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>> reporter: so, peanut butter and jelly was really popular? >> yeah. >> reporter: these guys appreciate it. >> absolutely. >> those thompson sisters bringing a little ray of hope this afternoon. a much needed ray of hope. you did hear the fire chief talking about the santa ana winds and he said, in the absence of rain, this could actually last through christmas, he said, potentially. i want to bring in meteorologist rob marciano. rob, what is the immediate forecast tell you? >> reporter: well, unfortunately, this long duration, very strong santa ana wind event is going to continue for the nex...

As the week progresses, unfortunately for the fires that are burning elsewhere across much of the west, we still have low humidity level that is are critical. gusty winds. that's one of the reasons the fires have been spreading so rapidly. another reason, though, is because of the rainy season weave had so far in california, which has been great for the drought. it really ramped up vegetation, and that gave the fire more fuel to burn. across the midwest, powerful storms are working their way through wisconsin. we have flood warnings in place for kenosha county. this where we've seen quite a bi...

Rocky fire has forced some 13,000 people from their homes. and at this point, it's unclear when if ever they'll be ever to return. nbc's jennifer bjorklund is live in town of lake forest. is there news from fire officials today? >> reporter: look on the bright side. it's a little bit cooler. the humidity level is up a tiny bit. it's in the middle teens and the containment line, it's still only 12% but the fire grew overnight, as well. so to 63,000 acres and 12% of that is a little bit bigger. but that's about all the good news out of this fire right now. this is one of as you said 27 fires bur...

Burned in this fire talk about lightning the tone. sorry for that i couldn't resist. 32% containment. it's getting better. take a look at some the video. having to use all kinds of efforts to get this fire going incredibly rugged terrain. 200,000 acres burned now. largest fire in california state history. little bit of moisture that's going to be in the area the next few days which is good news. we are going to see maybe in some areas getting close to yosemite little bit of rain at least the humidity level goes up. that helps at least to get more in the atmosphere. fight those fires. for today...

Eastern kansas. wichita, emporia, kansas city. here's how the weekend shapes up. still very hot. we're talking easily 100 to 105 in much of texas all the way through much of the midwest. cool through the great lakes. temperatures will be in the 70s at most during the day and at night could be dropping off into the 50s. that's like good fall camping weather. as far as thunderstorms go, saturday we'll see a few of them along the mid-atlantic but not a lot on sunday. here's the wrapup for the weekend forecast. pick your area out. showers and storms, missouri up to florida. saturday, not a washout...