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THE HIGHWAY WAS REPAIRED AND IT
WAS REOPENED.
ALEXANDRA STEELE IS TRACKING ALL
THIS BRUTAL HEAT.
YOU HEARD A GENTLEMAN THERE IN
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, THAT SAID
PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY IN DIRE
STRAITS.
ARE WE GOING TO SEE TRIPLE DIGIT
TEMPERATURES AGAIN TODAY?
>> YEAH, FOR A LOT OF THE
COUNTRY WE WILL.
THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS THE
AREAS WHERE THE DERECHO MOVED
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT, IOWA,
INDIANA, ALL THE WAY THROUGH
WASHINGTON AND VIRGINIA WHERE WE
DID AND HAVE LOST POWER,
TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE
BETWEEN 95 DEGREES AND 100
DEGREES.
MINNEAPOLIS, RIGHT NOW IN
MINNEAPOLIS, IT FEELS LIKE 88
DEGREES, IT'S 84.
EXPECTING 96, THEIR AVERAGE HIGH
FOR THE DAY IS 84 DEGREES.
SO WARMER THAN WHERE THEY SHOULD
BE FOR THE HIGH WHERE THE
STARTING OUT THE MORNING.
SO WHY ARE WE SEEING THIS?
WELL, OVER THE WEEKEND, IT'S ALL
ABOUT THIS DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE
AND ITS MOVEMENT.
THE PROBLEM IS IT'S RETRO
GRADING.
SO THE AREA OF THE COUNTRY, THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS,
THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THE 100 TO
105-DEGREE TEMPERATURES.
IN THE SOUTHEAST, A LITTLE BIT
OF A BREAK.
TEMPERATURES COMING DOWN FROM
THE HIGH OF 106 OVER THE WEEKEND
BY ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES.
THE SOUTHEAST IN THE LOW TO
MID-90s.
BUT LOOK AT MINNEAPOLIS, KANSAS
CITY FOR TOMORROW, IT'S THE JULY
4th DAY.
EVERYONE OUT AND ABOUT.
BIGGEST PROBLEMS THERE FROM
WICHITA, KANSAS CITY, INTO
OMAHA.
TEMPERATURES, OF COURSE, AT 100
DEGREES PLUS EVEN.
HERE'S THE FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR
MANY PLACES.
LOOK AT CHICAGO STAYING RIGHT
AROUND 95 DEGREES UNTIL WE GET
TO SATURDAY.
WASHINGTON, D.C., OF COURSE, A
LOT OF ACTIVITIES GOING THERE
TODAY AND TOMORROW FOR THE
FOURTH.
TEMPERATURES TOMORROW AT 97.
BY SATURDAY, STILL AT 99
DEGREES, AND, OF COURSE, HERE'S
WHERE THE AXIS OF THE INTENSE
HEAT IS, WICHITA, ABOVE 100, ST.
LOUIS, ABOVE 100.
NOT A LOT OF RELIEF FOR THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS.
SOUTHEAST HAVE SHAVED OFF A FEW
DEGREES, BUT STILL, TEMPERATURES
WELL ABOVE NORMAL.
AGENCY ABOUT THETWER BACK AND T
PEOPLE COOL.
>>> OUR METEOROLOGIST ALEXANDRA
STEELE JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK
AT THE WEATHER PATTERNS RIGHT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT IS REMARKABLE, ALEXANDRA.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OTHER TIME
I'VE SEEN A MAP WITH AS MUCH RED
ON IT FROM COAST-TO-COAST AS I'M
SEEING NOW.
>> I MEAN, IT'S REALLY
INCREDIBLE.
EVEN SINCE LAST WEEK, WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THIS HISTORIC HEAT
WAVE.
ALL THE WAY FROM MONTANA TO
MACON, GEORGIA, TEMPERATURES
BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES.
HIGHS TODAY THE AXIS OF THIS
INTENSE HEAT WILL BE IN THE
UPPER MIDWEST, MINNEAPOLIS, HIGH
97.
THEIR AVERAGE IS 84.
DOWN TO KANSAS AND WICHITA,
PLACES LIKE DALLAS, OF COURSE,
USED TO THE HEAT.
BUT PLACES LIKE THE SOUTHEAST,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 93, THOSE ARE
THE PLACES IN THE SOUTHEAST THAT
HAVE TEMPERATURES IN EXCESS OF
105.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE BREAK IS
COMING.
WASHINGTON, D.C. NOT SO,
UNFORTUNATELY, WASHINGTON AND
VIRGINIA, PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE
THE POWER WILL BE AT 98, 99
DEGREES.
ALL RIGHT, FORECAST FOR
TOMORROW, IT'S THE FOURTH OF
JULY.
EVERYONE HEADING OUT.
THESE ARE THE 9:00 TEMPERATURES.
AND YOU CAN SEE WASHINGTON
PRETTY COMFORTABLE.
CERTAINLY BETTER THAN IT COULD
BE.
80 DEGREES, 84 IN NEW YORK CITY.
89 IN CHICAGO.
KANSAS CITY, 94, PACIFIC
NORTHWEST, BEAUTIFUL CONDITIONS
FOR THE FOURTH.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s, UNDER
CLEAR SKIES AT THAT NIGHTTIME
HOUR.
HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS TO THE WEEK.
AS WE HEAD INTO ST. LOUIS ALL
THE WAY FROM TOMORROW THROUGH
SATURDAY, TEMPERATURES STILL IN
EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES.
SIMILAR SCENARIO IN WICHITA.
SO IT'S ST. LOUIS, OMAHA,
WICHITA, KANSAS CITY, YOU WILL
REALLY BE THE HARDEST HIT.
PLACES LIKE WASHINGTON, YOU CAN
SEE, THOUGH, 100 DEGREES AS OF
SATURDAY.
BOSTON, NEW ENGLAND, MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES UPSTATE, AS WELL.
AND ATLANT
THE UPPER 80s.
SO THE BIGGEST RELIEF REALLY IN
THE SOUTHEAST WHERE YOU EXPECT
TEMPERATURES TO BE HOT, BUT
RIGHT HERE THROUGH THE UPPER
MIDWEST AND THE PLAINS THAT
WE'LL SEE THIS 100 DEGREES
SCORCHING HEAT RIGHT THROUGH THE
SHORT-TERM FORECAST AND INTO
NEXT WEEK.
>> SEEMS UPSIDE DOWN.
NORMALLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
ATLANTA MIGHT BE CLOSING IN ON
THE 100s AND NOT WASHINGTON,
D.C.
REOPENED.
IMAGINE IF YOU'RE THAT DRIVER.
ALEXANDRA STEELE IS STANDING BY.
WISCONSIN NOT THE PLACE
EXPECTING TO HEAR TEMPERATURES
IN THE 100s AND IT SEEMS AS
THOUGH THE SOUTH AND MIDWEST HAS
FLIP FLOPPED.
>> YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
AT THERE, THAT ROAD BUCKLING AND
ACTUALLY WHAT IT IS, THE JOINTS
BELOW THAT CONCRETE, HEAT EXPAND
AND THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THE
JOINTS TO GO BUT UP.
SO THEY RIP UP THE ROAD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE
POSSIBLY SEALING THOSE ROADS FOR
EXTRA PROTECTION.
AND HOW HIGH?
MINNEAPOLIS, AT 85 DEGREES.
THAT'S HIGHER THAN THEIR AVERAGE
HIGH FOR THE DAY.
HEADING UP TO 97.
KC, 100.
THE ACCESS OF THAT INTENSE HEAT,
ATLANTA, MAKEN GEORGIA, 106 OVER
THE WEEKEND.
WE'VE SEEN THIS HEAT NOW THROUGH
THE UPPER MIDWEST, CENTRAL
PLAINS AND SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
ALSO NOT QUITE INTO THE 100s BUT
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND OF COURSE
ALL THE WAY FROM OHIO TO
VIRGINIA WHERE WE DO HAVE POWER
OUTAGES, THAT'S WHERE THE HEAT
WILL BE.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENSIVENESS OF
THIS, CHICAGO, STILL AT 98,
WASHINGTON STILL AT 92.
IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE,
TOMORROW IS THE FOURTH OF JULY,
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU
TEMPERATURES.
THESE ARE THE 9:00 P.M.
TEMPERATURES, 84.
WASHINGTON, 80.
DON'T GET FOOLED BY THAT.
WE'RE EXPECTING SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, KIND OF
POUNDING ON THE RAIN COOLED AIR
A LITTLE BIT.
85 IN ATLANTA.
CHANCE FOR ISOLATED STORMS, KC,
NO THREAT, 94 IN DALLAS, THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST, THAT'S WHERE
THE WEATHER WILL BE GREAT.
BEAUTIFUL IN PORTLAND AS WELL.
CLEAR CONDITIONS AND COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH AND SMOOTH SAILING
THERE.
>> PEOPLE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION
TO THE WEATHER
TO GET THEIR POWER BACK ONLINE
AS WELL.
>>> 35 MINUTES PAST THE HOUR.
YOUR TRAVEL FORECAST FROM
ALEXANDRA STEELE.
IS THE HEAT AFFECTING TRAVEL?
>> FOR PLACES LIKE MARYLAND AND
WASHINGTON, IT WILL NOT ABATE
ANY TIME SOON.
THE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BE
BETWEEN 95 AND 100.
HEAT IS ACTUALLY THE NUMBER ONE
WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN THE
U.S.
FROM BILLINGS MONTANA TO MACON,
GEORGIA, TO MARYLAND, 95 TO 100.
TOMORROW KANSAS CITY GETS TO
102.
IN THE UPPER MIDWEST, A LOT OF
PLACES DON'T HAVE AIR
CONDITIONING.
MINNEAPOLIS, THE AVERAGE HIGH
THIS TIME OF YEAR IS 84 AND IT'S
ALREADY 86.
100 FOR YOU TOMORROW AND FOURTH
OF JULY.
WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO SEE
EVERYBODY OUT AND ABOUT.
A LOT OF FIREWORKS EVEN
CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.
IN NEW YORK CITY FOR FIREWORKS
TIME, 84 DEGREES.
I THINK THIS COMPUTER IS
GENERATING THIS NUMBER BECAUSE
WE'RE EXPECTING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS, RAIN COOLED BUT
WITH 99 DEGREES, COULD SEE 80.
85 IN ATLANTA, THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST SEEING BEAUTIFUL
CONDITIONS.
BUT THE EXTENDED FORECAST
STRAIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY, ST.
LOUIS STILL IN THE 100s.
WICHITA AND KANSAS CITY AS WELL.
CERTAINLY NOT GOING
HIGHWAY WAS
WAS REOPENED.
ALEXANDRA STEELE IS TRACKING ALL
THIS BRUTAL HEAT.
YOU HEARD A GENTLEMAN THERE IN
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, THAT SAID
PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY IN DIRE
STRAITS.
ARE WE GOING TO SEE TRIPLE DIGIT
TEMPERATURES AGAIN TODAY?
>> YEAH, FOR A LOT OF THE
COUNTRY WE WILL.
THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS THE
AREAS WHERE THE DERECHO MOVED
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT, IOWA,
INDIANA, ALL THE WAY THROUGH
WASHINGTON AND VIRGINIA WHERE WE
DID AND HAVE LOST POWER,
TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE
BETWEEN 95 DEGREES AND 100
DEGREES.
MINNEAPOLIS, RIGHT NOW IN
MINNEAPOLIS, IT FEELS LIKE 88
DEGREES, IT'S 84.