conditions across parts of the dakotas. look at this. person areas of michigan, parts of wisconsin as well as minnesota. widespread coverage of 2 to 4 inches of snowfall. a few pockets taking you as high as 18 inches of snow over the next 24 to 36 hours. that s just one element of the wintry weather we have in store. the gusty winds certainly going to be in place, at times gusting to 45, 50 miles an hour in the advisory zones. the arctic air is going to be the talk of town. this is one of the coldest air outbreaks of the season so far. not just for areas of the great lakes, but even potentially into the northeast by the time we get to, say, friday and saturday afternoon. but how about this. look at the temperature trend. in chicago, the high of only in the lower 20s on wednesday. 17 and eventually 15 degrees. those are the afternoon highs across this region before we warm it up come saturday. eventually that cold air does arrive across the northeast. new york city may be the subfreezin
like this especially icy overnight. jose thank you let s bring in meteorologist dylan dreyer in new york city. dylan, this is not over yet. it certainly isn t, especially for new england, where two feet of snow has already fallen it will continue to move up into maine, and it will wind down overnight. so, then the snow is gone. but on the back side of this storm, we still have very gusty winds, at times gusting over 40 miles per hour and then combine that with the brutally cold temperatures working in, and it is going to be dangerously cold, especially for anyone who lost power across the northeast. by tomorrow morning we re looking for wind chills well below zero, and high temperatures will stay 10 to 20 degrees below average through the afternoon. jose dylan, not only the northeast. i mean, there s some freezing temperatures down south. reporter: i know. down in florida temperatures are going to be the coldest they ve been in a decade high temperatures will only be
tennessee. meteorologist adam klotz of the weather center with the latest forecast. that exact same storm and if you stretch far enough north is becoming a big snow producer across extreme northeastern wing women across the upper midwest. blizzard conditions in these areas. the larger concern is the spot you mentioned a very heavy rain. now we see when just beginning to move in at times gusting up to 50 miles per hour. the grounds already soggy and you can see trees fall out. wouldn t be surprised if power outages became an issue for not running into the rest of the assignments we continue to have strong winds. paying attention to the snow as we continue moving to the north running into the cold air. everything you look at in the red as a blizzard warning which means visibility is down to a quarter of a mile. drifting snow, heavy snow.
park. reporter: david, new jersey governor chris christie declaring a state of emergency throughout new jersey, all of this snow creating dangerous conditions on the roadways. the big concern is for the coastal counties. we re on the beach in asbury park, where the wind has been relentless all day long, at times gusting near 50 miles per hour. at times it was difficult to stand or even see out here. david. victor, thank you. the storm bringing air travel to a halt tonight. more than 4,000 flights cancelled. the ripple effect coast to coast at this hour. and look at this, singapore jumbojet bound for jfk tonight was forced to land at steward airport, about 80 miles north in the hudson valley. linsey davis. reporter: tonight, airports throughout the northeast are digging out. the effects of this massive nor easter cancelling or delaying thousands of flights. we re not sure if we re going to be flying out of here anytime soon. we re stuck here until tomorrow night. reporter: