. >>> it's time now to bring sayaka mori in as she tells us what's happening in weather. sayaka? >> yes, it seem this rainy season has ended in the tokyo area. that's actually seven days later than normal and 18 days later than last year. and it's actually fourth longest rainy season on record for the tokyo area. but the end of rainy season means we will see scorching hot conditions for the next couple of months so please take care of your health. the risk of heatstroke will go up. then across western japan it looks like it's going to be quite hot into august. watch out for heatstroke. now, temperatures are expected as follows for the next five days. osaka and fukuoka will see highs in the mid-30s. osaka, 34 degrees on your sunday. opposed to that tokyo will not see quite high temperatures. staying in theow 30s as we go into the next four days and down to the 20s on tuesday. now, across the north of hokkaido, it has been quite stormy since yesterday. there's a slslow-moving low pressusure system papassing thr the area.. now, in just 24 hoururs, 2700 millllimeters of rain fell in

our meteorologist sayaka mori joinins us with details. sayaka. >> experiencing beaeach and weatheher on marine day extreme high temperatures and sunny conditions. today the rainy season endnded westerern japan and also the region. ththese are the highs on monday will the high rose to 35 degrees in cats numa and tokyo had a high of 33.5 degrees. quite high conditions especially central japan. we'll see one more day of sunny weather and hot conditions in many places in the country. for instance, nagoya with an abundance of sunshine, 34 degrees. sunny on tuesday as well as wednesday and sunny weather will continue into the rest of the workweek. tokyo will see a high of 31 degrees on tuesday and cloudy condioions expecected on thursd. the rainy season has not finisheded in the tokyo area. meanwhile across the north, a chance for severe weather tuesday inin hokkaidodo. wawatch out for hail and excesse rainfall. thunderstorms expected ass well. has been dumping tremendndous amounts of rain in china bringing in thunderstorms and also risk for lan

sayaka mori is here starting with a winter storm in the western hemisphere. yaka. >> one of the intense winter storms affecting south of australia. it has cauaused snowfall and freezing temperatures across the southwestern australia couple days ago. can you see dotted clouds over the ocean. these are indicating cooler air flowing over the warm water. makes it way to thee southeheas. blizzard like conditions could happen across the mountains in new south wales as well as vivictor o on tuesday and that could continue into your wednesday. coastal locations could be buffeted by damaging winds and high waves. temperatures are going to be cooling down quite significantly as we go into wednesday in sydney. the high on tuesday could be around 21 degrees, but down to only 14 degrees on wednesday with a morning low of only 5 degrees, so plplease do bundle . across north ameririca, it h ha been quite wet and also stormy across the north. there's a significant weather maker affecting the u.s./canada border. the system causesed one tornadon montana as well as hail the size

sayaka mori joins us now with this hour's world weather outlook. sayaka? >> tomorrow should be dry but at least for the next several hours the risk for thunderstorms likely remain. vicious weather is happening across central portions of japan. we have tremendous amounts of heavy rainfall for a short duration of time. for example, yokohama had 109 millimeters of rainfall in just three hours. making the record for july. ichihara had 92 millimeters in just one hour. we have footage coming out of ichihara. very unstable weather has been happening in the area and that is continuing since yesterday. the heaviest rainfall in years has fallen in several places. authorities had issued warnings for heavy rain and flash floods. several cars have been stranded by flooding. again, unstable weather will likely continue into the evening hours. now, the reason for the bad weather is we have very cold air in the upper atmosphere that is covering many portions of central japan. meanwhile, warm air is still existing over the low lying areas and cold and moist air is coming t

sayaka mori has the latest. >> it's like a tropical steam bath across the eastern united states. it's been hot. the high rose to 34 degrees in new york on monday. it felt like 44 degrees. high temperatures were set on monday. it's going to stay hot. into wednesday heat will likely linger. because the humidity's quite high, there's a chance for thunderstorms into the next three days. stay safe and stay cool. so quite hot across the east. and cooler air is meeting with hot air from the south. so there's your chance for thunderstorms across the u.s. midwest. and there's another spot of hot weather across the southwest. this is not good news. a wildfire is spreading over parts of california. the so-called sen fire broke out on friday. since then 13,000 he can tears of land have burned. the blaze ranged through a town regularly used for filming movies onlyly 10% have been contained. the cause is still under investigatation and rarain is n anticipated in califorornia. heavy rain is falling where rain is definitely y not needed. so we are looking at more rain to fall across china and se

sayaka mori has more. >> yes. it should be a rainy season, but people in tokyo are experiencing hot and sunny day. the mercury hit about 32 degrees in tokyo. the highest temperature of the nation was recorded in parts of kyushu. 35.1 degrees was recorded. not just the heat but western japan are dealing with extremely heavy rainfall over the past 72 hours. over 250 millimeters of rainfall has fallen in the kyushu region. this area has been continuing heavy rainfall over the past several weeks. we have heavy rain warnings widely in place for the island at this moment. now, there's a frontal system lying to the north of japan. this is dragging very warm and humid air from the south. so much of the kyushu region is experiencing extremely heaeavy rainfall. nonow an additional 400 millimeters of rain is still likely to ococcur in parts of kyushu. that's veryad news. the risks for landslides and flooding are getting higher and higher in the coming days. tokyo will likely see rainfall on wednesday and temperatures are goi

. >>> now, sayaka mori from our weather desk joins us with this hour's world weather outlook starting with the torrential rain in japan. >> the kyushu region has been experiencing extremely wet conditions. the heaviest rainfall in 50 years in just 24 hours over 230 millimeters has fallen. out of areas of the kyushu tr j region, areas over 200 millimeters. there is a high risk for landslides for many areas and there's an extreme risk for landslides across the kumamoto region. this area was hit by the massive earthquakes in april. the ground is well saturated. right now heavy rain is falling across the north of the kyushu region and the system will likely shift south into tonight. up to 250 millimeters for the north of the kyushu region. and up to 2 mieshlgtz lzs 2kshz 00 millimeters for t the south the region. watch for thunderstorms and gusty wiwinds as well. now, across the e eastern half japan, heavy rain is expected. which is not necessarily bad news for the areas that have been lacki ining precipitation far this season. across america on monday there were seven reports of tornadoe

the forecast calls for partly fair skies and thunderstorms as sayaka mori tells us in this hour's update. >> sure. heavy rain and also thunderstorms are happening in the kanto region. we can hear rumbles of thunder, actually. severe weather is caused by the upper cold air and also high temperatures near the ground. the mercury rose about 30 degrees in many places of the kanto region. the risk for severe weather will likely continue at least into tonight. so if you see black clouds approaching, take shelter immediately. if you can hear rumbles of thunder, you'r're close enough betrtruck by lighghtning. so please be careful. now more rain is expected for many portions of the kanto region and certain areas. rain has been causing serious problems over the south of the kyushu region that over the past 24 hours or even ten days, in fact, over 630 millimeters of rain has fallen in parts of southern kyushu and over 500 millimeters for the areas. in the past 24 hours, an additional 100 to 200 millimeters ofainn h fallen. the risk for landslides and flooding are getting higher and higher day b day