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Ahead in vancouver and today, we'll see athletes dpo for the gold in biathlon, luge, ski jumping and speedskating. nbc has confirmed that men's downhill has been canceled today because of slushy conditions on the mountain and joining us now with more details is katy tur. what is the weather like? what kind of problems is this posing? >> it's been a huge problem here in vancouver. we are in the northwest and it's a lot like seattle's weather. we get a lot of rain and that's posing a big problem for the 2010 winter olympics. cyprus mountain on wednesday got a lot of snow. before that, they were ...

Wonderful city. but you're right, the high today 48 degrees. expecting rain. they got snow up at whistler, where a lot of downhill events are. but there is this mountain behind me, cyprus mountain, it's raining there. they are trucking in snow. they are worried about that. luckily, the opening ceremony tonight at b.c. place is indoors. first time they ever had an indoor opening ceremony. that will be no problem. the party, though, started last night. i can tell you first hand it was crazy. these are some overhead pictures right here. tens of thousands of people in the streets of vancouver as t...

>> people may volunteer to bring it there. by the way, i think whistler itself is doing okay with snowfall. there are two ski resorts where they are doing ski events and it's cyprus mountain which is near vancouver where they are missing the snow. we wish there was no snow in the northeast. unfortunately we're still digging out. a little blip there on the radar of the storm system that brought the epic snow, the record-breaking snow really. we're left with just cold, windy conditions today. here's snowfall totals for you. some of you had records for the day. some of you for the month and some ...

At cyprus mountain where the ski events are taking place, they're having to truck in snow and hay to get the venue ready in time. for the athletes that means two less days of practice time on the mountains for the athletes competing there. however, olympic officials tell us it will be ready in time for competition. now the city, as i said, just crazy with excitement here and it is going to be a successful olympics from what we can tell by ticket sales. they've sold a record number already, 1.6 million tickets sold. again, it's going to be a great time here in vancouver. i'm hoping you'll be wa...