Might start to get a little bit of an improvement there. How much snow are we talking about . This pink area, that could be up to two feet of snow across southeastern new england and even this purple area we now extend into northern new jersey including new york we could be talking about well over a foot of snow if all the ingredients come together. Pelley david, what are the dangers here . Well, the big danger is the blizzard conditions. What does a blizzard exactly mean . We showed you how much snow were going to expect but when youre talking about a blizzard, youre talking about powerful winds. In this case we would see gusts up to 60 miles per hour. That means Power Outages will be likely, and nearzero visibility at times scott. So people are going to have to be prepared to shelter in place where they are and they might be stuck there for a while if theyre in the hardest hittizings. Pelley david thanks very much. In massachusetts, the governor is urging schools to close and hes ord
Ther story. Dont let these children suffer, please. Thats all we ask. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Two ill winds are blowing tonight, a lowpressure storm system rolling out of the midwest will soon collide with another system coming out of the southeast. Where they meet will be a classic noreaster with blizzard conditions. Blizzard warnings are up from northern new jersey to maine. And in some of the nations most important transportation hubs, 1600 flights have been canceled so far. David bernard is our weather consultant. David, what can we expect tonight . All the ingredients are coming together for that powerhouse area of low pressure. What i want to do is show you where we expect the storm to be tomorrow morning. Those two systems are going to come together right here on the outer banks of north carolina. Snow will be breaking out across most of new england tomorrow, maybe even the coastal areas, and during the day