let s take a look at the weather now. that s how it works, we get a january thaw on the east coast, stormy weather was in the west and that s moved into the central u.s. even a possible tornado overmight. st. louis, it looks like you are done just about, rain only lasting another ten minutes or so. memphis, you are still in the middle of it. you are going to be probably another hour or so with the heavy rain. no problems with tornados, but you will probably hear some claps of thunder. minneapolis to rochester, winter storm warnings and northern wisconsin and northern michigan also winter storm warnings. someone could get a foot of snow. this will be the biggest snowstorm of the season in the northern plains. minneapolis, we have you somewhere around 4 to 6 inches. most of the heavy snow will be south of town. sioux city, 9 to 12.
severe weather season over the weekend we need to be aware we could see additional strong storms, possible tornadoes. the area of yellows the best chance happening on saturday. western kansas, western sections of nebraska, all of the dakota into areas around fargo. it s as we head into sunday the threat expands into our larger cities and bigger population areas, from minneapolis to rochester, des moines, omaha, wichita, oklahoma city and tulsa, all of the areas on sunday, mika, we have to keep an eye. you can still do your afternoon plans but you have to have your preparations in case one of these bad storms heads your way, get your family safe in a hurry. bill karins, thanks. we ll talk to you later. still a lot more coming up. peter alexander at the white house, still there, going to have luke russert at the capitol getting us up to date with everything else and lisa miers. i will give you rapping lessons in the break. we re not talking jay-z. sam stein if you have questi
a full hour. it was exhausting to watch. but in a good way. in a good way. it was really enlightening. still ahead, former governor jeb bush will be onset. boy, he made some news yesterday. real big news. also, economist jeffrey sachs, retired supreme court justice sandra day o connor. and the washington post eugene robinson. first, here s bill karins with a check on the forecast. well, we have this winter storm bearing down on chicago. shortly it ll move into the ohio valley and the east coast tomorrow. let me show you the latest totals for your area. right now the snow is flying from minneapolis to rochester, cedar rapids, the quad cities. it s not yet in chicago. i think you got another two hours before the snow begins there. as far as the snow today, during the daylight hours, full-fledged snowstorm for chicago, northern