Snowflakes Falling News Today

Sit out there many, many hours. i dont know how they do it. we just got out about 15 minutes ago. it is cold in chicago. i believe you can see snowflakes falling. not expecting accumulations tonight. maybe a half inch. a little more to the border of illinois and wisconsin and over in minnesota a mess. these are people used to bad weather and cold temperatures. by mid-afternoon, some 500 car accidents. fortunately, no severe injuries connected with the car accidents but very slick and dangerous i...

Parent. >> thats a change. thats a new one. >> thats always the objective. then it always gets hairy halfway through. lets talk about the forecast. today is a great lakes we have rain showers. snow showers. its a little chilly. i wouldnt call it the worst forecast. its not the best either. blue on the map shows you where the snow is. central michigan does have snowflakes falling. band of heavy rain. you can actually get lake affect rain. the case is here. cold air over the warm waters. not cold ...

A lot of people having that problem. now for a look at your national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. i dont get it, why couldnt we just stay warm all the way through? >> youre the meteorologist. what are you looking to me for? i turn to the news. >> maybe because its march, yeah. >> kidding. >> i know. well, we did get some damage up there, especially the apple crops in michigan, also there in new york state. a...

Wet flakes because this was wet heavy snow. kind of snow, that kids love. i will show you this real quick here. how i know that. look it. comes up in a big fat clump here. that is perfect for snowball making but unfortunately a lot of chicago schoolkids had to go to school although there have been a lot of school closing. look at the poll. you see how the wind was blowing on one side of this pole. but it left a beautiful picture around chicago. youre right. we had areas in northwest suburbs, nin...

Going to go to amarillo, texas. many of the interstates were closed. some people picked up 10 to 20 inches of snow in southern colorado. so, this was a full-fledged winter storm for that area. not a lot of big cities were hit by this, but it did interfere with a lot of peoples travel, especially yesterday on interstate 70 and down interstate 40. it continues this morning. heres a look at the radar. not really hitting denver. as i said, its not a lot of big cities. its mostly interstate 70, rural...

Collecting links to organizations that are mobilizing relief efforts in japan and on that page youll also find a lick to googles people finder aimed to reunite those separated in all that chaos. again, thats at cnn.com/impact. well, crews searching for the missing arent just up against the clock theyre also battling cold weather in japan and jill brown joins us from the international weather center with more on that because, of course, its critical that the weather plays some positive part i...