New Orleans Saints RB throws first pitch at Chicago Cubs game

ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING THERE OUT OF TEXAS. I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE BEING THERE PARENTS. SO IT MAKES YOU SO THANKFUL THAT HERE AT HOME, OUR BIG WEATHER STORY IS REALLY JUST HEAT AND SUMMERTIME SHOWERS. YEAH, EXACTLY. AND YOU KNOW, THE FLOOD THREAT WITH THOSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE VERY, VERY MARGINAL FOR US FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. SO IN OUR SEVERE WEATHER THREAT, THIS TIME OF YEAR IS PRETTY LOW TOO. WE JUST REALLY HAVE TO WATCH THE THUNDERSTORMS. THAT’S PRETTY DAILY. THE HEAT OF COURSE, STAY HYDRATED. YES. AND THE TROPICS. SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF OUR OWN RIELLY. DON’T GET ME WRONG, STAYING QUIET FOR OUR PART, RIGHT? EXACTLY. YEAH, WE’RE DOING OKAY HERE, ELIZABETH, BUT WE’RE TRACKING TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL, WHICH WE’LL GET TO HERE IN A SECOND. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WDSU. FIRST WARNING DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWING YOU WHERE SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED. AND YOU CAN SEE UP TOWARDS NORTH SHORE. THAT’S KIND OF WHERE WE’RE FINDING SOME OF THE ACTIVITY, BUT I THINK MORE SO DOWN TOWARDS, LET’S SAY, THE CAUSEWAY YOU CAN SEE OVER LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN HERE TOO, LOOKING AT SOME RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS. THIS CELL IS ACTUALLY MOVING ITS WAY SOUTHWEST. SO IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS ON THE NORTHERN CAUSEWAY, IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT WET AND SLICK ON SOME OF THOSE ROADWAYS UP THERE. BUT MEANWHILE WE’RE WATCHING THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM UP TOWARDS PEARL RIVER. THAT HAS SINCE WEAKENED, REALLY DISSIPATING OUT RIGHT RIGHT NOW AND CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ITS WAY SOUTH AND PRETTY MUCH RAINING ITSELF OUT. THE REST OF US, THOUGH, ARE LOOKING PRETTY DRY. LET’S GET AN UPDATE ON THE TEMPERATURES HERE AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THAT. ACTUALLY, FIRST, WE’LL START OFF WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY IN NEW ORLEANS BECAUSE IT WAS A HOT ONE, 96 DEGREES, WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF 91. IT WAS TWO DEGREES SHY OF TYING THAT OLD RECORD OF 98 SET BACK IN 2019. HERE’S WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND. AND IN FACT, IT’S STILL 96 RIGHT NOW IN NEW ORLEANS, 91 IN BELLE CHASSE, 92 DEGREES IN NEW ORLEANS, 95 THE TEMPERATURE IN HAMMOND. BUT IT FEELS LIKE MID TO UPPER 90S. HOWEVER, IN SOME LOCATIONS RIGHT NOW, GOING FORWARD, OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE ROUGHLY BETWEEN 92, EVEN AS WARM AS 94 DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS. BUT WE’RE THINKING IT’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN WHAT WE JUST HAD HERE TODAY, BECAUSE WE’RE TRACKING SOME MOISTURE THAT’S GOING TO HELP INCREASE OUR RAIN CHANCES AND ALSO HELP COOL US DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK HERE AS WELL. AND IN FACT, YOU’LL SEE IT HERE ON OUR RAIN CHANCE CHART, SHOWING ANYWHERE BETWEEN ABOUT 30 TO 40% CHANCES OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE MORE DAYS WHERE YOU SEE SOME 40% EVEN PLUS HIGHER THAN THAT IN SOME DAYS HERE. GOING FORWARD, WE’LL HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THAT. BUT YOU CAN SEE AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS EVENING, EVERYTHING REALLY WINDS DOWN AS FAR AS THOSE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES GO. WE GO INTO OVERNIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. WE START OFF OVERALL MOSTLY CLEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP AS EARLY AS 1:00 IN THE DAY, AND THOSE SHOWERS AND STORMS REALLY BEGIN TO WIND DOWN AS WE LOSE THE DAYTIME HEATING. BY 6 P.M. TOMORROW WE GO INTO MONDAY. WE START OFF MOSTLY CLEAR YET AGAIN, WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING UP AS WE HEAD TO THE 2:00 HOUR ON MONDAY, WITH EVERYTHING BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN AS WE HEAD TO 8:00 IN THE EVENING HOURS, HERE’S TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND STORMS ALREADY DEVELOPING BY 1:00 IN THE DAY. SO OVERALL, THE TROPICS WE’RE WATCHING CHANTAL AND YOU CAN SEE THE SYSTEM PRETTY LOPSIDED. THERE’S THAT NAKED SWIRL THAT CENTER OF CIRCULATION AS IT CONTINUES TO DRIFT ITS WAY NORTHWARD TOWARDS SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. BUT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE WELL TO THE EAST OF THAT CENTER. IT’S BATTLING SOME DRY AIR, AND ALSO NOT TO MENTION THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS. NOT PARTICULARLY ALL THE WAY CONDUCIVE FOR THE SYSTEM TO CONTINUE TO AT LEAST TRY TO ORGANIZE FURTHER. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER UPDATE AS OF 4:00 ON THE SYSTEM, WINDS OF 45 MILES AN HOUR, MOVING NORTH AT SEVEN, A LANDFALL EXPECTED HERE ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST LATE TONIGHT. TOMORROW MORNING, AND EVENTUALLY WEAKENING HERE UP TOWARDS INLAND NORTH CAROLINA. WE HAVE TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS UP FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA COAST, WHERE WE HAVE THAT WARNING. THAT MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED HERE, AND THAT’S GOING TO BE STARTING AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING FOR THEM. IN ADDITION TO RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 P

New Orleans Saints RB throws first pitch at Chicago Cubs game

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Updated: 7:26 PM CDT Jul 5, 2025

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New Orleans Saints star running back, Alvin Kamara threw out the first and second pitches at a Chicago Cubs game, creating a memorable moment for fans. The first pitch was a bit on the outside, and Kamara wasn’t exactly pleased with himself, prompting him to ask for a redo. Kamara got set again, throwing a heater before receiving a nice round of applause from the fans.

CHICAGO —

New Orleans Saints star running back, Alvin Kamara threw out the first and second pitches at a Chicago Cubs game, creating a memorable moment for fans.

The first pitch was a bit on the outside, and Kamara wasn’t exactly pleased with himself, prompting him to ask for a redo.

Kamara got set again, throwing a heater before receiving a nice round of applause from the fans.

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