delayed. but only 140 or so were canceled. so you got there, but you were late. so the wind for today, right now the wind in central park is 12. gusting to 20. so we re nowhere near that threshold. as the hours to on, those winds will pick up. in fact, just last hour, la guardia had a gust to 36. now the parade isn t at la guardia. the parade is downtown in the buildings so we will see what happens hear. there s a big storm out west and that will affect your trip home as you work into friday, saturday, and sunday. high wind advisories, it s still blowing out there in other areas. it s still snowing out west. but watch this. watch the timeline. we start here at 11:00 and we move you into friday. everything is good east coast. west coast, a mess. if you re skiing, you love it. if you don t, you re not. here s saturday 12:00. you can still get anywhere you
it s almost like a summer morning. some of that will work east. everyone else, it s another day to bundle yourself up. even north florida is in the low 40s this morning. as far as the big storm out west, mostly the worst of it will be in the northern rockies. blizzard warnings for areas of montana. tons of snow out here with lots of strong, gusty winds. the white is the snow already falling. some rain mixing at the higher elevations with the snow. almost the entire state of montana is covered with a good snowfall. the forecast for today, after a cold start, a nice afternoon in the southeast. new england, slow improvement. we will see late day rain in minneapolis. the rest of the country looks okay. through the weekend, that storm heads into the heartland. all right. we ll check back in a little bit. peyton s potential pizza payday. headlines are next. plus, the company that vows to hire 100,000 veterans. you re watching first look on msnbc. wanna see me get some great deals?
through some of these towns when i was out there tornado chasing. not a lot of people live in this area. it s mostly the truckers that are being inconvenienced by the shutdowns of the interstates. i think by later today, the storm will weaken enough that those will be opened up, and for traveling, should be okay. now, the moisture streaming out ahead of this typically when we get a big storm out west in december, it heads east and we re talking about snow all along it, but temperatures are so warm in the eastern half of the country, this is mostly just rain this morning coming up through st. louis, peoria, lafayette. a little, narrow sliver of snow near ft. wayne, but even there, the temperature s near 34, so it s melting when it hits the pavement. same story for northern ohio, where you may see some snowflakes, but the ground should be fine. we ve got rain and thunderstorms heading from areas from houston to shreveport. louisiana will get some downpours as this goes through, also in
you re with everybody else. millions of people will still be doing that today. finally, the winds have stopped blowing. if you shovel it, it won t come back this time. new york city, 20 in central park, 18 in boston. that is the top 10 snowstorms for boston, all time, goes back 130 years, you re living history. winds, a little breezy but not half as bad as yesterday. wrchs, windchills, 5 in boston and breezy in new york, highs about 30 or 35. warmer temperatures ahead as we head towards the new year. it s cold this morning in florida. a freeze for our friends in orlando. 29 degrees. it s been a very very cold december up and down the east coast. that will change. today, 39 in d.c., 45 in atlanta, as i mentioned, the big storm out west, that s the next storm. that will be heading to the midwest with blizzard conditions
this point. we have to throw the money at the big budget things that we need done for the long-term survival of the country. if we don t and we keep nickel and diming and trying to say we re going to do it for a political point much more ahead this morning including senator chuck schumer and the washington post s david ignatius. up next we ll ask republican senator bob corker why he broke with party leadership over the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. we ll also bring in nbc s andrea mitchell. first, here is bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? mika, everyone wants to know where is this big storm on the west coast traveling. today s forecast, no problems in the big cities in the east. just snowshowers around boston. the big storm out west hitting hard from san diego to los angeles. today that s where the wet weather going to be. everyone east of the rockies is just fine. here is a breakdown of the christmas travel trouble. the storm along the gulf on