. >> now 7 weather with chief meteorologist phil ferro o. >> phil: so let's check out the nation. here's the big view coast to coast. we have plenty of cloudiness across south florida. you can almost split the nation in half. clear to the south. cloudiness to the north and also very cold, a bitterly cold air mass starting to move in across the upper midwest in the single digits across mine moon and chicago in the 40s and 50s. up and down the east coast. big spin here. everything in white. what is know. and there are plenty of advisories. anywhere between a wind chill add vie orry all these counties and way up here in maine, we're looking agent a winter storm advise are rivment and here in florida, cold air is also moving in. central and northern florida all the the areas here highlighted are under a freeze warning until 9:00 on wednesday. our forecast is calling for rip current at beach. biscayne bay with a moderate chop. for you throughout the florida ceerkz conditions will start to deteriorate tonight. you're looking at an adviser richt winds bidding to 20 knots. seas beyond the

phil ferro. >> phil: and coast to coast we go this afternoon. first thing you'll notice is a o line of clouds across south florida. a lot of moisture from the gulf of mexico moving in. clear skies over the heartland and more cloudiness across the upper mid with west. and a brand new winter storm moving in across the pacific northwest. temperates, well, they are not too bad but chilly a s cross minneapolis. 25 degrees. 30s in new york. 5050around washington and atlanta. we're looking good here in miami. same in san antonio with a temperature of 71. a lot of moisture in the gulf of mexico moving our way. we've seen light to moderate rainfall all day long here across south florida. in the atmosphere for strong tht thunderstorms to develop tomorrow. anywhere from orlando in through key west there. say rginal chance once again for some strong thunderstorm activity. slight chance for thunderstorms towards northehe florida. and in the the tropics, we do have some activity. we have hurricane alex, 85 miles per hour winds tsm is aiming for the azores. they are under warning. hopefully b

o. >> now 7 weather with chief meteorologist phil ferro. >> phi all right. so we've seen a line of thunderstorms move across south florida today. most of that heavy rain has pushed off shore. still mostly cloudy skies ch temperatures are in the 70s ch the wind out of south southwest. 12 to 28 miles per hour. the humidity 94%. here's the storm tracker. the first batch of rain is now moving offshore. impacting bimini. heading out to grand a ba ma island. the next line is starting to push in across naples. if everything stays as is, it doesn't speed up or slow downey. we should see that line of thunderstorms making their way across our area. maybe around 9:00 p.m. tonight. so we're still lookingng at one more round of rain before we cool off. rainfall total today. check out fort lauderdale.e. that say record for you for this date. meanwhile miami-dade, also a record in miami over annch and and throughout the keys. we also had rainfall. half an inch in key largo. key west just under a quarter inch of rain. now, because we've seen so much heavy rain, there's stil