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Continental divide. >> how does a storm like this get so strong? >> a classic nor'easter. i know, yesterday, you were talking about the term has been going around, about this bomb cyclone. all that really means is that when the storm system develops and the pressure drops, the storm gets stronger. the difference between the temperatures on the land and of course, the warmer waters of the atlantic create this extreme strengthening. the jet stream is the highway the storm will take. thank goodness a difference of just 20 to 30 miles closer or away from the coastline means everything as far as ho...

From the south to new england. behind it, in some places, record shattering cold. mr. roker, thank you for sticking around for triple duty. where is this thing now? where is it headed next? >> right now, it's making its way up the coast. the good news is it is already what we call bombed out. it is now a classic nor'easter as it comes up the coast. it has come a little closer to the west. 50 to 75 miles. we will see more activity as you make your way inland. albany, binghamton, salesbury. this system right now, snowfall totals, jfk airport officially in blizzard conditions. more than three hou...

Philadelphia, 3 to 6. new york city, 4 to 8. and boston, 10 to 15. the bigger problem, i think, will be the cold that follows. if we have power outages to thousands, anderson, it could be days before it's restored. and the temperatures are going to be extremely cold. in fact, colder than we've seen the last 11 days, east of the continental divide. >> how does a storm like this get so strong? >> a classic nor'easter. i know, yesterday, you were talking about the term has been going around, about this bomb cyclone. all that really means is that when the storm system develops and the pressure dro...

Or la guardia. jfk has over four hour delays and la guardia about three. it's the turn from the south that is grabbing moisture from phillippe. this moisture even though the track carries away from the coastline and not make landfall, the moisture is playing a role. heavy rainfall from eastern north carolina up the eastern seaboard and about this cold front and the track. this will become a classic nor'easter. crashing seas and a lot of coastal flooding up every inlet and bay and every sound. heavy amounts of rain and maybe to six inches. it's about the winds with all the leaves on the trees. ...

Foot of snow with the exception of d.c. you'll certainly see less than that. more in boston and new york. watch for heavy, heavy, plowable snow. instrong in boston with very dangerous gusty winds that will help to make for the blizzard conditions. the snowfall rates one to three inches per hour when you have wind gusts as high as 50 miles per hour, that's a whiteout situation. likely will be sustained three hours at a time, classifying it as officially a blizzard. that's why we have those watches in effect, richard. dangerous day for tuesday. we're watching for at least a foot of snow for very...