good morning, rob and vinita. the fact i m back here means we re talking about snow in the northeast. the good news is, this is a quick-moving snowstorm. already starting to end across pennsylvania, back into even philadelphia before starting to taper off in new york city after the morning rush. basically most areas will see about 3 to 6 inches of accumulation. that does include much of i-80 and much of the i-95 corridor until you get into boston. that s where the storm will be intensifying. from boston up toward southern maine, they could see about 6 to 10 inches basically throughout friday. the storm system moves quickly out of the region and behind it we re really going to see the cold air push in, this is coming in straight out of the arctic. you can only imagine how cold it is going to feel. friday is not the coldest of days. we re getting up to 37 in new york city. 31 in boston. the temperatures will continue to drop down as we head throughout the weekend. take a look what s alre
at some of the airports. this is a quick-moving storm, it comes in and moves out within much of the day. 4 inches in new york city. upwards of a half foot in albany. we re not going to see the wins we dealt with the christmas blizzard. so you may have some travel concerns out there but you re not going to see the widespread blowing and drifting. i think the big concern with this, where are they going to put all the snow? there are a lot of piles up around the east coast and this is only going to add to it. now back to you, vinita and mike. all right, thanks ava. here is the rest of your friday forecast. up to 6 inches of snow in the appalachians of west virginia, tennessee, and georgia. heavy lake-effect snow from grand rapids and south bend. a light dusting around minneapolis, chicago, detroit, and cleveland. and some rain from seattle to portland. 37 in boise. 47 in albuquerque. 52 in sacramento. just 11 degrees in fargo. 28 in indianapolis. 31 in omaha. 60s from dallas to miam
back then he helped president clinton balance the budget and negotiate with republicans. mail rooms at all maryland state agencies are shut down today after suspicious packages were received at two office buildings. hundreds of people were evacuated. the packages released a puff of smoke when they were opened but they did not contain explosives. at least one package contained a note complaining about highway signs that promote the state s terror tip line. if you re flying to or from the northeast today better check with your airline. another snow storm is coming in. new york city is taking no chances this time. the tire chains, plow and salt are all ready. city leaders want to avoid the chaos that followed the post-christmas blizzard when some streets weren t plowed for days. even right now, some parts of the city still have uncollected garbage from almost two weeks ago. today s storm is just the first half of a one-two punch hitting the northeast. meteorologist ava dinges has
you go. today s storm could be a preview of much bigger ones to come, at least one in a few days. accuweather meteorologist ava dinges has the storm track. good morning, ava. vinita and mike, not only are we talking about a snowstorm for today but yet another one potentially looming into next week. let s talk about what s happening at least for now. snow starting to begin into new york city right about after the morning commute, mostly around 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. it looks like the morning rush okay, not so great into the afternoon hours. snow will be heavy at times throughout the midday point in new york city, continuing to build towards boston and also heavy into upstate new york. we are expecting some travel concerns. weather it be slippery spots along i-95, slight delays at laguardia, jfk, logan in boston, and we could even see cancelations. the good news here, this is not the monster storm that we dealt with over the christmas holiday. we re going to see a quick shot of some hea
more than that. we re not going to see the strong winds that we saw with our last blizzard. so hardly a blizzard at all, just a heavy batch of snow. now back to you, vinita and mike. all right, thanks ava. here s the rest of your friday forecast. 6 inches of snow in the mountains of north georgia, tennessee and west virginia. up to 1 foot of lake-effect snow in michigan and northern indiana. a dusting around the twin cities, chicago and detroit. rain and mountain snow in the pacific northwest. 48 in seattle. 30 in salt lake city. 64 degrees in phoenix. fargo and minneapolis don t even hit the teens. 21 in chicago. mostly 30s here in the northeast. it s a bird s-eye view turned upside down. people across wisconsin are getting their fill of the national emblem. it s the time of year when hundreds of bald eagles congregate on wisconsin waterways. so bird lovers are lining up for a chance to see them soar and dine on fish in the open water. this was the scene on the partially fro