. >> let's talk weather with mike hoffman. as going to complain isn't my drive up here going by south bend and the lake effect snows but alaska, that's a storm. >> yeah and it's a unusual storm and does happen sometimes like you said about every 40 years. the models don't catch it. >> not coming here? >> you would think a big trough would form but we will have to wait and see. we will sue you that in the next half hour. in the meantime we have to how you the drought monitor. the just extreme drought continues in many parts of the area across texas, western oklahoma, southern kansas into parts of the southwest. it's dry in the southeast and that's been getting dry late in the growing season. on up into iowa and southeastern minnesota as well. not a good situation this area i don't see a big hope for you this winter either. maybe i will be wrong on that. here is the jet stream into that week. we have a kind of cut off trough in the southwest that will spread moisture in to the areas. you have at least some chances for scattered s

. >> let's check on the weather with meteorologist mike hoffman. i know it's november and supposed to be indeed but why when i'm driving north of south bend, both in the south of north and the next day and driving south of the farm and the wind is out of the south. >> maybe switch your days. >> something. >>> that's the battle between the warm and cold air this time of year. the drought monitor is obviously something we have to concern ourselves with as we head towards the next growing season and it appears like we are going to start off in pretty bad shape and much of texas, oklahoma and parts of new mexico, because under the current weather pattern we don't see a lot of moisture for you folks. it is dry across the northern plains which may get help this winter and the southeast is very dry as well. you can see much of georgia and parts of south carolina. we do have the drought coming out of the southwest which would get some decent chances in the drought areas which could be good news. now here is thanksgiving, this is very cold air and you may h