michelle grossman has the latest. >>> the harrowing video from on board a cruise ship, caught in rough waters tilting to the side. >>> plus it's spring break season. and a crackdown to try to tame rowdy crowds and prevent violence. why they say their measures are working. it's monday, march 3rd. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm frances rivera. less than two months after the devastating california wildfires put its very existence into question, the show went on at the dolby theater sunday. hollywood's brightest stars gathered to honor the best films of 2024 at the 97th academy awards, hosted by conan o'brien. while many thought the field was wide open, it was a small indy that had its greatest day. >> and the oscar goes to -- are they playing a song? >> no. well, maybe. anora. >> it emerged as the big winner, taking home five awards, including best picture. anora's final award went to its breakout star, mikey madison who won best actress for the title character. the historical epic, the brutalist was runner-up with three wins. adrien brodie won best actor for the ar

let's turn to michelle grossman who's tracking it all for us. >> we're looking at the storm chance later on today into the overnight hours, and then once again tomorrow. we could see winds up to 60 miles per hour, so damaging winds, the chance for a few tornados as well. it's a busy week weather wise. we're looking at a system in the west, the rockies, the high plains for blizzard-like conditions. could see 5 to 10 inches of snow, even up to 18 in some spots this. will move off to the east as we head to the restf the week. plenty of sunshine along the east coast from new england to the mid atlantic into the southeast. we're looking at the chance for snow by wednesday into parts of the midwest. the storm system will move off to the east. now we're looking at the east coast. heavy rain where you see the darker colors. on the backside of the system, the colder air works in. that's why we're looking at the chance for snow in parts of the midwest. then another system moves into the west on wednesday. friday we clear it out in the east. nice and dry from new england to parts of the southeast.

for that, we go to meteorologist michelle grossman with the forecast. michelle. happy monday.i. >> great to see you. well we are looking really busy this week weather wise. we're looking at a large. storm in the west. >> it's going to advance. >> to the east over the next several days, bringing all sorts. >> of impacts. >> heavy rain, severe weather, blizzard like. conditions in. >> some spots. >> so snow. >> falling today in the. >> rockies and northern plains. we could see 5 to 10in of. snow locally. >> even 18in. >> of snow. >> we'll see some. >> storms developing. >> in the southern plains. >> they could be strong. >> at. >> times tonight into. >> the overnight hours. winds gusting up to. >> 65mph could see a few tornadoes. >> as well. >> winds really gusting in the southwest to the south central states. that's going to increase the fire risk. >> because we're going. >> to see winds gusting. >> up to 65mph. look what happens by wednesday. moves off to the east. so now. >> we're talking about heavy rain, the chance for some strong storms. along the. east coast. >> here wher