. >>> let's bring in nbc meteorologist, bill karins. >> and today probably could be the highlight of it all. we're going to watch a severe weather outbreak, maybe even tornados and the least thing that anybody has on their mind is trying to get your family to safety but that could happen latered later today with the tornado sirens going off. and still down along the gulf coast lot of heavy rain but we're already watching our first tornado watch of the day. thankfully none reported yet but tyler to lovecon, that tornado watch continues. and even a few significant tornado, those are ones that are typically the most deadly p. western portion of tennessee and then towards nashville and

. >> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here. we're kind of reveling in how warm it is out east but it's severe weather in other parts of the country. >> yeah. possibility of tornadoes. we have a lot of dense fog that's going to be a problem this morning. there's a lot of weather concerns and a lot of people traveling over the next couple of days. the biggest concern, almost life-threatening concern is going to be the tornadoes later this afternoon. there's even a possibility a few this morning. we do have our tornado watch. a lot of heavy rain up the gulf coast and moving up the eastern sea board. be careful of that fog in the mid-atlantic and southern new england, it's dense this morning. tornado watch has been issued for areas of the texarkana area of shreveport, and lufkin. during the day today things will get more favorable for additional tornadoes. so, about 42 million people have a chance of severe weather today all the way up to southern michigan, even chicago, in late december, that's how unusually warm it is. it's so wa

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. >>> let's get -- is bill karins laughing? >> no -- >> is he laughing?miles away. >> although -- i could picture you in the doug paund back in the eighties in your glory days. ever since then it's been a rough ride, chris, i know. >> what do you mean the '80s? 2015? >> yeah, it's been a long time. let's talk about -- >> -- my browns. >> i'm a jets fan. we're life long sufferers. let's talk about what's showing in pictures first on the storm in the midwest. from omaha, northwards to winter wonderland this morning and yes, it is december. and it looks like it and feels like it there in the middle of the nation. not a lot of other places. this storm is almost over with and then we're going to warm it up, melt a lot of the snow actually in the days ahead. here's the radar. not showing anything too bad. a little bit of light snow expected north of minneapolis, duluth a little more snow also around sioux falls and sioux city. as far as the other areas go, a lot of rain this morning, umbrella weather from new england, mid-atlantic, right down towards atlanta. w

just a few minutes but not before pelting the city with hail stone bus and nbc's meteorologist bill karins is here with the friday forecast. >> there's some great and some not so good andllhose down under, it's their summer now. d another little piece of th storm m poing on shore in the northwest. today's forecast, we're looking very nice, unusually warm, texas, oklahoma, all the way through the midwest, into areas of the northeast, all the stormy weather rain is going to be heading to the rockies. by saturday, the storm will central plains p. we have very warm air and even snow likely in colorado. 73 i>>dallas. that's where we could see severe weather, maybe even isolated tornado or two. so, the area at greatest risk, wichita to oklahoma city, really i 35 to the dallas fort worth year area and back across to abilene abilene. i don't expect a tornado outbreak but a few are possible saturday afternoon and evening. and then a line o strong storm wickll move the to louisiana. and the middle of the country is the stormy spot. now a closer look at the day ahead. well, we have cooled off in the

. >>> here's meteorologist bill karins.. >> in south florida, we're going to watch heavy down pours possible for the next three days s s. miami, your entire winter you normally get six inches of rain and the red is three inches of rain, possibly four inches north of miami. . so, maybe two months worth of rain. and one little piece energy producininsnow on i i 80 across northern portions of new england snow is possible. and so, your forecast for today, now storm in the pacific northwest, we're getting mild in the middle of the country. from oklahomaa city to shaug ochicago and minneapolis. and this afternoon should be very nice from d.c. to new york to atlanta. now a closer look at the day ahead. so, you see some of it rain and snow early in places like new england and skranten. giting finally a little bit more like typical december weather with temperatures in the 50s. so, much q qeter forecast, travel should be a little easier for the airport. >> we like quiet. >>> coming up, heated langugue following the mass shooting in today." >>> deadly ram p pe in san bernardino, california, sparked ou

. >> bill karins is here. >> northwest known for gloomy weat r and light rain. this is a parade of storms. and this ss one of the storm fatalities in the poctland, oregon area. is tree split the house in half and unfortunately, a 60-year-old woman did die in that tree crash. look at this storm as it goes across the pacific andlams shot of rain coming up i-5 from eugene to portland and that will be right along the coast of washington state into areas near seattle and what's different about this stormnt is we're going to focus g a lot ofain and snow in northern california. we like it. now we're starting to get this further to the south and eventually we'll get good snow out of this d too. so, late tonight and into tomorrow the travel will be most difficult and from mammoth lakes to interstate 80, 1 to 2 feet of snow and winds could gust up to 80 miles per hour. and now a closer look at your day ahead. the other side of the country is still feeling like maybe midfall stead of the end of fall. s in texas. we're going to be near 60 in chicago. buffalo at 55. we could

all right, let's get a check of the weather with nbc meteorologist, bill karins. >>> umbrella day for a lot of people on the east coast. this is literally just rain up and done wn the east coast. and no lightning strikes but there could be ea comas we go throughout the day. and to the north, a shield of light rain now all the way back up in southern ohio and most locations on the east coast are going to see the rain. by the time we get to the lunch hour, 1:00 p.m., steady rains from new york city to d.c. all portions of virginia. we'll start to clear out in areas of charlotte and atlanta. the rain from providence to hartford all the way to boston and northern new england will have a cold chilly rain. we're not expecting any problems with ice. most locations a half inch to an inch of rain. the only really cold winter like air, the dakotas will be cold, wyoming too, up into montana and minneapolis. now a closer look at your day ahead. well, you can see all the rain and along with it the warm temperatures. it's amazing to have this warm of a rain without any sunshine. still in the mid-60

and let's check in with meteorologist, bill karins. >>> some years it's cold and windy. this year, it won't be cold, that's guaranteed. look at this tropical feed from the pacific. it's not going to be clear skies. there's a lot of rain out there this morning that has to move up and down the eastern seaboard. and now north of charlotte. so, this is 7:00 a.m. and it's going to slowly move towards the east coast. pittsburgh clears out about noon and farther to the south, we'll watch the heavier showers towards about 5:00 p.m. and new york city looks like steadier rains right around 5:00 and scattered showers but not a heavy soaking rain. aboutin mid-50s and that's mild conditions for this time of year. there will be occasional showers but it will not ruin the festivities. at least they'll be warm. now a closer look at the day ahead. elwith, you can see how warm florida is ahead of that storm system. 86 degrees in orlando. in new england there's little snow on the ground and in the 40s. it's going to go off and still bend ea lot of fun. >> welcome season of christmas. >>>is

. >>> let's bring in nbc meteorologist, bill karins. it's insane. >> and today probably could be the highlight of it all. we're going to watch a severe weather outbreak, maybe even tornados and the least thing that anybody has on their mind is trying to get your family to safety but that could happen latered later today with the tornado sirens going off. and still down along the gulf coast lot of heavy rain but we're already watching our first tornado watch of the day. thankfully none reported yet but tyler to lovecon, that tornado watch continues. and eveve aew significant tornado, those are ones that are typically the most deadly p. western portion of tenness and then towards nashville and hopefully more of a wind threat for you. and forecast obviously a lot of travel delays posable with the rain and even into tomorrow, we're going to watch a chance of isolated storms and that's whether when we're going to shatter records with warm temperatures all the way up to new england, very rare, especially for christmas eve. and especially this

nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with your tuesday morning forecast. >> we got a little bit of everything from the west coast east and severe threat and flood threat. we're takingia you to the worst weather in i 10. and today's forecast, that heavy rain will eventually weaken and exit the southeast. we'll watch an area of light rain into new england as we go throughout your afternoon. then late tonight, we could get isolated strong storms in northeast texas and northern louisiana but more of a widespread severe weather threat. s d temperatures are going to be almost like a spring-like set up. we're looki g at 35 million peopae in the slight risk from the gulf coast all the way aul most to chicago. andawe may see an isolated tornado or two and definitely widespread wind damage. and then for christmas eve, that's system weakened but t'ead of it, extremely warm. we have the chanls of warmest temperatures recorded. that's your national weather. now a closer look at the day ahead. so, obviously, with the heavy rain, that's your travel trouble spot. possible airport delays from savannah tocharl

. >>> now for a look at the weather, nbc meetiologist bill karins joins us. >> a very impressive line of storms continues into the u.s. land slides cause dg lay ing delays on the amtrak train. and then a storm tomorrow lined up. that's storm number two and that will be to the south. belling hm all the way down to portland and eugene. and anywhere from five to seven inches. this is great, this is where we need the rainfall is in northern california and the other story is how warm it is and how warm it's going to be in areas of the temperatures easily 10 to 15 degrees above. it doesn't even feel like november, it feels like october in many cases. near record highs are possible. 70s throughout the midatlantic. just does not feel like delk cember enmany years east of the rockies. now a closer look that at the day ahead. northern new england has a cold morning and 50s throughout much of the great lakes and there's the incredible warmth all the iowa up in i up into montana. it's pretty crazy how warmnt it is. >> my husband put up the christmas lights in a t-shirt. >>> coming up, an update o

meteorologist bill karins is here tracking the storm for us. >> so many areas have been so warm and if you've been on the east koes, look at the middle of the nation, you're like, wow, that can't happen. there's there's signs for the eastern half of the country. and minneapolis, st. paul, looks liar like you're just aabout done. deluth could pick up a a couple more inches. the eastern half of the to be a rainy next two days. a lot of cloud cover, areas of light rain new york to philadelphia this morning. nashville just got done with pretty heavy rain and that is where it will continue. rainfall in coappalachians, northern georgia and up to new england. and purple shading is possibility of two to three inches of rain. chat nothing to a og and the cold behind that storm system, very s chilly from boise to bnapilous. and now a closer look at your aday ahead. temperatures in the florida in the 80s p . and have to watch out for low visibility at airports from new no signs of any snow though. >> and it's december 1st, lucky us. >>> and still ahead, tighter rules on the visa waver program in

. >> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with the latest. >> impressive pictures here. at least two fatalities. one was overnight. someone got washed away in a car and another person a tree fell on a house there in the portland area. there's been fatalities and damage done. parade of storms continue with the latest one off the coast. this is the heaviest rain in oregon and washington last night. some of it is starting to let up a hill bit and now we'll focus further south. unlike the last couple of storms this one will get into central and northern california so the storm moves near the coast today. snow from the cascades is here. still levels are high. it will be up there and you'll probably require chains in a few of those spots. so check ahead today and even until friday the storm will be lingering here. it won't be the heavy rains we have today but we'll still get the snow at the higher electrical rations. 1 to 2 feet is possible. this area of yellow in here in northern california, 5 to 7 inches of rain. the reddish color and shading in much of oregon and northern c

. >>> let's get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill? >> hey, jonathan.h continues, but the rain, too, on the east coast. we did see a lot of heavy rain in iowa. waterloo, iowa had a little problem with too much rain too fast and this vehicle got a little stranded and a little stuck there. that has since that water's receded and we're watching that storm system now pushing to the east. we also have a huge storm in the northwest today. and that storm is going to cause a lot of problems in oregon and i-5. this storm is huge up there in a gulf of alaska. that moisture streaming all the way to the west. you're going to hear a lot of story there's. here's the radar out of that region with all the rain in green and the white is the snow. let's bring you now to the east coast. heavy rain in georgia. it's amazing to talk about the middle of december and we have just rain. there's no ice. there's no snow. this is just all rain all the way up into southern canada. that's how warm it is out there this morning. but it will be a solid shield of rain over the appalachi

let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. l, so great to see you again >> jonathan. you're my little weather reporter in d.c. was there a lot of fog driving in this morning? >> a lot of fog and a little bit of rain. >> you're not the only one. a lot of reports of foggy weather up and down the east coast this morning. so, yeah, this is the white house. you can see the visibility definitely down there, a lot of the lights in the distance look very, very dim. so be careful, give yourself a little extra time. i'm sure there will be a lot of airport delays, too. this is all associated with our last soggy today. similar today to yesterday with a lot of moisture up and down the east coast. as far as the tree lighting ceremony at 30 rock, we're at 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. a few showers, it will be damp but it will be very warm at least. this is unusually warm for this time of night in december. mid 50s for the tree lighting. so it won't be a washout by any means. let's time the rain for you here. this is the radar at 10:00 a.m. this mor

. >> nbc meteorologist bill karins has more on this unseasonably warm weather. good morning bill. please lettuce last, smps you can. >> some people need it. they are happy with this in boston and new england. they are enjoying the 71 in buffalo. second warmest they have ever had in december. really the reason for this is the jet stream. pacific air coming across the country. the dip has been in the west and that's where the storm pattern has been. this dip like this has taken the storms in the northwest through the reactiockies and north into canada. right now we are watching the coldest air from salt lake city to billings. boise at 30. denver at 21. and denver has a storm right over the top of them. salt lake city had six inches yesterday and now in denver it is snowing pretty good. one of the worst morning drives right now. and then we're going to watch the snow spreading out into the plains throughout the next 24 hours. and we will pick up as much as three to six inches here from suici >>> bill cosby coming up. and a drive through getting ugly. we have the deteels coming up nex

. >>> nbc meteorologist, bill karins. >>ka it doesn't seem like that could be really going on. >> let's talk about rain. >> by far the worst wither in the country is in south florida. and as we go across the weekend, incredible warmth. and we have a lot of snow on the ground in nebraska, dakotas and back to wisconsin. it will probably be all gone by this upcoming weekend.d. and bismark getting up to 46 degrees. 15 degrees above average and on saturday, boston five degrees above average.av and this is beginning of november type warmth and clearly into the first week of december and sunday, we're staying very warm. it's going to be dry, lots of sunshine, so no excuse not to head out doors and enjoy it while we ican. that's your national weather, ahead. so, this is a beautiful forecast from texas all the way through the south. and we're going to slowly, if not surely, be melting that snow in sioux falls in minneapolis the next couple of days, highs today near 40. and we're still waiting for our first snowflakes in syracuse,

nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with more on that. >> and we've set up in our parade of storms across the pacif pacific, this is what we expect going into our el nino winter. this plume of moisture just pointed straight at washington and oregon for the cascades and also in the olympics, that's where the heaviest rain will fall today and tomorrow. and then shift further south on thursday. this red coloring in here is up the pink is seven inches of rain and we expect miner to moderate flooding along the rivers. hopefully we won't see major problems. and there's not a lot of cold air, we do have avalanche warnings near the saw tooth mountains and in central california, this is welcome snow. we haven't had a lot so far this season in the central portion of the sierras. that's good news. now a closer look at your day ahead. so, everywhere east of the rockies is dealing with just the opposite of the northwest. lots of sunshine, lots of warmth, a little cool this morning in new england but you're going to get your cool weekend. forecast. >>> new illness is tied to a chipotle restauran

. >>>> nbc meteorologist, bill karins is here. >> it's going to be another it was 16 degrees warmer in buffalo than phoenix. things have koul cool cooled off a little bit. the cold front hasn't made it to new york city which is 64 degrees in the middle of the night. and record highs of 67. this is the next storm. it dumped snow in salt lake city. it's going to move to the plains this evening. and driving from pueblo to denver probably one of the worst drives. the purple color,sic south dakota and in general, this is a three to six inch swap, st. cloud, looks like minneapolis will avoid this. and it will continue tonight. so, today's forecast, still very warm, still feels like a warm fall w day. from dallas to oklahoma city and st. louis, beautiful 67 degrees.de now a closer look at your day ahead. so, the temperature contrast pretty obvious where our storm is today. colorado feels like the middle of winter at 25 and in the 60s in southern missouri p. and . we'll bebe watching the clouds break way late today in new eng england. it continues. it even looks very warm to christmas. >> we'l