iam in i am in south bend, indiana right now, currently under a blizzard warning, and snow has started to fall here in the last couple of hours. about 4p emits when the heavy snow bands started moving into the area and conditions are already worsening out by the minute here. i have noted a car crash about a block away from my hotel, so things are basically going from zero to 100 here across portions of the midwest and really much of the us is under the gun for this big winter snowstorm.- under the gun for this big winter snowstorm. what our authorities winter snowstorm. what our authorities saying winter snowstorm. what our authorities saying about - winter snowstorm. what our| authorities saying about how bad it might get over the next couple of days, particularly over the christmas period, you know, at a time when loved ones and families try and travel and get together? and families try and travel and get together? yeah, you know, it could get get together? yeah, you know, it
eastern seaboard, you re going to have trouble heating your home unless you ve got gas. it s just incredible to see these numbers. in memphis, the mayor and the electrical company urging residents to turn off all unnecessary appliances, conserve power because there s so much demand on the energy grid. there s the location of this arctic front, the emperor from the north just colliding into the east coast right now. i m going to zoom into a few locations because i want you to see the interstate 95 corridor. largely dry, you did have your first snow of the year. boston, still rain. we saw the live shot with paulo a few minutes ago. whiteout conditions because the wind directly is coming basically parallel with lake erie as we speak, so it s allowing for that to pick up the moisture from the relatively warm lake waters and deposit it in the form of heavy snow bands. winds gusting to near category 1
the adirondacks. but most of the big cities if you re driving on highways, the treated roadways have been fine. let s get you through your weekend. great weekend to get those checkmarks done and get your errands taken care of because the weather is going to cooperate. the only exception is coming off lake michigan and also in buffalo. that football game, as we go through saturday night in buffalo, we could have significant snow bands coming through orchard park. that should be a sight to see as the dolphins play the bills. again, thursday and friday, our two long range computers, the european model and the american gfs model say we re going to have a big storm. how close it is to the coast or off the coast is the big question mark. the blue line is the european one. the red line is the gfs, the american model. just the fact we know we re going to have a big storm, brutally cold temperatures coming in right behind the storm. that s going to be right before the christmas rush. so we re t
so blowing snow going to be an issue, not just falling from the sky. watertown, back into buffalo, we have wind advisories in effect. we have the lake-effect snow warpings and winter weather advisories now expired because the winds have shifted. and as that high moves in, the winds will continue to shift more out of the south, so we won t have to worry about the snow. now, we still have to deal with a few scattered snow showers this morning. heavier snow bands lifting further north where we re picking three inches an hour, the darker grays and the purples. here like i mentioned, very scattered shower activity here in the upcoming days as we roll into thanksgiving. so, an additional one to two inches of snow expected. but that system that rolls through, of course, cools us down, but eventually trying to warm it back up here in the upcoming week. expect temperatures on thanksgiving in the 30s around the great lakes and northeast back through the ohio valley in the 40s and 50s down throug
for today 16 inches is what we have had so far, nearly double what the previous record was. the three-day storm total is over 30 inches in buffalo specifically. a few miles away, yes, 77 inches in orchard park, hamburg and natural bridge over 72 inches of snow. but more is on the way. as we talked about, once that wind shifts later today you are going to start to see more of those snow bands pick up. one of the things is, we are looking at accumulations now of an additional 20 plus inches on top of what we ve already had. that is just unbelievable amounts of snow. and there is more. all right. thanks so much, allison chinchar. we will check back with you because there is more coming. new york governor hochul joining us on the phone. governor, good morning to you. so glad you could be with us. i mean, this is an incredible amount of snow. talk to me about your concerns from your vantage point.