unfortunately. worst out of missouri into central illinois. thunderstorms and a lot of lightning strikes too. we re almost near 6,000 lightning strikes just in the last hour alone. all the little white splashes you see on the map. much has missed interstate 70 but from quincy to springfield and heart of central illinois you have to go through the storms. anyone driving there you have to briefly experience gusty winds and a pretty impressive light show until the sun comes up. clouds will continue to spread. i d have the umbrella handy from kentucky, indiana, illinois and southern portions of ohio. it ll be cool too. temperatures haven t warmed up all that much. eventually all the clouds and some of that rain will sneak its way into kentucky, ohio, west virginia, pennsylvania and even d.c. to new york. tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon and
step down temporarily until police finish their investigation. moving to the weather this saturday morning, taking a live look now at new york city, it is clear and cool and beautiful outside. folks may be scrambling to the malls today because we re just a week from christmas. what s it going to be like outside where you are? nbc meteorologist bill karins has those details. around the country everyone is wondering where s the snow? where is winter? temperatures haven t even been that cold yet. now as we go into the heart of the winter season, sooner or later it has to arrive. so, where is it? let s take a look at the temperature. you notice this morning, there s some cold spots. denver, minneapolis, northern new england, definitely on the cold side. but we re not looking at the arctic cold, the really, really brutal temperatures. have you to go up into northern canada, north of winnipeg, north of montreal, up to the hudson bay to find the cold arctic air. even canada at this point
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stops in iowa. jon huntsman is holding town halls in new hampshire. let s look to the weather right now on this last shopping weekend before christmas. a live look outside at new york city where it s a beautiful day. clear but a little by cold. how is it outside where you are? here are the details. hello, bill. around the country, everyone is wondering where is the snow and where is wenter? temperatures haven t been that cold yet. as we go into the heart of the winter season, sooner or later it has to arrive. there s some cold spots, denver, minneapolis, northern new england on the cold side. but not looking at the arctic cold. you have to go up into northern canada, north of montreal to find the really cold air. even canada at this point hasn t experienced the harsh winter. this is a different map, shows
everybody having a good time with this. let s check in with rob marciano now. is this storm, rob, getting out of here? it is winding down just a little bit, but as you pointed out, thousands of people, tens of thousands without power. the deal with the storm, as opposed to the other storms and the blizzard with the heavy wind and snow. this snow has been on the heavy side. high-water content snow. temperatures haven t been terribly cold so that has been put weight on tree limbs and power lines. that s one of the issue. of course, clearing the roads, clearing the sidewalks or just getting through the wet snow is a lot more difficult than getting through the light, fluffy stuff so that s certainly an issue here. here s the back side heading throu throu iship, new york. and as the it continues to wind down for the northern eastern shoreline but the damage is done, as far as how much known we ve already seen with this. check out the numbers, central