michigan. officials say they have respond to 48 accidents since yesterday and strong winds could cause issues in many parts of the country today. maria molina is live with more on the forecast, maria. hi, uma. we are looking at big-time problems with the wind. there is a number of wind advisories in the northwest and central plains and in the northeast. watch out for possible air travel delays. we could see wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour from dc and boston. that s the case in parts of the northwest . as far as the precipitation goes. generally dry in the center of the country and lingering lake-effect snow showers and couple of spots up to five or six inches out here and this is localized and not a huge impact in the northeast for areas further off in the eastern part of the corridor. we have rain showers in
it s supposed to be cold, not this cold. 17 over in chicago, 18 in cleveland. single digits in the north, factoring feels like 10 below zero. and bundle up as you head out the the door, if you re headed out the door, once we see temperatures at 20. or wind chills 20 to 30 degrees below zero you re talking about frostbite and hypo thermia being a concerned. we have areas of precipitation, lingering lake effect snow showers, up to a foot areas of west of syracuse and down wind of lake ontario, parts of the upper midwest, we are tracking two storm systems, one is going to be bringing snow early this afternoon and another in you can see the storm moving across central parts of the country and that area shaded in pink is some freezing rain, so we could have some icing problems across parts of oklahoma and also, arkansas as
even the south won t escape a hard freeze. janice dean is live in the fox weather center. reporter: across the ohio river valley. and we could see flakes across alabama and georgia. also see something vein being pulled up from the gulf of mexico across the central gulf states. nothing major here, not going to see any severe weather. then you can see that snow kind of creeping in across the ohio river valley up toward the mid-atlantic and the northeast where we could get anywhere from 1-inches of snow. there is the future radar heading into saturday. you will get a light mix in d.c. in boston it will be a snow event lingering into saturday night. it s out of there sunday. we ll see those lake-effect snow showers. some areas down wind could get 6-12 inches. that s the highest accumulation
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this show. that s right. i don t even need a bat. just sit there looking terrifying. just a little slide glance here and there, we know. good morning, everyone. yesterday was just another mild day. we have gotten so if you don t like cold and snow, this has been such a great winter for you. but for everyone else that likes snow and wants to see some not too much in sight, it is another mild morning. but the cold air is on the way. it is one of those days where it gets colder as the day moves on. it is a windy morning out there too. though it is warm, you ll feel the wind gust as you head out the door. there are lake effect snow showers that are blowing up all the way to central pennsylvania and central new york. if you re driving to new york state through way or the pennsylvania turnpike, you might get into snow squalls. the big cities on i-95, jersey turnpike, new england, 95 looks fine. looks like a decent day today. clear but windy. the big story is the snowstorm in the no