new england. shepard: why is this happening? come on. we are almost to november. staying october. almost a couple days. storms move forward a little bit here and we are already seeing the snow falling in across parts of say the central appalachians. it s not that abnormal to get some snow. this is going to be a very vigorous storm. it doesn t look like that much right now it will blow up once it becomes the nor easter and moves offshore. harrisburg 4.2 inches. philly, about 2 inches. move forward. move farther up towards the north. new york city seeing snow with this. two and a half inches. 4.5 in big hamton. cat skills. scranton. go a little farther towards north. talking about some snow into new england. the big part of this story worcester mass. major tree damage from this storm. shepard: happy halloween. the defense and manslaughter trial of dr. jackson s former
a big snowstorm heading for the area this weekend. look at the radar, predicting several inches of heavy, wet snow. here it comes. possibly downing trees and power lines and causing travel delays for millions of folks. already some of the first snow of the season falling in the region. these pictures are from my very own hometown of albany, new york. meteorologist janice dean in the fox extreme weather center. janice i talked to my mom last night and she said it s so pretty i. said mom, it s no in october, and she said, but it s so pretty. reporter: your tphopl the optimist. i used to go as a ghost on halloween, because it fit over the costume. i don t have a proper winter coat for my 2-year-old. what a bad mom i am. if we re going to have october snow we might as well break some
today and it will be coming this weekend. wow. and the wall street journal, which is owned by the parent company of this network, reports that new york city, if it gets 1 inch of snow this weekend, that will be the earliest inch of snow the city has recorded in weather history. which goes back to the civil war. so at least that long. folks upstate already saw flurries this morning along with parts of massachusetts and connecticut. we re told they could get a foot of snow before this thing is over. temperatures plummeting today. this is rare for new york city. october snow? please. it s very rare. this is the second storm in a few days for interior sections. take a look new york city .8 inches is the most we have ever seen back to 1925. take a look at this. move forward and get an idea of exactly how widespread this is. anywhere the pink. pink snow is so weird. you don t want to be in the pink spot. know warnings appalachians to
that makes transportation very risky. she had to wait two months until a u.s. air force plane could air lift her to new zealand last week. now she is in baltimore where doctors say her condition has improved dramatically. today she says the fear never got to her. i m going to say i wasn t scared at all. it s one of those things that at least my personality is trying to stay cool and calm as much as adversity. shepard: doctors claim she could be out of the hospital tomorrow. the scientist says she has not ruled out a return to the south pole. speaking of, winter has come early and it s likely that some kids will end up trick or treating in the snow. and if as much as an inch falls in new york city, it will be the most snow this early in the year since the war between the states. we re tracking a rare october blizzard that s on the way. look out. we ll be right back.