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Do you know what that is? take a good look. that is the chicago river. it's green in honor of st. patrick's day. they do that every year around this time of year. of course, st. patrick's day is wednesday. we just got a look at that and thought you might want to take a look, too. it doesn't look too appealing, but i don't think anybody's swimming in it. that's st. patrick's day in chicago. and now to rain in the northeast. we're in times square in the heart of the big apple, where nbc's michelle franzen has been outside for us all morning long. so, how are you holding up out there? what's it...

Of rain. nbc meteorologist bill karins is joining me once again. so, let's get to the latest. where's it going to look bad? >> well, it depends, alex. if we're going through this afternoon, it's the jerry shore. later tonight it's around new york city, long island. then overnight we shift up into new england. we're getting towards the heart of the storm. it's really starting to form now and get stronger just off the maryland coastline. rain has picked up over the chesapeake bay. this is the big picture of the storm. we still have rain all the way back through illinois into iowa. this is just a...

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