forecast across the central plains and southern plains. we ll see wet or sleet or ice or snow. you want to be indoors and watching bill and megyn tonight. across the ohio river valley we have a mixture of rain and freezing rain and it s all snow north of that as you get into illinois, indiana, ohio, that where we are seeing the snow. this isn t a big storm. it s just nuisance snow, nuisance rain. we could get 1-3 inches of snow. some isolated amounts of 6 inches plus. but it s not a big, big big, big storm. it will give a little bit of snow or rain depending on where you are. temperatures cold, minus 1 degree. 28 in cleveland. 7 degree in denver. it s cool across the rockies and the upper midwest and real quick
everyone. here in new york city the weather is not too bad. temperatures close to 50 degrees so actually pretty mild if you think of what we should be be seeing for the month of december and that s the story for many people out across the east today with temperatures it 10 to 20 degrees above what s average for this time of year, behind this system though, we actually have a dip in the jetstream and further west across parts of the rockies and northern plains, up midwest and temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below average and it s going to be a cold one and 15 degrees for the high temperatures, and 39 in rapid city and the 40 s in denver and i think that s warmer than what we should be seeing and should be colder than that, and temperatures in the 50 s, 60 s, well above average and we click ahead you see the current temperatures cold right now across the portions of the dakotas. rapid city 8 degrees out the door and 37 in chicago and 60 s, nice, across portions of the southeast and tampa,
a judge speaks out abtd four people trying to get on the virginia ballot. what s next for them. a mother fed up with her son s run-ins with the law forces him to wear this sign. did she go too far? we give you a chance to weigh in this morning. we start with former mississippi governor, barbour, defending his decision to pardon 200 people. among the myrrherered set to release from prison. a judge put a halt on prison releases. the legislature is considering changing the constitution to take pardon powers away from the governor. what is barbour saying now? in his first public comments since issuing the pardons. listen. the power of gubernatorial to pardon felons is rooted in the christian idea of giving second chances. i m not saying i ll be perfect that nobody who received clemency will ever do nothing wrong. i m not in fallible and nobody else is. i am very comfortable and totally at peace with these pardons, including those at the mansion. you heard him mention the
north of tampa. that cell is moving easterly pretty rapidly. this is a radar indicated tornado. take cover if you re in this area. rough weather moved through tampa and one guy got injured when he didn t get out of his swimming pool when the lightning comes and got zapped. when mom says get out, listen to her. they do not want any rough weather with it although they need the rain, that cluster moving to the st. petersburg area has punch to it and will roll over to orlando and the lakes region which got hit pretty hard last night. this piece of energy is combining with juice getting itself together across the northeast. we re heading towards april 1st. we do get snow in april. new york and boston temperatures cold enough for wet snow to mix in but not cold enough for significant accumulation here. what we expect to see throughout the day today as watches and warnings go into effect and
not record setting here, but there were spots where it was the past couple of days. and we re going to continue to see temperatures cold enough for snow. just south of chicago right now, we re looking at a little burst of snow from peoria down to indianapolis back through cedar rapids. this may pile up for 1/2 inch to an inch. but we re well into spring now. so it shouldn t be doing that. across the west coast looking at rain and snow across from portland and seattle. places like portland haven t seen 60 degrees yet. so if you think your spring has been on the chilly side, it s been wet and cold across the pacific northwest. and more snow across parts of the colorado rockies. unbelievable how much the rockies have seen, the wasatch have seen, and the sierras. most of all of those mountain ranges in spots have seen record-setting snowfall this year. and a lot of those ski resorts staying open right up until memorial day. over an hour delays expected in new york with wind,