look at this. half of the country with some kind of wind alert. advisories, warnings for gusts up to 50 miles per hour in that whiter tan. gusts up to 70 miles per hour possible along the coast. ask then the appalachian mountains, here s the snow threat. still looking at blizzard warnings there. the pink is the winter storm alerts. wherever you live, stay weather aware today. dealing with wasn t gusts at those speeds, it complicates so much. thank you so much. meanwhile, donald trump says he s going to appear at a federal court near the u.s. capitol today for a hearing on presidential immunity. and a new polling surge for nikki haley. just days before the f first ste contesest. stick k around.
which will lead to power outages. have a plan. if you need to get out of your home quickly, have your important documents, your medicine, not only for you and your family, but your pets as well be ready to leave your home in a quick moment and stay alert to the warnings from your local authorities. bryan may, we are certainly thinking about your state. good luck to you guys. thank you, lindsey. let s bring in nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. walk us through not only what s happening in california but the snow threat in the northeast lindsey, good to see you. we have the atmospheric river event bryan was just talking about. that s the west coast. the east coast starting with today we re looking at the next wet storm coming in. you can hear it in bryan s voice. what they re dealing with, another few days of terrible weather monday, tuesday, wednesday. 25 million americans under winter alerts from the west into
janice: yes, there was. we had a quick-moving storm we talked about on fox & friends if you were listening yesterday. it s out of here. kind of wet on the pavement. take a look at the maps. show you what is happening. cold air for the northern tier of the country. that stays in place. warm air for the south and in between is where we have this pathway for these storm systems to develop across the west. moving into the plain states. parts of the midwest and great lakes will receive snow. meanwhile we re going to see heavy rain for the mississippi river valley over the next couple of days and that s going to mean the potential for flash flooding tuesday, wednesday and thursday for the south and the central u.s. and then the snow threat for the northern tier across the great lakes and the midwest where we could get over a foot of snow over the next couple of days and that s going to be the weather pattern as we head into the weekend. the west is going to get socked with more rain and
next here, the major storm on the move tonight. 25 states from colorado to maine on alert. 80 million people in the path of strong winds, heavy snow, and a tornado threat. plus, a severe thunderstorm watch at this hour in parts of the south. blizzard conditions near morehead, minnesota, stranding drivers. snow in denver for the morning commute. the airport canceling more than 160 flights. as that storm moves east, severe storms and the tornado threat start to pick up. let s get right to abc s senior emergency rob marciano, and rob, the most dangerous hours coming after dark. reporter: yeah, whit, this is becoming a really big system with a big range of impacts. here in memphis, we re really nervous about what the storms will bring tonight. a threat for tornadoes. kind of in the bulls eye of that enhanced area. and there s that watch you spoke of, just issued for dallas north and oklahoma. and everything is kind of evolving right now, including the snow threat. winter storm warnings f
how about the snowfall? we could see local amounts up to 36 inches in parts of the sierras. we move further to the east, near the four corners area, that s where that system will go next. we ll add on some heavy snow and those gusty winds as well. let s play it out for you going hour by hour. there are the lingering showers that will be problematic for folks through the day today. those whiteout conditions in the mountains, heavy snow and wind, that will be problematic as well. there it goes into parts of the four corners. that s where we ll see the heavy snow impacting folks in denver, albuquerque, new mexico, areas like that. moving through the rest of the week. things improve a lot. we deal with that strong storm, the last of it for california, though folks in washington and oregon could see another system work through. for california, drier time as we get into tuesday and into wednesday. there s the pause at your wednesday. the heavy snow threat moves further to the east, impacting