nick walker tells us if there's any relief in sight. >> hi, guys. the heat continuing throughout the west. look at some of these temperatures today. above 100 degrees in boise and salt lake city. record highs in seattle of 91 degrees. pretty tough for folks without air-conditioning. continuing to see the heat building here. boise, salt lake city all still above 100 as we head into tomorrow. the heat not really abating. nor will the dry conditions abate all that much in the southwest as well. we might get a stray thunderstorm. that would only serve to maybe spark new wildfires in the southwest. hot and dry conditions prevail with this upper-level ridge of high pressure. high pressure, sinking air. the air compresses, heats up. but then we've got this upper-level trough in the east. that is what's keeping us cool and wet. so wet around the new york city area we've seen two to three inches of rain just today. flooding of underpasses has been a big deal as well as flooding over roadways and even some of the transit systems have been affected by the high