millions of christmas travelers, these storms systems could not come at a worse time. >> accu-weather meteorologist jim dickey tracking it all. dealing with a mess across the northeast into the midwest today. frontal boundary strung out. cold air to the north drawn to the south. many spots in the 40s and 50s ahead of the system. we'll see snow in northern new england, an area of ice in between. that stretches back across the lakes. that gets going into the weekend, though. looking for disruptive snow from the lakes back on into the plains. severe weather in the deep south. john, diana, back to you. >> jim dickie, thank you. here's the rest of the weather. much of the southeast and florida will be dry. rain for northern texas through arkansas to kentucky and tennessee. there will also be showers in the southwest. it will be in the upper 40s in northwest today. near 60 in washington. just about freezing in chicago and detroit. minneapolis will top out at only