let's get a check of weather headlines bonnie schneider this morning. acking hurricane paula down in the caribbean. it's lost its intensity but still a hurricane. the track of it takes it right into cuba. we're expecting landfall sometime today. but we're stage seems to be steering away from the u.s. but the u.s. may be affected there's a tropical storm watch for the keys. notice the curve to the south, there's rugged terrain over cuba, particularly, western cuba, where the mountains are, that brings risks for areas where you could see mud slides with several inches of rain associated with the storm system. back to the u.s. mainland. boy, it is chilly out there. we are looking for cold temperatures for this moment in october. green bay at 40 degrees. it's 45 in minneapolis. 47 in milwaukee, and a brisk 36 degrees in sioux falls, south dakota. definitely feels like we're well into the fall season. for those of you traveling, we've got sunshine, nice conditions in dallas. warmer in l.a. at 81. breezy at 72 in atlanta. and 64, showers in new york. get ready

let's check in with bonnie schneider. this weather is never ending as it pertains to the rain. >> influence of a tropical system that always enhances moisture. you have slow moving tropical weather and even more rain coming up the eastern seaboard after a washout. some places like in eastern north carolina received more rain in four days than they do normally in six months. there's a lot of moisture on the ground. more is working its way across the mid-atlantic right now. let's head down southward and you can see flood warnings remain for south carolina all of the way up to northern vermont for some of the rivers. it will take a while for that runoff to really drain out and the water levels to recede. please use caution if you will be travel anywhere where it tends to be flooded. don't attempt to drive on a road that has water covering it even in a small area. even if the car in front of you made it through. it only takes 6 inches of water to dislodge your vehicle even an suv. very, very dangerous. we have heavy rain with

bonnie schneider here with me to break down what this means. in effect in some areas. not over yet. >> not at all. even when the rain stops, we still have to worry about the wind. that is going to be a very serious situation that could create danger and problems for people from the mid-atlantic all the way to northern new england. let's show you what's happening right now. as we zoom into the radar, you'll see we have rain hammering parts of maine. look what's happening in upstate new york and into northern vermont. you can see the bursts of pink and white ant radar picture. i know it's october, but we have 8 inches of snow on the ground in killington, vermont. temperatures have been holding around 32 degrees. at the higher elevations, this nor'easter is definitely bringing some wintry weather. certainly across cities like boston, new york, seeing rain only with the system. but we are seeing heavy bands of rain and strong gusts of wind as the nor'easter works its way to the north and iso. i want to show you a live picture of what it looks like

the nba is trying to move this forward. >> let me move over to bonnie schneider. fan you are, but i appreciate you doing this for us, at least. you've got to give people a forecast about what it's going to be like for the big game. >> we have your college forecast. and good news to report. most places looking at really nice weather. let's zoom in here and i can show you what's going on. oklahoma versus missouri. 69 degrees, clouds out there, but the game is at night 8:00 p.m. lsu versus auburn and looking at nice weather for alabama today. lots of sunshine, 73 degrees. michigan state versus northwestern. this is in chicago. and chicago's actually facing some clouds and showers today. we may see a little bit of rain. temperatures will hold steady in the mid-60s. alabama versus tennessee. that looks good too. 69 degrees at 7:00 and skies should be mostly clear. and finally ole miss versus arkansas, we are looking at nice weather. 70 degrees, chance of showers, but overall, a good-looking forecast. that's some good news. elsewhere, just to let you know in weather, we

meteorologist bonnie schneider has really covering it all. what's going on, bonnie?e western pacific, they're called typhoons. and when they grow to monster size and strength, they become super typhoons. and the storm you see here is called mege, which is a south korean word meaning catfish. it doesn't sound menacing, but it may be the most devastating storm of the year. the max winds are already at 269 kilometers per hour, that's already 160-mile-per-hour winds. evacuations are certainly under way. let's show you what's going on right now. we have pictures of some of the preps. this is a pretty populated area. you can see the rain coming in right now. hundreds of people evacuated, and there's a lot of agriculture being protected as well. it's a dangerous situation as this monster storm bears down on the philippines. luckily for us, we're doing well here in terms of the atlantic hurricane season. we don't have a huge storm like this. in terms of u.s. weather, we do have some areas that will be affected by travel delays. i'll have more on that in the next hour. back t

i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider.ally does look quite nice. we're looking at rain sweeping across much of the nation's midsection. lots of heavy downpours in chicago where it rained yesterday to michigan. all of that is sweeping to the north and east. new england will see wet weather. even boston, second day of the charles, gorgeous weather yesterday. hard to get a perfect weekend. last year it actually snowed at the start of the race. we'll be looking at rain sliding to the south as well into the long island area. temperatures look good. i want to take a quick check of the tropics because we're still monitoring richard out there. here's tropical storm richard bearing down on honduras, belize. both of these countries have hurricane warnings in effect because the storm is just near hurricane strength. if you see the track, you'll see some good news with the storm. it's likely to dissipate when it reemerges into the bay of campeche. before then, it will bring torrential downpours through central america. three to five i

let's get to bonnie schneider. she can help us out here. what are we seeing here? >> i can't see them either. >> we are looking at something strange here. >> it disappeared when i looked over. there needs to be prep because the storm paula, now a tropical storm, is hammering cuba. this is a closeup of the radar. zoom in, and you see the counterclockwise rotation of the storm bringing heavy rain. see the red. that means we're seeing downpours. this is a rugged area of terrain, but that means a chance of mudslides. let's look at the satellite perspective and you see the wind shear is breaking this down. the track will curve the storm away from the florida mainland. however there is still a tropical storm watch for the florida keys. they are picking up scattered showers and thunderstorms. i can show you that on radar. some of the rain is sweeping over key west over and over again. heavier rain still coming up from the south. that's not the only place we are watching for heavy rain, but we are also tracking the beginning of a nor'easter. not a winter nor'easter with a

bonnie schneider talking about a possible nor'easter? >> that's right. seems early. this is not a snow event but seeing wind and rain with it. seeing wind and rain for a different reason. check this out, paula. still a hurricane and expected to weaken and bringing wind and rain to cuba. the biggest concern, mud slides. we could see three or four, five inches of rain and maybe heavier amounts at time. looks at the paula in the u.s., rain in the' west area. a larger scale, as we head further to the north we are looking at the mid-atlantic. that's right. we're watching for conditions in a nor'easter in the mid-atlantic and northern new england. more on that all straight ahead coming up with kyra phillips continuing. >>> just 19 days before the midterm elections and campaign ads filling the air waves. the big budget productions often funded by shadowy groups hidden from view and both parties take the cash and blame each other. dana bash in new york with a closer look at both parties that are doing it, dana. >> reporter: that's right. groups outside the candidates' campai

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>> let's check in with meteorologist bonnie schneider. yuck, big yuck. not you, but the weather.a hurricane but there was tropical moisture from nicole. that enhanced the rainfall. look at the totals from tuesday. we're talking about almost a foot of water on the ground in places like virginia. wow! you can see the white, that's the highest level here on this grade. we saw a lot of rain in new york city, about three inches with much falling yesterday. there was so much rain in new york that the new york city subway system had to be shut down on a couple of lines, so commuters were stranded. right now it's shaping out to be a nice day. we can show you a live picture of new york city. take a look and you'll see the guy is looking gorgeous. that is a nice shot right there. that looks like midtown. good day out there. i'm glad we don't have to have the umbrellas today. but we are watching for the risk of flooding in north carolina to vermont. that's where we have flash flood warnings for a lot of the rivers. that means we'll see runoff. if you live in an area of lower terrain, you're

bonnie schneider in the weather center right now. any end in sight? >> well, looks like we're going to see better weather, but we're not out of the woods yet, fredricka. we're looking at the risk for more flooding. this is a look at some of the rainfall totals since tuesday. it's important to note if you're driving and you see water covering a road that you don't try to pass it. even if the car in front of you made it okay, it doesn't mean you will. it only takes six inches of water to lift your car and then it can float away. this is what we're looking at in terms of heavy rain since tuesday. and our i-reporters have been on the scene tracking the weather. you can see what it looked like across the east coast. this is in whitney point, new york, 20 minutes north of binghamton, new york. this road has a bridge warbled out. you're trapped when that happens. bridges and overpasses flood quickly. so a real wakeup call. now we're in fall, we're going to see more of that, i'm sure. here's a look at flood warnings from vermont to eastern north carolina wher

in fact, bonnie schneider, i spoke with a county manager in north carolina on the air yesterday.e said he had to take a boat into work. >> i'm not surprised. north carolina, particularly eastern north carolina, was one of the hardest hit places. we saw almost a foot of water over four days time. that means we saw as much rain as we see maybe in six months in four days. so the rain has to go somewhere. a lot of the runoff has pooled and that's why we continue to see the flood threat in the carolinas as far north as vermont. even as we head into saturday evening, we have many places that are under flood warnings from the carolinas up to vermont and upstate new york. severe flooding north of binghamton as well. so the risk continues tonight because of runoff. doesn't mean we're going to see more rain come in. i would like to say it's going to stay dry for days. we have a brand new system coming in from the west. this will produce heavy rain through parts of the northeast and the mid-atlantic, even places like new york city saw three inches of rain and the subway system shut down for

. >>> i want to turn to bonnie schneider standing by. you had your eye on texas a little earlier.ill under a severe threat right now in. >> they absolutely are. take a look at this. we have a severe thunderstorm watch box across much of texas. just to the west of dallas. now, these storms are on the move. dallas, though the rain's kind of i would say spotty right now, look for heavier thunderstorms to roll on through the city later this afternoon. and the areas you see highlighted in red, counties near san angelo, texas, flash flood warnings. some of the roads this morn having been impassable due to water coming down. we even had hail an inch and a quarter in diameter. and northward into oklahoma, if you're leaving oklahoma city, driving eastward on i-40, you're going to encounter wet weather. for those traveling, there's wet weather in the midwest affecting chicago. thunderstorms rolling from the southwest. all of this rain is likely to affect air travel. the only delay we have right now for those flying right now, san francisco, that's where we're reporting delays. overall still

bonnie schneider, where do you want to start here? >> let's start with richard.pical storm. take a look at what's going on with tropical storm richard. right now the maximum winds are at about 70 miles an hour. remember they have to climb to 74 in order for it to be a hurricane, so very, very close. the storm track takes it onshore into guatemala certainly affecting honduras but watch what happens in the coming days. it actually weakens in intensity as it goes toward mexico. unfortunately if this part of central america, we're going to see torrential mud slides as it works its way from the west-northwest, slowly moving at about 10 miles per hour. i want to show you what's happening at the u.s. mainland. let's take a look. it is a soggy sunday morning all the way from minneapolis to milwaukee on into chicago. more rain headed in that direction. and it looks like it's snowing into northern new england, but the pink stuff isn't hitting the ground. we're getting snow on the ground soon. we're looking at some wet weather across the northeast. you can see sunshine thro

our bonnie schneider is in the weather center. >> you know, a lot of people are. busy sunday. first weekend of october. if you are heading out wondering what's going on with your flight, here's what's happening. delays out there. philadelphia, 35 minutes. cincinnati, departure delays 25 minutes and washington, d.c. also reporting delays. and if you are wondering does this have anything to do with the weather, it does. take a look at this. we've got a lot of rain sliding up from the east affecting the jersey shore for example all of the way up to the east end of long island and now trying to clip areas south of boston like in plymouth getting light showers but the airports i mentioned, d.c., philadelphia, all affected by the wet weather and so is unfortunately north carolina. wow. the rain this week has been incredible. it's not over yet. brand new area of low pressure spinning around still creates the risk for flooding. flood warnings posted for parts of eastern north carolina and even up into northern new england and you can see the low sort of rotating showers on in from vir

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