developed throughout much of the eastern half of the country. because for about the last month, it hasn't rained and it was just day after day of the brutal heat to. give you an idea, right here in atlanta, you walk outside, it is 78 degrees. it doesn't sound so bad if it was in the middle of the summer, that temperature is how it should be for your high in the afternoon. so your morning low, we're supposed to be kind of the coolest. is where your high temperature should be. and that's how out of whack we are. it does feel like august out there. in many areas and so we keep showing these map, the arrows here, in the orange, and the red, that shows you how much warmer than norm tal. is atlanta is going to be 93. it should tie or break the record high set 15 degrees warmer than it should be. that's the case through tennessee and alabama and mississippi. and montgomery was 100 yesterday. we should be up there close to 100 once again today. and yesterday was one degree away from the all-time warmest september temperature. so pretty crazy stuff. we could see some severe storms today. isolated but have that umbrella handy, if you're doing air travel out of o'hare or kansas city international, you may have