presen pedram javaheri is joining us with the latest. what are you watching for? >> this is exactly what we saw in the works here with the extensive heat, of course the long duration setup of the heat and drought that we already know existed. but you take a look at some of these images, these are out of british columbia, not too far from litten with a 120 degree observation, hottest ever observed at the 50 degree parallel mark, shows you how far north the heat had extended to. but just 7 kilometers away from litten is where this fire is considered out of control. and fear conditions have been rampant. to date we're seeing about 180 more fires than where we should be for the ten year average and of course the wildfire season essentially peaking here in the next couple months and just getting started, but you will notice throughout the u.s., over 29,000 active fires observed and 25,000 is the ten year average for the u.s. as well. and the extreme heat that has been responsible kind of setting the stage for everything to flourish in the last couple days shifting a li

thank you very much, pedram javaheri. >>> meanwhile in the united states, 81 large fires are burning across 12 states, tens of thousands of firefighters as well as other personnel are fighting the flames. but some are determined to stand their ground against the blaze. >> reporter: as the flames from the dixie fire burn out of control -- >> they picked up heat signals here. >> reporter: -- authorities issue evacuation orders. >> that is why they evacuated. >> reporter: but while many of the more than 16,000 under the orders have left, others like jason ackley are choosing to stay. his wife and son have already evacuated. but instead, he and his brother are working on their own fire line. >> we're really trying to take the fuel down so we can't get it up in on the crown of the trees and stuff. >> reporter: the fire getting within about a quarter mile of the property. >> it was a big scare, but this is everything. this is all we have. this is what we fight for. i mean, if we don't have this, where are we going to go? >> reporter: the almost 218,000 acre fire has already destroyed almos

pedram javaheri is joining me from atlanta on what europe can expect. we've gone from severe floods to wildfires in europe. this is very alarming. >> it is. and this is the peak season, delay that climatological peak season. and when you pump the temperatures that are now 10 to 15 degrees in some cases above average for late july, that is saying quite a bit and that is the concern. you see some of the scenes across portions of italy with wildfire conditions. and it is also across spain, portugal into greece. you take a look at conditions across portugal, we can show you what we're dealing with because we know that that is in particular the tinderbox of europe. coops of like where california is for the united states where you have the excessive fires in place there, the elements can advance. and over 10,000 hectares of land consumed every year across places like portugal. and there are the maps. you can see the comparison especially when you take it into portugal and compare to spain. 80% less forest area, but more area of land consumed. when it comes to

let's turn to pedram javaheri about that storm. and as you saw blake's shot, it looked sunny an hour ago and now you can see a dark cloud hovering above. >> absolutely. and we had tremendous rainfall earlier in the day across tokyo, the wettest day we've seen in tokyoing for back the past three weeks. so impacts of the storm certainly being felt and this is a system that initially had the potential to directly impact tokyo but now a few mundy local t hunky local ters to the north. that is the concern of course. we know some outdoor activities have been rescheduled to move them out of the path of the storm. high temperatures are around 90 degrees fahrenheit, the temperatures coolest in about two weeks time. so it speaks to how hot it has been. but a 90 degree afternoon is the coolest we've felt in weeks across the area and it will be short lived. the system working its way to the north tonight and tomorrow morning. expect above average temperatures once again to return and that is the concern moving forward. and of course it is stil

meteorologist pedram javaheri joins me now. pedram, any hope in sight?-range models do actually a change in the pattern here bringing monsoonal moisture from the southwest into this interior portion of the northwest. and that's excellent news because you notice upwards these 86 large active fires around the western u.s., this is scattered about 12 states, and the vast majority of them into that interior northwest region. we've talked about how the smoke has made its way into the upper atmosphere. the winds has brought some of that across portions of of the upper midwest, even on into the northeast. the condition, again, widespread when it comes to what's happening outwest and the impacts being felt across the eastern u.s. notice the excessive heat. it's once again back in action here, climbing up to the 90s in the next few days. that puts you well over 100 degrees. again, staying there for a couple days before it cools off. you noted the bootleg fire, 46% containment, third largest fire in state history for friends across oregon and not far south of ther