warnings ahead of this historic march blizzard. how much snow and when and where, we re joined now. one of the last times he ll be in a suit for the next few days. i have those boots you don t like too. probably 12 to 18 inches here in new york city. maybe less in boston if it mixes in with a little bit of rain. not with those huge numbers we re going to see here. what is going to happen is its going to interact with the atlantic ocean and the ocean is warm. relatively warm. it s warm enough that when the storm is here, down here across the deep south when it runs up into the ocean and grabs that moisture, if you heard of lake effect snow this turns into ocean effect snow so by tonight we start to see the snow. by tomorrow morning you and ri
you get this lake-effect snow. boston will actually get ocean-effect snow. that cold wind will wraparound and blow itself right into boston. the ocean is a lot bigger than lake erie or lake ontario. canada will get pounded by the same storm as we work our way into the weekend. chad myers, you look good in snow, my friend. thank you so much. boston strong, they can deal. a foot of snow, that s nothing. we won the super bowl, it s nothing. still to come for us, mixed messages over the direction of the new administration. that plus the fact that some key diplomatic positions are still unfilled. now people behind the scenes are saying they re confused about the way for ward. details ahead. ote. .without writing a single word. introducing a new way. .to create a gift from the heart. .that could only come from .the pandora boutique at jared.
snowfall occurs? same type of ingredients. we have cold air rushing over relatively warm water that is ice-free, by the way. it reaches a land mass that has some sort of upward lift to it. over let s say, mountains and hills. it causes the air to rise, cools, condenses, creates the cloud cover and what falls from that cloud cover? lake effect or ocean-effect snow. that s what s happening across the sea of japan. here we are across this part of the world. you can see that strong northwesterly component to the wind wrapping around an area of high pressure bringing in cold siberian cold air. that s created these banding-like snow falls across that part of the world. it s incredible to see the similarities between that and the band being that occurs downwind from lake michigan, lake superior, lake erie and ontario. in grand rapids, michigan, marquette, you know that you can