i'm carl parker. we are watching a snowstorm in the middle of the country.e a look at it on satellite/radar right now. you see we have an area of rain and snow coming through the midwest. got about 6 inches in denver so far. it is winding down there. the snow going across i-70. there's a lot of wind on top of that. the orange, that's blizzard warnings in eastern colorado and into kansas. high wind watch there across a lot of the southern plains down into texas. 3 to 6 inches in parts of northern kansas. and the rest of the country in very good shape, a beautiful day today across the east. a lot of sunshine that continues into tomorrow. we'll find rain coming in on friday in our major metros in the northeast. about 67, atlanta today, continues to be dry and windy. there's a fire danger in texas. and in the west, looking for a lot of sunshine with the exception of the northwest. late-day showers coming into seattle and about 56 there for the afternoon high temperature. back to you. >> you weren't rocking the adele. you were just giving us -- >> was that your m

i'm carl parker.y across a lot of the country, but we'll see some big changes over the weekend. here you see just one storm along the east coast, another along the west coast. very quiet in the middle of the nation. beautiful day in, right around average in new york city. in the south we're watching a potent area of low pressure. with that it will be rainy and getting windier in eastern north carolina. that moving away tomorrow. great weather across the southeast. then increasing easterly flow coming into florida. that will raise that rip current threat, bring high waves in there as well. midwest looking great, a lot of sunshine, seasonably cool weather. a few more clouds on sunday, windy as well, nearly 70 in st. louis, finally westward, a storm coming into the west, looks worse than it is, spotty showers across the interior west and heavy snow into colorado, could be a foot in the san juans, and a second storm coming in on sunday, so pretty active time for a good part of the west. back to you. >> ca

i'm weather channel meteorologist carl parker.aced by cooler weather and a lot of sunshine. let's take a look at the forecast. it's still going to be above average across. of the north east today. a little snow across the interior northeast. beautiful in the middle of the country. and snow and rain dropping down into the northern rockies. now, that storm as it moves into the southwest is going to set up a steep pressure gradient, big pressure between this low and this high. that will bring very strong wind into california. how much wind are we talking about? gusts of 50 miles an hour in the bay area developing tonight going into tomorrow morning, 70 miles an hour above 1,000 feet, same story in southern california, santa anas blowing, could be 70 to 80 miles an hour in canyon and passes. a bad hair day, a couple days there, across the west. >> wow. that i don't like to hear. carl parker, thank you so much. >>> here's a look at other stories people are talking about right now. syracuse university basketball coach jim boeheim says h

thank you for that, carl parker. >>> some breaking news to tell you about. left new york, landed in poland making an emergency landing. it's a boeing 767 at warsaw international. apparently what happened was its landing gear wouldn't come down. and so the plane had to land on its belly. you just saw it there. 240 people were on board. they had to circle, which is what they do to burn off fuel because of those hard landings that they make when the landing gear won't come down. but serve oeverybody is off, we told. no injuries at this point. >>> just two weeks before the supercommittee has to deliver its recommendations to reduce the country's deficit by $1.5 trillion. today thereat committee will hear from former co-chairs of the bipartisan debt panel. allan simpson and erskine bowles. earlier they told congress they must act. >> what's right for this country is to solve this long-term fiscal problem. we face the most predictable economic crisis in history. the fiscal path we're on is not sustainable. they know it, and they've got to stand up to it. we've sim

i'm carl parker, and we are watching an incredible storm that's come into alaska with winds of 100 milesurf, as well, a water level rise of 7 feet along the coast. and we're going to see the snow driving across the western part of the state. that will continue to move up into northern alaska through tonight. it's going to be a really rough time there. this is one of the strongest storms to hit the alaskan coast in a very, very long time. fortunately, things are much quieter here across the u.s. we're looking now for a beautiful day. wet weather in the midwest, and snow coming down across the lakes. back to you. >> it's sunny here in new york. we like that. carl, thank you. >>> nbc news now confirming that joe paterno, the winningest coach in college football history is going to retire at the end of the season, four more games. of course, a lot of questions raised about what he did when he found out there were accusations about one of his assistant coaches and sexual harassment and abusing young boys. so we'll continue to follow this story. but again, nbc news confirming that joe paterno

. >> all right, carl parker, thank you. >>> a new study shows that a simple medication could lead toss with no dieting and no exercise. researchers in texas gave monkeys a protein compound called etapoteid. it targets the blood supply of fat cells and kills them. after just 28 daily injections of the drug, obese monkeys lost an average of 11% of their body weight. researchers have applied for fda approval to begin trials in people. >>> the november 23rd deadline is fast approaching, but the congressional super committee working to develop a plan to reduce the deficit has hit another roadblock. they're trying to find at least $1.2 trillion in budget savings over ten years. kelly o'donnell is live for us. what's the latest problem? >> reporter: it seems very bleak because you've got some of the entrenched positions we've seen from erepublicans and democrats back and forth over time. what has been going on is they have been offering each other proposals, and there has been some sniping back and forth about that. now, republicans say they are willing to make some changes in tax revenue,