on a typical aurora viewing evening, we would see that across iceland, into greenland, into canada as well. but with this particular event, you can see the outer fringes of that aurora viewing potential as far south as raleigh, all the way to denver, and portions of northern california with shades of green being the most common colors brilliantly displayed across the sky. >> all right. thanks so much, appreciate it, derek van dam. >>> the atlanta braves are just one win away from their first world series championship since 1995. >> slow roller. freeman. to the bag. braves win another! >> so they came from behind last night to beat the houston astros 3-2 and take a commanding 3-1 game lead in the series. and former president donald trump was among the 40,000-plus fans at the game in atlanta, and he even joined the fans in giving the home team's controversial tomahawk chop. months ago you may remember trump called for a boycott of baseball after the league moved the all-star game out of atlanta over georgia's restrictive voting laws. game five is tonight in atlanta. >>> that wraps this

taking the scene i can route in cooler waters, our friends in iceland and greenland may see impacts associated with it as the system arrives late next week. here's what's happening around the united states. warmt warmth developing into portions of the great lakes region. almost summer like warmth in place. chicago climbing up to 80 degrees in places such as new york city middle 70s and around the nation we look, we have one of our cooler spots, atlanta thanks to the rainfall. highs of 70 degrees. isa? >> thanks very much, pedram. here in london, too. >>> now, the director of the u.s. national institutes of health is reportedly planning to step down. according to the "washington post" and politico, dr. francis collins will announce he is leaving the job later today he has been at the forefront of the u.s. pandemic response. while his resignation comes as the u.s. is facing a new battle against covid-19, that is preventing a holiday surge. new cases in hospital admissions are declining. they say that could reverse if americans get too complacent. the death toll should be a sobering reminder of j

the jet stream first — some big patterns here, big peaks and troughs, you can see a peak going over greenland there, trough in the north atlantic, then peaking again across western parts of europe. and when we see this sort of pattern, that gives us an indication there'll be a lot of mixing in the atmosphere between the northern and southern climes — so pulses of cooler air pushed up ahead, then back to cooler air again. lots of low pressures forming in the north atlantic as a result of these temperature contrasts as well, and towards the end of the week it looks like it will turn a little bit colder. so let's summarise what the next few days will look like — bouts of heavy rain particularly across western areas with low pressures approaching, that also means gale force winds, but we will also see a lot of mild air, very mild air, in fact, streaming in from the azores. now this is the weather map for monday — and a big low pressure with winds blowing around it like so, that low pressure is also scooping up that mild air from the south. see, the mild south—westerlies here. so outbreaks

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