hi. we have a big storm coming into middle atlantic states, and we have chad on the case here, and we have got reynolds wolf on the mall in d.c. and both of them covering what is going on. d.c. is central to where a lot of the snow and rain, but it is a complicated weather system. it will be snow? some places, and rain in others, but it will be some very strange heavy snow in a lot of the places. very wet, full of water. those flakes that are full of water don t pile up like a south dakota snow that fluffs up. so there might be enough snow and there is enough water in the air for 28 inches in the north carolina way high mountains, but it won t happen, because it is so heavy, it will pack down and it won t have the potential to pile up. but there is still that much weight in the snow one way or another. it is snowing across missouri, indianapolis, and columbus, ohio, and don t want to forget about you guys. it is slippery out here and
fairly ugly rush hour across the i-70 area. then from d.c. up to philadelphia, you will start to get snow tonight after dark, philadelphia. you will get 18 inches between philadelphia and baltimore. south of d.c., it is all rain. snow in richmond. they have been pounded this year with snow, and this is a rain event for you and i know it is starting out as snow, but the warm air will come up and melt all of it. 15 inches is a good number. wow. and look at, in this is 15 in d.c. in this pink area, and look to west, and all of the way back into west virginia, snowshoe mountain is all 20 inches or more. some 20-inch totals may sneak east of there. all right. let s see what it looks like in d.c. and reynolds is there. are you there on the mall, reynolds? you got me? right here in the mall, ali. and chad, absolutely. got you loud and clear, ali. there is a reason that chad
hanging out at the mall to watch it come down. well, we will be here tomorrow afternoon and sunday as the snow continues to come down. we talked about the snow coming and then of course on the ground and then the removal of it. it is a three-pronged story, and certainly one that will affect a lot of people especially in the part of the world. people are stock up, and you told me, stocking up onned foo, a stocking up on food, and we heard na from ed henry, that stores cannot stay up with the provations. we will stay on this. and a tornado watch will be issued across parts of florida in the next half hour, wnd will get back to you then. and one of our correspondents gets a lessons in luge in germany, and we will show you that when we come back. hey, ask our doctor about garlique, okay?
into the northeast. we re here in the severe weather center with chad myers to tell you what s going on. we have two things going on, chad, the weather that s moving in that you talked about, butt it s really affecting travel around the country. you were telling us about delta and southwest canceling flights going into baltimore, d.c., philly. correct. and the thing i think maybe you d think about if you really need to get out, get a train to new york. because they are only going to get 3 inches of snow in new york city, get out of baltimore and d.c. any way you can, because no flights are going there. i have a friend going from vail to new york, and he s getting on a plane because his flight to new york city won t be there. they are not sending planes to the northeast because they don t want them to be stuck there because of a lot of snow. there absolutely will be places, ali, don t get me wrong, with 25 inches of snow. it s not going to be d.c. and places south of there because of
down. it s the rain/snow mix, when you look at it you can see through the snow you know when you make the snowball and water comes out, that s the snow for d.c. the snowball fight snow. yeah. be careful who you hit, because it s going to be a very heavy snowball. and watch when you re shoveling, we call it heart attack snow, because you don t realize how heavy and how much snow you re moving. the first 15 inches of snow will only measure up to be 6 because it s not fluffy, it will be colder and then it will pile on top. a foot and half for d.c. and maybe more for baltimore, front royal, charlotte sville, back to the i-81 corridor and harrisburg, up to scranton, 1 inch. up to new york city, 3 inches. it s a fine line between ugly and not so bad. if you need to get up, get north of it. get on an acela train. amtrak stopped one line going south of d.c. i think we got pictures of charlottesville, virginia, this is our tower cam.