think that would be the plan, but, yes, if you re outside in any one of these blue or purple areas, you realize you re very cold today. i promise colder temperatures are on the way. for some as early as today, others may not be until next week. right now, it s minus 5 for the actual temperature in minneapolis, but when you factor in that exposed skin, minus 25. nashville, 10, atlanta, single differences a real temperature of 9 degrees. but then you factor in the wind in a lot of these places, even the sustained winds are strong. let alone the gusts. 21 miles per hour in buffalo. cleveland, 22 miles per hour sustained winds gusting up to 31. st. louis, sustained winds of 25 miles per hour. when you take that wind and you make it with the snow, that s what s causing a lot of the poor visibility in areas not only across the northwest but areas of the east. that s where you ve got your
getting a car and driving to texas where he can spend the holidays with his family in houston. guys. that s a holiday movie plot right there. carlos suarez, thank you. for more on the affected areas we have to bring in meteorologist allison chinchar. she s got the latest from the cnn weather center, and what s it looking like out there? very cold. and in some cases, a very white christmas for a lot of places. the good news, we will see the temperatures rebound. take, for example, denver, dallas, new orleans, all likely to get above that freezing mark today. however, not the same for a lot of other areas still dealing with windchill advisories. windchill warnings. take a look at this, the temperature in minneapolis is minus 5, but with that wind feels like minus 25, on any of the exposed skin that you might have. buffalo not much better, the actual temperature of 5 feels like it s minus 19. here s the thing, that wind not only making it very cold if you
hancock. thanks for being with us this morning. thank you for having me. and the recommendation had a been don t go outdoors. tray to stay safe and warm at home. are people heeding those warnings? absolutely. for the most part. dangerously cold here and with the windchill, making it even worse. yesterday i woke up it was minus 17. this morning right nows it minus 5. so it is not safe for anyone to be outdoors. we know there are some essential workers that have to get out and move. but denver, though it doesn t typically get this cold, we re familiar with the slick streets and horoads but it is not safe be outdoors if you don t have to get out, we ask people to stay indoors. and denver is familiar with cold weather. what in particular was tough about this one? was it the drop in temperatures?
these are the cold temperatures. actual air temperatures right now. we are down to 19 in new york. minus 5 back towards pittsburgh. we are cold down across the south. take a look at this. we are below freezing. anywhere you see any color on this map is below freezing. wind chill temperatures feels like 10 degrees in dallas, 19 in austin, so the cold air has settled down across the south. take a look what happens by tomorrow morning. everybody into the teens or low 20 s. then we go in towards sunday morning. another repeat of that we re going to be talking about temperatures into the 20 s and teens across parts of north fort lauderdale that going to have massive problems here and anything that had water is now frozen, any of that water that had been falling as rain vs. snow, now the cold air is in place and talking about place. if you can. we are going to watch the winds pick up across the great lakes next couple of days, massive lake-effect snow behind this storm. here is what has ch
are ains. carley: n snsync. they are boys and they are males. carley: there is a little bit of difference there. will: headed straight into a ditch right off the bat. brian: started high. carley: merry christmas. how many days until christmas? three? brian: yeah, three. carley: in the single digit territory. will: makes me nervous whether spending christmas in a hotel. severe weather symptom beginning to pummel the midwest bringing zero visibility in some spots. brian: once in a generation storm that could hit almost every state with 150 million americans facing subzero temperatures. carley: robert ray joins us live from chicago where today s low is expected to be about minus 5 degrees. robert? yeah. good morning. i wish i had better news here from the windy city as you see the lights of michigan avenue