. >>> but first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> good morning to you, mika. a little bit of light rain greeting people this morning from d.c. to philly to new york. so far, the airports are doing all right. no delays reported. we could have minor delays, but it's going to be another warm day. not going to rain in this region of the country. just light rain on and off from now until about noon. forecast today, look at these temperatures. this is march weather, folks. 67 in d.c. today, 62 in new york. and just soak it up while it lasts. temperatures around the southeast also warm. as we look toward the west coast, rain this morning in seattle, that should clear out for this afternoon. a peek at tomorrow's forecast, a big highlight come thursday and friday. a little rare winter snowstorm. do you believe that? it can snow this winter. watch out denver to omaha. you're watching "morning joe"

we turn to bill karins with the weather channel forecast. do not park on ice this year. especially this year. >> have you ever driven on a lake before in a car? >> i've not. >> it's scary. i wouldn't want to park -- up in maine. >> crazy bill karins. >> ice gets pretty thick up there. but this winter is different. we have the primaries today. a big winter storm headed for michigan. what's interesting is that during the day today, the storm will be right in the middle, so it shouldn't be affecting either area. so let's show where you it hit yesterday first. that was in california. that's where the snow began to paul. pine valley, california. picked up about 3 to 4 inches. some kids got to play with some snow. california has been just like many other areas with a lack of winter weather all season. so today as we go throughout the forecast period, wednesday is a day of concern for new england. that's going to be the problem up this. so today is fine. it's more or less wednesday, thursday that you'll have the issues. today's forecast looks great. temperatures in the 40s. 50

bill karins is here. that is quite the elaborate hockey rink. >> for virginia, that's pretty ambitious in the winter. i grew up in upstate new york and we were guaranteed that the ice rink would be okay. virginia, even though it's winter, that's a little shaky. >> major points for the effort. >> dad points. good morning, everyone. big rainstorm expected this weekend as it moves from texas all the way down along the gulf coast. some of us are hoping, like myself, that we'll get a big east coast storm. doesn't look like it's going to happen. what we have going on is we have a northern stream that's very active. notice there's a stream coming in from the northwest, week one northern plains. another one going through canada. the northern stream is active but it won't combine with all the moisture down here to the south. that's why we won't get this energy coming up the coast. for the most part this is just going to be a southern soaker. we already have some rain and thunderstorms popping up in central texas.

i'm fred roggin. >>> and now for another look at the weather, here once again is bill karins. morning you can bill. >> typically i'd being talking about a winter thaw is coming but it's warmer than it's been. it's crazy. let's talk about what's going to happen up in new england. this is an area that still had snow on the ground especially more than new england. it's a cold morning. albany at 19. we're at 20 in hartford. so there is chilly air out there. it will warm up this afternoon getting in to the mid-40s in central new england. cities up near 50 and maybe even mid fifth from philly to d.c. just a chance of showers buffalo and pittsburgh, not a lot of wet weather. as far as boston goes, 44 is a little bit above average, but we'll go well above average wednesday, thursday and friday. we're not going to get near 70 like you are in d.c., but three days in a row, at the end of february in boston, extremely rare. and we'll continue that probably to friday, it will get chillier but sunny this upcoming weekend. as far as the forecast in the middle of the country, showers and snow

that is the first look at sports, i'm fred rogan. >>> now for another look at the weather here is bill karinse weather channel forecast. talking trash, bill. >> i love dogs, but it looked like an ewac. >> he was adorable. >> i guess they are adorable. >> i teased you about possibility of nor' easter, we haven't had many blizzarded or huge storms. last night one of our long range computers is hinting at an east coast storm on sunday. to put it in perspective, there is four others of these computers that give us predictions, none of them have it, this one does. i would show it to you. we are on thursday, friday, here comes the storm up the eastern seaboard the lines show the strength, the pressure how big it would be. would be a classic nor' easter. if that was to occur. as i mentioned other computers don't tap in the cold air and bring rain to the southeast. that is a wait and see but just something i'm interested in. if you have any sunday plans, something you need to pay attention to. right now, light rain showers heading through southern new england, maybe snow showers in the cat skills, a

. >>> now for the national weather, we turn to bill karins has the weather channel forecast. >> whole thing people are trying to make the hottest pepper, they cross breed them. >> i did that once in a restaurant you think a cherry tomato and a hot pepper and ruins the whole meal. >> some people enjoy it. they enjoy sweat and cry while they eat their food. good morning, interesting forecast this weekend i'll get to that in a second. first off rain to deal with this morning. warm temperatures, not a lot of snow, a little bit of snow reported in areas of upstate michigan and even there, temperatures above freezing. roads won't be much of an issue, a rain forecast heading in the east, amazing in the middle of the night, middle of february, dealing with all-rain forecast. just an indication how warm the winter has been. the green on the map is the rain. a lot of the ohio valley is dreary, cloudy, cool, rainy, heavier rain along the gulf. a few thunderstorms, nothing too severe thankfully, no tornadoes reported. mobile on interstate 10 heading to tallahassee, you will see heaviest rains. as

bill karins will have much more coming up in weather. stick around for that. >>> now to tuesday's republican presidential primary. two big wins for mitt romney restoring h momentum heading into super tuesday next week. in arizona, he beat rick santorum by 20 points and wins all 29g delegates. in michigan, they will each get some of the state's 30 delegates. nbc' steve handelsman has details from detroit. >> reporter: hi, richard. thanks. good morning from detroit. here in the state where he's from, mitt romney, last night, tried to hold his head high, but what he had accomplished was to avoid disaster. mitt romney had to win michigan or face the collapse of his campaign and he did win. after losing the lead and then gaining it back. >> we didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough and that's all that counts. i'm going to deliver on more jobs, less debt, and smaller government. we have to hear that day in and day out. >> reporter: he went two for two. romney gets all 29 of arizona's delegates. arizona's primary was win or take all, not mic

i'm mario solis. >>> here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has the weather channel forecast. ning to you, bill. >> we said groundhog will not see his shadow, four weeks until spring. >> way to reveal the secret. aren't we waiting until 7:30. >> if he seeses had shadow and it's cloudy, i completely lose all faith. >>> d.c. through maryland, off the virginia coastline, dry everywhere up in new england. temperatures have dropped off a little bit. we're going back to warm winter weather instead of warm spring weather out there. the green on the map is the rain through the outer banks, up through the delmarva peninsula. back here through west virginia, light rain, too, in the higher elevations. this will be out of here as we go through the morning commute and the rest of the day will be dry. morning showers in d.c. and we should get sunshine later. we're saying 61 for you. definitely cooler from philly to new york. still well above average for this time of year. a lot of that snow pack in central new england, now it's gone. northern new england really still has snow on the ground.

now we turn to meteorologist bill karins with your weather channel forecast. >> very ambitious. >> major dad points. no pressure, bill. you're working on a treehouse three feet off the guy. >> you should call a weather guy, does it usually get that cold in virginia? >> roller hockey. >> the funny thing about virginia, anywhere on the east coast has a chance of getting significant snow this weekend, it's probably virginia, especially up in the mountains. but i haven't even ruled out the possibility of snow in areas outside the mountains. we'll talk about this storm as we go throughout this weekend. right now it's located south of phoenix. it has a long ways to go. it's a slow mover. not a lot of cold air available. 95% of the storm is going to be a heavy rain event. we're already getting some of that rain in texas. a wet two days in texas. and then throughout the southeast, don't expect a lot of sunshine today right through your weekend. now, the northern stream will stay to the north. areas like boston, philadelphia, new york city, it doesn't look like you're going to get snow out of the

we turn to bill karins with the weather forecast. >> we had some active weather overnight. very impressive storm system in the middle of the country. busiest active weather for a morning we've had in maybe a month or two. we have tornadoes, winter storms. these pictures came to us from kansas. this was near hush chin son, kansas, harveyville. half the town sustained damage. it was one little funnel there. the big breaking piece of news overnight, it looks like bran son, missouri, it's near joplin, hit by a tornado last night. does not appear to be a big, devastating tornado like the one that hit joplin. the entertainment district has been hit. the roof of a waurl mart has reported to be collapsed. best western is supposed to have major damage. no reports of any fatalities out of bran son. it does appear that bran son, missouri, was hit by a pretty strong tornado overnight. overall, ten tornado reports. these show where they occurred around the greater springfield area and a couple in areas of kansas. we have a tornado warning still. possibility of one occurring now along th

. >>> we turn to meteorologist bill karins with your weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> so, i did not see even one film that won an award last night. >> oh, you did not? >> no. >> you and i are in the same boat. >> no, you saw -- >> i saw "the help," you're right. >> we talked endlessly about "the artist". >> i feel like i have to see it. >> exactly. >> you do it first. >> we're like this. >> yes. >> both pathetic. >>> good morning, everyone. over the weekend we had decent weather. windy on the east coast. we got an interesting forecast down in daytona. yesterday the daytona 500 was washed out, rained all day. takes 2 1/2 hours to dry the track and they never got a chance to do that. the rain hasn't stopped. they're supposed to get the big race in. this is the super bowl of racing down there. they're going to try to get it in today at noon but a lot of wet weather coming in off the gulf. it's going to be a challenge out there to dodge the showers to try to get the race in today. maybe they can do it later this evening. they have lights. maybe

jeff rossen and bill karins, we appreciate your being here.dianapolis for super bowl xlvi. actually the rest of the team will be here. aisle see you back here tonight for the "nightly news." have a great day, everyone. >> bye-bye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon. straight a hehead on new"news4 " a showdown with occupy protesters. police set up a perimeter around mcpherson square as the tent of dreams comes down. >>> protesters killed in clashes with syrian forces. the impact it is having there and in washington. >>> we're in the final stretch. super bowl xlvi is just a day away. we'll go live to indianapolis to see how that city is preparing. i'm storm 4, meteorologist chuck bell, clouds are sneaking in, raindrops and maybe even snowflakes before the weekend is through. your complete forecast. >> all that and more when you join us on news for today in less than two minutes. more colors, same edge. the droid razr is now $199.99. exclusively from verizon. just a second. just, just one s

jeff rossen and bill karins, we appreciate your being here.rom indianapolis for super bowl xlvi. actually the rest of the team will be here. aisle see you back here tonight for the "nightly news." have a great day, everyone. >> bye-bye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "11 news saturday morning." i'm lisa robinson. >> and i'm jennifer franciotti. here's a look at some of our top stories for you. a dramatic scene on northbound i-95. a car caught fire north of the fort mchenry tunnel. thankfully there were no reports of injuries. >> a disturbing discovery outside of an elementary school in anne arundel county where fire officials say they found a burned body in a wooded area behind an elementary school in brooklyn park. police say the victim is an adult male. they tell 11 news that investigation is ongoing. >> the delivery of the new state police medvack -- medivac helicopters is on hold. officials say one of the problems has to do with the position of the helicopter's search light. >> there are certain

and now for a look at your national weather we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. >> you're an experienced lobster eater. he wouldn't even taste that good? >> the smaller the lobster the more succulent. 27 points -- >> right. >> not so much. >> send him back. >> i don't know that i would have turned down any kind of lobster. >> i know you're sympathetic to rocky. you think he deserves a second chance. >> yeah. lobster is lobster. >> come on. give me a little steak. >> i lived in maine, i know. got them off the boat. good morning, everyone. we are looking at the snowstorm in the west. temperatures have cooled off, peoples which surprise snow up in new england and areas of new jersey. first thing's first, we had our beautiful warm air and now we're returning more like winter or at least a portion of winter in the northern plains. temperatures have dropped below freezing, many areas of the rockies, northern plains and chicago. temperatures continue to drop as the snow continues to fall. the surprise in the forecast the amount of c

for a look at your national weather we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins has your weather forecast. >> you keep professional with me here which is the equivalent. >> we use that term loosely, in quotation. >> professional. >> not always but we try to keep it. >> did you enjoy yesterday's april warmth? >> yes. stay tuned. bring it on. >> it's going to continue in some areas but in other spots it will not. a little winter surprise for some people in the northern plains and the great lakes later on tonight. first thing's first. yesterday, what a day. i mean look at the temperatures on this map. we were in the upper 70s to low 80s through texas, florida was great, mardi gras in new orleans, the end of the festivities as we continue this week at 80 degrees yesterday. notice the colder air. there's a little bit of chilly air still in the northern plains and that's the key to the upcoming forecast. we haven't had a lot of snow in many cities. chicago has been one of them. only 16 inches of snow so far this winter. typically chicago gets almost 40 inches. we're well behind schedule. the la

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he's ready for the job. >>> first let's get fwet a check of the weather with bill karins who's out onlove for valentine's day. who's dadmian? >> he place on "glee." >> excuse me for not watching that. kevin -- >> he plays arte. >> big "glee" fans obviously. let's take a look at your forecast. not so much glee down in the southeast as we have been watching a ton of rain. there's snow in the forecast too in some of the muttous areas of west virginia. north carolina and virginia doing particularly well. in the northwest we're going to see rain showers. as we go through president's weekend, we're going to see it cooler. still a little unsettled in the middle of the country, but there's no real big storms out there. a little more cloudy in the northwest. but, you know, it's not going to be oi >> good morning. this is what sunrise looked like over the city this morning. what a beautiful picture it is. it will be a beautiful day today. temperatures in the upper 40's and low 50's. >> all right. let's quickly say hi to dad. >> hi. >> that's very cute. see? that's nice and simple and to the poi

he's ready for the job. >>> first let's get fwet a check of the weather with bill karins who's out onne's day. who's dadmian? >> he place on "glee." >> excuse me for not watching that. kevin -- >> he plays arte. >> big "glee" fans obviously. let's take a look at your forecast. not so much glee down in the southeast as we have been watching a ton of rain. there's snow in the forecast too in some of the muttous areas of west virginia. north carolina and virginia doing particularly well. in the northwest we're going to see rain showers. as we go through president's weekend, we're going to see it cooler. still a little unsettled in the middle of the country, but there's no real big storms out there. a little more cloudy in the northwest. but, you know, of the country, storms, a little more cloud din the northwest but it won't be snowing. now, here's look outside your window. >>> good morning. i'm check bull. sun shining. temperatures gwendolyn 20s and 30s, all that rain in the gulf coast. that moisture is coming our way for the second half of tomorrow. could still see up to about 2 inches

he's ready for the job. >>> first let's get fwet a check of the weather with bill karins who's out ontine's day. who's dadmian? >> he place on "glee." >> excuse me for not watching that. kevin -- >> he plays arte. >> big "glee" fans obviously. let's take a look at your forecast. not so much glee down in the southeast as we have been watching a ton of rain. there's snow in the forecast too in some of the muttous are of west virginia. north carolina and virginia doing particularly well. in the northwest we're going to see rain showers. as we go through president's weekend, we're going to see it cooler. still a little unsettled in the middle of the country, but there's no real big storms out there. a little more cloudy in the northwest. but, you know, it's not >>> around the bay area this morning, we're seeing drizzle and a weak weather system dropping on in that will add extra lift to that moisture around 9:00 and so:00 this morning. giving us drizzle and light showers for the first half of the day. around lunch time, we get rapid clearing and what's going to power up the clearing will

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist bill karins with a at the forecast. bill, i remember those reporting days. something would happen in the back of your live shot, you have to keep going. you go with the flow. >> if she had done something like this, we would have gotten the big reaction. instead of 2 million hits on youtube, she could have had 10. >>> a snowstorm to talk about. a mini band of snow to talk about. first, yesterday, 81 in san antonio. 79 in dallas. how gorgeous was yesterday throughout all of the southern half of the country all the way up to the mid-atlantic. even areas like new york city, philadelphia, baltimore, d.c., temperatures were gorgeous with late afternoon sunshine. the colder air, though, is still trying to hold on from minneapolis up through the northern plains. that is going to lead us to our little snow event we are going to deal with starting today through tonight, into tomorrow. now, chicago, the last three winters, 52 inches of snow. 56 inches of snow and this one so far, only 16 inches. i think we are goi

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist bill karins with a look at the forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> good morning. happy groundhog day. >> what is he going to say? it shouldn't be 60 degrees in the middle of february? >> yeah. i mean, it's not like the drama like we have been dealing with this brutal went and we can't wait for it to end. yesterday, we had high temperatures in washington, d.c., 72 degrees! it was 62 in new york city. we were still in the 60s in kansas city. dallas was in the 70s. so not like many of us have been suffering from this brutal winter. but, for the most part, it's going to be pretty cloud yy day out there. as far as the winter storm goes this is the talk of went. not much of wipts in colorado, kansas, or nebraska. winter storm watches from sterling to north platte and north of omaha and up into iowa nailed by this storm. our computers are estimating it looks like someone has a chance of getting 1 to 2 feet of snow and these areas from north platte to sterling and interstate 80 a mess friday into saturday mo

for a look at your national and regional weather, someone i always have to tell to be nice to me, bill karins>> someone you always want to hit with a pillow. >> welcome back, bill. good to have you. >> good morning. we showed you the pictures from atlanta. actually winter. we've got snow out there and snow in areas of the middle of the country. areas in white are under winter weather advisories. areas of texas where we had snow all the way up into areas of nebraska and areas of arkansas. we do have a couple winter storm warnings here, areas just outside of little rock heading up the highway to ft. smith. overall very light. not a huge winter storm. you can see on the radar, all the white is the snow. the bluer shading is the heavier senator, actually north texas to the dallas area where it's too warm, you're just getting rain. but outside dallas, you're getting snow. you can see it's all spreading through the ozarks. kansas city is going to have a light coating of snow, springfield joplin, all the way up to st. louis. it's not a big snow event. our computers are saying one 1 to 3 inches. ever

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. as your weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. you just have to shake your head at something like that. >> yeah, privacy. there's a little pink sheet between you and the pilot. >> there's so many things about it that seem so wrong. i won't go there. >> yeah, we'll -- >> leave it to the imagination. >> let's not. let's just move on. well, good morning, everyone. we have a little bit of snow to talk about throughasre a of northern nevada. we are watching right along the inrs lta aetetlit bit of snow now. it's pushing to the south.tl some of the ski areas are getting a little bit of snow. lake tahoe picked up a quick burst. good news for them. as far as the travel goes, it should improve throughout the morning on interstate 80. a little enhancement here just recently. probably an hour or two of snow here. a little weak storm system heading through. winds will get gusty in the days after that. first off, we have to get rid of this storm system. a little bit of rain heading for fresn

." >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. od morning to you, bill. >> i took a lot of science classes and don't remember anything on heat units for peppers. >> or "nasty." i would describe that as painful, brutal. >> i struggle with jal tee jalapeno peppers on my sandwich. good morning, everyone. the last three days we tracked a system in the pacific northwest that went all the way down through california yesterday. it is still spinning down there along interstate 8 with rain coming up from the south tapping into just a little bit of moisture in the bay of california. and as far as the mountains go, there was a little bit of snow last night, the mountains outside of san diego, but that's tailing off. we'll dry it out in southern california. and the winds are going to pick up over the next couple of days with high pressure building through the rockies to send the santa ana winds into town. we are watching a storm system up here to the north, so we are done with this storm system. it looks like the one to the northwestern is mov

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. your weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> yeah, that's tough. 7'8". >> everywhere you go, you're like. >> hitting your head every day. happy valentine's day to you. >> you too, bill. >> off to a decent start. a little bit of rain, a little shaking this morning. a couple earthquakes in mexico. actually, in san diego some people were feeling it. yuma, arizona, some people reporting they felt the earthquake too. we woke up to that maybe in a few cases. slight rain showers moving through with this weak storm system. we are getting a little bit of snow in the rim country just north of arizona, just north of phoenix, i should say. it will progressively move east during the day today and move out. also, you can see this next little front kicking into the northwest here. that's going to bring light rain to the coastal areas, primarily in the pacific northwest. some showers around seattle and portland. it won't be a soaking. temperatures are cool. it's not often we show the

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist bill karins with a ok at the forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> good morning. happy groundhog day. >> happy groundhog day to you. we are going to do our own scientific -- yeah. >> he's about to sneak his head out to tell us if winter is going to end soon, but a lot of people think it already has. the festivities are well underway, we are getting down to go time. officially if he sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter, if not, four more weeks. people in alaska will care about that forecast because they are the only ones dealing with winter. and by alaskan standards, we have a bit of a heat wave near anchorage, 37 degrees. fairbanks, nine us in 9. minus 9. that's an improvement. the warmer air has surged in from the south and with it some snow and rain will be found in these areas. temperatures getting to above zero for the first time in fairbanks in a long while. that pattern change is also affecting areas of the west, too. a big high pressure ridge is now moving into place. we have a big storm sy

here is bill karins with your weather channel forecast. >> we were talking yesterday about the snow in the middle of the country. little bit this morning, lynn. nothing too major. areas in northern kentucky were a little surprised. areas around louisville getting a wintery mix and getting snow north to the louisville area. detroit will have a little bit of snow. same with columbus and cleveland. a lot of spots 1/2 inch to an inch. further to the south, plenty warm. plain old rain in areas of georgia. that will spread to south carolina this morning. here's what we're looking at. we've got just a wintery mess headed through the east, and then we've got mild air that's coming up from the south. the next storm system is coming through areas of arizona and utah with snow in the higher elevations. that storm will run into mild air. typically a storm would be a big snow producer through the middle of the country, but our arctic air forecast is nothing that will plunge down into the u.s. all the dark blues and purples, that's the really cold air, it stays well to the north over the next seven

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist bill karins with aook at the forecast. that is where i run on the hudson river. i'm relieved i was not there. i think it was friday. it looked so real. >> marketing first and gets a double thumb's up. >> maybe a pack they were wearing may be would have been unbelievable? >> the pack hasn't been developed safely not yet. >>> a warm january day and now we step into february. yesterday's high temperatures everywhere colored in on this map was 50 or warmer which is just, i mean, look how much of the country was 50 degrees on the last day of january. we had record highs and close to all-time record highs. areas like des moines and a lot of warmth down around the gulf and it stuck some of that warmth all the way into new england. today, things are not quite as warm. things have cooled off a little bit. rain showers popping up and gulf moisture is heading northward so a rainy, drizzly day. storms in louisiana pushing into mississippi. had a couple of strong storms overnight south of alexandria with tornado war

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist bill karins with a look at the forecast. no doubt. >> if i go back to my 20s, i wish i had done mardi gras. >> what i would do with a time machine. let's go back there anyways. >> i think loa lot of of us mig do. mardi gras temperatures pretty mild today and add to the fun and festivities. a storm system through the northern plains and picked up an inch or two in many areas in minnesota and the late portions of yesterday through the overnight. looking into light rain for areas of illinois and indiana and chicago, going to be a little bit of wintry mix. you will see some snowflakes introduce throughout the morning but temperatures warm justify that it will be just fine. eastern seaboard increasing clouds during the day and weak ms system in the middle and clearing it out for a nice stretch of weather in the central plains. the white on the map is the snow. still snow showers, especially heading out of minneapolis here into northern minnesota and notice a little bit of snow outside of chicago and mix in t

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist bill karins with a look at the forecast. i love how you're pretending you never east one-pound lobster and 27-pound lobster! >> the heavier they are, the longer they have lived. i don't mind taking the young juvenile. >> okay! you'll get some serious phone calls from peta. >> the older one, set it free. put your crackers and bib down. >>> good morning, everyone. talking snow in the great lakes all the way through new england as we go throughout the morning. we have had a period of snow overnight in areas of iowa put down a couple of inches. a little disappointing in the chicago area. yesterday, we were thinking possibly 6 to 8 inches and now the forecast is down probably only looking somewhere 3 to 4 by the time it's all said and done. the moderate snow is in the blue. north of interstate 88 and da n davenport, a band over you. it is going to snow and the roads will get slushy and sloppy throughout the heart of the rush hour so a high impact event. light snow in detroit but not too organized right now.

now for a look at your national and regional weather we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> you may have missed it. the name of the plain was the bahama mama. >> i did miss that. is that true? >> yes. go for a ride in the bahama mama. >> extremely romantic. >> it is. i'm signing up. good morning, everyone. it looks like march out there. if you took a look at the temperatures across the country and you didn't know we were in the middle of february, the temperatures are in the 60 steakhous. there's warmer air surging here out of the south. that's going to hit some colder air. we'll deal with thunderstorms today. its he a march like forecast. already the lightening strikes showing up here, the white dots on the map here. lightning strikes on the kansas/missouri border. during the day these will be more widespread from dallas to houston, austin. that's where the storms will form. they'll head over the afternoon to the evening hours into louisiana. we actually have a severe weather risk today. slight risk of severe storms includes the houston area, lake charles, shreveport. almost al

which amounts to a high costume include tag 45-pound head, so it is definitely no easy feat but bill karins is throwing his had into the ring. >> you have to do it without running into each other and falling over. >> have you ever done anything like that? >> no. but i always enjoy being at the games and watching that. >>> let's talk about this forecast. yesterday we saw snow move from areas of temp and kentucky and even areas of north carolina and virginia saw snow. of course, these are areaary yas of the country that don't get a lot of snow and when that happen use can get a lot of bad extensions. this is coming from western portions of nashville, tennessee. this was a nasty accident. up to 50 people were treated after a bus and a semi. it was a huge pie-up on 75 in tennessee. only a couple inches is what caused that crash. there were many reports of black ice too over the 24 hours throughout this region. this storm is now exiting. it did not move up the coast. that's why we're not tracking a big nor'easter up in england right now. it went offshore. it's a powerful storm but not close enou

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist bill karins with a look at the forecast. what is the lesson there? don't park on ice, i guess? >> this isn't the winter to be driving on the lake. >> this is not the winter, you're right. some folks do it normally. >> other winters is fine. they do racing. pretty crazy. >>> a big winter storm coming and watch that move across the country. yesterday, the storm was moving through california and got snow in areas of california that don't typically get it. a low elevation saw some of it. pine valley, california, one of those spots that picked up three or four inches of snow. where is that storm this morning? for the most part, it's right over arizona but it will be moving out of there as we go throughout the day today. so the four corner region is getting the worse of it now especially telluride. it eventually heads to the plains. showery and cloudy and freezing drizzle in iowa and light snow in minnesota. one of the biggerer storms we have had this winter. the predictwinter snowfall. a blizzard for the nor

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist bill karins with a look at the forecast. good morning to you. >> i will not judge. >> don't judge! >> i will not. >> he has his moments. >> and all on sunday. see how it ends up for him. >>> good morning. the big talk of town? the blizzard. finally, we have a blizzard out there. we haven't had many wig winter storm this winter season. denver could pick up 12 to 18 inches by the time we are done. a few spots could get up to two feet and blizzard warnings in effect for the eastern plains of colorado and section of nebraska out into kansas and north platte, cheyenne and not bad down around pueblo. it's snowing hard on the front range in the urban corridor too. as far as the rain goes, it's warmer on the front side. we have had some thunderstorms overnight. topeka, kansas and manhattan, kansas city. the blue on the map is the heavy snow on i-25 the urban corridor there. a perfect setup you get a rarely significant storm. a slow moving one too and we could see some areas getting up to two feet of ♪ snosnow.