ivan cabrera joins us with details on specifically where. ivan? >> chong ching has been hit over the last couple days with torrential rainfall. this system is now sliding to the south, giving us a break. but across the boundary we see very heavy rainfall in japan. 170 millimeters. this has been the dramatic scene unfolding across china the last couple days as a result of that heavy rain. it's extended into shanghai, although the worse of it heading to the south. ho locally heavy rain continues in japan. and this disturbed area across the pacific we'll keep an eye on this tropical development over the next couple days as it moves to the north. all the while dumping heavy rain across manila. a in minnesota and michigan the bulk of wisconsin getting in on this. and a chunk of iowa as well down towards waterloo involved in that severe weather threat. behind it it's cool weather, out ahead of it it's hot. we'll get cooling thunderstorms across the southeastern u.s. looks pretty good across the northeast, new york finally sighing temperatures knocked do

here's meteorologist ivan cabrera. >> indeed. we've got some great pictures here. in fact, i'm going to show you a spectacular one in the next couple minutes. >> okay, love it. >> yes, these could actually be harmful to earth, as far as the scale, we go from 1 to 5. we're smack in the middle. a g-3 storm is under way to earth as a result of that flare that came from the sun, generated back on the 10 of september. what does a g-3 mean, well, minor disruption of power systems is possible. you also could have disruption satellite navigation and radio issues as well. again, the key is minor-intermittent, so we're not talking about any significant benefits. this is what we get, auroras seen as 50 magnitude. but noaa has a space weather prediction center and they have put out the forecast here. so if you're in this belt, that is pretty much 100%. places like iceland, scandinavia, and as far south as new england in the united states, we've been see something of the colors coming in. so that is spectacular. i think we'll do it again as we head through tonight. the forecast

let's go to ivan cabrera with more on that. >> it is clearing out nicely. look at the scenes behind me. the rain impacted southern sweden. this occurred over the weekend. now things are beginning to dry out. before that, buses getting into trouble here. spectators are looking in awe of what you are seeing there, a complete submersion of a large vehicle and this was the case around the roads there in southern sweden. the low responsible for beginning to fall to the south thachlt is where the weather is going to be. we are seeing showers now. it's moving into western parts of poland as well. we are going to see the potential for strong storms down to the south and heavy rain. to the north and west, including london, fair weather. high pressure is moving in. we are done with the unsettled weather. this is going to hold for the early part of the week. the rain is to the south. asia, more of the same, torrential rains continue. i want to recap what happened here in the month of august. take a look at japan in kochi. 1561 millimeters of rainfall. they normally ge

meteorologist ivan cabrera is at the cnn weather center with details. his is something i've always wanted to see, the northern lights. this looks pretty cool. >> we have been getting pictures coming in, in fact, beautiful. we'll share those with you, they will be chimeing in, in the next several hours, it all starts with the sun, the solar flare about the tenth or 11th. we had the coronal mass here, and they converged. thankfully we have the shield that protects us to keep it from coming and crashing with the earth. what happens is, they collide with the atmosphere with the molecules and atoms. with the collision we had the beautiful lights that can occur, but with that solar wind out ahead of our protected earth we have satellites and we have electronic equipment that can be impacted by these events. and so when you get anywhere above a three, you start to worry. of course, a g-5 would be the worst one here just like we categorize hurricanes. but this one is classified as a g-3, what does it mean? we can get minor disruptions to our power systems impact

we turn to our meteorologist, again, ivan cabrera who has details on this.urse, flash flooding is always a concern. just how bad is this? >> a lot of people got stuck on the roads here. no significant injuries reported here. we're talking about southern sweden, an area of low pressure just dove in here. on the northern side of it, you see here, getting involved with very heavy rainfall. a little further north and much much doing here, but this is the area that got hit pretty hard. we'll show you some pictures that have been brought in from sweden. we've been able to see some of the -- well, that just tells the story, doesn't it? that's as bad as it gets with flooding on the roadway. they became rivers there, no question, over the last 24 hours. we'll continue to see a little more rainfall and then we're done. this low is headed down to the south. that's where the rain is going to be focused here. we talk berlin, down the pike into the adriatic. look at the blow of the thunderstorm across the balkans. on the western side, that's wrlt nice weather is behind th

our meteorologist ivan cabrera has been warning about this one, and this one is there. those pictures are something else. >> incredible pictures coming out of the philippines knop question. you can see behind me, it's still raining unfortunately. the worst is over for manila. the rain gauges will get a break as are the people there. thousands that have been impacted here, but notice how long this is. right? this tropical feature here. what's happening here is it moved itself in the worst possible area across the philippines, because the southwest monsoon is ongoing, and so what happens is, you get the storm to the north and east you get that southwesterly flow and it just pours on top of manila. you get the rain from the storm and then the enhancement from the south and west and then everything came together for this. 200 to 400 millimeter rainfall is 8 to 16 inches in areas picking upwards of 20 inches. incredible scene. take you to incredible pictures. new video coming out of the region here. again, when you talk about 8 to 16 inches, sure, you are going to involve ri

meteorologist ivan cabrera following this.land. >> yeah, that's an issue. >> yeah. >> a couple of inches is an afternoon thunderstorm in miami. we deal with that. if you talk about places like phoenix, you get into trouble. las vegas, flood watches posted there. n norbert, a generous 120 kph. that is a minimal hurricane at 75 miles an hour. it ticked down. we're talking about a tropical storm. a vanishing hurricane here as you can see the heaviest thunderstorms just completely getting eroded here. it's lost its top half here. that's great news. temperatures expecting that weakening trend to continue over the next few days. this thing is going to continue to head off to the north and east. it still remains to be seen how much this tropical moisture gets pulled up. some of it will. some of the moisture left over from dolly as well. look at this. see, that's the problem there. this is a 48 hour loop. there you see parts of arizona, new mexico and even across southern california getting involved in some pretty hefty thunderstorms

ivan cabrera joins me now from the cnn weather center, with more on all of these fires. o happen each year, ivan, but they seem to be getting stronger. santa ana winds in southern california can contribute to how powerful these fires are. >> what's making it worse really, sure the winds are going to be a problem. there's just incredible amount of fuel available, timbers specifically here and we're talking about the drought that has been ongoing in california, exceptional drought for a good chunk of the state. this is going to be an ongoing threat any time you get a fire going, it's easily spread, if the winds become involved as they have with the king fire, we talk about significant issues, but not the only one we're following. out to the north, closer to the border up at the north. weak fire destroying upwards of 100 structures here, this one to the south involves 2,600 firefighters, all hands on deck here, as we try to get control of this one, the steep terrain is making it difficult. and weather conditions have not been helpful. and they'll continue to be helpful over

ivan cabrera joins us with more from the weather center. >> it is hurricane nor bert.ood to see you. it's already impacting cabo up to san carlos. continuous rains over the next couple days. winds at 150 kilometers per hour. we'll talk about the storm as it continues to pummel the region with very heavy rainfall. the hurricane warning is for a sliver of the coast, but it is present there. we'll see with the new advisory, this storm will continue to weaken as far as the winds as it heads off to cooler waters to the north and west. what will not weaken, the rainfall tallies. 270 millimeters of rainfall in mans neo-mexico. you can imagine the flooding there. there goes our storm to the nest and west. the bands of heavy rain will be impacting with mexico over the next few days. and as this becomes post tropical, moisture streaming into southern california and san diego. but by then, the storm will be no longer a hurricane or a tropical storm. there's the heaviest of the rain now impacting with mexico. checking in on europe, it's not tropical, but it is an air of low pressu

where is it going next ivan cabrera has the latest. >>> sierra leone undergoes an ebola education campaign. what's your most favorite of all? hmm...the kind i have with you. me too. results of tropical storm fung-wong. as you can see, causing more dangerous weather in asia. this was the scene saturday in taiwan where police were on the scene of a bridge that collapsed from the heavy rain. flood warnings also have been posted. the system battered parts of the philippines as we showed you friday leaving at least seven people dead there, 200,000 in temporary shelters and our meteorologist ivan cabrera is tracking the storm. the point of the picture i remember, ivan, from the philippines were the two boys hanging onto the basketball net that shows you how high the water came there from fung-wong. >> yeah, the philippines meteorological association tells you when they describe the warning as to neck, to chest, to waist. they literally put warnings out like that just to let you know how high the water is going to come wherever you are. there were a lot of to neck warnings out there. right now th

tracking it now is ivan cabrera. a lot of activity right now. >> indeed. we've had volcanos in the iceland area. we've had another eruption, lateral eruption here, not the big chamber eruption that we very concerned about still happening, but that has not been the case. this is the latest picture from nasa. and there you see that fissure eruption just from the last 24 hours. so there's still lots of activity, but right now the airspace still open and we do not have that main chamber eruption, which will be a nightmare. let's check conditions in afghanistan. we've had incredible amounts of rain, three times their monthly average in 24 to 48 hours. that is going to flood you, wherever you are in the world, if you get that much rain in a short amount of time. and you must understand this is also a very topography wise, a very high elevation. so when that water falls, it is going to fall down the valleys to where the villages are. let's take a look at some pictures and show you what is going on. there you see, a life threatening situation. a calamity unfolding

. >> our meteorologist ivan cabrera has all the information on that, ivan. >> you go from floods and back to california you'll have fires abound from north to south, incredible stuff, of course, that hurricane made landfall as a cat 3 there in cabo san lucas, wreaking havoc across the southwestern united states. right now over texas especially just getting pounded with torrential rain. the rainfall rates have been incredible here. we're picking up in some areas 3 inches in half an hour. that is going to be a big problem tonight and i think we'll have some dramatic pict e pictures to show you by the time we get light out here. austin in texas with flash flood watches as you can imagine very slow-moving torrential downpours coming down across the metro right now. that is just a frightening sight actually i must say looking at the doppler radar there with swift water rescues as we understand underway as a result of people getting stuck in their cars h these events happen at night you get in trouble. you can't see and you get into a pile of trouble here as a result with all this area now

meteorologist ivan cabrera is tracking the storm and will tell us where it's headed next, ivan. >> worst track this could have taken as far as the heavy rain potential with the tropical storm hitting the philippines. very flood-prone there, certainly. and then heading to taiwan with very heavy rainfall, which is not done of course. some of that rainfall tails down all the way into northern luzon. so we'll continue to see some rainfall there. there you'll see the monsoon getting involved with what looks like a giant tail from the storm. but we had two things, two features going on here. weather conditions will begin to -- have begun to improve in the philippines. but look at taiwan with all the cloud tops now depicting some very heavy rainfall now. in fact, we take you to the taiwan radar locally here. you can see the center of circulation making landfall just a few hours ago and now it's moving up to the north. my concern will be as this continues heading up to the north where most people living on the western side of taiwan, we are going to get that onshore flow pulling in from the west

we want to get to ivan cabrera at our weather center. tracking some of the rising waters that have really been devastating communities. ivan, what can you tell us? >> it's still on going across pakistan and india here. we're going to be tracking the crest of the river as it continues heading down to the south. we're hoping to get new information. we had one of our cnn producers out there continuing to bring us updates here and as of last check, we understand upwards of 700,000 people have had to evacuate their homes because they're no longer safe to be in or they're not inhabitable here. here's the problem with all these tributaries that flow into the river. we're going to break out the charts. this is what we do. look there as you can see just an incredible peak there on sunday. and then now we're back to normal as far as the levels as that crest continues to go further down to the south. we crested early on thursday and now it's areas further down stream that will be dealing with this. we have the watches and warnings that have been pos

ivan cabrera joins us with more. what do you see?e being it's not headed anywhere rapidly and that's going to be a problem for the philippines here. it's already been pouring on them with this latest tropical storm, of course, wd our last one, kalmegi that rolled through here and now it's fung-wong which means phoenix and peaked in hong kong. whatever you call it torrential rain that will flood the area as a potential for this to move slowly over the next 48 hour, all the while pumping moisture from the south china sea and then from the system itself here so that combination is going to be treacherous for luzon with the potential for 500 millimeters. it has this becoming a typhoon in the next 48 hours, 130 kilometer per hour winds and brushing perhaps even striking direct strike here with taiwan 72 hours' time and hooking out to the north and east, by then it'll move rapidly. it's going to be in the next 48 hours for the philippines that the flooding is going to be a significant event. i think that is going to be underway at this poi

our meteorologist ivan cabrera has more and my sister lives near that fire. >> terrible stuff.he fire is now bigger than the entire city of atlanta as far as how many acres have burned so that just kind of tells you what's been going on fooling since the beginning. the fact it was set intentionally just really gets under your skin when you talk about how many people's lives have been impacted here. east of sacramento is where we're taking you here. natalie, there is the fire now talking about over 76,000 acres that have burned, nearly 31,000 he t hectares. look at the scenes today. the problem, the gusty winds that developed through the afternoon and the rain hire -- steep terrain. only 10% contained if you want to look at the bright side, that's double what they had, but that is still very low and it is going to be a slow process. that's why conditions won't be healthy here. we do have an upper level disturbance that will spawn a few thunderstorms and look at that here but as far as the forecast goes, that rain chance is not good because that would come in the form of lightnin

ivan cabrera's following that for us from the weather center. ivan. >> yeah, and some discrepancies in fact with some of those numbers, which may in fact go up as far as the tallies of the people that have had their lives taken as a result of this incredible flooding that has impacted not only india but also portions of pakistan. particularly hard hit has been the province of punjab, where we have lahore registering 169 millimeters of rainfall in 18 hours. you must keep in mind that's a lot of rain, one. and two, they only get 61 millimeters in the entire month of september. so this is a very late season event and unusual for them as well. and then also in other parts of pakistan similar tallies. 166 millimeters. and this is what it left. people trying to get around. just incredible flooded roads here. we understand some villages just completely submerged and cut off. in fact, marooned. so what you have now is responders trying to get to those villages that have been cut off. unfortunately, they're doing that with very heavy rainfall. rainfall no

meteorologist ivan cabrera is tracking it all at the cnn weather center. ivan. >> yeah, it's a matter of convincing people, george, downstream where the flooding has now been significant because it has not been raining there. the event occurred to the north, but now they're being told there's a flood coming. well, what glad? it hasn't been raining. it's because of the rivers here and the fact that they are completely swollen. so they were evacuating people now. of course, south of the crest which is where we are right now and then eventually will get there headed into next week. this is an event that we're going to be covering for quite some time. so the warnings continue to the north, the watches to the south monday through wednesday there as we continue to see incredible volumes of water coming down the pike here along both rivers and then eventually getting down eventually into the arabian sea. these are people well to the north. this is one of the areas hardest hit. literally that's what's been happening. we've had folks that have been plucked out of ju

ivan cabrera brings us more on what are still rising waters there. >> rising waters and the people that have been rescued are in much better shape than the ones still waiting. extremely hot temperatures and a lack of food and water. so time is running out for some of them here. the army is working as past as they can to get these people out. in the north, we have had people marooned as a result of the rivers expanding to where they look like lakes. what precipitated this was the 15 inches of rain we got in a couple of days coming down the mountainside. and then all of that water has run off into the rivers and now we're dealing with that part of the story and we continue to follow this crest with over 12 million people in its path. so we continue with that problem. it's interesting, because some of the areas that did not get the rainfall will still get the flooding because the crest is flooding. projected crest over the weekend now moves into the river away from the tributaries and away from the areas hardest hit. but we continue to see problems. people needing to get back to where they

for more on this very dangerous situation, ivan cabrera is tracking it all. >> we have two situations ongoing here. we have the people that are still in the path of the floods that are going to continue. the crest is going down to the south. and the ones that have been left behind. temperatures have been running anywhere from the upper 30s to lower 40s. that's 100 to 105 degrees fair hite. you are marooned and on top of a roof and running out of water. it has been a mess. let's show you what is going on in pakistan and india here as the rains have come late, really. we had below average monsoon and then we had a torrential downpours. let roll the videos. to show the folks what is going on down on the ground. the water is having a hard time receding here because we have had so much of it. 20 inches fell in a matter of days. three times the monthly average in september. really now in september we typically get a dryer situation. but obviously what you are seeing is atypical of september and it would be of any month including the monsoons. an incredible event with both rivers involved. t

ivan cabrera joins us with more. rain nonstop?> nonstop, in an area where really we should have had the rain. the monsoon continues. northeastern india impacted as well. pakistan as well. take a look at some of the numbers here, in just 18 hours, this is a problem, monthly average 169 millimeters in 18 hours, that's where we had the torrential downpours and most of the reported deaths as well. another total in pakistan take a look at the monsoon flooding that's been ongoing. these scenes reminiscent of what you would see in the middle of the monsoon, at this point we're getting -- it should be moving to the south. thailand as well very heavy downpours in some instances, 134 millimeters, that was a problem for thailand, it's been a mess out there, and you're absolutely right, this is an area that's been hit hard over the last few weeks here. we've been covering the rain in southeast asia and as we work our way to the north as well. in china, the rain has been an issue, look at that, incredible scenes coming out. lots of rescues the

ivan cabrera join us.e. >> it is a mess, a calamity, and some of the bridges and roads you mentioned are the only way to get in and out of some of those villages, and in some cases, once they're washed out, the people are marooned here. we've had helicopters flying in trying to get them out. and it's been occurring with very heavy rainfall at that. some incredible pictures from nasa as well on the two rivers that are the culprits here, as far as the heavy rain that has fallen on them and making them quite swollen here. that's the before picture, can you barely see it on your screen. that's the way it should be. then you see this, just completely engorged and that's taken a lot of villages with it as a result of the flooding. the jhelun, and the chen ab river in pakistan. india has seen terrific flooding as well. 336 millimeter, 13 inches, they normally get four inches in the entire month. so imagine all that rain falling so fast and furious here. 379 millimeters in la hore. and again, off-season. the rains

ivan cabrera is back with us. >> a couple days ago when i was here we were raining and that seems to be the theme across asia. incredible rains have been impacting many areas. in fact, one of the rainiest in japan on this side of the year. look at this even. it's blowing up south of shanghai. the storms have moved and that's a good thing because it's completely saturated. back up over to japan over the last couple of days, we'll look at the numbers. 136 to 166. the heaviest of which in china will move south. monsoon is pretty healthy out there. areas of disturbed weather in the western pacific, we always pay attention to these. now, i think this is down here but this sick area here is going to shift to the north and get more organized but if you look at the medium range models, this will connect out to sea. so right now the big story is no rains but it's dumping across the philippines and it's going to continue because it's going to enhance the monsoon there in manilla. if you're watching us from there, you know the deal. more flash flooding. raining here in atlanta, too. cra crazy d

our meteorologist ivan cabrera has all the details on this. >> we have our next tropal cyclone here. and terrific amounts of moisture coming in with this one as well. not going to barrel through and head west like the last storm, but nevertheless, the effects here for the philippines, i think this will mainly be a rain situation despite the fact that this will eventually become a typhoon by the time that happens. should be to your north. here's one of our computer model forecasts. kind of yesterday, missing it to the north. now perhaps making landfall in the extreme northern part of luzan there. that remains to be seen as far as the land fall potential. the mountainous terrain should prevent the storm from explode into a significant typhoon. but eventually there lab brief window where we could have rapid intensification. 42 to 48 to 72-hour forecast. the entire japanese island may get raked by significant wind and rain over the next two days. that's our next typhoon coming in here. our western most track will be the worst not only for the philippines but the rest here in terms of ver

let's go to ivan cabrera for all of the details. >> folks in china have been getting around by boat theast couple of days. that's how bad it's been with refers a rivers and streams overflowing. the weather has pushed further to the south. japan has been hit hard. the numbers speak for themselves. wettest august that we've seen in a very long time in western japan as a result of a couple of typhoons. we had a boundary that set up and just rained incredibly across the entire month here in western japan. locally heavy rain on tap for you and improving weather continues now as we look at scatter itt scattered showers. a couple of areas of disturbed weather. the western pacific, we always watch this. it's typhoon season. this is very close to the philippines. this area is going to move off to the north and will develop and likely we're going to be following this one. this will probably get a name. this is a mess here with heavy rain and the second one will enhance the monsoon across the philippines. look at this. when the storms position themselves to the north and east of the philippines, e

ivan cabrera is following developments. as you know, california is bone dry.r lives 60 miles from that fire and you can see all the smoke. >> sacramento? >> she's in sacramento, yeah. they had some rain earlier. yeah, what the firefighters are trying to do is prevent the fire out there. as natalie mentioned, the bone dry conditions. we'll get to the drought here in a second. here are the latest stats of what's going on here as far as the burnout. we're up to 82,000 with 12,000 residences at risk. obviously these numbers are going to continue to go up if we don't get more containment. yesterday we were at 10, today we're at 10, the day before we were at 5. weather conditions have not helped all that much. let's go back to 2013 which is where we were here as far as the drought ended in california. nobody with an exceptional drought. that's the worst category. 90% drought. by the time we get into the fall and winter months, now we're getting more serious here with extreme conditions starting to blossom and getting to the exceptional drought. by june, no rain, no

meteorologist ivan cabrera with that. of us are unfortunately dodging some storms later this afternoon as a lot of folks are celebrating the end of summer. but if you are in the midwest, severe weather is in store once again for today after louisiana yesterday got just pounded with incredible rain. lake charles here still recovering from the rainfall. look at the severe weather watches still in effect across the midwest. we'll get a little tight irand show you eastern iowa still in on that with this squall line, look at this bowing out. this is pushing to the east, and that is where we will find our severe weather threat. quiet weather out to the west. nothing to worry about here. and in the afternoon, scattered thunderstorms for portions of the east. certainly not what new york saw yesterday. as far as the high temperatures, we'll clock in in the mid-80s. not bad for a late day summer. look at dallas, just part of the story, factor in the humidity, and it will feel like well into the 100s. 92 degrees in atlanta with heat

. >>> our meteorologist ivan cabrera is back with more flooding over the world. >> yes, places that haveunbelievable amounts. in fact, especially in western japan and now the northern part of japan as well. aikado specifically has been seeing the heaviest rain over the last several day. of course, we had a couple of typhoons, then we had a front that stalled out for several weeks here. that was in western japan, getting a bit of a break now. but in the north is where the action has been over the last few days. take a look at the record rain that's fallen here in some areas now. look at this. they picked up 272 millimeters of hateful. that's over 11 inches now. thursday, making it the wettest september day on record for them there. and notice to all the bullets here, everything happening up in the north. not much action down the south where they don't need it. that's where we've had the heaviest rain. the area that need a break is not going to get it. i think we'll still have some moisture left over so that we'll have some hateful for the weekend. if it had not rained incredibly over the

for more on the deadly flood we go to ivan cabrera in the cnn weather center. >> disturbing details obviouslye reasonable as you would expect this calamity that has hit both nations here. we're talking about an event that is going to be felt for months if not years in some areas because some regions have been submerged under water. you can barely see the rivers here he up in space. that is the way it should be. well, we will forward it a little bit and you'll be able to see -- now you can see the riffs. this shouldn't be the case. you shouldn't be able to see it from this high above. that is the flooding. from all the rain that occurred upstream. then watch. you can almost see the crest if you follow it here beginning to move down stream. as it does so, it continues to flood additional villages that are nestled along the river. most of us live near the water. that is how we make our living and that is what folks in pakistan do as well. so they are right along the river. some have been evacuated. some have chosen to stay hin. it is going to be a problem for them as we continue with this crest

for more on the fire and the weather conditions, our meteorologist ivan cabrera is with us. of course, we know california so incredibly dry. so hard to see a beautiful state burn like that. >> and the fire officials are absolutely right. they're dealing with something they haven't dealt with before. sure, there's a fire season in california, obviously, and you expect that. as far as fighting the fires and the conditions that we're in, the exceptional drought that we're in is something they had not dealt with before. and they're going along as they can. weather conditions aren't helping at all. any fire that starts in california because of how dry it is is going to get out of hand rather quickly. you get the winds mixing everything up. add the terrain, of course. these fires are burning in very steep terrain. fire that is can jump from canyon to canyon and go up the ridge. that's why you need air support because firefighters can't get to some of these spots here. 76,000 acres is where we're at now, almost 31,000 hectares and 12,000 residences at risk. there will be some thund

for more on this developing situation, dangerous situation, let's go to meteorologist ivan cabrera ather center. ivan, how many people are being affected by this flooding? >> millions of people are being affected by the flooding in some way, shape or form here. as far as the ones that are in peril here, that remains to be seen because the problem is that they're not able to get some of the folks out that need to get out. and then, of course, there's a problem in the north. in the north we're still dealing with the waters beginning to recede. but then you have the humanitarian issue of just infectious disease that's going to be a problem with all that standing water. and then you have people that, well, their livelihoods have been wiped out. and so they're waiting for aid to come, and it's not coming soon enough because the entire country here is being impacted by these floods that have occurred in the north and now all of that water continues to head down to the south. let's show you some pictures, and then we'll talk about what's going to be happening over the next few days. what is

ivan cabrera, our meteorologist, following that. are you sure that's not a typo? not the southeastern u.s.? >> right, you would normally think that that would be the case. but this time around, natalie, yeah, the moisture associated with this major hurricane is going to make it all the way up into the southwestern u.s. the hurricane itself, obviously, not headed up there. but nevertheless, i think we'll have big-time issues as far as flooding over the next couple of days. we'll watch that. latest advisory just in, fresh from the national hurricane center. 195-kilometer-per-hour winds. still a category 3, that's 120 miles an hour. at this point i think we're peaking here as you begin to see the satellite presentation. look at the center of the eye there right along the central dense overcast we call that the strongest winds there but now beginning to lose that a little bit here. but nevertheless, it is going to be bringing heavy rain. that's always been the threat. that will continue to be the threat. and that has been the problem here in mexico the last few days.

meteorologist ivan cabrera has been tracking it all in the cnn weather center.a system coming in. >> yes, it does. the moisture associated with it anyway. here's hurricane norbert. the saddest looking storm you'll ever see and still retaining the hurricane banner here. national hurricane center kept this at 120 kph, which is 75 miles an hour. that's the threshold. a tick below that and you get a tropical storm. it's not going to be making landfall as an intact system here. so we're talking just about some rain coming in. but the problem is, where the rains are going to fall. they'll fall on desert ground and that's why we have concerns about flooding here. mexico, of course, has been getting hit over the last couple of days with heavy rainfall. here's what's i'm talking about. see just kind of fizzling out toward northern baja. indirectly associated with the storm is this plume of moisture that's going to be coming in and that is my concern here. across the southwestern united states and southern california and into nevada. most of arizona will be getting in on

. >> sorry to turn to ivan cabrera -- >> i didn't know there was a dark web. >> i know, i don't like't google that at the office. that's a whole different deal there. >> makes a hurricane seem kind of light. >> well, we're talk iing norber. he's impacting with baja california right now. 150 kilometers per hour, that would be 90 mile an hour storm. the core winds are away from the peninsula, we're still raining pretty good at this point. we have tropical storm warnings and we have a hurricane warning for part of the coastline here as it is expected to be close enough where some of those winds could get involved there. we've been talking about this storm over the next several days, it will continue to hug the coast, and we'll get to a forecast in a second. look at mexico, 270 millimeters of rainfall in two days, 48 hours, just incredible rains and this thing hasn't made landfall. the monthly average is 259 they've gotten over their monthly average in 48 hours. that's about ten and a half inches of rainfall. lots of flooding you can have there. let's get to the official forecast from th