disappointed. one to three inches in the st. louis area. indianapolis still had some significant snow heading your way. look at this. yesterday was 100 million and now up to 109 million people under some sort of winter weather alert or headline, the blue on the map shows you snow from texas all the way down to northern vermont, and there s an ice storm under way through central texas, through areas of arkansas, and memphis is going have to deal with significant ice during the day today. here is the timing on this, by 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, we re watching ice from little rock, through much of kentucky, southern ohio, and snow on the backside of the storm, in the areas of dallas, southern missouri, heavy snow in the northern ohio valley, and the heavy snow is heading to the northeast today, and then into tonight, especially northern new england, we are more worried about ice in areas of central pennsylvania and central portions of the northeast, and then by friday evening, we finally
election cycle starts gearing up. with less than three weeks into his new term, congressman tom moreno is leaving congress. he was re-elected to his fifth term by a landslide said he ll step down on january 23rd to take a job in the private-sector. his retirement will trig ear special election within the next 60 days. the date is to be set by cover tom wolf. let s bring in bill karins for a quick check on your weather forecast. a lot of people trying to fix out their plans for the weekend because of the storm if they should cancel or reschedule flights. 1500 miles is how far our advisories go from nebraska up through the northeast. a lot of people are switching under to warning and also from those watches. here s the snowfall map. this is how much snow we re guessing and thinking we ll be on the ground. areas of white is only an inch. blue is up to three inches which is through areas of southern investigation, northern ohio valley.
saturday and sunday head towards the east coast. here s our long range computer models. i m not going to put snowfall amounts on this but put it in general categories. this is from now all the way through sunday and primarily going to be thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. possibility of at least heavy snow from kansas through missouri, northern ohio valley, right through interior sections of the northeast into northwestern new england. notice the cities on i-95 is in that transition zone. we ll monitor this as we go throughout this week. there s potential for a significant snow event for the first time this winter in areas of central and in portions of the northeast. all right, bill. still ahead china s trade surplus with the u.s. climbs to its highest level amid the ongoing trade war. travellers feel the impact of the government s ongoing shutdown. details on the stories driving your business day next. ess day t sometimes, the pressures of today s world can make it tough
warm temperature for june and here we are in february. and then the other side of the front, it is negative 14 in rapid city. so it is 85 degree temperature swing from rapid city to nashville this morning. so just extreme amplified weather pattern with cold and warm very closely bunched together. and in the middle is where we have all the rain. 37 million people under flash flood watches, numerous rivers in flood stage. southern great lakes, northern ohio valley and from houston to dallas to little rock to nashville, all under flash flood watches. and the cold air is catching up with it, so on the back side, you get the freezing brarain. we had an ice storm overnight in oklahoma, there has been ice in missouri and ice in illinois. so you go from 71 in nashville to rain in memphis, and then by the time you you get to missouri, you are in an ice storm. so crazy as you are traveling through this region. be prepared for quick moving and changing weather. as far as the rainfall goes in the
half of the country as we go throughout the week. kansas city is not getting any heat. denver, 86. a lot of beautiful stuff out there. finally to tomorrow, the southeast goes your way. charlotte, 83. jacksonville, 85. there s good stuff out there. the worst weather is in the northern ohio valley. pretty good thunderstorms for overnight thunderstorms this time of the year coming down. indianapolis, wet weather coming your way in an hour to hour and a half. same thing for columbus, you go back 45 minutes. you we ll talk about the stuff we don t want to talk about. warm to cold. this is the next arctic blast coming down. right now it s located in central canada. so we re okay today. and you will notice we are fine, fargo, 51. green bay, 52. and then by the time we get to wednesday, that s when the chill co comes. starting on tuesday in marquette, then it rushes down into the northeast. this is where we have the snow on the ground that won t allow the ground to get warmer. only 25 for a hi