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Temperatures record breaking heat out there. humidity, very dry conditions. down to about 15% at times within the fire itself. and then we have the drought conditions so the fuel is all out there. very, very dry conditions that have persisted for some time. and then the most interesting thing that we keep talking about is the monsoonal thunderstorms that have been picking up in the afternoon. so you can see how quickly in the afternoon the thunderstorms pick up. when that happens, you see very q...

Its 60 inches of rainfall in some places where they should have 20 to 30 inches of rain. monsoons happen every year. it means switch of the wind direction. it shifted too early causing so many people to get caught off guard. you dont want it to be when people are out there walking around and visiting these sites. its going to bb another couple of weeks wfr this stops. >> amazing. thanks so much. thats like half a town falling into the water. >> unbelievable. still ahead, what performer is doin...

Protesters who are deeply angered by some of the actions of the turkish government of prime minister erdogan. and weve seen the violence escalate over the past few hours. its now approaching 1:30 a.m. in istanbul. joining us on the phone is the manager of the hotel in istanbul. thank you for joining us. how close is your hotel to taksim square or gezi park? >> the hotel is directly next to gezi park. about a hundred meters away. and taksim square is directly behind it. >> so youre right in the m...

What are you seeing right now? >> just south of oklahoma. a few things surprise me about oklahoma weather. the only thing that is surprising me is all the windows are up in this vehicle. there is no way that all the windshield and all the side windows should be in this car considering how hard the hail was. it hit right on the monday when she said rain wrapped, lots of moisture, lots of rain. hard to see. and very large hail hitting a large swath northwestern oklahoma. >> chad, when are we expec...

What are you seeing right now? >> just south of oklahoma. a few things surprise me about oklahoma weather. the only thing that is surprising me is all the windows are up in this vehicle. there is no way that all the windshield and all the side windows should be in this car considering how hard the hail was. it hit right on the monday when she said rain wrapped, lots of it hit right on the monday when she said rain wrapped, lots of moisture, lots of rain. hard to see. and very large hail hitting ...

Rise above and it theres another storm system bringing rain and snow over the rockies. that strong jet stream in the higher levels of the atmosphere, thosel very strongly at a different angle than the winds at the surface. so its that changing of the wind direction and speed. if you took a column of air in height and you change the direction in speed -- direction and speed, as you goç down, tht causes all of that rotation, and eventually that rotation tiltsç down towards the ground. >> ive n...

Thats the change in wind direction. changing with speeds as well. it can cause tornadoes to develop. even last throughout the night. this could go until 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. those are very dangerous. you dont expect them. youre probably asleep. your weather radio will wake you up. if you have one, make sure it is working tonight if you live in the plains, jake. >> all right. thank you so much, chad. still to kornlcome, residen new mexico on high alert. an underground cavern threatens t...

Acres. as i said, they are expecting some rain today. lets bring in cnn meteorologist alexandra steele from the cnn weather center. flooding on one end of the country, wildfires on the other end. give us some relief. is there any? theres relief on both fronts. this is the catalyst for change. this area of low pressure right here in california. its amazing how the change of weather patterns, so dynamically affecting this fire fight. now 60% contained and out of control two days ago. courtesy of...

Coming. that is the good news. heres a look at what it looks like right now. we have clear skies and 57 degrees. humidity is up. that is the good news. and the winds are down. look at that. 5-mile-per-hour winds. much less than weve seen. the good news, those very hot, strong, dry offshore winds now have switched direction and we have an onshore flow. all the moisture from the water is being brought inland. thats good news. rain showers between sunday and tuesday. best chance for any rain is rea...

Movement of the winds and shifting of the winds. heres a look at the forecast. this is really the key. this is kind of on monday morning. this is the forecast radar. the bulls eye for some rain. you can see rain coming in monday morning. not heavy rain. thats for sure. moisture coming in and changing the weather pattern and thats really been the biggest news. its not so much the amount of rain. since january 1st theyll only had 1.9 inches of rain. places like st. louis had two inches of rain in ...