[Nguyen:] Well, the weather is at it again, Reynolds. It seems like every weekend, we've got issues here. And this latest one, dealing with Texas have you seen the wildfires there? It's near Wheeler, Texas. And that's what? about 90 miles, near Amarillo....
[Wolf:] Absolutely.
[Nguyen:] In the northern part.
[Wolf:] Flat as a table. You bet.
[Nguyen:] What 11,000 acres have been burned so far. Several buildings about three buildings...
[Wolf:] Mm-hmm.
[Nguyen:] ....so far have been damaged actually destroyed. Many more have been damaged. Look at that.
[Wolf:] Yes.
[Nguyen:] Look at the winds. It's just picking up this fire and carrying it.
[Wolf:] You know, it's amazing stuff. The winds, Betty, were actually tropical-storm force I mean, around 60 miles an hour into the late afternoon. And one of the problems you and Betty, you know this; you're from Texas. That area...
[Nguyen:] I've covered many of these.
[Wolf:] Absolutely. I mean, it's really flat out in the Amarillo area. I mean, you don't have any mountain ranges to really impeded the movement of that wind, and it was just really accelerating into the afternoon. They still have their work cut out for them. They're out there working as speak; they should have a little bit of a better day. More moisture will be moving into that are, a and that really makes a difference, because yesterday was not only windy, but it was very dry.
[Nguyen:] But no rain, per se?
[Wolf:] They could see some scattered showers. Certainly not of the magnitude to to to wash all this out.
[Nguyen:] OK.
[Wolf:] And, I mean, the damage has been done. And this this does happen, unfortunately, quite a bit, not just in Texas, but over in California. We do see it happening
[Nguyen:] Is it that time of year that we're going to start seeing more and more of these?
[Wolf:] You know, it's funny I mean, that really is going to depend on what kind of season we have. I mean, if it ends up being a very dry year in Texas, absolutely. But I mean, we're going to see this kind of pattern. I mean, yes, it could happen later this spring. Of course, during the summer months, right near the Dry Line in Texas, we'll get some showers, and that certainly would help things. But big weather day, no question.
[Nguyen:] Yes.
[Wolf:] Hey, let's show you what else we have. We're going to show our viewers across the nation. We have...
[Nguyen:] Yes, what else is going on out there?
[Wolf:] We have a lot of stuff, Betty, that's going on, namely this storm system that we have chugging through parts of the Midwest and into portions of the Ohio Valley. Could see some severe weather popping up later on today. Now what we're seeing this morning for people in the Twin Cities southward to Kansas City Kansas City, you're fine, but when you're traveling north, say, parts of the say, 380 or even 90, a little bit of snow mixed in. Of course, some heavy wind and, of course, some rain at times going through the Chicago area. Any travel plans in Chicago, you're going to have some issues there. In Atlanta, some scattered showers. But I want you to notice something else, south of Hoover, south of Birmingham, just to the west of Montgomery, some strong thunderstorms getting close to Chilton County, Alabama. Those storms could really become more numerous into the afternoon. One of the reasons why is because, got a lot of moisture coming in from the Gulf of Mexico. That combined with daytime heating will give us a good chance of storms. Atlanta's high for today, 71; in Kansas City, 60 or rather, 44; Dallas at 63. A much cooler day for you in Dallas. Yesterday's highs were into the 80s. So not only do you have the breezy and dry conditions, you also had those warm conditions for you; 75 in Houston, that'll be your high; 37 in Denver; 45 in Billings; 71 in Portland. Plenty of sunshine in Seattle today with a high of 67; 69 in San Francisco. And back in New York, 61. New York, great day for you, starting things off. But as we get to the afternoon hours, we could see more cloud cover. And then by tonight, possibly a few scattered showers. That is a look at your forecast. Let's send it back to you guys at the news desk.
[Nguyen:] Appreciate it. We'll be checking in with you, Reynolds. See you soon.
[Wolf:] Sure.
[Nguyen:] OK Richard.
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