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we saw last year at this time. if you don t know at home, i m a big winter weather fan. i m cheering it on. it s similar, the pattern, i ve overlooked a couple of things. we had a big warmup to start october. this year has been the same way. the cool down, the same thing happened in october last year. as you look outside, you can see how quiet it is and the temperatures are mild, during the the course of the day you ll see the wind pick up and the clouds move in overhead. quakertown, 51 degrees, warrington, 5. center city, 55 degrees, levittown, 56. cinnaminson, 56. glassboro, 57. gandys beach 58. avalon, 62. here it is, this is the culprit right here, you can see the counter clockwise swirl that s an area of low pressure we have a trailing cold front sweeping through pittsburgh that will charge east. maybe a couple of showers develop for the poconos later on. down in the delaware valley it looks nice, mostly sunny, clouds around from time to time, temperatures topping ....
do not lower the standards. eden not get an answer to your specific question on the sequestration. you as whether or not there any force is coming into play. do you have a sense that sequestration is likely to have been? senator durban, and the number two debbie 0 democrat in the senate has just appointed that he is becoming the top defense appropriators. he had said very recently that he did not think sequester would be averted. it does not look currently where these parties are that they are close to any kind of a deal. they may try to find a way to kick the can down the road where they bought themselves 60 days. it does not look particularly good right now. very few people seem to be confronting that. it shall take a lot to pull this off. the pentagon has started to take steps to prepare itself for the sequestration and planning that has not taken place until now. they are laying off temporary employees. it is starting to happen. senator inhofe has been cri ....
under evacuation orders. fema predicts damage costs of about $3 billion just for wind damage alone. heavy rains or snow, storm surges, widespread flooding across the region depending upon where you live. we re also following a drama unfolding out to sea. a rescue is under way for the crew of the hms bounty, the ship built for the hollywood movie mutiny on bounty. unbelievable. we ll have more on that es cue in just a minute. let s begin with the first reports of power outages. they re already rolling in. see meteorologist rob marciano is in the iconic new jersey town of asbury park. high, ro hi, rob. can you hear me? reporter: i hear you carol. you re right about that. this is a special place. the heyday of the 20s this boardwalk would be bustling. convention center you ve seen behind me as gone through a number of boom and bust cycles and resuhr jenr and resuhr jeesurge jenss. the water is over the pylons, the pout relentless surf has been pounding this beach. r ....
transit. bloomberg and chris christie is reiterating why it s like nothing we ve seen before. this is a massive storm. when it comes in tonight, we can t come in and rescue you. it s going to be dark, electricity most likely will be out if it s not already. i m krystal ball. it s not just mere in the tri-state area. capitol hill is shut down as washington weathers the storm. president obama is tracking developments from the white house where he spoke this afternoon. please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. when they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate. do not delay. don t pause. don t question the instructions that are being given, because this is a serious storm and it could potentially have fatal consequences. this storm is so massive, so unlike anything we ve seen before that parts of the country like here in west virginia are bracing for blizzard conditions. we begin our breaking coverage with nbc s ron allen. he s along the ....
tom kierein is in for chuck. swinging bands of heavy rain into the carolinas, southeastern virginia and right along the eastern shore and inland from delaware into now southern maryland, northern neck of virginia. they re getting bands of heavy rain. right now, category 1 hurricane with 75 mile per hour winds, latest track bringing it ashore somewhere in this cone of possibility. that would be anywhere from near ocean city all of the way up to long island. this is the zone where it would be likely coming in and it does look like the position that 2:00 p.m. on monday is still going to be off the coast but does look like it could be coming inland, anywhere from ocean city to long island. that would be perhaps around sunset on monday, into monday evening. strongest winds for us happening around dawn on tuesday. right now, some of that heavy rain is falling, delaware and all these areas east of the bay and just to the east of the northern neck, creeping close to washingto ....