big travel hubs in the mid-atlanta county, like that and c pretty good and that s great news. temperature-wise as well. 4 in rapid ski. 33 in minneapolis. we were so cold the last couple of week us about this is the current wind chills, not bad. it s moved to the north across canada. and that s where we like to see that it cold this time of year. that at lease for now is gone we have the storm this is not a huge storm right now moving across the great lakes, headed in towards areas of a wisconsin. that might bring two or the inches of snow but we have another one across the west thatting bringing rain and we ll see snow levels get very low here across southern california. sounds good what does it look like for christmas day? this does become our big weathermaker. we haul ain ts could of winter weather advisory in effect, including this green. that s a blizzard watch and christmas day that s where the storm will be.
the country because of that. here s a look at some of that snow affecting the roads in new york. schools are closing early but again, these are big travel hubs and the effect is one we re watching. meteorologist janice dean is tracking this storm in the fox extreme weather center. those pictures tell the story, don t they? i m not sure where this one is coming from. jenna: i think this is philadelphia. yes. it s snow to go beat the band and jenna, did you bring your puffy coat today? it s not gone away this entire winter. fantastic. jenna: the puffy coat is here to stay. we re going to have twitter with jen and the puffy coat. the temperatures are going to drop considerably so d.c., philadelphia, new york, you re into the snow right now and philadelphia is getting the heaviest snow right at this time with 21 degrees. the temperature is going to continue to drop throughout the afternoon and the evening. let s take a look at as we go further out in time, the
for us now. this house hearing so far, describe the tone and focus for us. reporter: the fa, a is required to cut $637 million, that has an impact on the almost 13,000 air traffic controllers. a number of lawmakers say the faa s move to furlough air traffic colors raises serious questions about about safety and operational issues. and one of of the leading committee republicans sounds irritating. there are all sorts of ideas floating around, and yet the administration refuses to come to the table and talk about it. instead, they simply start shutting down airports, if you will, closing towers, and now furloughing airline controllers, airport controllers. reporter: lawmakers representing some of the big travel hubs such as chicago s o hare, dfw and atlanta have a question whether there was a way to make sure the huge airports
what happens when you have another storm on top of the one that you already have now? we do have tonight and monday before all of this starts to get going. but it s going to happen. winter storm watch now posted not for tonight but for tuesday and wednesday all the way across maryland, including washington, d.c. and into northern virginia and baltimore. this means we re seeing the potential for five inches or more of snow with a brand new storm system and it s not just the d.c. area that will be affected. right now we re tracking snow working its way across nebraska into kansas city. check out minneapolis getting hit with snow. maybe not such a big deal but how about a foot of snow over the next couple days? this big storm system that s taking shape across the country will affect cities like minneapolis and other big travel hubs. a winter storm warning is in effect for tonight. it s already just started. that will go until tomorrow. but then tuesday and wednesday, monday and tuesday, w