and we get summer cooler weather. >> jacqui jeras, lightning and high wind are making it difficult for fire crews. jacqui will weigh in as the weather conditions are important for you. i'm sure you could use moisture, but are lightning and high winds making it difficult for the fire crews, mr. hunt? >> were you talking to me? >> yes. >> yeah, you know, we do have some dry lightning forecasts the next couple of days. and what dry lightning is when a thunderstorm comes in and just drops lightning without any precipitation. simply we usually get high winds. the vegetations are extremely dry. when the dry lightning touches the ground, there's a high possibility of starting wildfires. we had a lot of our local resources committed to the three large fires and are bringing in additional resources from out of state to alter our existing resources. you did mention the area up around the wallow fire as being forest, but we also have others that are country that are burning in the southern part of the state. those are more desert-like. they are burning a lot of grass down there. yesterday we just

. >>> let's check in with your jacqui jeras. we're talking about very dry conditions made worse because it's also very windy. >> yeah. >> as we heard from thelma gutierrez. >> these winds are a huge issue. it's great to hear that those planes are back up again because the terrain is just so rugged, the firefighters can't get in there. they can't climb up that area. there's so much brush there. winds are going to continue to be an issue until after sundown at least. they're likely going to stay strong for tomorrow. the sierra vista fire we're talking about down here, these are sustained winds at about 25 miles per hour. we are getting those occasional gusts between 30 and 50. the wallow fire up in this area, winds equally as strong. we've got this area of low pressure which is in the area. that's what's driving in strong southwesterly winds for today. now, the good news is, as that low is going to pass off to the east and it's going to bring in some cooler air for tomorrow, we do expect some recovery with the humidity. it should

let's turn to our meteorologist jacqui jeras. we said it could get much worse because of the weather conditions. is that what you're expecting? >> things will be changing a lot between now and this time tomorrow. the winds will really be picking up. let's show you what's going on here. this is arizona. this is the big wallow fire that we've been talking about. big storm system here off the coast of california. now that storm is going to be heading northeastward entowards nevada and what that will do is pick up the southwesterly wind. pick up guests between 25 and 40 miles per hour, and that could really make the fire line advance very quickly. now typically when we see something like this take place, we'll also watch the humidity start to move up, but it's so, so dry there there's no way this air will get saturated and we'll get dry thunderstorms. watching for parts of new mexico for that. those are thunderstorms that prevent lightning and really no rain. it evaporates really before it reaches the surface. that continues to be a

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. >>> meteorologist jacqui jeras is here. ui, travelers out west, air travelers better pay close attention. >> that's where we expect most of the trouble for nom. we still have trouble there yet tonight. often we don't see airport delays at this time of the delay. but we've got a ground stop in los angeles and philadelphia looking at 30-minute delays. tomorrow we'll see our storm system make its way onshore, bringing a wet weather to the west coast and very windy conditions across the four corners. so let's take a look at our top three cities for tomorrow's commute where the worst weather will be minneapolis. we're looking at low clouds and thunderstorms in the morning. you're number three. number two, salt lake city with wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour. and the number one city for your worst travel tomorrow, san francisco takes the cake. looking at some low clouds and some showers across parts of the morning. we're also looking at some extreme heat. we had a number of record highsed to. we're focusing on the nation's midse

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let's talk more about all these wildfires with jacqui jeras in the cnn weather center. s it just me or does it seem it's a bit early for this? >> not really. starting to get to the peak of that. conditions have been so dry for so long. that's really what's helping to fuel some of these fires. take a look at google ert. we put the heat signatures on there. this is by satellite detecting all this heat. these are the two burning in eastern parts of arizona. this is that wall low fire and there's another one south of i-10 that's also causing quite a bit of trouble. take a look at this. this will show you where we have read flag watches which are in effect. that's the dark red areas and we're expecting fire conditions to be extremely critical here over the next couple of days once again. our weather pattern is really allowing a lot of smoke to filter over into western parts of new mexico. there are air quality alerts into albuquerque as well as santa fay. you can smell the smoke from the fires so far away. the wind pattern not changing over the next couple days. an area of lo

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jacqui jeras is with me today. she's tracking these fires, weather conditions.ne bit of silver lining, it was once zero percent contained for a number of days. at least we have a ten now. still, red flag. >> yeah. still concerns out there for today. the 10% is huge. this is huge progress compared to what we were dealing with last week. but today those winds have kicked up a little bit and they're gusting around 30 miles per hour along with that low humidity. conditions are still critical. the biggest concern about today is that more of that spotting could occur. new fires as embers get blown by those winds. they've been finding and have been building these fire containment lines. there you can see firefighters have been out there, they've been cutting down some of this brush. they're doing a lot of mop up now which means they get those hot spots that are still kind of burning and still very hot in those areas. the good news is that some people have been allowed to return home now in springerville as well as in eager. they're warning people, if you go home it's s

let's check in with meteorologist jacqui jeras, oh, my gosh, it's june, but i guess parts of coloradou're still going to experience that, or is that unusual? >> not too unusual. you'll get severe weather like that in colorado for sure. eastern colorado under a severe thunderstorm watch, more hail like that can be expected, along with some damaging winds. so let's show you where some of these watches are in effect right now. i'll take you over there and show you more of colorado, how about that. there it is, east of denver, also into the panhandle of nebraska, there are several very large storms, especially along interstate 70. so be aware of that, be aware that sometimes tornadoes can and do occur within severe thunderstorm watches and we have had a few isolated warnings here across parts of the deep south as well. so be aware of that for the upcoming hours, we're especially watching stuff that's going on along the tennessee and georgia state line. it's going to be an interesting afternoon and evening. let's talk a little bit more about what's been going on with those wildfires, you s

jacqui jeras is checking out a little bit of activity worth paying attention to. >> right on time. we're watching this yaeah of disturbed weather. it's a cluster of showers and thunder showers but it's bringing topengsal downpours to haiti, new mexico, jamaica as well. we think it's going to be slow to organize and slow to move. that's the bad news that some of these areas could get flood as a result of some of this. the longer it sits over the warmer water, the more likely it will develop into something. the national hurricane center puts a 30% chance of it developing into the first tropical depression and storm as well. noaa also released their forecast for the season, expecting it to be above average. expecting 12 to 18 named storms. 3 to 6 becomes hurricanes. and the neighborhood seeing more u.s. landfalls is greater than last year. here is the list of the names. everybody likes to look and see if their name is there. arlene is number one, and rochelle is turning her head. no, it's not you. quick note on the wildfires, still very dry conditions here along with gusty winds. the

meteorologist jacqui jeras has some simple ways to make our backyards into a welcome and safe place for wildlife. we love this. >> yeah. it is really been a tough year with all the extreme weather. urbanization too has just plain caused problems for animals like these and birds and reptiles and rabbits. there is some really simple things that you can do that will go a long way in helping them survive in the brutal conditions. raging wildfires, extreme drought, intense heat, and torrents of water. they're all taking a major toll on wildlife. officials say our furry and feathered friends need help from us, and it is easier to do than you think. >> they need to provide food, they need to provide water, they need to provide shelter, they need to provide a place for animals to raise their young. and so you can do that in a very small space. i've got a very, very small yard here. but i've worked to make this animal friendly, so to speak. >> reporter: bill haley is a naturalist and has created a certified wildlife habitat out of his yard. >> native plants is an important part of it. the butter

we will check with jacqui jeras to find out about the extreme weather across the country. to other news. attorneys for amanda knox are calling on inmates to help them try to prove her innocence. five prisoners testified yesterday that knox was not involved in the murder. a convicted child mulderer said that knox was not there. three others back the story. but a fifth inmate, a convicted mobster, said his brother did it in a break in. >>> casey anthony's defense team is going on the offense. yesterday, vernor spitz said what he had to talk about. >> if an autopsy was down in a corresponding to what every pathologist will tell you, it will tells me it's a shoddy autopsy. if the head is not opened, what else wasn't examined? >> in ten minutes, find out how the legal guys think the case is going. >>> and sega is hacked. details when we return. >>> first, father's day weekend, we are asking you and your staff to share your best advice from dad. one of our producers, her dad had this advice to offer. there is no reason for you not to try. if they can do it, you can do better. an

jacqui jeras stris tracking all them for us. >> we'll start out with fire conditions. unfortunately the weather is going to make things worse there especially as we head into tomorrow. we've had extreme fire behaviob. see the flames grow and how much smoke has enveloped this area. hundreds of miles that smoke has been traveling. we have critically low relative humidity. we have high winds. they've been gusting as much as 35 miles per hour. and the temperatures are very warm as well. when we think about arizona, martin, we think about desert. we think about cactuses. but take a look at that. there are a lot of pine trees in here as well as the scrub. there's a lot of fuel for these fires to continue to burn. there's an area of low pressure, a storm system offshore off california's coast. this is going to be heading up to the north of arizona. unfortunately we don't think it's going to bring in much in terms of relief with rain and showers and thundershowers. but it is going to be increasing the wind. so fire weather watches have been issued across the area for tomorrow

jacqui jeras is joining here with me now. our first story comes from the university of washington. i thought this was an opportunity to kind of introduce gratuitous seminudity to the show. but it's not. >> it's not. i would never do that and i found this story, just so you know. take a look at the video, shall we? it's all for a good cause. there they are. >> stripping their clothes off. tell us what's going on here. how is this benefiting? >> well, the clothes are going to the needy. it's benefiting the salvation army. the whole idea is to come in the clothes that you're going to donate, take them off, put them in the box and then in your underwear you get to run. >> i don't know why this hasn't been embraced by the red cross, but i'm sure some day. >> they've been doing this for the last couple of years. they're hoping to beat last year's record which was 560 pounds of clothes. 560 pounds. that's a lot. a cotton t-shirt doesn't weigh a whole heck of a lot. >> this is where again? obviously some place warm. >> university of washington. not terribly warm. >> young students. they're

. >>> and then our own jacqui jeras joins us.d 48 hours to be on watch because it could mean flooding for major areas. are the levees holding up? well, they were rushing to try and shore up a secondary levee outside of town. here you can see, there is the missouri river and here is a hole where a levee was breached. they tried to add an extra 3 feet on a man made levee and they think they can do it. their goal is to get it done by 2:00 today. that water is closer and we have reports along i-29 that at least one lane northbound has been closed off and they expect a complete 20-mile stretch in the area to be closed by tomorrow. the water is rising quickly. it will continue to be tested. this is not just a one-day thing, suzanne. this record flow is expected to stay throughout the month of august. one other area we're watching, up near where casey yi yungz is. we have reports of a sand boil in this area. let me tell what you a sand boil is and why it could threaten the airport. this is an animation. what happens, water gets undernea

jacqui jeras gets money. >> reporter: today we're in georgia.o for traveling is to check out a region and parks by doing adventure races. this is the park they used for the 1996 olympics in the atlanta area. you do this race with a partner. it's a great introductory race. it's six miles so a great warmup for a lot of people getting into adventure racing. at the end, there is a mud pit. one of my favorite things about the muddy buddy, it's all about fun. you can have prices for costumes as you can for coming in first place. i am nervous but excited. frank is a veteran over here, so he will blaze the trail and hopefully i will be able to follow him. >> i will blaze it for you. >> we'll see what happens. [ horn blowing ] >> reporter: why did i do this? >> fun stuff. fun stuff. >> reporter: all right. to the mud! get down low, please. whoo! no better way to cool down than in the mud, and have some fun with friends. that's the muddy buddy. >> that looks like a little bit of fun there. the latest twist in the casey anthony trial. it comes from the law

so let's get straight to jacqui jeras who is watching all of this in the severe weather center.big peak, that big push of water where they've released that release, devin's point dam up there. the equivalent of 1.1 million gallons of water a second. it's hard to fathom that much water gushlging through t water gushing through the ware. the levee system being stressed at its greatest level. we want to take you to that levee breach of yesterday, remember we were telling you, in iowa, along the missouri river. water continues to flow freely through this area here. hamburg has been rushing to help shore up the secondary levee. they had 3 more feet to shore up to protect that town. in local time there, about a half an hour from there, they're confident they're able do that. if that doesn't hold, we're concerned about 10 feet of water potentially getting into that town of 1,100. we had that report from casey wian. and one thing we want to mention, the epley airfield. there's a sand boil that is allowing the water to seep into that water. what does that mean? take a look at this. this

. >> jacqui jeras has been warning us this might happen and now we are talking record flooding here.ct? >> let's start at the beginning. we'll kind of set the stage for what's been evolving here in the last couple of weeks. what happened is we had record snowpack into parts of montana. 212% above normal. on top of that, in the dakotas, we had record rainfall. we had a whole year of rain in the last couple weeks so all that water has to go somewhere. they have been releasing water gradually over the last couple weeks through a dam system here across parts of the dakotas. let's go ahead and show you this dam in particular, up here near yanktown, south dakota. today is the day where they released the maximum amount of water that they're expecting to flow through this system. it's 150,000 cubic feet per second. this is twice the previous record for amount of water that will be flowing through the system so the levees are being tested like they've never been tested before, and so unfortunately, some of them are failing. we've got two levee failures right now. the one we're most concerned

. >>> cnn meteorologist jacqui jeras is joining us for an update on this failed levee in iowa.e first question. >> yeah. they've evacuated most people out of this area. this is something we've been watching for a while already in hamburg, iowa. we told you first about it last week that there was a breach in it. now that levee has failed altogether. we'll zoom in and show you the area we're talking about. this is about a 30-foot-wide hole basically or breach in that levee. water is flowing freely now out of the missouri river. there you can see the town of hamburg. here's where the river and the levee breach is right now. the concern is, is that for the most part this is going to be moving over a rural area throughout much of the day today. then it's expected to reach near hamburg by tomorrow. now, notice the north side of town. we've got this levee up here. they've also reinforced the levees around hamburg. they've built them up and put a bunch of sandbags up so they're hoping that that's going to be enough to hold it. but there's no guarantee on that. so there is concern in th