lynx won 101-95. they can win their first wnba title tomorrow night that's your first look at sports on "early today." >>> who tops forbes' list of highest paid women in entertainment? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> you thought a night at the museum was exciting? true spending an entire month. >>> welcome back to "early today" on this thursday. doesn't happen all that often, but minneapolis today easily warmer than even phoenix, arizona. all the warmth heading up ahead of the big west coast storm. that will make temperatures as far as 80 into the northern plains. cool start in new england but a night finish with plenty of sunshine. atlanta looks good, just showers. and it looks like florida will be soggy over the next couple of days, especially down by miami. keep an eye on that. what doesn't pop up is the storm in the west from areas of west texas up to kansas and oklahoma. beneficial rains for you in the days ahead. >>> if you're watching us on wagt nbc augusta, 2

lynx won 101-95. they can win their first wnba title tomorrow night. that's your first look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> who tops forbes' list of highest paid women in entertainment? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, you thought a night at the museum was exciting? try spending an entire month. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this thursday. a big storm that went through yesterday with the gusty winds and rain is now pulling into the inner mountain west. salt lake city, it is a raw, cool day for you. snow in the higher elevations of utah. vegas could still see a shower or storm later this afternoon. san francisco, most areas will be a lot dryer today, and definitely on the cooler side. a peek at the friday forecast, we get the sun to return to much of california. still on the cool side, but we have a return of some damp weather in portland and seattle will be more showery weather, nothing too bad. if you are watching us on khl news now in honolulu, hawaii, see

. >>> the atlanta dream and minnesota lynx square off in game two of the wnba finals. a dream play per surpassed -- player surpassed her record scoring 38 points. still, the lynx would win 101-95. >> meet be the whom basketball you see with the nba lockout happening right now. >> you got that receipt. no preseason and maybe the first couple of games of the reg lar season, if there is one will be canceled soon. >> this will be a great weekend to be down at the stadium with 80-degree temperatures, nicer than last week. >> and cold and rainy. >> and rainy. >> 68 today with sunshine. we're looking at temperatures going down to 50. it's going to be a receipt something nice weekend shaping up. it's going to be a gorgeous weekend shaping up. 80 by the weekend. >> all right. and the ronster is out by the mansion house this morning. druid hill park. >> reporter: a little brisk this morning. i threw my jacket on. hey, we're at the maryland zoo. we're nine days away from the 11th annual baltimore running festival. lee, the man who started it all. how many people will be running?

the lynx of minnesota, the 2011 nba champions. they beat the dream, 78-67 to complete a sweep, minnesota's first wnba title. second time in a row atlanta has been swept in the titles. reynolds, always next year. >> that's true. there's one thing worse than not actually -- getting swept. and that is not making it at all. at least they got the two years in a row, so they got that going for them. >>> it has been a very tough year in parts of texas where they have had very little rainfall, big issues with drought. but now we're seeing things change dramatically, possibly flash flooding, especially in amarillo and lubbock, but may be more than what they might need in some places. we'll look at that coming up and your travel weather forecast. >> thank you, reynolds. we'll talk to you shortly. >>> ten minutes past the hour now. take a look at your screen. we have all seen race car crashes. this one might look typical in a lot of ways. but there is something going on right there that is a little different. and that is this morning's hero.