weather. not just rainfall, and also the potential for higher elevation snowfall for gusty winds, as well. i think the issue is going to be, because of the terrain that we re dealing with, i ll show you the map in a second, is going to be for search, or perhaps rescue efforts in the next 12 to 24 hours. as this low continues to move in. it is going to be bringing very low visibility, along with some gusty winds, and also the potential for rain at the destination city. but you work your way a little bit higher and you start climbing in elevation and we start talking about some snowfall here. and it will be heavy at times in the next 12 to 24 hours. quick check of the three-day forecast here. again, this is for yasuj. this is the area, this is the destination city that they were coming from, from tehran. in fact that s about 550 kilometers to the south. there s tehran there. this is the area where they lost contact with that aircraft there. and it was just about 80 kilometers short of th
at the present. the prison had been closed but was reopened after riots broke out in two other prisons. dozens of inmates died in the fighting. the alleged ring leaders have been moved to a facility. a powerful winter storm that pummeled the southeast and u.s. is barreling up the east coast. it has been blamed for dozens of vehicle pileups and car crashes on slick roads. the snow, ice, and high winds have knocked out power to thousands of people and grounded thousands of flights. so where is the snow headed next. meteorologist, derrick van dam joins us with the latest on that. not everyone thinks it is all that bad. of course, this little boy behind me, creating snow angels, he enjoyed it in raleigh, north carolina. they got about 3 inches of snow on the ground, some higher elevation snowfall there. we have roughly about a foot of snow.
rain/snow mix across alabama and central georgia and carolinas. on the cold side, it transitions to snowfall. that s why we have winter storm warnings and watches in effect from raleigh through metro atlanta. how much snow can we anticipate? 2 to 4 inches in atlanta with the potential for higher elevation snowfall. especially to the southern appalachian. we have 8 to 10 inches scenario below a foot of snow answticipad for the higher elevation locations. much-needed rainfall to california here, but is it too much? only time will tell. potential of flooding exists for that area. temperatures cooling off for the eastern half of the u.s. back to you. all right. snow and ski. let s get a check on cnn money stream. a look at stocks around the world. on pins and needles this morning. ahead of the final jobs report
2015. 5% of normal. that s what we ve had in the way of accumulated snow when it comes to the average snow depth. take a look at the perspective this time last month. about.9% snow kovrk. up to about 31% in the snow coverage area from mountain ma mammoth. it s improving very quickly. another storm system coming in. higher elevation snowfall. above 7,000 feet, decent accumulation. another storm comes in later on monday into tuesday. you would imagine winter weather advisors locked in this region with additional accumulations. the purple puts us in 12 to 18 inches in snow over that area. certainly fantastic news. across parts of the south eastern u.s., it has been the opposite in the way of moisture in the way of rainfall across
will drop 15 to 20 degrees in a few places. in northern new england, 55. it makes it to 50 degrees. that is the temperature across boston. 10 to 13 degrees below what it is this time yesterday. the cooling trend is in place. look at the cool air. cold air settles in as we head in from saturday into sunday. in fact, some high elevation snowfall is possible. on the lighter end. some areas of northern new england could have a couple inches of snowfall saturday into sunday. scattered showers today. the vast majority on the dry side as the large area of high pressure is establishing itself. temperatures in the near 60s is what you would expect for this time of year. you take your high temperature and go up into the mid-90s in little rock. temperatures in the 60s in the northeast. significant cooling ahead of us here. thank you, pedram. a wild night in toronto.