early start. i m zoraida sambolin. i m christine romans. nice to see all of you, it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. unfortunately, we begin with an eye on the weather. this massive storm now a nor easter. it s barreling up the east coast. it s bringing strong wind, heavy rain and snow and making travel a bit of awe nightmare for millions. let s start in cleveland. it was sloppy 3 to 5 inches around the region with even more today. some areas could see up to 10 inches by the time this is over today. it s so pretty, isn t it? it is but nothing pretty about trying to get to grandma s house. we originally planned to leave in the morning but news of the weather forecast, we decided to leave early to try to beat the weather down. i m from north carolina, so i m definitely not used to this type of weather. it s smart to leave early but drive slowly. new york s area, albany, also finding snow. just a dusting when this pictures were taken.
investigation. all right. now to what hopefully won t become known as the storm that ate thanksgiving but it is headed this way. it s making a real mess of thanksgiving travel. we know that for sure. the midwest has already seen the worst of it. more traffic accidents than we can count, some of them deadly. take a look at this video, snow falling in pittsburgh, should be beautiful but not when it messes up travel. this is thanks to wpxi who was filming it this morning. now the east coast is bracing for heavy rain, winds, maybe some snow. we start with meteorologist indra petersons. what do we see as it moves across? is there any chance for hope. maybe if you re far out west. we re looking at by big change already as the system continues to make its way up the eastern seaboard and collide with that other system coming out of canada. take a look already. snow into the northeast, see something of the icing conditions moving into virginia and north carolina and of course the heavy rain
this warm front will continue to make its way up. even though you re seeing snow in the northeast, it will shift over to rain as we get the winds out of the south. heavier rain will be falling as we go later throughout the day. on the backside, heavy snow starts to fall. this is also the time period where the strongest winds will be out there. notice the change, though, as you go from wednesday into late wednesday evening we start to see the system make its way offshore. don t let this fool you, the heavy winds will still be out there. we re expecting travel delays in the air through thursday as the system does make its way out of the region. with that we re still talking about concerns for first the rain and the heavy snow. behind that will be all the trouble with the wind, kate. a one, two, three punch of weather right noul. some of the nation s busiest airports, probably not surprisingly could soon become temporary home to thousands of
the next 48 hours with rain, heavy winds and even more freezing rain and snow. a massive winter storm blamed for at least a dozen deaths and hundreds of accidents will bring heavy rain, snow, sleet and high winds to much of the east coast on the busiest travel week of the year. frustrated travelers beginning to feel the ripple effect of this storm system with delays and cancellations at some of the nation s busiest airports. it s not just plains. the larger than life balloons flying high above the macy s thanksgiving day parade could be grounded. if sustained winds pass 23 miles per hour, the giant inflatable balloons can t take flight because officials fear their handlers won t be able to control them. we have a sergeant assigned to each of the balloons. they can be lowered all the way to the ground or determination is made not to fly them. reporter: in 1997, ferocious winds blew the six-story tall
precursor of what we re expecting to see as conditions worsen as we go throughout the day. a massive winter storm blame for at least a dozen deaths and hundreds of accidents will bring heavy rain, snow, sleet and high winds to much of the east coast on the busiest travel week of the year. frustrated travelers already beginning to feel the ripple effect of this storm system with delays and cancellations at some 6 the nation s busiest airports. it s not just planes. the larger than life balloons flying high above the macy s day parade could be grounded. if sustained winds pass 23 miles per hour, the giant inflatable balloons can t take flight because officials fear their handlers won t be able to control them. we have a sergeant assigned to each of the balloons. they can be lowered all the way to the ground or determination is made not to fly them. reporter: in 1997, ferocious winds blew the six-story tall cat in the hat balloon straight into a street lamp.