showers. the first time it s rained in times square on new year s eve since 1994. that s the year i graduated from high school. i don t know if there s a connection to that at all. jennifer gray joining me now live from the cnn weather cen r center. it could get a little ugly, jenner. it could. once it starts raining in times square, it s not going to stop. so all of those people waiting for the ball to drop, they re going to be in for the long haul. it s going to be raining in philadelphia, d.c., as well. and all of these cities to the west. chicago, cleveland, cincinnati, st. louis, and even some storms all the way down the mississippi river valley, into places like baton rouge, new orleans, very popular new year s eve spots could be soaked for tonight. there is also a severe weather risk, and that extends from the south up to places like lexington, where we could see damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, and even the possibility of hail.