a busy start this year. take a look at the storm system. you put this in the united states and put it over the entire state of texas. it would encompass the entire state of texas. even parts of new mexico and then louisiana on the opposite side of texas, as well. but storm impacting portions of the island. population here about 10,000 people. certainly going to see powerful winds. it is category 4 equivalent. the concern is farther downstream. this could become a supertyphoon meaning winds could get into a strong category 4 equivalent. again, the first time we ve had three typhoons in the first three months of the year when you historically see them come in effect in may and june. the concern is toward thursday, eventually friday, portions of luzan, the eastern areas of the philippines going to be in line with a potential direct hit with the storm system. it looks at this point that it will weaken as we approach the later portion of the week. certainly worth noting that something we ll
effect. we do expect more than a foot of snow in some areas especially off of lake ontario, a very powerful storm impacting parts of the pacific northwest, but several feet of snow and also very strong winds and a quick hitting clipper hitting parts of the midwest today. advisories in effect. some areas can see more than six inches of snow. looking wednesday night the temperature at my house is going to be 5. wear a shirt if you re at steve s house. heather nauert. good morning. it s time for steve and kathy to start the battle over the thermostat in their house. good morning. i ve got news to bring you. after two weeks of vacation in hawaii it is back to work for president obama. he is not sticking around washington all week, though. the president will go on a three-day media blitz pushing his agenda before this month s state of the union address. the president is expected to tout economic recovery and his plans to use
having a really, really difficult time just getting here. yeah. i can imagine. poppy, i don t know. i don t mean to give her a hard time. if i lived in brazil, i would not be headed to chicago right now. i d stay in brazil. i know. i felt stow bad for her. i lived in chicago. the storm impacting a lot of folks. about 100 million people in 22 states. alexandra steele is at the cnn weather center. i m starting to feel guilty just being inside seeing how people are roughing this. suzanne, poppy talking to the people out there working for a day or two, haven t been home, compare that to the people in antarctica stuck on the ship in a week. the storm was a quick hitter. models just nailing this forecast. so all of the snow is gone. a little snow here on the cape. other than that, it s the winds and the cold certainly. how much did we see? kind of right on the money if we compare this to our forecast. it s spot on.
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warnings here. across pennsylvania just to the south of the city of buffalo. so it s going to be a very rough commute here through out the morning hours and even into the afternoon. as we expect the snow to continue throughout the day today and into tomorrow for some of you. otherwise again a new storm impacting parts of the west. we have areas of rain across san francisco and higher snow in washington northern cascades. patti ann another storm impacting parts of texas and louisiana with heavy thunderstorms this morning. oh, boy. maria molina. thanks. thanks. we are less than an hour away from president obama s arrival in israel for a long-awaited visit. he hasn t been there since 2008 when he was running for president. leland vitter is live in jerusalem with the latest. good morning. good morning patty ann a beautiful day for the president