pack away their sweaters or jackets too early this season, because temperatures are going to be running anywhere from 10 to 25 degrees below where they should be this time of year. take, for instance, atlanta. today 53 degrees. we should be 77 this time of year. cooling off nicely into d.c. as well as new york for the entire weekend. in fact, this cold stretch of air s going to last right through mother s day weekend, so get used to it across the southeast. above-average temperatures, however, expected for the northern plains. here s a look at our flood threat today stretching from ohio through parts of illinois and into missouri. still our departing storm system bringing quite a bit of rainfall to this area, including the mid-atlantic states. you ve got a wet day from new york into washington, norfolk as well as charlotte, nashville, and charleston. here s a look at our rainfall totals. we re anticipating anywhere from 1 to 3, even locally higher amounts across much of the mid-atlanti
get significant amounts of snowfall, especially when one of those bands of snow comes over your house for an extended period of time. saah pour owe, you have another cold stretch of air coming and more snowfall in the forecast as this cold blast of air continues to travel south. i want to end with this. another part of the world win credible sights at the moment. this is finland. northern lights display of note. george, we sped this up a bit. i have to show the viewers. it s phenomenal. it s something i ve always wanted to see. have you seen it? i have. in michigan, that s far enough north where we have seen it. this is cnn newsroom. still ahead, the trump team insists it s time to move on. we ll have more on the president-elect s response to reports that russia helped him to win the election. plus, why one american company is actually firing russian hackers. we re live from atlanta. broadcasting here at home and at
country is dealing with all of the storm systems. overnight, snow, snow and more snow. after a weekend storm dropped as much as 16 inches of snow in maine, another round of wintry weather is on its way to wallop the northeast. making this the fifth blast of arctic chill this month. this latest round of brutal wintry weather caused this delta plaenl in wisconsin to skid off the runway monday night while taxiing at the dane county airport. delta saying snow along the runway is to blame. no injuries were reported. this new storm system started in the midwest and is bringing heavier snow to cities in the northeast like new york and boston. between 4 and 6 inches of snow in providence, boston and portland could likely cause significant travel delays. we re only halfway through december but already millions of people have been dealing with the deep freeze. duluth, minnesota, saw their longest cold stretch in december since 1972. and chicago s negative 6 degree day on december 10th ranks as
dropped as much as 16 inches of snow in maine, another round of wintry weather is on its way to wallop the northeast. making this the fifth blast of arctic chill this month. this latest round of brutal wintry weather caused this delta plane to skid off the runway while taxiing at the dane county airport. delta saying snow along the runway is to blame. no injuries were reported. this new storm system started in the midwest and is bringing heavier snow to cities in the northeast like new york and boston between 4 and 6. s of snow in providence, boston and portland could likely cause significant travel delays. we re only halfway through december but already millions of people have been dealing with the deep freeze. duluth, minnesota, saw their longest cold stretch in december since 1972. and chicago s negative 6 degree day on december 10th ranks as the coldest day in the windy city since the 70s. why all the frigid wintry weather cycles? the jet stream or river of air that acts as of di