supposed to be gone by 10:00 a.m. let s revisit the first part of the story, cold in the east, drought in the west. california is facing a historic drought situation, but the soggy irony is the rain coming won t help. just too much all at once as much of the state expected to get hammered over the next couple of days with heavy rain and snow. that could spell disaster in that mudslide prone area with the foot hills east of l.a. michaela pereira went out there to cover the oscars but the news comes first. reporter: that old saying chris be careful what you wish for. california needed rain desperately. here it comes. right now so much of it, so fast all at once it s expected and that s what s putting folks on alert. officials and residents on high alert overnight as the latest pacific storm system threatens to wreak havoc on the west coast. dumping up to six inches of rain
it feels even colder of course with the windchill. now we re gearing up for another round of snow next week. indra petersons is keeping track of all the winter weather for us. potential for record-breaking lows this morning. new york feels like 5 below this morning. through the afternoon, it s expected to be colder than yesterday into the northeast. temperatures 20, 25 below average. temperatures as high as below freezing today. definitely a tough story for the midwest and the east with the cold. out west, still looking at drought conditions. 26% of the state seeing the highest category of drought out there. that is key because they re looking at the biggest winter storm they ve seen in three years. even a severe weather threat with isolated tornados could be out there. expected to make its way across the country. who s going to get it? it all depends on the position of the low. one dropping it farther south
of course, oscar sunday, yes, the showers must be gone before 10:00 a.m. a big story there as well. that s a new word. reinforcing cold. i think we got a lot of them at this point. they re living up to their names. wichita state s shockers. they have played 30 games and won all of them. just one more to go to make it a perfect season. we ll tell you who they re up against. hey guys! sorry we re late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life.
few lines and the director kept inviting me back. people were coming up and saying hey, you re good at this. i said, i would love to do this. is this legal? mcconaughey s a charmer with an easy laugh and a knack for telling a good story. at the end of every good meal you have a little fortune. advice is like kissing. what s the best advice you ever received? i m going to say do it with pleasure. it s been a pleasure. thank you sir. i ll see you oscar night. i think you were trying to get a kiss out of matthew mcconaughey. i cannot confirm nor deny. he was once the king of the romantic comedy and now he s really doing some very good
wind chills feeling like below zero. new york city feels like minus 5. boston feels like 6 below. even as we warm up we re talking about feeling below freezing. 30 degrees below where we should be. it s not even the big headlining story it s about what s going on out west. why? biggesting drought they ve ever seen, 26% of the state. now they are looking for the biggest rain storm they ve seen in three years. the ground can t handle it. it acts like concrete. the water will run off and huge flooding concerns. once it makes its way across the country it will be a snow maker sunday and monday. who will get the heaviest snow that s the big question. maybe the northeast. one brings it further south towards the mid-atlantic. we have to northern to see where this guy goes once it exits california. it s staying cold for some time. still another reinforcing blast of cold air. for oscar sunday the storm is