we expect to find stormy weather conditions especially along the east coast of luzon here. watch for high waves and storm surges. it continues to move slowly so we'll see persistent heavy rain around luzon over the next few days. ed flooding and landslides will be a concern. also enhancing the monsoon as well. quite a large area impacted by this storm system. looking at widespread rain across the philippines starting to bring heavy rain into the okinawa islands this weekend. high waves expected here. so looking stormy this weekend. the rain band to the north of it is going to be headed into japan. central and western portions of the country will experience showers this afternoon. also localized thunderstorms and heavy downpours possible. looking unsettled here. much of china does stay dry. central and southern portions seeing less rain than we'd like. northeastern corner with showers here. that will help cool things down in beijing today. 26 for the high. 22 in seoul. slightly cooler than yesterday. tokyo will be 22 degrees. now we head into north america. major story here

and it is, i mean this is things going to get this close to the northern tip of luzon. and if it's a big storm here. the damaging wind could be certainly onshore. this is about 72 hours and it's going to take the hook up east of taiwan. heading up to the ryuku islands, it will get its act together over the next 48 hours. you see the wind core becoming more significant. first typhoon of the season. we're going to be following that. and then the ash cloud as well. going to be a busy week here at the weather department. this is for the uk, we'll see the ash cloud first. this is for tomorrow night and spreading further south and east. we'll keep you posted on all of it. zain? >> ivan, say it ain't so? >> i know, ashmageddon ii. >>> here's some stories we're talking about. to most people, it was just worth a laugh, this contraption on her head, a fascinator. but to one person, that hat was worth $130,000. that was actually the winning bid for princess beatrice's flesh-toned fascinator, after it was auctioned off on ebay. now that hat caused a really big sensation when it pop