the bigger concern comes later in the week and weekend and monday into southern florida as most of our spaghetti plot models takes this storm into the bahamas and perhaps angling toward miami and key west, florida. if you have plans to head to southern florida and even orlando, keep an eye on this. it will produce a lot of rain and if a tropical storm you'll looked potentially darthing wind gusts. gaston looks to pop up to hurricane one status and it looks like it will curve up to the north before it has a chance to get to bermuda and it could be a category two. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 87 degrees and sunny and warmer, some of you did not get the reference but some of you did. not too humid today and a bit more humid tomorrow and high of 89. friday a high of 93 and more humid and a chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm especially in the afternoon and evening, a lot of areas probably won't see that though. it does look like a weak front. the evidence of the weak front comes on saturday and sunday and the temperature doesn't get knocked down far like it would as

if you have plans to travel to southern florida in about a week keep it here. >> will do. you david. >>> breaking right now turkey has just crossed the syrian border trying to route out isis militants. turkey's military launched the operation last weekend a suicide bomber killed dozens at a wedding in turkey right near that syrian border. vice president joe biden is due to visit the turkish capitol for talks that include developments in syria. >> new video on "action news" shows a scene after a taxicab jumped a curb in san francisco. it smashed into a shoe shine stand where two men were working. witnesses say the yellow cab walk flying down the street when it crashed yesterday. that sent one of the workers flying into the air. another man became buried in the debris. the cab driver stumbled out of the taxi and then collapsed. all three are in critical condition. >> 4:47. we'll get another check on traffic coming up next. >> dairy farmers are struggling with a surplus of cheese but they may have found a buyer for all that excess. that when "action news" continues. >> ♪ i'm

the spaghetti plot models have them going through southern florida and one bringing it up the east coast. somewhat uncertainty whether it becomes the next tropical storm. that's a possibility. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high, 90 degrees, hot and humid, tomorrow, very hot and humid with a high of 95. feeling like 100. less humid and hot for the weekend. saturday, 91. sunday, 91. monday, sticky, 92. the next thunderstorm chance is likely tuesday, high of 92. another heat wave on tap. remember when we're not on the air you can get all the latest information at 6abc.com/weather. by the way that tropical storm potentially down in florida if it hits the bahamas and florida i would look for it to be through the weekend and early next week. >> new information on the siege at the american university of afghanistan. it ended after nine hours with at least ten people dead and scores wounded. interior ministry spokesman said the dead are seven students two police officers and a security guard. the institution is a afghanistan university that teaches american style curricul

the models are bringing this into bahama as and southern florida. there's a five mile spread of possible runs here, looks like it will be a problem with heavy rain and southern florida and the bahamas. 90 degrees hot and humid out there. tomorrow, hot and humid, 95. feeling like one hundred, mainly dry just a slight chance of a thunderstorm. behind that front, it's hot, not as humid, but we're going for highs of 91 saturday and sunday, monday, sultry all over again, 92 degrees the high, more humid on tuesday with a thunderstorm coming through on tuesday. >> it is 5:42. coming up on "action news," a bout over beer sends a man to the hospital and woman to jail. >> a school district sends home an opt out permission slip for saying the pledge of allegiance, some parents are not happy. >> reporter: we'll see if 422 is fairing better this morning then yesterday morning when "action news" continues on this thursday. iso let me tell you what i knowe about senator pat toomey.. my mom was the principal at sandy hook school in newtown. she died that day protec

rain in southern florida. now watch what happens. as we get into monday the european model starts to come across florida. the american model starts going out into the gulf with that warmer water. 90 degrees. and now by the time we get to tuesday the european model is off the southeastern atlantic coast. 24 hours ago it was just the opposite. the american model is out in the gulf. so we really have to watch this we do know that we're going to be looking at heavy rain in central and southern florida at least five inches throughout southern florida. again, this flip-flop is something we haven't seen in a long time. it's still out there. we'll really have to pay very close attention to it. >>> a chaotic scene at an airport in omaha, nebraska. a man scaled a barbed wired fence late last night and stole of a southwest airlines plane. it happened as passengers were boarding a flight to denver. one thought it was a bomb going off because there was a loud boom and then the lights went off. three people suffered minor injuries. the suspect was

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model and european pretty straightforward, heavy rain, gusty winds in the bahamas, rain in southern florida. now watch what happens as we get into monday. the european model starts to come across florida, the american model starts going out into the gulf with that warmer water, 90 degrees, and now by the time we get to tuesday the european model is off the southeastern atlantic coast, 24 hours ago it was just the opposite, the american model is out in the gulf. this very, very closely, but we do know that we're going to be looking at heavy rain in central and southern florida, at least 5 inches throughout southern florida, guys, but, again, this flip-flop is something we haven't seen in a long time and it's still out there and so we're going to really have to play very close attention to it. >> and we will. al, thank you very much. >>> i want to talk now about a chaotic scene at an airport in omaha, nebraska. a man scaled a barbed wire fence, stole a nose of a southwest airlines plane, it happened as passengers were boarding a flight to denver, one of them said she thought it was a bomb goi

this organized area of low parks itself here it will be a weak hurricane for southern florida by sunday into monday. a lot of moisture toward dallas, houston, streaming our way, once that front goes by in the next few hours, tomorrow is looking good. we will see sunshine and in the 80s, maybe an isolated shower. once the front goes by we should dry out by the morning commute. slightly warmer. isolated thunder threat. 88 tomorrow, a few clouds. friday 85. saturday 91. thunderstorms on sunday. then staying in the 80s through the middle of next week. not a severe storm threat. these storms are late afternoon and early evening. >> all right. i don't know what the calendarrings but summer is over. football is here. feeling the heat in texas. >> hammer. deep left center. that is gone. >> oh, boy. 9-0. three in a row. only 2 hits tonight. 4 and a half games. >> it's not realistic that you will hit the ball over the ball park. we had a week where pitchers had a tough time. we have to fight through it together. we will. >> not a lot of fun. should be a full squad. playing for the patriots, the f

model and then sunday both cross southern florida. bring heavy rain, the european model is a little more aggressive makes this a stronger storm. probably a category 1 hurricane. whereas the u.s. model keeps it more of a tropical storm. look at the rainfall amounts. water temperature at 90 degrees. that means there could be intensification and where the rainfall amounts are anywhere from 5 to locally 10 inches in southern florida. so we're going to continue to track this. again, right now we're watching these models. they are coming closer and closer together in thank you very much. >>> the death toll is rising this morning from a terror attack on the american university in kabul, afghanistan. gunmen storming the campus leading to an hour's long siege there. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. students are attending funerals for their classmates this morning. at least 13 people killed. six of them students and a the law professor was planning to return to the u.s. for his ph.d. instead he was killed in a terrifying nine-hou

congratulations, i guess, on being safe from sexual transmission, but the mosquito transmission in southern florida right now is a risk. right now it's confined to one neighborhood of miami but that doesn't mean it won't spread later in the year. we're waiting to see what happens. and if you can avoid all mosquito bites in florida, you're doing a great job of personal public health. a lot of other people are at risk. so it remains dangerous for pregnant women in florida, remains potentially dangerous for pregnant women in florida. >> the book i "zika virus emerging epidemic." mr. mcneill thank you for you time this snow thank you for inviting me. >> this weekend we're in montgomery, alabama, with the help of our local cable patter in, charter communications. next, we visit the last home of the great gatsby author, f. scott fit jerald -- fitzgerald. >> currently we're in the last of four houses f. scott and zelda lived in it's rogered on the national history. this house was saved from demolition. this couple averaged five months for 14 years. this house that we inhabit has been significantly expande

most models has it in bahamas and southern florida. we'll keep our eyes on it. if it is a tropical system it will have strong winds and storm surge. hot today, 90 degrees, tomorrow, hot and humid, 95 feeling like 100. saturday and sunday highs of 91 only moderately humid. monday, humidity builds back in 92, tuesday, 92 pretty darn humid on tuesday, westbound side we're back in the 80s, the temperatures generally speaking are not as hot as the last heat wave. humidity will not be as bad. but there are a few days that will be uncomfortable. >> 6:41. a couple signing off on there new home notices a shocking clause that calls for a whites only community. >> a school comings under fire for passing out a permission slip to say the pledge of allegiance. >> reporter: we'll see how we're moving on the schuylkill expressway and talk about a crash in mercer county, when "action news" continues on this thursday morning. 6 6:44 a.m., currently 59 on city avenue. getting up to 90 start of another heat wave, not as bad as the last one. >> reporter: let's go over to matt pellma

. >>> well, parts of southern florida are bracing for possible flooding. a tropical storm is threatening several heavy rain. it comes with a high rate of the zika virus >> reporter: the ocean winds are expected to bring in several days of rain including heavy downpours. health officials want to make sure pooling water doesn't turn into a widespread property owners face a $1,000 fine for not removing standing water. 38 cases of zika virus has been found in miamidoppler radardade florida >>> we don't know who is going to be ian and who is going to be herline. if nine becomes a tropical storm first, i don't know how they do that. >> i guess we'll wait and see. >> i've been vague about what we call these things. all the latest on the watches from our outer banks and the path of the storm. let's get to the weather that matters to you here at home. we had a few clouds to the southeast. it's 88 degrees out there right now. there were a few showers, but most of those have died out. we'll two with mostly cloudy skies overnight. 70s to around 80. temperatures overni

it starts to aim towards puerto rico and southern florida. i have one fairly reliable computer model saying this could be a hurricane for southern florida. that would not happen until a week or more from monday. so it's a long way out, obviously a lot of things can happen. i wouldn't be putting it in the bank right now. it does make us keep an eye on what's happening in the tropics can happen. as i mentioned, we need rain. moisture would be great. boston and worcester both checking in over eight inches dry for the year. look at this area, extreme drought. this is almost like what we were talking about, say, in southern california. this is extreme stuff we're talking about. very dry. be careful with open flames over the next couple days until we get rain in here. the only rain we've seen this morning, towards block island. this kind of started off on the eastern side and then kind of slid underneath of it. basically, mis everyone needs rain. it would be nice if we had scattered showers coming out of it. no lightning detected. off to the west,

bahamas and cuba this thing may completely fall apart, but if it stays over the warm waters in southern florida or south of florida, it has the potential to strengthen a bit, and then bigger development there, and most of the computer models have it just off the coast, and that means an enhanced rain chance. today a hot one. 93 above the average of 90. at 4:08, i will take you specifically through the week. >>> there's overnight work out there, and let's move over to the howard start things -- bridge to start things off. they did not give me a specific time this morning, but in case it's watching, head over to bay shore or macdill. they look great right now. now back to melanie and gene. >>> an 8 on your side consumer alert about the counterfeit stores. >> as jen holloway reports, the funny money is looking for realistic than ever. >> reporter: there's no doubt it's showing up all around the bay area, not just in local stores but for those having yard sales and those selling and buying online. >> two officers said they are one of the best faces i have ever seen. >> reporter: the cash exchange w

by sunday, it's the bahamas and bringing a lot of rain to southern florida. still might increase our rain chances as well. this is tropical moisture spreading northward. this model keeps it near us enough to where i kept in a 50% rain chance for sunday, monday and tuesday and we will continue to fine tune that as the models come in. the wave calling it invest 99l. and more of the more of the hunters continue to fly in. thank you. >>> across america this morning, some much welcomed good news for flood victims in louisiana. louisiana governor edwards announced grants to help rebuild damaged homes there. victims with more extensive damage will move into mobile homes. they explain the trailers are different from the ones fema set up after hurricane katrina. >>> and aid keep louisiana the. the alabama crimson tide team now joins that list. they called on fans to help flood victims. the donations were shipped to baton rouge and it's home of alabama's sec rival, the lsu tiger, so good sortsmanship there. >>> in texas, a utility worker is going viral for his above an

i know we have a tropical system approaching southern florida. those things have a mind of their own. hurricane season doesn't end here for another two or three what is going on outside, we're going to send it over to kelly and get a look at what you should be preparing for as you head out the door off the work. >> kelly: we are looking at another air quality advisory again today. if have you lung ailments, take it easy today. stay inside as much as possible. even if you don't, probably a better day to work out indoors than outdoors as we have elevated levels of smoke in the airm california. this is from yesterday. you can see the haze. you can barely make out the sheep mountains. a few clouds in the area. similar conditions expected today. changes coming for tomorrow and saturday. green valley you are coming in at 84. we had shower thunderstorm activity yesterday in parts of utah and arizona. today. lincoln county could see a little bit of thunderstorm action this afternoon. in las vegas dry. mostly sunny, hazy conditions, 101 is our high. winds

in agreement the storm should be in the bahamas by friday and in agreement it should approach southern florida by the time we get to sunday. this is where they differ. the american model takes it on the east coast of florida, a much weaker storm but the european has it as a major hurricane getting into early next week. that is something we have to keep an eye on. >> thanks to the a college campus has left one person dead and several injured. gunmen stormed an american university at afghanistan's capitol, where many americans are on staff. america's longest war appears to be resurging. here's nbc's richard engel. >> reporter: it's long been a target, symbolling-symbol of american values and education. the coed american university in kabul. hard, first an explosion and then gunmen rushed in. trapped inside, american faculty and mostly afghan students. >> my wife called me from can dan and i just told her probably i may die here. >> reporter: afghan special forces stormed the campus and american troops also deployed to help. just two weeks ago an american professor at the university and an austra

in agreement the storm should be in the bahamas by friday and in agreement it should approach southern florida by the time we get to sunday. this is where they differ. the american model takes it on the east coast of florida, a much weaker storm but the european has it as a major hurricane getting into early next week. that is something we have to keep an eye on. >> thanks to the update. >>> a recent attack at and several injured. gunmen stormed an american university at afghanistan's capitol, where many americans are on staff. america's longest war appears to be res resurging. here's nbc's richard engel. >> reporter: it's long been a target, symbol symbolling-symbol of american values and education. the coed american university in kabul. today, it was hit hard, first an explosion and then gunmen rushed in. trapped inside, american faculty and mostly afghan students. >> my wife called me from can dan and i just told her probably i may die here. >> reporter: afghan special forces stormed the campus and american troops also deployed to help. just two weeks ago an american professor at the univer

, at least 5 inches throughout southern florida, guys, but, again, this flip-flop is something we haven't seen in a long time and it's still out there and so we're going to really have to play very close attention to it. >> and we will. al, thank you very much. >>> i want to talk now about a chaotic scene at an airport in omaha, nebraska. a man scaled a barbed wire fence, s it happened as passengers were boarding a flight to denver. one thought it was a bomb going off because there was a loud boom and then the lights went off. three people suffered minor injuries. the suspect was taken into custody. the fbi and ntsb are now investigating. >>> we go to italy now where overnight the death toll from that powerful earthquake rose higher as this urgent search for survivors enters its third day. nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely is in the decimated town of amatrice this morning. bill, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. this is still officially a mission to rescue survivors rather than to recover bodies. yes, as you say, the death toll is climbing stea

child is the drive will take several hours, she says it make sense given the circumstancest in southern florida, her husband will stay in florida until she comes homeme. >> here is our life and because first and the same with this baby. i want to give this baby a chance that he had.t to be healthy and have a good life. >> if we haveod to move away in separate for six months, that i peace in the. >> no zika cases have originated inin broward county where they live but local transmission hav been confirmed and the nearby miami-dade county, the cdc advisesby train women not to travel to those areas. >> the rush to get your back-to-school supplies is on. >> in the tech report we look a the best back-to-school product back-to-school time, that means that are very busy getting especially those high tech gadgets. in the tech report, rich demuro has the list of the top ten tech items that parents planted by the sheer. >> when i was in high school, it was the tropical depression isaac 83. who knows what they are up to you still need to get one, people will spend upwards of $80 billion on school supplies

we are seeing tropical moisture and 4-5 inches expected in miami and southern florida, which is terrible for the zika outbreak. here is the 10 day for you. we start to dry out saturday, 95. a few clouds sunday, 100. we warm it up on monday with 104 but temperatures are where they should be and we're doing seasonable weather right now. fox10phoenix.com. >> reporter: we check in on the cardinals. an injury report of sorts coming up after the break. don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. flonase gives you more complete allergy relief. most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. flonase controls 6. and six is greater than one. flonase changes everything. i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. e first cure that's... ...one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... ...can be cu

crossing southern florida as tropical storm. heavy rain either way. the euro strengthen it into a keeps it as a tropical system. it's going to dump a lot of rain. look at the water temperatures in the gulf. near 90 degrees. that's the energy source for the system. look at the rainfall. one way or the other in southern florida, we could see upwards of 10 inches of rain which is bad news especially standing water, zika virus, all that stuff. a lot going on here. we'll just continue to track it to you. that's what's going on around >> good thuy clouds and showers to the west of us, the showers missing us, but a lot more clouds into the mix this afternoon. warm and breezy day. mid 80s to near 90. we have increased the humidity again as well. taking a look overnight, an isolated shower, and a couple of spotty showers and storms rumbling on tomorrow. but i expect more hours tomorrow. and plenty of dryness over the weekend. saturday and sunday, less humid at the coastline and mid 80s our latest weather. >> up next, banana sushi. we're going bananas here. jus

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. >> reporter: a few days after swimming in a body of water on a private property in southern florida, sebastian was rushed to the hospital on august 7th with an excruciating headache, squeeze queasy, sensitivity to light. doctors at florida hospital for children at first thought his symptoms looked like meningitis but tests revealed something much worse, a >> the family immediately within four hours i had to tell them to say their good-byes. i had to tell them, tell him everything you want to tell your child, because i don't know from the time i put him to sleep to the time i take the tube out will he wake up. >> reporter: doctors made a crucial phone call to father-son team todd and michael mclaughlin, who distribute a life-saving druggiveavido. it to the hospital right away. >> reporter: michael was less than 30 minutes away from the hospital. >> my mind went into one fear. because i know how deadly the amoeba is. then excitement. i think my adrenaline just went pumping from there. i'd already picked up the keys, was in my car. >> reporter: he jumped into his car in pajamas, no tim

by sunday both bring it across southern florida where an increasing threat for heavy rain. the european model intensifies it as it gets into this 90-degree water of the gulf, keeps it hugging the western coast of florida. but what we are looking at one way or the other, we know we'll be seeing a big, big mainmaker, anywhere from 5 to 7 inches, locally could be even more. it hasn't formed yet. closely. >> i know you'll update tomorrow on "today." >>> the heart wrenching drama in central italy where the death toll has sored to 150. big aftershocks are jarring already fragile rubble and fragile nerves as rescuers refuse to abandon hope in their relentless dig for survivors. let's get the latest from bill neely. >> reporter: still digging, still hoping for a mirking ale after 48 hours, but the ground i shaking, too. we're still seeing an enormous aftershock here. one of more than 400. the dust still rising here. it sent rescuers running and ambulances scrambling. but still they dig, and here's why. after hearing a voice in the rubble, rescuers find a little girl and free her tra

meanwhile, southern florida bracing for heavy rain from a tropical disturbance.t janice dean standing live in the weather center with more. >> hi, uma. this thing is kind of unorganized, which is good news but we have to monitor it after we're getting into peak season in the tropics. this is invest 99 l, investigating this area of low pressure across the bahamas, bringing quite a bit of rain for the bahamas, and cuba, and south florida. we have high pressure on the atlantic and whatever this is, is going to move into the gulf of mexico and we have to be really careful once it gets to the gulf of mexico because the waters are warm. it does have more favorable conditions for strengthening, so quite a mess off the coast of florida, as well as the gulf coast. we have to watch it very careful three, and u m, a, south florida could get several inches of rainfall along the gulf coast, as well. so we will monitor it and keep you posted. back to you. >> all right, janice. thank you very much. keeping a close eye on that for sure. >>> now to a very special story indeed. a

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not affecting southern florida until a week from monday. right now, a few scattered showers sitting off of block island. that's bit, though. not even making it over land. at this point, a little area of showers. the bigger area of showers is to the west, coming in here tomorrow going on. quiet into tomorrow night. could be showers or thunderstorms that erupt sunday night into early monday morning. over the harbor, 70 degrees. winds are calm at this point. but what's going to be happening is they're coming a more southeasterly direction, holding temperatures in the upper 70s. not as warm as you'd expect. inland will be 80, 85 degrees. humidity ramps up. tomorrow, uncomfortable. oppressive range. it drops off monday afternoon, monday evening. that's when the humidity will start to drop off. this afternoon, 2:00, you'll notice a few clouds that are sitting out there. there is a slight risk of a few sprinkles. you see where the cloud offer is, basically outside of 495. you probably won't get anything out of that. i wouldn't cancel any plans at

the other storm is moving through the florida straits and expected to produce rain across southern florida and the keys before moving into the gulf of mexico. >>> folks in western pennsylvania hope to dry out today. yesterday, storms produced heavy rain and local flooding in stranded. at least four people had to be qued, but rescued but no one was seriously injured. >>> in cincinnati, flooding. power was out to more than 12,0 12,000 residents and some schools are closed today. >>> the driver of a bus who slammed into a fire truck in louisiana is being charged with negligent homicide. two people were killed, including a fire chief. the bus was taking flood recovery workers from new orleanto of a previous accident. the bus hit the fire truck and then slammed into another car and a passenger in the rear seat was killed. >>> in northwest louisiana, police are searching for three escaped convicts. they escaped from prison saturday night. they apparently jumped over two rolls of razor wire. now two were serving time for robbery. one for attempted murder. quarterback colin kaepernick says he'll c

five inches throughout southern florida, guys. this flip-flop is something we have not seen in a long time, and it's still out there so we will have to pay close attention to it. >> we will. thank you. >>> and we want to talk about a chaotic scene in omaha, nebraska. a man scaled a fence and stole a truck and then rammed it into the nose of a southwest plane. one woman said she thought it was a bomb going off because there was a loud boom and the lights went off. the suspect taken into custody and the fbi and ntsb are investigating. >>> we go to italy where the death toll rose higher from the earthquake. global correspondent bill neely is in the town of am atracy. >> reporter: as you say, the death toll is climbing steadily. however, it could have been so much worse. this is an elementary school. if this was full at the time the quake stuck, hundreds of children could have died here. in the rubble, it's a race against time as hope fades of finding survivors, and rescuers saying staying alive under all of this is a long shot. at th

over the next five days, the models are spreading this out, the best chance for bahamas and southern florida early next week. we'll keep our eyes on that. 90 degrees dry and humid. tomorrow, sultry and mainly dry. saturday, the front comes through, we're going for a high of 91 vatter an sunday, the next steamy day is monday, and more especially tuesday as we build the humidity back in, it looks like the next front arrives tuesday, slowing that down a little bit, that makes tuesday the next chance of a thunderstorm. >> time right now 5:10, all new on "action news," a woman's encounter with a complete stranger leaves her with a broken nose. see it next. >> police arrest a woman who is accused of drinking and driving while wearing little clothing. >> reporter: we have a little problem on the schuylkill expressway, tam. it's a broken down vehicle sticking out into the left lane, eastbound by girard avenue, kind of a dangerous situation we'll look at this and talk about a couple of issues in montgomery when "action news" continues on this thursday morning. david was proud to be an american soldie

. >>> the number zika cases in southern florida has grown again. 21 people have been diagnosed by state officials still think the mosquito transmissions are only happening within a one square mile area of miami. meanwhile, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton stopped in miami and called on congress to return immediately to pass funding investigating zika. >>> americans are having fewer a new report from the cdc says the birth rate for women ages 15 to 44 is down for six babies to every 100 women. that's the lowest it's been since they started tracking it in 1909. birth rates have dropped 10% since 2007. that doesn't mean there are more infertile women. many are choosing not to have children. and there are fewer teens having babies. >>> thousands of at money in the mail. at & t allowed scammers to charge land line customers $9 a month tore directly assistance that didn't exist and got a fee from the company each time a charge appeared on a bill. small businesses were the main target. at & t was ordered to pay nearly $8 million. $7 million will go to refunds, the other millio

crossing southern florida as tropical storm. heavy rain either way. hurricane whereas american model keeps it as a tropical system. it's going to dump a lot of rain. look at the water temperatures in the gulf. near 90 degrees. that's the energy source for the system. look at the rainfall. one way or the other in southern florida, we could see upwards of 10 inches of rain which is bad news especially standing water, zika virus, all that stuff. a lot going on here. we'll just continue to track it to you. that's what's going on around >> that is your latest weather. >> up next, banana sushi. we're going bananas here. justin chapel blowing our minds with cool back to school snack hacks after this. it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortabl

and head toward the bahamas and southern florida. again, something just to keep an eye on for those who have relatives in southern florida, or in the caribbean, let them know, they need to get stocked up now and get prepared for a system in case it develops. but not a time to panic. futurecast shows us clear, sunny looking like a nice day overall. showers and storms in far northwestern new england. lunchtime temperatures in the 80's for the most part. high temperatures well into the 80's, even on cape cod, and even hitting 90 in some spots again tomorrow afternoon. let me show you the seven-day forecast. weekend always in viewer and it's a nice looking weekends. we'll be dealing with showers, late into friday morning, maybe a few thunderstorms too, and that weekend in view, temperatures in the 80's and dry. so much to talk about this afternoon, tech with me, i'll keep you updating the situation in the midwest and more tropics coming in right now. >> blair: a gianpaolo cerretani pearl the largest one ever found and kept as a good luck