a beautiful day here in breckenridge colorado. how about there. this will do a little cutting for you, don't you think. >> all done by hand, i'm impressed. it will all melt away as soon as it gets above freezing. where do the artists go from here? >> they have kind of a world-wide trip, a trek that they are on right now. some of the people came from - they were in italy for a competition, they have come to breckenridge and some are heading to lake tahoe. there's a competition. this is it, the international snow sculpture competition, the championships in breckenridge. we like to think this is the best of the best. >> thank you live from breckenridge, jim huli. we appreciate it. >> a beautiful day out there in colorado. not so much in philadelphia, pennsylvania, where flight from delayed two hours and 30 minutes. this is the scene on the roadways, looking at the ice. temperatures dropping below the freezing mark. we have an alberta clipper passing through, bringing the snow along the i-95 corridor. the snow coming down a little bit. it will be over

breckenridge colorado, and this is great on a lot of levels. brought the cold with me. if you want show, cold -- snow, cold and wind, we have it starting later this afternoon into the afternoon. i want to show you the snow itself which is coming out of the midwest, just toward kentucky and ohio and west virginia. now, seeing a little snow in western maryland. this is the first little finger of snow we're going to be seeing today. and those areas north and west are going to be seeing earlier, and what i'm forecasting, 6 to 9. i have the plus sign. have the 10 and 11 inches up here. not out of the question. a general 4 to 7 from dc south, and still a pretty decent snow at 2 to 4 for this part of the world. we have to watch out. one thing i learned about winter weather storms, and you know it already, they are chaotic. and you know, we just don't have a good ability, yet, to forecast when those bands are going to develop. temperature wise, 1:00, 29, light snow early. the heavier snow this afternoon. and the winds will be out of the north and northeast about 20 miles per ho

the town of breckenridge colorado has no problem finding a fun sight. hofing the 24th annual snow sculpture ammunition. >> jim high schoolie shows us the icy sculptures. >> they spent the last five days scraping and sanding. cutting and carving their creations into the snow. team lithuania is designing an environmental message. because of human intervention, it disappears. >> finland's heart is inspired by the homeland. >> it's called the northern star and represents the different phases. >> the russians have an olympic theme. team wisconsin will have a butterfly. >> the butterfly travels the furthest of any insect or animal. the master piece begins like this. a 12 foot high block of snow weighing 20 tonnes. a standout among the international creditors is tom day. a snow-sculpting veteran. >> 19 years worth of them. it's been great. >> tom's team breckenridge call this winter fun. >> what i have is a dog running down the hill with his father and so on the inner tube. >> what i have done is taking out little by little. >> here is the challenge. rules dic

. >>> we saw janelle who looks like a pro. 17 degrees and whiteout conditions in breckenridge, colorado the forecast? >> well, it's looking good. janelle's personal forecast looking excellent because she is in the perfect training grounds right now in breckenridge. 33 degrees, we've got the snow. we have the gusty winds that will stay with us for tomorrow and take a look out here, the alpine venue, 30 degrees as well and also light snow. so pretty much janelle, if you can hear me, the conditions you're experiencing now is the same thing they will have in russia tomorrow. you're on track. remember, nbc janelle wang will be in sochi, it's 27 days away. let's get a live look at the radar. we're currently dry but there is a storm system to the north. we'll be tracking that with possibly again some wet weather on this radar, as we head throughout tomorrow morning. let's take you to the sky camera network now. temperatures primarily in the 50s, also cloud cover, we're seeing that fog build in san francisco staying hazy in the south bay and right now increasing clouds across the east bay. it's

. >>> for some, it's been a brutal winter, but the town of brec breckenrid breckenridge, colorado is creating a winter wonderland, the snow sculpt temperatuure ch. i am dying to know: do we have a winner yet? >> yes, we do, jonathan. we will have more on that in just a moment. but take a look at some of the tools. this is what they take to win competitions like in breckenridge in the frigid cold. some of the work is on display for us right here behind us right now. thousands of people coming through here today. it's been an incredible competition. over the past couple of days really for the past week, some of the teams, 16 teams from 12 countries all around the world working day and night to get the work done at 10:30 this morning, they were going to wrap things up. each team having their own design and their their very own theme as well. >> they have spent the last five days scraping and sanding, cutting and carving creations into the snow. >> the sea serpent has a lot of scales. >> team lithuania is designing an environmental message. >> because of human intervention as far as just