nearby, 150 people on their snow team. they re getting ready. they know this is going to be a hard 24 hours. check before you head out. thank you very much. at washington s regan international airport. in new york city, alexandra field where salt trucks are rel ready to roll. hey, brooke. they re rolling out right behind me. we have seen a number of the new york city garbage trucks heading out. 1600 in total will hit the streets. we re preparing for 6 to 8 inches of snow. a lot of snow in a city with 8 million people. can we see them? sure, you heard one blast right past me as it left the lot. they re coming and going. this is the warehouse here where the salt is kept at the department of sanitation facility. they re coming in, filling up with salt, and we re seeing the garbage trucks with the plows attached to them rolling out. yourl see them along the streets
air temperature 3 below. will feel like 15 below. new york city air temperature at about 8 degree. will feel like 8 below. here s the accumulations farther south. 4 to 7 in philadelphia. 2 to 4 in washington, d.c. so washington, too, will see some snow. again, changing over within the next hour. but the biggest bite here, the wind gusts. why we have blizzard warnings here. not only for the snow, but when you see the consistency of the snow, the water content is really low, so it s very light and fluffy. factor in these 50-mile-per-hour gusts and visibility becomes the key. less than a quarter mile. the cape and long island, that s where the worst of it will be. blizzard warnings end tomorrow around 1:00. first nor easter of the year didn t waste any time. we ll talk later this hour. keep us posted on what s happening weather wise. the big story. coming up, a banker wanted by the feds writes a suicide note and is legally declared dead. turned out this guy is a alive.
penalty of change fees and things like that. and he says it s not about the amount of snow that s worrying to airlines and airports. it s about those big wind gusts that really give them trouble. here at dca, they have brought in extra staff. they ll remain on through the night. 28 people remain on to make sure they re taking care of the runways and the planes as the weather here gets worse. this is going to be a hard 24 hours for travelers and for the airlines. we ll be watching all those major airports and airlines and the status. thank you very much for us in washington. weather, the big story of the day. want to take you north to new york city. the city s new mayor, bill de blasio, facing his first big test, salt trucks on standby, waiting for 6, maybe 8 inches of sn snow there. alexandra field is live for us in manhattan. you know, i have been watching you all day. i have yet to see snow flakes falling. has it begun? i hear long island is really supposed to get it. right, we h
england. hour by hour, a bull s eye timeframe of when this will be the worst, 8:00 tonight to 8:00 tomorrow morning. 18 below in albany, new york, 12 below in providence. saturday morning, still, so the winds are a huge factor and also the temperatures. how much snow will be see? 18 to 12 in boston, 8 to 12 in hartford, new york, at 6 to 8, albany, new york, 8 to 12. here s the timeline on it. from this morning until tonight, by thursday night, you can see where the snow is. all the big cities, also in new jersey, in pennsylvania, in new york, and in long island. by tomorrow morning as well, it s still there, but you see the backside to the snow. overnight tonight until tomorrow morning, then it all moves out by noon, but then these incredibly cold winds come in, and that s the timeframe, too, we re going to have such incredibly cold temperatures. boston early saturday morning,
stop all flights later tonight. to new york, we go. salt trucks are out and about because blizzard like conditions are also expected to disrupt travel there and bring dangerous windchills and in the midwest, a foot of snow has already fallen, and temperatures are steadily dropping there as well. the first nor easter of 2014 is hours away, and it s coming in with a bang. cnn is on top of all the storm with live team coverage here. you have margaret conley in boston where the mayor says his team is ready. sunlinis in washington, d.c. airport, monitoring hundreds of flight cancellations there. ted rowlands, very cold, already in the thick of things in chicago. and margaret, let s begin with you in south boston. i say, i tip my hat to you. you have been out in it all day long. and let s get right to the news. the fact we re hearing from logan, tonight, is it 8:30 p.m. eastern, when they re kacancellg flights? that s right, brooke.