stephanie abrams with a check of the weather. hey, stephanie, what's going on today?nvited? those look delicious. we are still feeling the heat here throughout the northeast. they need to make a kiddie water table for adults if they can, and it's going to be hot into the 90s here in new york city. otherwise severe weather stretching from the ohio river valley back towards the ce >>> we've got a mist of some of those low clouds around san francisco and it will take some time for those to lift up. you can see the sea breeze pumping in the low clouds, and notice our temperature inland. that's when it will start to climb in the low 70s. it will continue to be cloudy and cool on the coast. mild weather to wrap up the work week, then warmer for the weekend. >>> so still alittle bit warm, but it's july. what are you going to do? it's supposed to happen in july. mu ech thano s.ch and up next from your credit card bills to your rent, the secrets of negotiating. next fr card bills to your rent, the secrets of negotiating. i'm a skeptic. however, this stuff tastes pretty good. r

the weather channel's stephanie abrams is in key west, florida, for us this morning. stephanie, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, mered h meredith. and louisiana's governor bobby jindal has already declared a state of emergency as tropical storm bonnie is heading right towards the gulf coast telling people to prepare for a category 1 hurricane. here in monroe county, four shelters opened on friday. some people did take advantage of those shelters overnight. state parks are closed. the airports are open though they will close those if necessary and, meredith, no hurricanes have hit south florida ever. if this stays a tropical storm, it will be only the fifth tropical storm in history to impact south florida in july. there have been no hurricanes in the month of july to impact south florida. the last was bob back in 1985. meredith, back to you. >> all right. stephanie abrams in key west this morning, thank you very much. >> al, what happens after the shot across the keys some. >> this is a fast-moving storm. it is booking. right now 155 miles southeast of miam