meteorologist jeff berardelli, what could we expect as the storm moves closer to florida? >> jericka, looks like the rain and wind will move into south florida, as we head into tuesday. the good news with the system, it's fairly disheveled fairly disorganized. the region it's having trouble getting its act together is it's interacting with jamaica and cuba. now on tuesday, it will be located near the keys in southwest florida, producing heavy rain key west, anyw napled forth meyers. then move up towards jacksonville. thursday, along the carolina coast as probably a weak tropical system. rainfall is the biggest concern along the track 4 to 8 inches is possible. jericka. >> jeff berardelli, we know you'll be keeping a close eye on things thank you. >>> on the west, high winds and drought have cancelled many fireworks displays. cbs's lily luciano is in pasadena where the show will go on. >> that's right, jericka. be southern california's biggest fireworks show. this year's theme fittingly celebrating america's perseverance. ♪ ♪ ♪ 4th of july traditions are back and americans

. >>> for more, here's cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli. >> anne-marie, as we speak the west coast of florida being hit by a very powerful storm. winds gusting past 75 miles per hour, and the center of the storm located just to the west of the tampa bay area. really to the west of the clearwater beach area. the system will continue to move northward. as it does, it's producing very heavy rain, the possibility of tornadoes, especially on the outer bands. and it should make landfall in the big bend area of florida. right around cedar key, early on wednesday, and continue moving northeastward through georgia, south carolina, north carolina, and eventually into virginia during the day on friday. so this is going to be a long-lived system. notice along the track, there's a lot of heavy rain. it's not just flooding in florida, it's flooding into the carolinas and virginia, as well. now along the track, we could see as much as four to eight inches of rain, some places seeing a little bit more than that with saturated ground in florida. that is going to cause flo

meteorologist jeff berardelli is tracking it all. jeff, it has been a very busy spring and summer for you and out west. >> for sure. good morning, everybody. so for the second time in two weeks, we are talking about not just a heat wave but a historic heat wave. we hit 130 yesterday in death valley. the highest temperature ever reliably measured on earth. we could hit 131 or 132 during the day today. 50 million people right now under heat alerts in the west. here's a look at a list of some all-time records that could be challenged or broken today. there's death valley, 131. reading, 118. las vegas, 117 degrees. look at palm springs. 119. notice that the core of the heat's not in the pacific northwest, it's down in the southwest and across california. when you wake up in the morning, palm springs, you are 92. there's no relief. 104 in the morning in death valley. and look at reading, california, tomorrow afternoon -- temperature of 117 degrees. here is some of the recent heat headlines. it's been the hottest june on record for the unit

meteorologist jeff berardelli is tracking the nation's weather. heat waves, hurricanes, we got it all here. >> we are breaking records left and right. elsa is really breaking record pace right now. it is the earliest fifth named storm in the atlantic basin, beating last year's pace. and we are six weeks ahead of time for the first average hurricane which would normally be during the middle of august. now the only good news is, first of all, it's moving fast and is fairly weak, winds around 75 miles per hour. look at that pace. moving at 31 miles per hour. that is record pace for the caribbean. but the good news with that is the faster it moves, the less rain it dumps on the caribbean islands. so the system's going to quickly move northwestward. it will eventually interact with cuba, that should weaken it some, becoming a tropical storm. look at monday. rain and wind already spreading into south florida including the miami beach area. then the system kind of takes a right hook and moves up along the west coast. right now it looks like tampa. it cou

cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is watching more rough weather, including a new hurricane. jeff, good morning. >> good morning, everybody. we are off to a record pace. this is the furthest east the earliest we've seen hurricane forms. and it's the earliest fifth named storms. winds now 75 miles an hour across barbados. the good news is in the long-term it's likely to weaken interacting with cuba. however it produces rain and wind in florida, monday, tuesday and also into wednesday. now, in the west it's not as hot any more. but that heat is spreading eastward. and we are in an unprecedented drought. 93% of the west covered in drought. that is sparking plenty of fires in arizona, northern california, oregon and about 80 fires in british columbia. which brings us to the 4th of july forecast. a little rainy and cool in the northeast. but in the west it's who will. gayle, we dwiz do not light fireworks so dry and hot. we always see a spike in fires on the 4th of july. >> i dressed for the fourth of july and will not light fireworks. thank you, jeff. >>> the his

climate specialist jeff berardelli tracking elsa and another threat created by hot weather in the westavy rain gusts to 70 miles an hour, lyle and cape cod as the storm moves out but it's moving at 31 miles an hour so it early afternoon. take a look at the west. once again week after week we are talking about another heat dome. the good news is this one is further south so it's not over seattle, portland and vancouver but the bad news is this is an extreme heat wave on top of what is the worst drought in modern history. look at these numbers, 119 is possible in vegas today. watch what happens overnight tonight, it doesn't go down very much. so there's no relief. death valley in the morning on sunday morning is going to be 104 degrees. during the afternoon, 130 degrees is possible. redding could also break an all-time record at 119 degrees. so unfortunately we keep seeing these heat waves, you know, week after week. and i can't even say that this is necessarily the new normal because it looks like it'll just continue to get worse until we stop heating the planet. >> oh, jeff, thank you.

jeff berardelli is tracking the weather. good morning. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. go again. another major heat dome, keep seeing it weekend after weekend, week after week. this one building across the rockies into montana. some parts of montana may see seven days in a row of temperatures 100-plus. now, as that ridge of high pressure, that heat dome builds, the western side moisture is going to surge north. normally moisture would be good for california. only problem is we're going to see thunderstorms without the rain. that means dry lightning and a fire weather watch is out because on top of all these drought conditions, the ground is really dry. we could see more fires. we have plenty of them. now this historic drought extends into the northern plains states. on top of that, look at these temperatures. tomorrow, 104 in glasgow, montana. monday, 107 degrees. now this long-term drought and these repetitive -- these frequent heat waves have consequences. one of those consequences this year, the smallest oat crop is predicted since 1886. now west of that in yellowsto

meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is here tracking the storm. >> it is extremely early, but here we are. now a tropical storm, not a hurricane anymore. and notice that the storm is exposed. that's the center about to make landfall. but most of the heavier rain is definitely skewed to the south. places like the tampa bay area and especially around ft. myers where we have thunderstorms and the outer bands tend to produce tornados. tornado watch in effect for the rest of the morning. winds 65 miles an hour, not 75 anymore. showing that the storm has weakened, it's moving north at 14 and it's very close to making landfall around cedar key. even when it makes landfall with 2 to 4 feet of storm surge, it's not done. it will be plaguing the east coast for days and days. here we are overnight, moving up through the carolina coast with heavy rain in places like charleston and eventually toward new york city as we head into friday and saturday. notice it's a 4 out of 5 on the flood risk scale with elsa. you would expect that. but look at this, a rare 5 out of 5 along the texas co

cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is tracking it for us. >> good morning,body. so the outer bands, the very outer bands beginning to impact the florida keys. the storm itself located on the south end of cuba and because it's located near cuba it's been interacting with land and still fairly disorganized. good news. it's not a hurricane, a tropical storm with winds of 65 miles an hour. i do want to point out. look how fast it's moving, was moving at 35. now in half at 14 miles an hour. that means that as the system moves across cuba and into florida it's going to produce and drop heavier rain, the possibility of more flooding. as you can see tropical storm warnings out from ft. myers to naples to key west. tropical storm conditions during the day tomorrow. that's the forecast track and look at the heavy rain tomorrow afternoon especially naples, ft. myers, eventually into tampa and this track now is shifted further west which means it will be over the open gulf for a longer period of time and a slight chance it could strengthen a little bit. so you should pr

meteorologist jeff berardelli is tracking the nation's weather this morning.d morning. >> reporter: good morning. good morning, everyone. so as you heard elaine talking about, it is very active for different reasons across the country. oppressive, dangerous heat in the south and dangerous air quality, unprecedented air quality with smoke problems across minnesota and lots of flooding across the intermountain west. what's the reason for all this extreme weather across the globe? it's the same thing for the past couple of months. an extreme jet stream sending heat north where it doesn't belong but cool air south where it doesn't belong. so it's a delightful morning across the northeast. near record lows in places like saranac lake, 52 degrees. look in the south, the dangerous heat, feels like 109 today in new orleans. unprecedented number of fires across canada and the pacific northwest. look at that smoke across the upper midwest. places like minneapolis today. and the smoke's going to settle closer to the coast. vancouver, seattle, and portland. and lastly, la