Declared emergencies urging people to stay indoors that is a good idea. Lets go live to washington d. C. Streets are covered. Theres the capitol in the backdrop. You can see it through all of the snow expect to get slammed today and the storm could be a record for that region. What about us . Thats what we are caring about at this point. We have storm coverage for you this morning. J jr jeremy we have the winter storm in effect. South coast, Winter Weather advisories, bridgewater area, providence. And the city of boston, worcester, no advisories, watches or warnings. And blizzard criteria in marthas blizzard. Visibility for three consecutive hours on Marthas Vineyard. It is a 12hour storm from midday today to midnight tonight. Scenario. We have been talking about this most of the week where it is a drastic cut off from very heavy snow, new york city picking up 23 inches of snow per hour and you move to connecticut and just a few flurry. Here the chal challenge. How much dry air can chew up the heavy plume of snow out of new york city as the snow lifts north . I think the dry air will do a great job north of the mass pike. Midday patches of light snow and flurries in the city of boston. But the steady snow because of the dry air never makes it much farther north than say, possibly pembroke and south of there. And thats where the snow will stay for the entire event. Again the dry air is your friend. Maybe a coating to an inch, metro west, the western suburbs, cape ann 13. Downtown boston 23 inches of snow and then the south shore. 36 inches of snow. 610 inches south coast as well as the cape and the islands. For more heres chris lambert. Chris we have the snow and the wind. Theres a wind advisory across essex county from 10 00 to 10 00 on sunday and a high wind warning the cape in nantucket. This is where we expect not only the heaviest snow but the strongest wind as well, and it will create some issue. Yes, we are not getting the two feet of snow as they are in d. C. , but this is still a storm for us in the cape and islands. Late this afternoon, tonight and fom morning could exceed 50 across the islands at times. Inland not as strong as what we will see along the coastline. It will push the ocean water back to the coastline, from hull down to the cape and nantucket, we will have concern of moderate coastal flooding a possibility especially the more prone areas like sandwich harbor. The combination of the winds and heavy wet snow could lead to Power Outages through the cape and islands and back to the south coast. I will keep an eye on that as well. More onto forecast to come. As they mentioned this Winter Weather could cause coastal flooding with the highest risk on the south coast cape and the islands according to the island morning. When it hits the house if its bad enough and Strong Enough it will go through the knockout panels. A new seawall built in marshfield after last winter will hopefully help once the storm does hit. And from the ground to the air, thousands of Flights Canceled today as that snowstorm hits the east. Has completely shut down airports from washington d. C. , philadelphia and charlotte. Logan airport officials are urging those heading in and out of boston to call their airline for the latest updates on the flight statuses. And the coverage on the storm continues. We will have a live report from washington d. C. As people there try to deal with the crippling snowfall. And you can get live updates with the online interactive radar. Head over to the weather section of whdh. Com or the seven news mobile and tablet apps. Lets talk football this morning. The patriots are waking up in denver today. Here they are touching down in days early, getting ready for the big playoff match up for the broncos set for tomorrow. We have the latest now from denver. Coming to you from denver, colorado, outside mile high stadium. The patriots and broncos one day away while limiting distractions. It will be a huge key in trying to find a slight edge and no team may be better at that than the patriots. I was up at 6 00 well, with the baby, i was up a lot, but up for good probably 6 30. New dad, logan ryan and the rest of the patriots with an early wake up call. To to the mile high city where the patriots look to avenge they are loss. Tower will be key to stopping very frustrating but again, this is a different game. This is a Different Team and different mindset, so we have a good game planned. And this game plan will feature julianet julian. I am going out and catching extra balls. The game comes down to fundamentals, thats my job. They present a huge challenge. They have a lot of quick receivers and then they have you know, a big tight end who can run, who can catch, who can create space and then they have tom brady, and that speaks for itself. It is a very tough task but i think we are ready for it. The bronco defense going to be 12. And a contest that Rob Gronkowski didnt even finish. Denver sports having a little fun at the airport. The patriots were set to land on runway eight but workers changed it to runway 18. So the patriots rolled over arrived. They are ready for a big win. We wanted to know who do you think will be the key to victory in denver . And a game as important as the a fc match up we look to players like gronk but some are looking at others outside the roster. I think duncan will come through, i think robert i think we should look at him and butler need to have big games. At Gillette Stadium we are hearing Malcolm Butler a lot. And theres a good reason after the game winning catch last year more bets are going his way. But if the game comes down to a field goal the kicker, yea. He could make or break the game. Unless you are this guy from london who admits he only knows one player. Tom brady. Thats about it. Its a game that fans admit we need every player to be at their personal best. Go pats. Go pats. Make sure you stay with continuing coverage live from denver. They will be live in colorado throughout the weekend. Now, a story you will see on one station, a 5yearold boy worcester. His mother is the one spotted him walking down the streets moments after she dropped him the mother is upset with how they handled the situation. Theres six or seven faculty members in there. How did they miss him leaving . They havent called me, they havent called the dad. No police are involved. They are just wandering around looking for my kid. They have met with School Officials and assurance it will not happen again. A car crashing through a window ending up in a complexs swimming pool. This was inside. A valet driver behind the wheel said he accidentally hit the gas instead of the brakes causing the big mess. The 22,000 gallons of water in the pool had to be drained because it was contaminated. Now to washington d. C. Where the storm is creating a messy and dangerous scene as much as two feet could fall there today. They are talking record snowfall over in the nations capitol. People have been urged to stay indoors in order to stay safe. Scott is in the capitol and the conditions. The historic and crippling storm is pounding much of the eastern u. S. It is expected to create dangerous conditions through saturday night. It is intensifying over North Carolina and could bring a foot of snow to new york sit city. At least eight people have died in weatherrelated accidents and 85 Million People are in the storms path. Citizens are strongly encouraged to remain indoors and to stay off the streets. And more than 130,000 customers are without power. Mostly in North Carolina. Ten states have declared states of emergency and a snowy merge snow emergency in washington d. C. They have rescued drivers trapped in their vehicles on an ice y highway. We have stuff in there to keep warm with. And you know, its just part of ofry day living. The countrys air traffic is at a virtual stand still with 7600 Flights Canceled this weekend. Chris, nancy, the sights are hard to see. The Capitol Building is down that street, you cant see it. City officials were worried about the type of snow coming down. We have just over a foot but the snow is a little more powdery than they were worried about. It could down trees, power lines, Power Outages in d. C. Have been minimal. Is stay off the roads. The snow is really coming down here. It will go on for a couple hours, but we are only in the halfway point. We could have double the snow we have right now. Even the work the crews have to do, they will have to redo once the snow comes down. Im scott mclean, back to you. Here in boston, we are use today seeing epic snowstorms of our own. Whats the mood like when you are they worried, panicked or going at it with a smile . I think its good it happened on a weekend. Government employees were able to go home. I was in a Grocery Store two days ago where people were they were heeding the warnings of taking this seriously and seemed content of hunkering doup and based on the number down on the number of peep weve seen, they are taking the warnings. The hand warmers, heat warmers what do you do when a blizzard is scheduled on your wedding day . See how this couple is handling it. Storm timeline with that guy back there up next. Weather team working hard, plus look at that. Well have a look at what happens when lightning strikes in the wrong place. And here is another live look at d. C. The white house. Our coverage of that hmm hmm hmmhmmhmmhmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmhmm [ cheering ] ive got some real estate here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike to look for america all come to look for america to look for america all come to look for america im bernie sanders, good morning and we have the threat of significant winter storm into southern new england. Essentially its the south coast and the cape that will bear the power house of this storm. The blizzard warning is in effect. Winter weather advisories south of boston. Theres nothing in effect for boston or worcester. This is a lot like big brother. He will protect you on the playground from a lot of heavy snow. New york city picking up 23 inches of snow per hour and this heavy band of snow is trying to move north but the dry air is chewing the air up. It will not allow the storm to move north, it will force it to go east at this point. The challenge for new england meteorologists, including yours truly is just how north does that heavy plume of snow that is now pummeling new york city get im not concerned it will reach boston but it doesnt get to the mass pike. It will be confined to the south coast, the cape and islands. Even in those locations after midnight the storm quickly begins to pull out of here so by tomorrow morning, i think its s sunny in boston with lingering light snow and flurries. The challenge is the Snowfall Forecast. We will hold strong we think around the metro, 13 inches. Perhaps lay down 3 inches in the city of boston and the north shore, and metro west about an inch or so, worcester, pembroke, preliminary lymouth , the south coast about 610 inches of snow. Traveling, i think most of us are fine in the afternoon. 4 00 in afternoon poor conditions. It tries to approach the city of boston. And it includes a dinner and a movie, i think around boston, 128 inside including the city, i would keep the reservations and allow for extra time. I dont think its s overwhelming snow for boston but southeast mass it will be a tough go. And so is chris had this is your map, sorry. 30 Miles Per Hour gusts in boston. These winds increasing as we go throughout the day and especially later this afternoon. Tonight. Frequent gusts to 40. 45 to 50 across the cape and islands and perhaps that speed, 4550 across cape ann. The islands cape cod 5560. And with the wind out of the northeast you are pushing the ocean water. Fortunately this isnt prolonged push of water toward the coastline, so we are not talking major coastal flooding but we we expect around 11 00 in the morning. 32 in boston. 33 in plymouth. This coastal front you can get a little convergence in here that will allow for snow to the north and west of boston. We have the cut off from southwest and southeast and a consistency. In worcester. No that we will see a ton of it, but where we have the higher snow totals it is a wetter snow with ocean air temperatures running in. It will be a wetter snow across the cape and the islands. Snow over tomorrow. Sunshine back out. Gusty wind in the morning. S awesome. But with the Citizens Bank education refinance loan, it gets even better. You know those people who pay a little extra and get all the legroom in coach . That could be you, if you refinance your Student Loans. I can refinance, even with yes, you could replace your Student Loans with one new loan at a lower rate and save money on interest. Sounds easy it is easy just ask us how much you can save at 18669990218 or visit lightenyourloan. Com pour customers have saved an average of 147 a month more than 1,700 a year so treat yourself to something from that inflight magazine but why stop there . You can save up for a new car, a wedding, or a down payment on the home of your dreams. We got windchimes what . 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Security cameras rolling when a tree, watch that, struck by lightning. The storm hit that city on thursday. The moment of impact when the lightning hits the branches sebldz the branches flying all across the parking lot. Fortunately no one was hurt. And lets go to arizona where a woman was saved after having a seizure behind the wheel. You can see in it in Police Dash Cam video. The Police Officer was following the car after he noticed it moving slowly. He saw the driver was having a seizure so he pulled in front of the car to stop it and paramedics came in to help the woman. Luckily he got her safely to we have coverage of the monster storm on the east coast. And they are trying to get a handle on things. Snowfall. But they are far from the minds of patriots players. They are focused on tomorrows big game. Good morning to you. It is saturday, 8 31. Your day. Im chris anderson. And im nancy chin. The major blast of the winter east coast. Heres a look at washington d. C. Getting the brunt of this storm. And we have storm coverage with Jeremy Reiner and chris lambert. Lets check in with jr for a look at the forecast. The storm pushing through metro new york city. They have a blizzard warning in effect as well as the shoreline of connecticut. Even Marthas Vineyard, a storm warning. South coast in the cape, thats where most of the heavier snow will be contained will be along the south coast late this afternoon and evening. Blizzard criteria. Not so much the amount of snow on the way, but the concern of reduced visibility to a quarter mile or lower for three consecutive hours. Thats why the Weather Service its not in effect for nantucket because there will likely be rain and sleet mixed in, but anticipating the snow much like chatham and brewster. What helps us out if you do not like the snow, it is the dry air. It will chew up the Northern Edge of the snow that through new york city, long island, this deep shade of blue, that is very heavy snow. That is a fire hose of snow. 23 inches per hour. The storm system wants to come north but High Pressure says not so fast rgs my friend, and it gets pinched out to the south of new england for the next 1218 hours and its out of here during the day tomorrow. Patchy light snow arriving early this afternoon around the metro. Steadier snow arrives south shore and everything winds down i plan on boston, 23 inches of snow and farther north a coating of an inch, and along the south coast and cape 610 inches of snow. The beauty is this year we have these remotes, you can go back so you dont have to steal my map. Its taken me a year to figure that out. I think we will get plenty of practice throughout the day. Wind speeds 30 Miles Per Hour. Gusting to 28, 3 an in the vineyards. The wind speeds in 35 in the vineyards. Closer to 40 across the coastline and 50 down through the cape and islands. We have a high wind warning in place from 10 00 through 10 00 tomorrow morning. The island seeing some of the strongest wind at times gusting over 50 Miles Per Hour. So no, we are not getting the two, two andahalf fee of snow, they are down in the mid atlantic, but its still a storm and we have a lot of wind and still getting snow out of this storm as we go through the next moderate to pockets of major coastal flooding. For us, the impact is a little on the minimal side. The most prone area that is get the coastal flooding and some of the shoreline road will be inundated to high tide tomorrow. High tide around 11 00 with the pockets of moderate flooding. More on the forecast coming up. All right, chris, as the weather team mentioned it could cause coastal flooding with the highest risk on the south coast, the cape and the islands. If the storm hits like they are saying, it will be the first storm that might purge the seawall to see how this holds up. And if the water comes over, i mean, its going to do a lot of damage. They are prepped there. Neighbors in that area are confident in that new seawall that was put in last winter that will help out and they made sure to get a few supplies as well. This storm is being blamed it could rank as one of the worst to hit part of the country in nearly a century. Heres chris with more. A monster storm barrels up the east coast. Roughly a quarter of the u. S. Population in its path. This is the view from space as it covers the country. 30 Million People under blizzard warnings as the storm moves north. People bracing for high winds and record amounts of snow. Shovels are out in parts of the south after Mother Nature brought the bitter air and Winter Weather. A storm hit early friday and transformed this highway into a parking lot. In other areas, trucks slid off roads and people pushed cars. Even emergency vehicles like this fire truck stuck in the snow. As the snowflakes fly, store shelves have emptied. Im going to grab last minute one of the storms biggest targets, washington d. C. Some decide today play in the cold while others jog looking as if they are dressed for summer even as the snowfalls. The mayor issuing an ominous warning for people to stay safe. I want to be very clear with everybody. We see this as a major storm. It has life and death implications. Implications. Reporting. If you are on the go you can get live updates with our online irnlt interac interactive radar. We are talking football, the patriot os are one win away from a trip to the super bowl. For julian its simply god to be back out on the field let alone the playoffs. Hes back on his feet after the missed a whole lot of games and number 11 is ready for the battle in denver. Dan housy has the latest. Julian gave the pats a post season boost when he returned from injury last week, but after blaming himself for a few drops, hes using every minute to improve for the game in denver. Catch some extra balls. You know, plain and simple. The game comes down to fundamentals, catch the ball. And thats my job. Fans are convinced he will do his job just fine. He will be fine for denver. First game back, get your jitters out, bearings down, and yea, you got the high altitude, he will be back no problem. You get it going and its all momentum. Hes huge for the team. And if he is not fully healed, fans think he will be good enough. I am not sure hes 100 but definitely ready to step it up and we need him. He is ready to get back on the roller coaster and he doesnt want the ride to end. Its cool. And its been a journey and im trying to keep that journey going. Be sure to stay with 7news with continuing coverage live from denver. Trey and joe will be in colorado throughout the weekend. Now for a story you will see on one station, frightening moments for a worcester boy found wandering the streets after he walked out of his classroom and left school. More on what School Leaders are saying about the incident. This is 5yearold kyle granger posing for his kindergarten picture. Friday his experience at the school wasnt picture perfect. It was a ball of his tearty theres five or six faculty members there. How did they miss him leaving . She stopped by a Convenience Store for a soda and when she came out she spotted a kid with the orange jacket. Theres no other kid with that jacket. Please let it be another kid. She escorted her son that didnt want to go to class right back there and another parent saw him escape watching a search she knew nothing about. They havent called me, they havent called the dad. They havent called anybody. No police are involved. They are wandering around looking for my kid. Both parents met with School Leaders. They did express theres over 800 students in the school and unfortunately, trying to chalk it up to accidents can happen. Not good enough, they say. Kyles folks want assurance this wont happen again. We put our children in the care of teachers and other officials to know that they are going to be safe. Kimberly bookman, 7news today in new england. Happy roux happy reunion for twodogs that disappeared from a somerville apartment. Aww. Look at those tails wag. The somerville animal control officer giving caesar and cleopatra back to their owners. Someone broke in and took the two dogs and the owner is glad to have them back. I know we covered it when they were taken and how heart broken the owners were. They are happy, they are safe. Good ending to it all. Ahead on today new england, heres a live look at the white house. Certainly white today. The snow piling up at 9 00. We will show you how people are and d. C. Baltimore between 1218 inches of snow and similar numbers onto on the way for new york city. Not nearly as much for boston. Meet ago teenager with meeting a teenager with a huge heart. You like being picture perfect. You should want your banking to be too. Stop into td bank and well help set you up with picture perfect banking. New customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube Doppler Radar in new york city city. You notice this deeper shade of blue. 34 inches of snow. And there are other little strands or Little Fingers, if you will, of heavy snow lined up in and around long island tied to the storm. Trying to move north and you can see the deeper shades of blue right tlchlt theres a Little Finger of heavier snow. This is what we are presented with. The challenges. How long do these heavier flums of snow get into southern new england and how long do they stay there and when do they begin to peel out of here . Dry air in north new england will do a great job of fending off the snow especially in New Hampshire and metro boston. Im thinking around 3 in the city of boston. 3 inches of snow. But farther south there will be more snow in the bridgewater area, plymouth, fall river. Route 44 south of there toward locally heavy snow there. From the power house storm that would normally want to wobble north. These storms like to go from south to north. They do not like to go west or east but this one is going to have to, High Pressure, old blue, aint moving for anyone. Even with that said southern new england is on the edge of the storm and it quickly ly ly moves out of here tomorrow. How much snow is on the way . Again the dry air fends off the snow in the Merrimack Valley. A coating to an inch. This might be a burst of snow in metro west because thats where the coastal front is setting up. You might end up with 12 inches of snow worcester, carlisle. Then you come down to the city of boston inside 128 more likely to see two and three. And south of town, route 24, route 3, 36 inches of snow and 610 inches of snow. That will be a heavy wet pasty snow. The concern there is that you have that with the strong winds that will develop. There might be how we are outages. And for more here is chris lambert. Good morning. We are concerned about the wind in the cape an nantucket. Gusts 50 Miles Per Hour with the wet snow. High wind warning for you folks 10 00 this morning to 10 00 tomorrow morning. Wind gusting at 36 Miles Per Hour. These numbers increasing throughout the day and peaking late this afternoon and overnight tonight. And constant gusts around 3040 along the coastline. We will get a few gusts exceeding 50 Miles Per Hour across the cape and the islands. The winds coming out of the northeast initially and more out of the north so its pushing the ocean water toward the coastline. So we have a coastal flood watch in place. Most acceptable to moderate flooding. And places like sandwich in the harbor where you are facing directly into the wind, that water gets pushed toward you. Could get minor coastal flooding if not moderate coastal flooding. Could get a few outages across the cape with gusty winds and heavy wet snow. The snow will be wetter and heavier the farther east you go. Theres the coastal front where you have temperatures in the teens and lower 20s to the north and west of it. And that can help aid in a little bit of Snow Development to the north and west of boston for a few hours later on today. And then this front slide down to the east and once it does, the snow starts to shut off from northwest to southeast around midnight tonight. Tomorrow, snow is over, sunshine back with us. Gusty winds in the morning. How about melting some of the snow that we get . Monday in the upper 30s, upper 40s by tuesday. Thank you for that, chris. The organizers of the oscars ready for change now. The plan to increase diversity by 2020. The mornings class act, something you dont want to miss. Tough times cant keep this local teen down. How hes helping others despite facing his own obstacles. Find your sweet spot today with dunkins chicken apple sausage sandwich. Enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together for under 400 calories. America runs on dunkin. 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He likes giving back to the community. Enjoys it. Katie robert sop robertson is a single mom and she relied on soup kitchens to keep her family fed which he found out recently. I remember sitting in my room and i was shocked by it. I want to do is something that was provided for my family. She admits it wasnt easy to tell her son. Receiving help and giving back is what its about. Hes one of those kid that are so humble he doesnt go around looking for recognition or praise. Volunteering at pearl street is the tip of the iceberg and he has been showered with awards. Communities, different communities. I couldnt ever pick anybody more deserving than him. My family is able to get out of a rut and i want to help people do the same thing. Will supports so Many Charities through sports tournaments and fundraising events and to see all of them, log on to whdh. Com and click on class act. And if you know a student between 6th and 12th grade doing something outstanding, you can nominate them online at whdh. Com. He is so incredible. Its so great how hes giving back and hes brave for sharing his story like that. Such a deserving young man. He will have a Bright Future because of what hes going through now. Big changes are coming to the oscars. We will tell you what the academy is promising to do to increase diversity. And the member of the boy band one direction welcoming a new addition. Details ahead in the buzz. White house. A little extra white house today with all of the snow covering it, our storm coverage continues after the break. Cheer clear hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmhmm our fortunes together ive got some real estate here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike theyve all come to look for america all come to look for america to look for america to look for america im bernie sanders, the oscars topping the buzz. The academy has a new goal. And diversity members by 2020. The announcement follows recent back lash of diversity over the nominees agenting categories. The nomination voted to approve several proposed changes. And Louie Tomlinson from the band one direction is a new dad. The 24yearold singer took to twitter to announce the birth of his baby boy. He tweeted his son is healthy and pretty amazing. They grow up so fast, dont they . Mine will be 9 in a couple of weeks. Twin boys. A massive snowstorm battering parts of the east coast. Live look at washington d. C. Millions waking up to snow and heavy winds, including our nations capitol expected to hit hard. Pretty wild. We have our Team Coverage for you this morning tracking the system as it moves along the east coast. How much snow you could see outside your window. And the pats now just one day away from the showdown against the Denver Broncos as they try to secure a spot in the super bowl. A lot of attention is on tv 12, the pats nation told us who they are hoping will come up big for new england in the big game tomorrow. Tomorrow. Just past 9 00 on this saturday morning. Thanks for joining us, im chris anderson. The Winter Weather slamming the east coast. Moving toward new england. A live look at d. C. , the nations capitol, they could see up to two feet of snow making for a historic storm that could cause problems long after this weekend. Raleigh, North Carolina, there were trees knocked down. Snow blanketing the storm. The storm not to be taken likely and people urged to take caution. South coast to massachusetts, the area expected to be the hardest hit. Lets get to jeremy with a look at that forecast. Here is that storm. This is a power house storm. The first real winter storm of the season. Like last winder got off to a slow start. We had we had decent storms but no arctic High Pressure to supply the storms with cold air. Now the irony for the snow pressure but the High Pressure might work against the snow lovers in boston and force the storm south. You can see this right here that a plume of snow working out of d. C. , baltimore, into new york city now, but as we run the loop. I will do it one more time. You notice the northward advancement, right . Theres the star, so we run it and there hasnt been much advancement north of my hand there. High pressure that allowed that storm to zip right up to new england. It is a slow process. It is trying to fight with the dry air and it will be a struggle all day and evening for the storm. D. C. Under a blizzard warning and its the 95 corridor basically from washington d. C. Through baltimore, long island and even Marthas Vineyard under the warning as well. It will go into effect later this afternoon and evening for Marthas Vineyard. Snow around northern virginia, maryland and that works up to extreme portions of southern pennsylvania and new york city, 12 feet of snow. And for washington d. C. It could be in the top three of the major storms. Right now at Reagan National we have 14 inches. They have several more hours of snow to go. Thats something we will watch for you. And of course we will watch what is going on in our own backyard. Boston, nothing is officially in effect but not to say we wont get snow, but we will get some snow. The criteria is not because of heavy snow, its the reducing visibility for three or more hours. Thats the concern on Marthas Vineyard. Midday today to after midnight tonight. The snow will be all or nothing with the plume of heavy snow trying to work up in new england and the dry air trying to fend it off. It is a real battle because of the storm syste right here. Forced out to our south with High Pressure not moving, but where that plume of heavy snow sets up, that is the challenge for the forecast. The Storm Timeline brings the snow, patchy light snow and flurries into the metro around lunchtime and thats the case for the afternoon and evening hours, with the steadier snow through southeast mass as well as rhode island and connecticut and the steady snow continues tonight and winds down quickly after midnight tonight. So its gone by tomorrow morning. How much snow . The light shading of blue, i plan out three inches of snow in the city. Northwest of there, around an inch an inch or so. And as you head south of town, 36 inches of snow. Pembroke, 610 inches in new bedford and out on to the cape as well as the islands. Chris, your turn. Jr, a lot of snow on this and a lot of wind. Checking the observations out of delaware. Wind gusts to 75 Miles Per Hour. Coastal flooding as we speak. Ocean city, new jersey seeing a lot of that, too. So the travel conditions, i think we are okay for a while here from boston to worcester at least through the early afternoon. And you have the steadier snow along the south coast later this afternoon. Still fair, close to route 44 and up to the south shore by mid to Late Afternoon. Okay in the city of boston. Patchy light snow breaking out at this time. You work into later this evening and this will be the time frame to start watching what happens down through southeastern mass, to south shore, the cape and the islands. There may be the secondary wave with the ocean storm to the south and east that brings in heavier snow down this way. I do expect poor travel down through the south shore. Down through the cape and the islands, this evening through midnight tonight. City of boston, its manageable. We are expecting 23 inches of snow from boston and we will have good travel later on tonight. Southern New Hampshire. Wind speeds gusting 5060 Miles Per Hour and there is the risk of moderate coastal flooding. Pockets of moderate flooding tomorrow morning during the hide tide at 11 00 in the morning. More onto forecast to come. Chris, thank you. While most of new england will he be spared for most of the blizzard it is affecting millions down the east coast. Several deaths being blamed often it and it could be ranked you have the worst. A monster storm barrels up the east coast. A quarter of the u. S. Population in its path. This is the view from space as it covers the country. 30 Million People under blizzard warnings as the storm moves north. People bracing for high winds and record amounts of snow. Shovels are out in parts of the south after Mother Nature brought the bitter air and a storm hit early friday and transformed this highway into a parking lot. In other areas, trucks slid off roads and people pushed cars. Even emergency vehicles like this fire truck stuck in the snow. As the snowflakes fly, store shelves have emptied. I am m going to grab some last minute snacks here before they decide to close. One of the stores biggest target targets, washington d. C. Some decided to play in the cold while others jog looking as if they are dressed for summer even as the snowfalls. The mayor issuing an ominous warning for people to stay safe. I want to be very clear with everybody. We see this as a major storm. It has life and death implications. Chris welch reporting there. If you are on the go, you can always get live updates by going weather section at whdh. Com for our interactive radar. You also have another option, you can download the 7news mobile and tablet app. Now to the pats and the playoffs. The team getting a big sent off from fans at gillette on friday. There they are landing in colorado. They can taking on the broncos sunday to see who gets to go to the big show, the super bowl. We have all the details from denver. Coming to you from denver, colorado. Just outside mile high stadium. The patriots and broncos one game away from reaching the super bowl and locking in on the task at hand while limiting distractions will be a huge key in trying to find the slight edge for sunday. And no team in the nfl may be better than that than the pat ri patriots. Rest of the patriots. They look to avenge their week 12 loss. Dante hightower didnt even finish that game. Very frustrating. This is a different game. This definitely a Different Team with a different mindset so we have a good game plan. And this will feature Julian Edelman. He had a few key drops. Something he worked on during the week. Going out and catching extra balls. You know, plain and simple. The game comes down to fundamentals. Getting up and catching the ball and thats my job. The broncos have the task of making sure edelman and the rest of the offense fails to do their job and advance to a ninth super bowl win in franchise history. Challenge. They have a lot of quick tight end who can run, who can catch, who can create space and they have tom brady, so i think that speaks for itself. It is a very tough task but i think we are ready for it. Bronco defense going to be in for a totally different look than the one they saw in week 12. A contest that Rob Gronkowski didnt even finish. Make sure to stay with 7news with continuing coverage live from denver. We will be live throughout the weekend. Do you have a prediction for the big game . We are going to win. No scores, just we will score more points than they do . Yes, we will win. Nancys analysis. Tv 12 isnt the only star they are hoping is going to come up big. Who fans hope will shine in the mile high city. Looks warm out in denver and for the game tomorrow, clouds, a few showers in the 40s. Boston, your forecast is up next. And you are taking a live look at d. C. , the white house this winter storm hitting the east coast hard. 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Particular lay particular white today. If you look closely, you see the president with the snow shovel probably has people to do that for him. Probably. This is where we have the snow happening right now and it will be with them for a few more hours. And then the attention will focus in new england. Snowing heavily in new york city, long island, its snowing heavily. Washington d. C. , philadelphia, long island and Marthas Vineyard will be under the warning. And even new york city over a foot of snow by the time it winds down tonight. Fairfax virginia, 17 inches. Alexandria, d. C. , this is at Reagan Reagan international 14 inches. Reagan national and dallas. 1922, 28 inches of snow. They will approach that number later this afternoon and then the storm pulls out of the mid Atlantic States in the evening hours. In new england, no advisory es advisory ies in the city of boston. We have a Winter Weather advisory that is purple and pink is the winter storm warning and red is the blizzard storm warning that will be in effect vineyard. This heavy plume of snow the dry air will chew up the Northern Edge of the snow band thanks to arctic High Pressure. High pressure and low pressure. The difference of the pressure between these two are setting up the wind. There may not be anything in the form of snow flurry activity in boston, but its windy. So even though the city doesnt get much snow there had be a lot of wind out there this afternoon, overnight tonight and tomorrow morning. You notice the h and l, they are checking each other out and just not far from each other. That will set up wind this afternoon. So patchy light snow and flurries in the city of boston. Steadier snow. It continues until 2 00 or 3 00 in the morning and then winds down tomorrow morning. For the rest of us its all over by early tomorrow morning. The amount of snow on the way, smallest numbers are up through the Merrimack Valley and plan on one to two inches of snow. Coach, new south coast, new bedford. Plenty of snow and plenty of wind down that way. We have a high wind warning for the cape and nantucket for gusts 60 Miles Per Hour this afternoon into the overnight hours tonight. The concern around the midday high tide, pockets of moderate coastal flooding. Moderate flooding from hull to the cape and over to nantucket and especially the east and north facing shorelines. High tide 11 00 in boston. Sandwich after 11 00 and noon time in nantucket and the water getting pinned in onto strong northerly winds. Keeping it is more prone to it during that high tide versus what we will see on tonights high tide. How about a power outage . You combine the wind and heavy wet snow, the best chance to see outages through the cape and the islands. 32 in boston. 23 in bedford. Heres the coastal front and you are beginning to see a little moisture converge along that. If you are seeing spitting snow and flurries, thats along the coastal front and it will set up the coastal air from the dryer air from the east. About 1015 degrees and that could create a little snow too. We have a little snow in the forecast, north and west of boston. Sunshine back, gusty wind in the morning. They will subside by Late Afternoon and this is not like last year where you get a snowstorm and it doesnt melt. We will get snow on this one and get melting temperatures as we enter next week. Especially on tuesday. All right. Thanks for that update. Coming up, do you have your pats gear out and ready for the big game . We are one day away for the team dueling it out with the Denver Broncos. Who do fans want to see in since 1961, Pearle Vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. 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And you could get a 100 rebate from your energy company. Learn more at nest. Com rebates. Hmm hmm hmmhmmhmmhmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmhmm let us be lovers, well marry our fortunes together [ cheering ] ive got some real estate here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to look for america im bernie sanders, we are keeping an eye on the storm hammers the eastern coast. How much snow will be see locally . Heres what washington d. C. Looks like right now. Just past 9 30. Thanks for makes us a part of your saturday morning. Im chris anderson. And im nancy chin. No snow in boston just yet but Flights Canceled all over and places Like Washington d. C. Could see up to two feet of snow there. Are being told to stay home. Stay safe if you can. Scott is live in washington d. C. , are people listening to the warnings and staying indoors . Yea, they really seem to be. We havent seen anybody out here. We have seen a couple of snowmobiles out here oddly because thats what you can do with it. What you see is what you get in d. C. , plenty of snow constantly falling. What you cant see is some of the sights. The Capitol Building is down the street on a normal day, but to see it today is not a chance. By the time we are done we have about a foot of snow on the ground right now. We could have double that later on today. The historic and crippling storm is pounding much of the eastern u. S. It is expected to create dangerous conditions through saturday night. It is intensifying over North Carolina and could bring a foot of snow to new york city and capitol. At least eight people have died in weather related accidents in kentucky, North Carolina and virginia and 85 Million People are in the storms path. Citizens are strongly encouraged to remain indoors and off the streets. And 130,000 customers are without power and a snow emergency in washington d. C. In kentucky the National Guard has been rescuing drivers trapped in their vehicles on an icy interstate highway. Stop trapped for 12 hours. We have stuff in there to keep warm with, you know. And its just part of every day living. And the countrys air traffic is at a virtual stand still with more than 7600 Flights Canceled this weekend. Mentioned how theres hardly anyone down here near the capitol or National Mall and part of that is because the metro is not running today. It will not run for the entire weekend because officials want people to stay inside of their homes. Even if you did want to venture out of your car you would have a hard time doing that. A lot of the streets havent been plowed. If you have an suv you might be able to get by, but mostly right now weve seen snowplows working on the main drag which is how officials want to see it kept. And scott, you mention for the most part the streets are pretty abandoned out there. I know washington d. C. Is not hit as much as we are in boston with snowstorms, but do you feel like city officials are prepared for this . Well, its odd. On wednesday we had got just a light dusting of snow. Really unprepared for that. The streets werent treated. It caused massive gridlock. A colleague of mine that lived 17 miles out of town, he had to stay out of town halfway because he wasnt going to make it. That was with an inch. When they heard it would get up to 30 inches they want to take more precautions. They are more prepared out. Theres 50 front end loaders to get the street cleared and get 39 tons of salt on the road to hopefully get things back to normal early next week. Scott down in d. C. And thats the storm system east of there trying to move north. Look at this stat light picture here. As a kid studying meteorologist, this is what we drool over. And even know im a little a husband and a father, no, i dont need another snow blitz. So its someone elses turn. Blizzard warning in effect. City. That goes for the rest of the day. Marthas vineyard will be under that warning this afternoon. Snow. Thats a new report. Philadelphia 15 inches of snow. Baltimore, maryland 12. Central park snowing heavily, six inches of snow and reports of flurries here in massachusetts. This picture is from actually its chris lamberts college roommate. He took this picture and this is down in the virginia area. He told me 2024. Hard to miss because of the drifting. Any stories you want to share . Not that he would want me to share. Thank you tj if you are winds gusting 6570 Miles Per Hour. Hour. There have been reports of flurries trying to develop in metro boston. And the radar is up in the clouds detecting snowflakes but there is a lot of dry air between the cloud and where we are and the dry air is chewing up the snowflakes as they fall out of the sky. It will be a struggle to get any significant snow. Boston north. Farther south its a real deal in terms of who is going to get how much snow and it looks like it will be a plowable event. No so far from the city of boston. 13 inches in the light shading of blue along the mass pike. Downtown boston, i plan on three. Pembroke and plymouth and in this area it will be a light and fluffy snow. In these locations, basically east of route 24 it is a heavy, wet pasty snow so remember, bend at the knees. To send me pictures of new york city, travel conditions good through noon. And traveling down the 95 stretch, south of providence into connecticut. This will he tricky down in new bedford. Now the time frame is watch to the south and east of boston is the evening through about midnight, 2 00 in the morning where we could get heavier bands so traveling poor down route 3 and 24 this evening and overnight tonight. Until 1 00 to 2 00 in the morning. After that the snow will turn off quickly from the northwest to southeast. The winds gusting 4550 to 60 Miles Per Hour. Wind advise ory on the north shore. We do expect minor coastal flooding around tomorrows high tide around 11 00 in the morning. It will give us coastal flooding. Take a look at the sevenday forecast. We get some melting done early next week. Thanks for the update. We have a spectacular view for you this morning. This is from out of this world literally. U. S. Astronaut scott kelly tweeting this photo from the International Space station and shows the massive snowstorm coast visible from his view all the way up in space. How neat is that to see . If you are on the go, dobt dont worry about it. Head to the weather section on whdh. Com and if you prefer download the mobile and tablet apps to stay on top of it. Pats are so close, one win away from heading to the super bowl and it means a lot for julian he had will Julian Edelman in particular. More on how hes making up for lost tiechl. Julian edelman gave the pats a post season boost when he returned from injury last week. After blaming himself for a few drops, edelman is using every minute to improve for the game in denver. Go out and catching extra balls. Plain and simple. If the game comes down to fundamentals, go out and catch the ball. Thats my job. Fans are convinced he will do his job just fine. The first game back, get the jitters out, get the bearings down and you got the high altitude. He will be back no problem. You see the offense run and its all momentum. Hes huge to the team. Even if hes not fully healed, fans are convinced he will be good enough. Im not sure hes 100 but he has a big heart and at the point to step it up and we need him. Edelman is back on the roller coaster and doesnt want the ride to end. Its been a journey and im trying to keep that journey going. Be sure to stay with 7news for continuing coverage live from denver. Players including the final Injury Report on whdh. Com as well as the 7news mobile and tablet apps. A lot of excitement. Lets go pats. Still ahead, new england mayor has more on the line than the birth of the super bowl for the patriots its about time the taco. Came out of its shell. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. That sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Unleash the power of dough. As a Small Business owner, heres one thing you can rely on your business will change as it grows. Whether its new space, more employees, or better equipment, fast. But if your network cant keep up, it can really slow you down. And thats not good for business. Thankfully, a switch to the 100 Fiber Optic Network of verizon fios is all it takes to keep everything moving in the right direction. With fios you get 99. 9 Network Reliability and the fastest wifi available, with uploads as fast as downloads. But you also get something more. A network that can move as fast as your business does. Meg or higher internet and phone and get 250 back. Small business is better good morning, welcome back. A winter storm warning nantucket, cape cod. Buzzards bay, south shore. Boston, nothing is in effect but you will have snow in the city through the afternoon. Essentially its 12hour storm and the snow. Its an all or nothing forecast. Some of you will walk away and say it was a terrible forecast. Others will say, spot on. The challenge is going to be boston south. Especially south of town. That is the very difficult forecast. Right now Doppler Radar showing a couple flurries and also it looks like weve got this wall of snow advancing, but what is going on a the radar beam up in the cloudy texting flakes but its not reaching the ground for the most part. Connecticut, it is snowing steadily. You see this deep shade of blue approaching the island . That is a plume of heavy snow. Does it hold together and how far north does it work up to buzzards bay before it pulls back out of here with the dry air trying to fend off these heavy band of snow that are storm. High pressure will not move. It will force the storm to go right and go out underneath of new england. In doing so it will keep extreme south new england prone to the plumes of heavy snow. The Snowfall Forecast in terms of the timeline shows heavy snow developing. The steadiest will be across southeast massachusetts, dukes county and nantucket with lighter snow around the city of boston. It will wind down around the metro. Might take a little lock longer may not taper off until 4 00 or 5 00, but after 7 00 we are quiet. So the Snowfall Forecast, again its a challenge south of town. I think boston, i would focus on the three more than the one. We will say 12, south of town 36 inches. Leaning on the higher end of these numbers. Pembroke and preliminary plymouth plymouth. And traveling is good through the first part of the afternoon. So if you have date night north of town keep it intact. City of boston, fair conditions. Allow extroo time. Conditions. Chris lambert picks it up from here weve been talking about what to expect snow wise and in fact, when you look down into pennsylvania, there is over 100 miles stretch of 0 snow to about 30 inches to the south. So its very sharp. They are dealing with the mid atlantic to the southern show line to delaware and maryland and even parts of virginia. Moderate thome o major coastal flooding. We do expect moderate pockets of coastal flooding in our area the high tide around 11 00 in the morning and more susceptible through sandwich over to the cape and nantucket. The north and east facing expecting minor coastal flooding. And perhaps moderate coastal flooding across nantucket. The wind, the other part of this storm. So we are talking snow totals. Close to a half foot of snow and higher farther to the south you go down route three and down to 44 here. And its heavy wet snow with gusts closing in on 50 Miles Per Hour. Could see a few gusts across the cape and the islands, close to 55 or 60. We could melt some snow. Upper 40s. 48. Thanks, chris. Still ahead, a brewery bet on the patriots. Theres a group of brewers it is crunch time for the pats to take on the broncos in a mile while all eyes are on brady and manning, theres another brewing off the field. Crunch time isnt time to crumpling the broncos. We are in new england here. Sam adams brewery is taking on a denver beer company. 7 steve cooper has a closer look at the bearded bet these guys are making. We are all very attached to our beards here. Sam adams brewery employee is putting his beard on the line this weekend in the name of the new england patriots. Its my faith in the patriots i believe they are going to win. Its not going to be a problem. Im not worried. He and his coworkers posing for a picture accepted a bet with these guys across the country. If the broncos win the guys have to shave their beard and if the pats beat the broncos we are going to go clean shaven. It began when the facial haired workers fired off this tweet challenging sam adams saying losers shave their beards you win, we are. Im confident we are not going to be shaving. The pats have a tough time. Sam adams brewer and founder jim cook told us his crew would never pass up a challenge, especially when we are talking pat reet riots patriots. Sam adam was the original new england patriot. We have to put our beards on the line. He says he will dust off his clippers just in case, but is confident his beard is staying put. Here in the city of boston its mandated. We understand we are going to win. Thats how we feel bit. Sounds cocky but thats how we feel about our team. Confidence. Sam adams is so much better anyways. We win on every single level. Players. Parts of the east coast on rolls in. We will have one final check of lets get one final check of your forecast. Couple flurries and snow. This will be what we watch this morning as the heavier snow which is now approaching the how far north does it make it up to buzzard bay . Upwards of a coating possible. I think the city of boston around three inches of snow and by tonight. Thanks for the update. That is all the time we have this morning for 7news today in new england. Thank you for watching, im chris anderson. And as a Small Business owner, you know things have a way but if your network cant keep up, it can really slow you down. So switch to the 100 Fiber Optic Network of verizon and the fastest wifi available. For a network that moves as fast as your business. Right now, upgrade to fios 50 meg or higher internet and phone and get 250 back. Call or go online today. Small business is better on a better network. Welcome aboard my starship. Ahoy, mateys its full of things i love. 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