cancellations on thursday at midway and o hare. today flights should be in better shape, some de-icing here, also in buffalo and pittsburgh, and we re keeping an eye on the northeast airports because there may be some wind issues. won t be as windy as yesterday. so winter is back, alex. it will be a cold weekend, but, like we ve seen, it won t be persistent. in fact, there s no reason at this point, looking at the long-range map for the next two weeks, that we ll get into anything like we had the past two winters with persistent arctic chill and big snowstorms. enact, we don t see any risk of snow at all in the big cities, boston, philly, new york, d.c., in the next couple weeks. it s going to warm up the first of the week, turn cold again and bi-next weekend another big flood of warm air from the gulf of mexico. so if you like the snow, enjoy it while it s here. had a foot in the berkshires and some of these lake belts have so far had 8 to 10 inches. alex? crazy winter. reporter:
some of the preferred lake belts will get as much as two feet of snow. buffalo has only had a few inches of snow. this time last year in syracuse you had already shoveled six feet of the stuff. this year only seven inch ltz. really the story is the cold air, our first arctic air mass after a very lovely and mild december. new york city tomorrow, highs in the upper 20s, boston stays in the 20s, d.c. afternoon freezing. by wednesday morning, chris, temperatures in florida for most of the state at or below freeze pg, enl a frost down near ft. myers and northwest of miami. chris? weather channel s mike seidel in dunckirdunkirk, new york, beu than me, my friend. thank you. here is a frightening story. about 125 visitors have been evacuated from mt. rainier national park as the man hunt continues for an armed gunman suspected of killing a park ranger. 24-year-old benjamin barns, officials say, shot margaret
we don t know who is going to win, but when it s over it s a midget covered with mud. i m rarely left speechless. dick, chad, gentlemen, look forward to having both of you on very soon, closer to the primary there. thank you, guys. thank you. thanks for having me. have a great day. thank you. you, too. massive winter storm about to unleash freezing temperatures in the midwest and northeast and great les. so much for the mild winter. mike seidel is 50 miles from buffa buffalo, by the shores of lake erie. mike, i grew up on the shores of lake erie. i know how brutal it kb. what s in store? reporter: really? i dmot know that. just outside of cleveland, ohio. reporter: well, i want to tell you, cleveland and those areas like lake ashtabula, geauga county, they re getting snow, pretty good snow this morning, an inchable hour in some spots, up here, too. some of the preferred lake belts
minnesota get more than 20 inches of snow saturday. that s what caused all the problems. and for more on this wild weekend storm let s check in with weather channel s maria larosa. good morning, maria. reporter: good morning, lynn. this monster of a storm continues to push off to the east. now, some areas have seen the snow let up a bit, but the winds are still howling. so from the great lakes, minneapolis to milwaukee, cincinnati, indianapolis, when you have those winds, 34 miles per hour, you re going to see the reduced visibility, tough, tough travel and of course the brutal wind chills. now, the story across the east into the southeast will be the heavy rain. interior new england is going to be the ice, the sleet piling up during the afternoon and into the evening. now, from sunday into monday we re going to see most of the wet weather move off, but it is going to be a nasty overnight for new york, boston, philadelphia with heavy, heavy rainfall. and then with the cold air behind
philadelphia with heavy, heavy rainfall. and with cold air behind it, now we re talk about the lake effect kicking in once again. so heavy snow piling up in the lake belts across the southeast. it could produce snowflakes in as far south as atlanta in through the appalachians and the higher elevations of north carolina and into south carolina. as far as the totals we re expecting over the next 48 hours it is going to be focused around the snowbelt in the midwest and we re talking anywhere from a couple of inches to half a foot. we re going to see it last for a few days. not monday into tuesday. that circulation is going to continue to bring that snow off the lakes, again, piling up in the kiaras that have been hit hard over the last week or two. detroit, over the next 48 hours, five to eight inches. grand rapids, we re talking half a foot. thanks so much. coming up in a few minutes, we re going to have a live report from minneapolis where