it feels like temperatures near 100°. >> duncan: jeff berardelli, thank you.first cruiseship to leave an american port departed on saturday from port everglades, florida. our janet shamlian is on board and joins us from the gulf of mexico. good evening to you. >> reporter: jericka, the stakes are high here on the celebrity edge, which just started a seven-day caribbean cruise. big ships like this were seen as early super spreaders of covid. tonight the industry is out to prove that sailing alongside thousands of others is safe. an historic moment for a battered industry. >> we are back! >> reporter: the celebrity edge, the first big cruise ship to leave a u.s. port since the pandemic. >> did you confirm everything is true and accurate on that card? >> reporter: the same it teniary, but a modified experience. >> before i could get a pass to get on this ship, i had to upload not just my passport, but also my vaccination card. >> reporter: it is not required because florida bans businesses from mandating it. on this ship, running close to 1200 passengers, all adu

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>> jeff berardelli for us.hank you. >>> the first cruise ship to leave an american port since covid lockdowns departed saturday from port everglades, florida. our janet shamlian is on board and joins us from the gulf of mexico. janet, good evening to you. >> reporter: jericka, the stakes are high here on the celebrity edge skbwhich has just started 7-day caribbean cruise. we're seeing super spreaders like covid. the industry is out to prove sailing alongside thousands of others is safe. >>> an historic moment for a battered industry. >> we are back. we are back. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the celebrity edge, the first big cruise ship to leave a u.s. port since the pandemic. >> can you confirm that everything is true and accurate on that card? >> reporter: a modified experience. the boarding procedure has changed in a big way. before i could even get a pass to get on this ship, i had to upload not just my passport, but also my vaccination card. but it's not required because florida bans businesses from

cbs news meteorologist jeff berardelli joins us now with more. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. good evening, everybody. so we have widespread and intense sweltering heat all the way up to the canadian border. about 60 record highs today tody alone. high temperatures near 100 degrees up towards the canadian border. north dakota, south dakota, and minnesota, all because of a heat dome which is right on top of the great lakes, the upper midwest, and the northeast. we're going to see more record highs toppled during the day on sunday and on monday with high temperatures both days in the 90s. as you can see, places like newark, new jersey, 94. washington, 94. minneapolis up to 96 degrees as we head into sunday. and monday, we're talking about temperatures once again in the low to mid 90s. across the gulf coast it is rainfall, and a lot of it, on top of saturated soil, and that means flash flooding is possible with another four to eight inches of rain on some parts of the gulf coast. in the west, they wish they would have any rain at a

meteorologist jeff berardelli forecasts the hot days ahead. >> i'm janet shamlian, aboard the first cruiseo leave a u.s. port since the pandemic. what the experience looks

jeff berardelli is with us. it seemed to back off a little bireturns again. >> big time. big time.w dangerous this is going to be. you mentioned it, a lot of folks do not have air continuing, and they're not used to heat like this. this is a historic heat dome. i mean that in every sense of the term. this is a one in 1,000-year event. with that means is if you could live in this area for 1,000 years, you would likely only experience an intensity of a heat dome once every thousand years. that's what we're dealing with, and here's why -- we have a classic blocking scenario in the atmosphere. a very wavy jet stream, and this block, this omega block, you can see the greg letter omega there, is trapping the heat and trapping the flooding across the nation's middle. so as a result, almost all of these all-time highs are likely to be tied or broken over the next couple of days. look at thoeemperatures right there. 30 to 40 degrees above normal. portland, 35 degrees above normal during the day tomorrow. so look at these temperatures. portland, 111 degrees possible in downtown during the da

. >>> let's go to cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli. jeff, good morning to you. what is going on? why is the northwest so much hotter than it's ever been? >> you know, it's partly due to climate change. we have a crazy weather pattern. these temperatures are almost unbelievable even for a meteorologist. portland, 112. seattle, 104. both all-time record highs. and canada, 116 degrees, broke the highest temperature ever in the whole nation. so this is the pattern right now. a very wavy jet stream, and everything is kind of stuck. this is called an omega block. by 2,100 we could see 10 to 15 degrees. it's a once in a lifetime event. you would likely only see this once every 1,000 years if that. if you live in the heat dome, see this once every thousand years, if that. temperatures, 116 degrees in portland. notice we will see some coastal cooling during the day tomorrow. that is some good news. however, that heat wave is going to stick around over inland areas at least for the next several days. so gayle, climate change is making the impossi

cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is here. ff, heat, drought, and fires are a bad combination. >> and we have all of that during the day today. good morning, everybody. let's take a look at those numbers today. 114 in las vegas. 10 in fresno. it is the paekt of the heat wave along -- peak of the heat wave along the west coast. no picnic in denver but cooler around 94 degrees. the dome of high pressure is sinking air causing stagnation. very poor air quality. you can actually see some of those fires and that smoke. at the same time, this is initiating the monsoon, the monsoon causes popup thunderstorms, and the potential for dry lightning. so watch out, that's the perfect recipe for fires during the day today. on top of really bad drought, 27% of the west right now covered under the worst type of drought, exceptional drought. the record's only 11%. this is off the charts. combined heat and drought is five times more likely now than it was due to human-caused climate change. and we are watching the potential for some flooding alo

cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is here with how the heat makes the west'sgood. good morning. >> it is not good. good morning, tony. good morning, everyone. the heat warning is nothing short of epic. it is about as hot as it could get this time of year. all-time record highs 108 degrees yesterday in billings, montana and that heat will continue and build west into california which is parched. 116 in las vegas today. look at sacramento tomorrow. 110 degrees there and redding 110 and the heat splits, notice lincoln nebraska, 104 degrees. this is on top of the worst drought in modern history in the west. look at these stats. the driest, 12-month period on record right now and this is now the worst 20-year drought in at least 1200 years in the west. so are we going to see any relief? no, because it's dry season in the west and basically not a drop, but the places that we've seen three feet of rain like bat baton rouge in the last three months another six to three inches of rain which will likely make landfall friday into saturday. >> just incredible temperatures