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If youre in the warm areas, thats where well see the threat of severe weather overnight tonight into sunday. the same system, farther north, producing fairly heavy snow a across portions of the upper midwest and running up into portions of the northern plains, also. so snow for minneapolis, stretching to chicago, even though thats an icy, rainy mixture, working up to milwaukee, all areas where you could see heavy snowfall. farther south, all of the spots along the edge of this system, running in...

Meteorologists chris tomer explains the recipe for an avalanche has to do with know layers and the recent storms. >> theyre of different temperatures. the snow consistency is different. one might have heavy snow and the next one might be lighter. so the bonding of the layers is different. each storm puts different pressure on the snowpack. >> the colorado department of transportation says this highway here that was shut down after an avalanche covered it. they tweeted this has never happened. >>...

They dont find anyone else who has passed. >> agreed. weve had some heartwarming stories. we had one lady in particular her home was destroyed and she called last night and she said, i went out of town today and no one knew it and my family thinks that i died. and im okay. i didnt tell anybody i was going anywhere today. so weve had some positive things also. >> rita smith, we will let you get back to work. please keep us posted as developments take place throughout the morning. we will check ba...

Portions of boston, but for new york it is all done. but an impressive system regardless of how you slice it, whether it be the southern tier of it, 36 reports of tornadoes, upwards of a foot in boston. and of course 30 to 40 below windchills on the cold element back across the upper midwest. but notice the advisories and warnings are set to expire in the next couple hours. for boston depending on what part of town you look at, 8 to 12 inches by the type it is all done. about 16 inches is all th...

Storms in the past 24 hours. there is what is left of this frontal boundary beginning to push offshore, so now back behind it across the southern u.s. but you go into the northern tier and we often talk about the clash of air systems, blizzard like conditions across portions of of interior new england right now, gusty winds and also snowfall coming down in parts of town, and very heavy snowfall into parts of boston. some models estimating as much as 8 to 10 inches of snow in boston. if this veri...

This will wind up being bostons biggest snowstorm of the season. you know total snowfall for the entire season only totalling about 15.9 inches. just today its expected to be anywhere from id say 9 inches to 12 inches. so boston certainly getting a late feel of that winter blast, even in march. now things are expected to begin tapering off as they are right now. the snow is slowing down. its expected to warm up quite a bit. temperatures expected to get over 40 degrees. get ready for the big melt...

Season. and its only expected to b about 7 to 10 inches. all season long so far, boston has only received about 15.9 inches. i know its march, but it is beautiful even to see the snow this late. >> boston doesnt sneeze at a snowfall like that, thats -- theyre just used to it. everybodys dressed in four layers at all times, even summer in boston. >> and its wicked pretty. cnn meteorologist chad myers joins us now with the forecast. chad, the winter storm upnorth and these tornadoes down south. ...

Tell us where you are, alison. >> good morning, alisyn, we are right in down town boston and, yeah, it is a beautiful picture here. snow has been falling since midnight here in boston there is six hours of snowfall youre looking at here. this is the kind of snow thats heavy and wet. so on the good part of that, its great to build snowmen, bad part of it, its a real bear to move when youre shoveling it from your sidewalks and from your home. also on the roads, heavy snow. theyre coating the roads...

Thousands of residents are without power this morning. also wreaks havoc on the streets especially at the time this snowfall has happened from midnight all the way through the rush hour traffic. it certainly has created those slick streets but the plows have been in full force clearing the streets. helping things at this hour, we are seeing the storm really move off. the temperatures are certainly warming up. by this afternoon its expected to be sunny and more than 40 degrees. but if you look at...

And it was quite amazing to see. this is not actually video from the iditarod, but what i wanted to bring in this video for is to show it how difficult it is for dogs to move through extremely heavy snowfall. with the iditarod starting today, officially, theyre not expecting the records to be broken because new snow has just fallen in and around anchorage. thats expected to slow down the dogs as they traverse the racecourse, which is over a thousand miles, by the way. >> all right. derek, thank ...