of the fans there in the southeastern united states dealing with the cold and the snow. we start with a weather note, ali. hundreds, hundreds of auburn fans who have tickets to tonight s game have been stuck in the birmingham, alabama airport wondering if they re even going to get their chartered flights out. the airport has been closed. not sure if it has reopened. it is a waiting game close to expiring, because kickoff is now less than six hours away. the flight is about four hours from here. but those are very expensive tickets. we do know that auburn university has shut down today the viewing parties on campus have been canceled. it s 55 degrees and as you can see severe clear here. we will stay on top of it with you. enjoy yourself out there. we ll all be watching with you tonight. all right. there is ironic news today out of arizona about an e-mail message sent by representative gabrielle giffords. the night before she was shot. time now for a political update from cnn politi
back into minneapolis, omaha, right along this cold front we continue to track the severe threat into the upcoming hours. if that wasn t enough, high winds will be a major concern. this may be a bigger concern as the storm system, pressure dropping so low could be comparable to a category 2 hurricane. that will pound parts of the northern plains into the midwest with wind gusts as high as 60 miles an hour. rob, vinita? wild day in the midwest. thank you. here is the rest of the tuesday forecast. also windy in the southwest. gusts there could be, hit, 50 miles an hour hills around l.a. the showers from seattle to portland, up to a foot of mountain snow in the cascades, and in the rockies. showers across much of florida. 86 in miami. 60s in new york, boston. 63, chicago. 59, omaha. 48 in fargo. phoenix, 81. sacramento, 64. boise is 50. one last weather note. check out the power of nature. a house on the appropriately named washaway beach in washington state.