we heard from ron about how this is moving towards our direction here in d.c. we re going to see rain in d.c. up to 2 inches before the storm is over. now, this is a really wide area impacted with winter weather alerts stretching all the way from texas up to the canadian border. it s really incredible. 12 million americans impacted by these winter weather advisories. including blizzard warnings happening right now as the storm continues to ramp up. st. cloud is just to the north of minneapolis. that s where we re getting the rain/snow mix. minneapolis getting rain now. once the colder air comes in, we ll see that change over to snow. the heaviest snow is through parts of kansas, nebraska, south dakota. snowfall rates are coming in at 2 inches per hour. with the winds picking up to 50