cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is tracking it. jeff? >> jamie, this heat wave is extraordinary. it's about as hot as it can get across california right now. we're going see a lot more heat over the next 24 hours. today through tomorrow another 100 record high is possible. a lot of them september records and some all-time heat. 123 in palm springs, fresno, 112 degrees. climate change took run of the mill heat wave and made it into a remarkable heat wave. watch this front. it's more trouble. as the front heads to the south it will cool down temperatures but infuse dry and windy weather into california. we're fighting a lot of fires right now, and as the wind winds through the canyons, we're going to see gust s of 40 and 50 miles an hour. and the possibility of out of control wildfires. look at this ridge of heat across the west. batch it break down quickly. temperatures will drop around 60 degrees in places like denver. amarillo down to 35. look at laramie, wyoming, at one degree. unbelievable. i'm going say about is 50 lows as we go thro

cbs news neurologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli has more. >> it could bring with it a storm surge of a category three. it will become a hurricane probably tomorrow afternoon, making landfall in southeast louisiana tomorrow night into tuesday morning, maybe a 90-mile-an-hour storm with gusts over 100 miles an hour and it will will bring with it life threatening storm surge, piling water up. seven to 11 feet of life threatening storm surge. the biggest impact could be rachl. it's going to be moving so slowly. nerve the white over a feet. some places, over two feet of rain. major. >> two los angeles county sheriff's deputies are in critical condition after a shooting last night outside a train station in compton. the suspects were caught on video, firing the weapon and running off. >> two deputies were watching out for the safety of the people on the train and seeing someone just walk up and start shooting on them, it pisses me off. it displays me at the same time. there's no pretty way to say it. >> reporter: protesters showed up outside the hospital where the deputies were ta

the fires, plus a topical storm, let us bring in cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelliff. >> major, you get a true appreciation for the scale of these fires and especially the smoke by looking at that satellite. socked coast socked in with smoke, and that's being pulled into a big storm system across the pacific ocean. that is going to deliver a little bit of rain to the pacific northwest as we head into monday and tuesday. right now, the smoke socked in along the coast. the good news is we're going to see a wind shift pushing everything northward away from california and across northern tier states. it's going to be dry again on sunday and warm, but not as hot. then we're going to see the storm move into the coast. a little bit of rain will get into the pacific northwest, but only along the coast. the bad news is the breeze will pick up and the rain will not reach very far inland. al right, let's switch topics and talk about the tropics. we are about three weeks ahead of record pace. not very organized right now. that's tropical storm sally, but it's going to be moving

cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli has the latest. jeff? >> major, the headline is, we expect this to become a cat one hurricane but it could bring storm surge of a category three. the storm is disorganized but will strengthen over warm waters becoming a hurricane probably tomorrow afternoon making landfall in south east, louisiana tomorrow night into tuesday morning, maybe a 90 mile an hour storm with gusts over 100 miles an hour. and it will bring with it life- threatening storm surge because of the angle it is moving in and the counterclockwise flow, piling water up against the coast areas, 7 to 11 feet of life-threatening storm surgee bi very well at the end be rainfall because it could be moving so slowly, everybody in the white over a foot, some places over two feet of rain. major? >> garrett: jeff, thank you. two los angeles county sheriff's deputies are in critical condition after being shot muiple tn an ambush. it happened last night in compton outside a train station. the suspect was caught on surveillance video approaching the ca

cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is tracking it all. jeff?> reporter: jamie, this heat wave is extraordinary. it's about as hot as it can physically get across california right now and we're going to see a lot more heat over the next 24 hours. in fact from today through tomorrow, another 100 record highs are possible. a lot of them september records and some all-time record heat. 123 in palm springs. fresno, 112 degrees. climate change took a run of the mill heat wave and made it into a remarkable heat wave. watch this front, this is more trouble because as the front heads south it will cool down temperatures but infuse dry and windy weather into california. we're fighting a lot of fires right now and as the wind weaves through the canyons we will see gusts of 40 and 50 miles an hour and the possibility of out of control wildfires. look at this ridge of heat across the west. and watch it break down very quickly. temperatures will drop around 60 degrees in 18 hours in places like denver, even amarillo down to 35 degrees. t ramie, wyoming, at 1

cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is tracking the historic heat wave. jeff, snow will also make headlines this week? >> reporter: jamie, it is hard to believe, but it is true. some folks watching this broadcast right now will go from swim trunks to snow boots in 24 hours. but the bigger story is this historic, record-breaking, record-shattering heat dome, 150 records possible as we head through the holiday weekend. look at this: los angeles, 110 degrees. the valleys could hit 115. some folks will see temperatures they've never experienced before in california. and then right on the heels of that, a strong cold front is going to sweep wind in, and with all these fires burning, that is a big problem. wi heat and also wind, not good ingredients at all. there is the heat dome. but watch what happens as we head into especially tuesday. the bottom drops out. the jet stream dives to the south. look at these temperatures, 27 in amarillo, 26 in fargo, and snow in denver and the mountains. the mountains will pick up a foot of snow, and even downtown denver could

so for more on that, we turn to meteorologist jeff berardelli. jeff, good morning.u tell us? >> well, as you can see by looking at that satellite, it is just immense. these fires are huge. the smoke is suffocating. it is a big deal. just to show that everything's connected, look at hue that smoke is swirl -- how that smoke is swirling into the pacific ocean, straight into the storm system which could deliver a little bit of much-needed rain to the pacific northwest as we head into early this week. the smoke has been heading south or kind of confined along the coast. that's going to change. the winds will switch direction, pushing everything north/northeast across the northern tier of states. let's talk about the western weather over the next couple of days. it's going to be warm. it will be dry. not as hot as it was. there's a little good news -- look to the storm to the west across the pacific ocean. that is going to be moving east. the good news is it will deliver a little rain to the coastal areas of oregon and washington especially. the bad news is the breeze is

. >>> let's go to meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli who is watching this very closely. what are you seeing? >> good morning. i don't know if you can walk on water. if you could, you could walk faster than this storm. that's how slow it is moving. it's going to move only 90 miles in 36 hours. moving forward right now at 2 miles an hour. the storm hasn't strengthened much. it's waeeakened a bit because o dry air. winds are 85 miles an hour. if you think we've been here before, we have. we've seen these really slow moving storms like harvey. and one of the reasons for it is climate change. and warming world, forward speed has decreased by 16% near land. and in the future, rainfall rates are expected to increase by at least 14%, maybe double that. there is the forecast track from the national hurricane center. making landfall probably some time during the day tomorrow. that's how slow it is moving as a cat 1 storm. probably just to the west of mobile bay. rainfall will be phenomenal. could be devastating. two feet. and we told you it could be 30 inches. now the national hu

cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is watching this winter storm pushing pastecord-breaking heat. how is this happening? >> you know, to put this into perspective, this is truly unprecedented. i've been doing this for 25 years. i've wanted to be a weatherman since i'm 3 years old. i've never seen anything like this. so i want to start you with what fires burning out of control. i've never seen fires burn quite as fast. we have smoke, we have dust, all coming together and feeding into a snowstorm across the west. some pretty crazy weather. you can see it on that satellite photo right there. extremely critical fire danger in parts of oregon, washington and down into california. and that's because we have a wicked front which means business is headed to the south. wind gusts in utah, 97 miles an hour overnight. that's how strong some of these winds are. they'll gust to 40 and 60 miles an hour today making for out-of-control wildfires. the reason for all of this, an extremely amplified jet stream. warm air in alaska, cold air into colorado. temperatures yesterday,

cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli joins us.his is no ordinary heat wave. >> good morning, michelle. no, the word i would use is insane. the heat that we're seeing in southern california has never been experienced in modern history. it is unprecedented. we got to 121 degrees in a couple of spots in southern california during the day yesterday. even catalina island got to 110 degrees. whicich is remarkable consideri it's surrounded by cool pacific waters. north of that, san luis obispo got to 120 degrees. even in northern california we set all-time record highs. and in what is a worst case scenario, we have a big wind event coming tonight and during the day tomorrow. we'll see that wind surge to the south. dry air, windy conditions weaving and bobbing through the canyons with gusts 40 to 60 miles an hour. and that means o s out of contr wildfires. to the east of that in colorado, we'll see a huge push of cold canadian air. temperatures go from the mid-90s today to the mid-30s tomorrow. and on top of that, we're going to see snow

hurricane threat to the gulf coast, we're joined by cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelligood morning. >> good morning, anthony. good moerning, everybody. a lot to get to. in the pacific northwest, air is stagnant right now. the smoke is somewhat suffocating. you can see that from the satellite photo. it is really thick. now the good news for california is winds are going to switch. it will push the smoke northward but not necessarily good news for oregon or washington. as you can see, red flag warnings out today for dry and breezy conditions. gusts over 40 miles an hour. that means once again the possibility of out-of-control wildfires. looking at the satellite radar future, you can see that rain moving towards the coast. that means along the immediate coast we're likely to see some rain. but bad news is that rain is not going to get very far inland and we're going to see a breeze. finally at the end of the week some rain and some relief will be moving into interior parts of the pacific northwest. let's switch gears and talk about tropical storm sally. it's still a tropic

meteorologist jeff berardelli has more on the nation's weather. he is outside. 's been a hot summer. maybe more records set this weekend. >> reporter: a lot more records, jeff. and the word for the weather over the next few days is bonkers. it is going to be bonkers. you should be sitting down for this forecast right now. we have a lot to tell you. first of all, a big historic heat dome which is just taking over the west. we're going to see some of the hottest temperatures we hav ever seen in california. 110 is not out of the question in los angeles. the valleys, places like sacramento, even hotter than that. same thing as we head into phoenix. climate change is making this worse, trying out the brush. and fires are burning. three of the four biggest fires in the history of california, think about that, are burning right now. and we're going to see a major wind event as we head into monday night and tuesday which is not going to be good. the weather gets even more extreme as we head into colorado. watch these temperatures. 100 on sunday. 95 monday. down into the

jeff berardelli joins us now. hard to overstate how extreme this fire season has been.re burning right now. what's going on here? >> reporter: so we have a short-term reason for this, and then there's a long-term reason for this. the short-term reason is we just had two unprecedented heat waves. back to back, some of the hottest temperatures ever experienced in the south jest a -- southwest and in california. made worse by climate change and that really dries out the foliage, it dries out the brush. it dries out the trees. on top of that it's been very dry. there hasn't been much rain and we have a bad drought in most of the west. and especially in places like oregon. that's the short-term reason. the long-term reason is mostly climate change. yes, there's a buildup of brush, that's for sure but climate change is making things worse. over the course of the past few decades air temperatures in the west have risen a couple degrees to a few degrees depending upon where you are. what that does is it adds energy and heat to the atmosphere. that dries out the brush. it dries