sirens since last month s false missile alert. the test seemingly conducted on the first business day of every month as part of hawaii s three component emergency notification system. i m sure a lot of hawaii residents had a little bit of the ptsd when they heard that test. let s get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, obviously, the big story today, what is punxsutawney phil going to do? is winter going to continue on? tell us what you know. he has his own group of poem that bring the scrolls out, they ll read at 7:25 a.m. we ll find out if he thinks. the problem is that now we have fought just punxsutawney phil, we have general lee in the south, staten island calk, there s a big huge one in austin, texas. we ll have to wait and see how it all pans out today. in southern portions of new england, a coating of snow is greeting you when you head out
there s many groundhogs, but that s the big one, punxsutawney phil. there s general lee in the south. a storm is heading for colorado. this will be the first full-fledged major snowstorm in this country in a while. denver, 8 to 12 inches of snow. some areas will see blizzard conditions in nebraska. omaha to iowa will also get some snow. a little bit of light rain, coastal areas of virginia and south and north carolina. big thunderstorms late today in texas. but finally, a snowstorm to talk with, willie geist, out in colorado. dipping down to 48 today in new york. that s downright frigid after it was 65 yesterday. bill, thanks so much. we appreciate it. let s turn to sports now. three days to the super bowl. the rematch, the new york giants and the new england patriots, remember four years ago, the patriots were 18-0. the giants came in behind eli manning and ruined the party. leave it to the new york post to fuel this great rivalry. front page, not a prayer. what are they talking
minneapolis northward was a little bit, quote, unquote, chilly. as we go throughout the day today, as i mentioned, we have general lee in the south, not just punxsutawney phil. many local groundhogs will be making their forecast. we have a potent storm kicking out of colorado into the siene tall plains. that will be one of the first significant winter weather events we ve seen in months in this region of the country. from colorado to nebraska. it looks like areas of iowa may get nailed. not much on the radar, just some snow beginning to show up in the mountains of colorado. we have a blizzard watch in effect for the north platte area. central nebraska, a full-out big old winter storm for you. even the denver area will see significant snow. we re talking the possibility of school cancellations and blizzard conditions, especially areas of eastern colorado. how much snow? the 6 to 12 is in the pink.