valentine s day. happy valentine s. it turns out to be a beautiful day. the sun is finally out. like weeks since we have seen the sun. yesterday was a disaster and it still is very slippery on the sidewalks. the puddles are huge. really sloppy. we re all physically active, we can jump over them. but the little kids and elderly, it is probably would you put that up against being a boy from new england? i don t know. utah has some a lot of snow. a lot of snow. we had it pretty rough, though. pretty rough. we can debate that after the show. have a snow off. we ll duke it out. there you go. there you go. but there has been a real debate within the city of new york on whether or not schools should have been canceled yesterday. the mayor has been hit by a lot of folks saying the weather was that bad that it should have been canceled. and it is trying to find the right balance.
once the snow clears off and moves offshore you have the winds that are left here. they ll be producing more snow off of cape cod. a lot to be dealing with, it is cold. by the time the storm gets out of here, you ll have to try to dig up the snow in negative 20 degree temperatures. ocean effect snow, this is an interesting concept that i haven t been made aware of. it s interesting, you said sometimes you can t see the snow on camera. we can see it coming down and how strong the wind is where you are, indra. one of the biggest, busiest roads connecting much of long island is under a driving ban. the long island expressway is set to officially re-open later this morning. but the state kept it closed to avoid traffic traffic troubles so they can get some of the snow cleared out of there. this happens to be the first big test for new york city s new mayor who decided to close
these are the wind gusts since 7:00 p.m. last night. in thor 20s. close. highest was 30 at 1:00 a.m. so far so good. my guess is they will keep some of the problems maybe all of them but lower them. as far as the forecast goes that big huge storm has cause ad lot of people delays especially on the east coast. that s gone, heading up into nova scotia. snow off of the great lakes. very cold out there from florida back to the rockies. very chilly morning. we do have some streamers coming off the lakes. this is lake-effect snow bands. some near syracuse and buffalo but a big one across the michigan is. some may go through detroit. be careful driving there. wind chills. richard, a wind chill of 33 in orlando this morning. they are not happy there, going disney or any of the theme parks on thanksgiving day or trying to be outside in florida. you re not used to that. 66 this afternoon. lots of sunshine on the map. no problems for anyone s travels today. back to you. 33 degrees in orlando is
here in the eastern half of the country, including through the ohio valley, into the northeast. and look at the snow that is falling, detroit we ve had our biggest snowfall of the season, four inches officially in detroit, snow off of lake michigan. a big complex that extends from cleveland to pittsburgh, down through west virginia. pittsburgh, cleveland, one to three, two to four, big snow through the mountains west virginia wf, a foot-plus, the ski lovers will be enjoying that. but that snow also moves into the northeast, getting it now in philadelphia, up through new jersey, a place like trenton, newark, you ll be getting the snow. new york as well but generally one inch or less accumulation for us here. maybe heavier accumulation as you head up into new england. there is a look at the forecast today, very chilly across the north, 16 in minneapolis, 20 in chicago. there s your mix in boston, snow in new york and d.c. and very chilly across the south, temperatures should be in the 70
snow an hour. where does all that water go? bill: if this story were happening in california, utah or colorado. it would be a big national story. the fact that it is happening in alaska still a lot of snow for folks up there, shows you how high the mound are. people on top of the roof taking snow off. martha: it is alaska. bill: in case the snow melts you could have issues here with your own homes. no way into that town by the way. martha: massive liquification of snow in cordova. bill: you can fly into the town. you can boat into the town. you can not drive in cordova, alaska. there is new concern over possible voter fraud. the in a moment we ll talk to the man launching a review the in the state of south carolina. that is critical, martha. martha: this man says he is ready to put his money where his mouth is. we ll tell you about his new challenge to republicans in the fight over taxes. bill: mystery illness at a high school. 10 are now school.