could have reduced visibility, whiteout conditions for three hours or greater with the peak intensity. look at the snow band starting to over spread new york city, long island, connecticut and rhode island. you can see the i-95 corridor already starting to get into some of the heaviest snow bands. flakes flying in boston. this is just the beginning. the snow will pick up in intensity overnight and start to maximize that strong part of the storm through the middle part of the day tomorrow and again, we re talking about the potential of some historic numbers here, don. oh, boy, derrick. thank you. [ laughter ] i guess. thanks, derrick. 75 million people, that s a lot of folks. we ll check back in with derrick, as needed. i want to turn to the other top headlines tonight with kirsten powers and mark mckinnon, the former advisor to george w. bush and john mccain and director of the circus. see if you can top that, 75 million people in the path of a bomb cyclone. you guys are the bomb
off the coast of virginia. the snow band or snow shield just entering into long island, new york and that i-95 corridor. a few flights flying near boston, but this is just the beginning. we re going to time this out for you what you can expect saturday morning. this is going to be your worst morning in terms of snowfall for philadelphia peaking right around that 4:00 a.m. time slot. this is not a pittsburgh, not a buffalo snowstorm. this is boston, new york to philadelphia snowstorm. boston 18 to 24 inches, your peak time frame 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. that is when we expect the heaviest snow to setup. will we break records? it is certainly possible. we remember back in 1978, two-day total over 27 inches. and 2003 we had even more snow than that. certainly historic nature to that storm. it is possible and all about where that heavy band sets up. 50 miles to the west we could see significantly less snow.
to cause serious white-out problems and concerns. the low pressure, again, just off the coast of virginia. snow band of the snow shield just entering into long island, new york. i-95 corridor. few flakes flying near boston but this is just the beginning so we are going to time this out for you. give you this timeframe, what you can expect saturday morning this is going to be your worst morning in terms of the snow storm for philadelphia and new york city. peaking around the 4:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. time slot. this is albany. pittsburgh. this is not a buffalo snow storm. this is boston to new york to philadelphia snow storm and look at this. boston, 18 to 24 inches. peak timeframe, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. that is when we expect the heaviest of snow to set up. will we break records? well, it is certainly possible. we remember back in 1978, two-day total over 27 inks. and then 2003, we had even more snow than that. so certainly, historic nature to this storm. it is possible. it is all about
with, and we ll focus our attention on the areas that have been hardest hit by severe weather last week. remember, arkansas into mississippi, tennessee, saw severe storms and tornadoes. monday into tuesday, that s where we re focusing our attention. keeping an eye to the sky. memphis, nashville, all the way to little rock once again. snowfall on the northern side, the coldest part of the storm. minneapolis, if we see the sliver of heaviest snow band as we move into your city, you ll bet you ll get serious impacts on the roadways within that region. but the other big story will be the arctic air that will settle in behind it. we re talking about nearly a 50-degree temperature difference between monday into tuesday for many locations, including denver. you can see how quickly our temperatures take a nosedive. kim? man, 50-degree difference. that s crazy. derek van dam, thanks so much. that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. i m kim brunhuber. new day is next.
qualifying and back on track after missing the tournament four years ago in 2018. time for the weather and let s go to meteorologist bill karins for the forecast. down right cold in the north east. how is it looking everywhere else? it s brutal. there s snow out there. new haven, i-95, in a snow band this morning, it goes all the way from syracuse to new york state and be careful out there driving, any of the great lakes, and a few isolated spots there, in the northeast, i mean it is, i would say mid february type cold in many areas and i mean these wind chills are just brutal and hopefully you didn t put the coats and hats away. you need them and the kids need them. 7 in syracuse. burlington vermont feels like 0. new york city at 12. you get the picture. and chicago at 16. 9 in green bay. international falls negative 4. so it doesn t feel like the end of march. it feels like the middle of winter. and even during the day today, when the mixture of sun and clouds, it s still going t