meteorologist alexandra steele has a sneak peek of your sunday forecast. good morning, gary. hi, everyone, good morning to you. new york city, an april day yesterday, feeling like it anyway. temperatures in the 60s. is that heat over? and where s the rain and the fog? talk a little chinook action, instances and snow out west. all the details coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes. gary? i love the word chinook. when we come back, i want to ask you, what does that mean? chinook-y a snooki chinook-y wind? i ll ask but that shortly. an iced-in alaskan town is months away from running out of fuel. help is on the way in the bering strait. more on the historic mission in a minute. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i ll be right back. they didn t take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ?
chinook wind can eat away, it s called a snow eater. it can eat away a foot of snow in a day. it s a warm wind. there you go with that. talk about some winds. these are not courtesy of instances or chinook winds, with we have seen some incredibly warm temperatures. this is just warm air coming up from the gulf. look at this, newark, new jersey, 60s yesterday. new york city, 62, more like an april day than a day in january. temperatures are warm today. continuing and will stay warm for tomorrow, as well. tomorrow, new york, six degrees above where we should be this time of year. atlanta should be a 52, how about 67, and all the way pretty dramatic in minot, 26 degree above average. so jet stream continues to be well far to the north. keeping any of that arctic air locked up in canada and certainly not allowing the u.s. to get in on the action. in terms of what we re seeing in the southeast, if you re getting out now in atlanta or charlotte, new orleans, waking up and can t see anythin
missed the new hampshire debate last night. plus, if you re driving while sick, one study says it s just as bad as driving while drunk. why you shouldn t get behind the wheel if you re not feeling too well. and is there ever enough time in the day? we ll give you an idea about some extra time on the clock later this year. we ll explain. we start with politics and the race to be the republican presidential nominee. the new hampshire primary is now just two days away, so you could have expected fireworks at last night s abc news debate in manchester. well you may have been disappointed. there were a few shots fired, but surprisedi in surprisingl front-runner mitt romney wasn t always the target. we have the highlights. reporter: good morning, gary. round one of this doubleheader of debates this weekend up here in new hampshire is over, and guess what front-runner mitt romney is still the front-runner. the former massachusetts governor who s way ahead in polls in new