Spectators walk outside Wembley Stadium on the way to Wembley Arena, the venue for badminton, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Olympic athletes can expect cool temperatures and showers in London this week.
The weather in London this week will be cooler and showers will increase as a storm system moves inland from the coast.
Highs will be a few degrees below normal for this time of year, which is 71 degrees (21.7 degrees C).
So far this year California has seen 1,569 wildfires, 85 percent more than in an average year.
The Memorial Day weekend will begin cool, windy and rainy in New England and part of the mid-Atlantic.
GOES-East failed again late Tuesday. It is one of the main satellites meteorologists use for the eastern part of the United States and the tropical Atlantic.
The tornado tore through a path 17 miles long on Monday and had wind speeds as high as 200 mph.
On the two-year anniversary of the EF-5 tornado that leveled Joplin, Mo., the town has deployed assistance to Moore, Okla.
The same system that spawned deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma will reach the Northeast on Thursday.
| Extreme | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| High | N/A | |
| Low | N/A | |
| Precip | N/A |
Bahler, KS (2007)
8.25 inches of rain in 24 hours, from the
22nd to 23rd.
New Hampshire (1814)
Merrimac, Litchfield, Londonderry and
North Chester, NH; Tornado and hailstones
with 11-inch circumference weighing 1/2
pound.
Washington, DC (1925)
97 degrees.
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