minneapolis northward was a little bit, quote, unquote, chilly. as we go throughout the day today, as i mentioned, we have general lee in the south, not just punxsutawney phil. many local groundhogs will be making their forecast. we have a potent storm kicking out of colorado into the siene tall plains. that will be one of the first significant winter weather events we've seen in months in this region of the country. from colorado to nebraska. it looks like areas of iowa may get nailed. not much on the radar, just some snow beginning to show up in the mountains of colorado. we have a blizzard watch in effect for the north platte area. central nebraska, a full-out big old winter storm for you. even the denver area will see significant snow. we're talking the possibility of school cancellations and blizzard conditions, especially areas of eastern colorado. how much snow? the 6 to 12 is in the pink.