicker, you would get hot springs out there. that's what we saw out there, pretty impressive, especially when it is one you don't get to see as often. yes, it is the weekend. we love it. let's talk about where it's going to be nice and what days. that affects our plans. from the midwest to indiana today, best chances for showers, and towards florida, thanks to the remnants of dorian there. by

cnn meteorologist indra petersons joins us live from new york. good morning. >> you getting familiar with this at all carol? >> i'm getting tired of it. >> i don't blame you whatsoever. july setting more records and now august and take a look, this is a water vapor. from the last three days, we look at the moisture from the yucatan peninsula feeding into is the southeast. day after day. record-breaking rain. we are talking 20 to 30 inches of rain since june in the southeast. all thanks to a stationary front still in place and that combining with the tropical moisture and, yes, more rain in the forecast. let's talk about how far above anchg you are. look at this, 15 inches above average. we're talking 10 inches. i know it was rough, 10 inches in panama city and 14 in pensacola. no where for that rain to go. we have flash flood watches and warnings still in effect in the area. more rain in the forecast. two to five as we go through the middle of the week. >> continue napping in the afternoon. indra petersons, thanks so much. >>> tuesday should be o

. >> jennifer delgado in for indra petersons this morning. jennifer, hopefully the firefighters will catch a break with rain. anytime soon? >> unfortunately, it doesn't look like we are going to see rain. we have a temperature at 46 degrees and winds at roughly 46. i should say at 6 miles per hour. as we go through the next couple days, we are going to see rain chances increasing. as we move through tuesday, we have a 30% chance of rain. you are thinking that sounds good. unfortunately, as we get the storms they could trigger lightning and allow for more fires to spread. unfortunately, as we go through the next 24 hours, the bulk of the rainfall is going to be just to the east of the yosemite fire. in that area, we are looking at a flooding potential. when you want the rain, you certainly can't get it. across the region, it's going to once again be hot and going to be looking at wednesday, roughly five to 15 miles per hour. guys, back to you. >> weather is just not cooperating. >> no relief there. turning from that to syria. united nations in

. >> indra petersons is tracking the weather for us. >> it's a mixed bag. there's relief on the way. storms are headed their way. it takes time. it's been so dry, the low that should bring the relief is going to bring more lightning that could start more wildfires. it's so dry out there. the rainfall moistens up the atmosphere before it hits the ground. they have potential lightning strikes and wind today. they will get the relief they need in the form of rain. keeping in trend, the west coast, this is the outlook for august. cool on the east coast. take a look at what is expected in texas today. we are talking heat index from 100 to 108. temperatures a good five to ten degrees above normal. they cannot get the relief they need. what i want to point out, flash flood emergencies in south missouri. we are looking at maybe rainfall rates from one to two inches per hour the last few hours. we are hearing reports of rescues, people on their roofs with flooding water in their homes. more rain expected as we go throughout the day and the week. there's so much goin

. >> wouldn't that be nice to have a couple days break, indra petersons? >> imagine, carol. we worry about heat and record breaking heat by the temperature alone, but also how long you have to deal with these high temperatures. in fact, dealing with this heat since sunday. let's talk about what they're dealing with. states in the midwest dealing with heat advisories. temperatures already 15, 20 degrees above normal. been dealing with this all week long. in des moines, 98 degrees. expect it to be even hotter than today. so, we're expected to break that record at 101 tomorrow in des moines. looking about almost 20 degrees above normal, thursday, friday, saturday, we're still sticking with this heat wave. what we want to know is when we'll see that relief. finally a hint of that relief seeing a system make its way through the area. minnesota and wisconsin today and even more importantly behind that. we'll start to see relief. minneapolis 92, des moines 97 on saturday. by sunday, finally, we're going to see those 70s and even some 80s come back in the forecast. so, perfect timin

indra petersons joining us live from new york. what happened here? >> another reason when they talk about thunderstorms why you want to stay out of the beach. not just the lightning, but what you have is that strong down draft and here we go, again, on the radar. talking about strong, straight line winds and right at the front edge of that down draft and a gustnado. very strong winds and attached to that. that's what they saw yesterday. that could happen in any one of the strong thunderstorms that roll through florida or anywhere else. let's talk about some other crazy weather. speaking of crazy weather, almost seven inches of rain in hutchinson, kansas, yesterday morning. flooding potential very high and looks like more rain in the area today. thunderstorms where you picture that cloud that really stays above your house and doesn't go anywhere. that's what we're dealing with thunderstorm after thunderstorm throughout the day and i went forward in the forecast and looks like they're talking about flooding threat all the way throughout the week. that

. >>> finally, let's get to indra petersons. >> we have a tornado heading towards wilmington, delawarehrough the northeast and extends all the way back through oklahoma producing severe flooding concerning they've had rain for the last week. there you go, you can see the line of storms pushing through the tri state area. look for 1 to 3 inches of rain in the area today. if you're in the southeast, you won't be talking about a quick moving front. that southern portion will sag again. we'll talk about 2 to 4 inches of rain in the next three days. if we go out, we're talking about 18 inches of rain. >> we know how you need to dress. >> also an opportunity to use my new favorite not offensive word, saltalamacchia. >> saltalamacchia. >> rain. >> saltalamacchia. >> it feels good. >> you say it. >> my old one was christiane amanpour. now it's saltalamacchia. >> nothing about christiane, we love her name. >> thank you very much, indra. >>> let's finally get to the top >>> let's finally get to the top news. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> my family and i are eternally grateful. now it

let's get to indra petersons with more. >> slowly getting better, starting to make friends.tions are improving. we still have a stationary front, you can see the moisture in the water vapor site going into the southeast. the change in the forecast is that stationary front that's been lingering day after day, almost feels like week after week. we'll start to see that dissipate so still another day, one to two inches of rain still possible in the area and then it dissipates. what does that mean for the weekend? still some afternoon thunderstorms you typically see but either way huge improvement compared to what we've been seeing. new cold front we'll be watching today that means we're going to be looking at severe weather from wisconsin, upper peninsula of michigan going down through iowa. this is a mixed bag, good news as it makes its way through, rain into the ohio valley tomorrow and eventually into the mid-atlantic but it's the temperatures that are going to be amazing. as this kicks through, notice we start with 80s today. behind it each day we'll see more and more 70s, f

indra petersons has the forecast. good morning. >> we are still talking about the same region. last week, dealing with the heavy rain. take a look at oklahoma city. thunderstorms pushing through the area. once again, heavy thunderstorms expected today. it will start to calm down by the overnight hours. either way, rain will be a big story. another low and cold front making its way through the mid-atlantic. with that, slow moving storms and heavier thunderstorms. one to two inches in the northeast. pay attention to the southeast. unbelievable amount of rain already this summer. here we go again. the front is stalling out. all this moisture out of the golf, add in tropical moisture and let's talk about the rain totals. very heavy rain expected not only today, but for the next five or six days, all the way through sunday. we are going to talk about two to four inches the next three days. how about five to eight inches of rain possible by sunday. they do not need the rain. they have seen so much of it this summer. we are going to see severe weather. anywhere from d.c. area down to

indra petersons is here with a sense of what's going to happen today.t's not getting better. >> we are watching the stalled cold front. it's about where it's going to be. the area hit the hardest with heavy rain day after day, keep showing what the radar looks like in oklahoma, kansas and missouri. it's a similar picture today. only difference, not as heavy rainfall. either way, inundated with thunderstorm after thunderstorm. obviously, we are still talking about the flooding concerns in the region. the only good news is the severe weather threat not stretching into missouri like we expected it to in yesterday's forecast. not looking for severe weather, but rain in the forecast. panhandle texas and oklahoma looking for the threat of the severe thunderstorms. large hail and strong winds. here is the cold front. notice the red and blue. it's stalled on the bottom. this moisture is coming from the gulf. the question mark is the top half of the cold front. how fast is it going to go? is it going to stall out? it depends on whether or not it stalls for how m

indra petersons has that. >> the good news is we do not have the red flag warnings. the temperatures in the 70s. the biggest threat today is the dry lightning. we are going see winds 15 to 20 miles per hour. the big problem in that area is the terrain. we are talking the steep cliffs out there. it's difficult for firefighters to get in where they need to get. you can see the white here, it's the afternoon thunderstorms popping up here and there. with that, the threat of dry lightning. the other thing we are watching is the tropical moisture move sboog the area for the weekend. remember what we saw last weekend, heavy storms in the area. we have tropical storm juliet. all the moisture making its way in could mean one to two inches of rain. it doesn't sound like a lot. the ground is so dry, a half inch of rain in vegas last weekend produced flash flooding. in the southwest a different picture. they are not used to as much rain as we are in the east. it doesn't look like it's cooling down much. >> look at des moines. >> you know what that feels like it is hot. >> flat a

. >>> indra petersons is tracking that. what's the latest out there?t thing to say, six inches of water, two feet of water taking away a car. it's so important to get that information out there, especially on days like this. this is yesterday's radar in the area. the reason i'm showing this, it's almost an exact replica from today. you there go again, we're talking heavy rainfall. yesterday, seven to nine inches of rain in the area. today, we're looking at not only kansas, but the other line of southeastern portions of missouri. that rainfall, about two inches per hour. a lot of flooding concerns throughout, we actually have flood warnings and plenty of advisories. yesterday was enough, adding more additional rainfall. that's never a good thing. as far as the same thing, that severe threat, by tomorrow still talking about the training thunderstorms even stretching tomorrow into missouri and illinois. heavy thunderstorms likely in the region as we move forward. here's the reason why, the cold front trailing off the low moving through canada. we're going

what you can expect and what has indra petersons so concerned. >> it's a long explanation.b it down this morning.

. >>> now, let's go to indra petersons for the weather. >> a threat of severe weather for today.down through kansas and speaking of kansas, talk about the rain you saw yesterday. over seven inches of rain in just the morning hours and seeing more thunderstorms in the area is never a good thing. the flooding potential will be high. a rainy summer. more rain expected, again, into the southeast. another couple inches expected in your area but in the northeast, complete opposite picture. gorgeous temperatures below normal. actually seeing 70s today. we like it. will it stay this way? we have the outlook for the month. ta-da, it will stay that way for at least a month. >> normal, normal, above and below. >> thanks so much, indra. >>> almost at the top of the hour, everyone. which means it is time for the top news. >> this is not the usual kind of chatter, but had to be corroborated to take this kind of action. >>> significant threat. new details on the al qaeda messages that forced the u.s. to close embassies across the middle east and north africa for a week. is the plot already in m