warm side with highs into the 70s. we have areas of rain across texas and the gulf coast. we will have heavy rain. in the pacific northwest we have had days and days of heavy rain of flooding concerns and it does condition tod continue today. we have another storm system producing heavy rains and high elevation snowfall. avalanche scenes are high up here with several warnings in effect. by thursday great lakes and northeast into the carolinas be prepared another surge of cold air. new york city highs only in the 20 s. in buffalo the warmest it will get is 15 degrees. that s a forecast high for thursday. we will have snowfall especially interior sections of the
enjoy it while you have it because this mild air is not going to be sticking around for long. we have more arctic air moving south ward especially toward the great lakes and northeast. along parts of the gulf coast we have showers and storms expected today in the pacific northwest. the same goes for you in very high elevation snowfall with avalanche danger out here. a number of warnings are in effect and flood warnings as well in terms of avalanches and floodings. your highs will be dropping. take a look at wednesday. thursday only in the teens in buffalo and mid 20 s in new york city. brian, let s head back to you. i will have updates on that possible storm coming up wednesday. straight ahead, a college basketball coach is accused of bullying a player to the point of suicidal thoughts. kelly greenburg is under investigation after several players have said her verbal abuse with a so bad they walked away from the team and their $60,000 scholarship.
it is still unsettled. expect more rainfall and higher elevation snowfall. significant snowfall has been recorded across parts of the cascade sierra nevada over a foot of snow in the areas. we have seen reports of wind gusts over 100 miles per hour across the state of washington and other gone and significant rainfall as well. take a look at some of these reports. in oregon 7 inches in some spots. washington over 6 inches of course that rain is still coming down. thank you very much heather. appreciate it. making it more enjoyable some are offering free yoga some are giving food shots and also christmas carollers. what do you do to pass the time at the airport. here are some of your responses. someone tweeted us this. i see how fast i can go on the
saharan dust that has blown from the strong winds from the low that s been meandering here across the mediterranean. it is heading north and east. we ll keep you posted on that situation. if you re watching us from the united states and watching us particularly from the southeastern u.s., you know we ve been getting clocked the last several hours here with a severe weather threat that is beginning to diminish now. a very dynamic system here. a low to the north look at the snow that is going to accumulate here across the midwest. it s this trailing front here, a squall line that has been prompting not only tornado watch boxes but also tornado county warnings the last several hours with significant damage across the southeast. and then there s this storm here. going to bring some rain to san francisco. higher elevation snowfall and levels dropping to 150 meters, impressive stuff. but this will be clearing out in time for the big show there on sunday in los angeles for the oscars. back
problems and i m happy to see that people are taking those warnings and evacuating out of those areas. it s really important to take this very seriously. we ve seen a lot of rain, between 5-20 inches, generally, across southern california, and like you said, it is not over just yet. here we have the low pressure system moving eastward, ahead it, a lot of rain around san diego and los angeles, bakersfield and east of san francisco and also higher elevation snowfall in the sierra, but that s high up, about 7000, 8000 feet, that s where we ve seen the really impressive snowfall amounts, up to 13 feet of snow. otherwise, the rain, reallile big story and later on this afternoon we ll see thunderstorms firing up that could potentially produce some severe weather. we re talking hail and isolated brief tornadoes and even damaging wind gusts, and that can add to the problems we re already seeing because of the rain and also flash flood warnings, that s east of los angeles and also including las