it's only the world's biggest 3d painting on display in chongqing. >>> hi there. i'm miwa gardner. before we head to east asia, i want to talk about conditions right now in new zealand. the south island seeing a drier day as we head into saturday. our band of rain and cloud is starting to push on up into the north island. and that's great news for christchurch. although it is on the cool side. let me show you the figures over the next couple of days. we're seeing highs around 18 degrees on saturday. partly cloudy skies conditions. also staying dry for you on sunday. a little cooler than what we're used to seeing this time of year. but it will be drier for clean-up and recovery efforts. on to east asia. a lot to deal with across the east. we've got some systems moving out of japan, high pressure to push on in. but those very warm weather conditions we had across the country, they will be gone unfortunately. across the rest of eastern china, a couple of areas to talk about here. in the north, we're looking at a good deal of snow. that's good news in areas like beijing where the droug

for now, staying pretty mild on thursday. 20 degrees in chongqing. in shanghai. up toward the north, 18 degrees in beijing. annezean wreoong at fairly calm conditions, an i christchurch to finish off the work week, showers coming in friday, that will cool things down. 16 degrees daytime and we will be back in the sshe mehe weekend otherwise staying relatively quiet and settled here. for the americas, looking at the winter storm impacting the northwestern corner of the u.s. this is going to be bringing significant snow again in and around monta,oong to pick up to 30 centimeters of snow throughout your thursday. it's going to be sagging towards the south, spreading that know as it goes and potentially could see quite a bit of snow falling in northern california as well. out towards the east, dealing with a separate system, torrential rains likely to occur could bring flooding problems, risk of tornadoes, damaging winds, severe thunderstorms to watch out for occurring over quita de area, as you can see. snow will be found towards the great lakes, picking up the cold

now, in terms of temperatures, stays mild again today. 19 in hong kong. 17 in chongqing. then 16 degrees in shanghai. very pleasant in seoul again. double-digit figures again. 12 degrees. then 12 in tokyo. right, then. as for north america, we have a winter storm moving into the united states. a fairly strong system going to be producing significant snow for the northern rockies, the cascades, a couple of systems in place, in fact. that's going to be heading into the northern plains. we're look at a fairly widespread snowfall into your wednesday. over towards the south, dry just now. but we expect to find some showers and thunderstorms popping up for you on your wednesday. and then in terms of temperatures, stays very chilly out towards the northwest. we've got 2 in vancouver. only 4 in seattle. it stays on the cool side for los angeing a bit milder for the midwest. 4 in chicago. and then 4 in new york. and stays very pleasant down toward the south. 18 in atlanta and 23 in houston. all right, here's your extended forecast now. >>> and that's all for this >> here is a reca

flooding risk, landslide risk will remain high. 28 for your high in manila. 20 in hong kong. 14 chongqing8 degrees in beijing, 6 in seoul. nice and warm in tokyo, as well. a quick taste of spring here. now for australia, of course, queensland has been dealing with that storm system. yasi has now weakened, it's a tropical low but gathering quite a bit of strength. winds are still going to be gusty for parts of the northern territories today. gusts could hit about 95 kilometers per hour. watch out. that could cause some damage. and then there's the rain to contend with. in the next 72 hours, seeing the bulk of the heavy rain move into the central areas of australia and coastal areas of queensland will remain unsettled into the weekend. perhaps not as heavy as when the storm hit, but it's not going to dry out right yet. that could exacerbate the flood conditions. you want to watch out for that, as well. for north america, the united states is looking more settled in the east as the snowstorm pulls away. however, we still see quite a bit of tropical moisture in the gulf coast. showers, thunde

are saturday highs across eastern asia really looking like spring, pretty warm. 15 in shanghai, 13 chongqing, 21 in taipei. also in hong kong. a hot day in bangkok, 34, 12 in tokyo and 6 in beijing. all right. now let's head to north america. winter storm yet again. this one is focused out in the southeast. we've got extremely cold air plummeting all the way down here to the south. that mixes with all this moisture coming from the south as well. and it's going to result in some very wintry precipitation across areas like texas pushing up in towards the mid-atlantic you'll see snow, you'll see ice, maybe a slushy, sleety kind of mix. that's all going to be heading right up into the northeast. so yet another round of snow coming to you in parts of new england. anywhere from northern pennsylvania up into new england. you're looking at about another 15 centimeters additional snowfall friday into saturday. more snow coming down the rockies. this will be coupled with strong gusts up to about 145 kilometers an hour. that makes for dangerous driving, certainly and whiteout conditions. be aware of th

we've got 15 degrees in chongqing and then 7 up in beijing.'s take a look at north america, then. the east is looking at quite wet conditions tonight. we've got rain as well as snow and sleet in the mix for inland areas. that's going to be heading toward the northeast, producing lots of snow for this region here. another snowstorm to watch out for is this one that's going to be descending into the rockies. that's going to be spreading lots of snow over a wide area. some heavy snow in the mix as well for the plain states as well as parts of the four corners. and as you can see, up in the northeast as well looking at substantial snow to accumulate on tuesday. we've got three degrees in new york. temperatures dropping in places like toronto, minus 7. and then chicago minus 12 on tuesday. and then minus 12 in denver as well. so bitterly cold out here as well. finally, taking a look at europe, dry for the most part. there is going to be a winter storm that's affecting southern sweden, accompanied by strong winds. that's set to head into the baltic

are saturday highs across eastern asia really looking like spring, pretty warm. 15 in shanghai, 13 chongqing, 21 in taipei. also in hong kong. a hot day in bangkok, 34, 12 in tokyo and 6 in beijing. all right. now let's head to north america. winter storm yet again. this one is focused out in the southeast. we've got extremely cold air plummeting all the way down here to the south. that mixes with all this moisture coming from the south as well. and it's going to result in some very wintry precipitation across areas like texas pushing up in towards the mid-atlantic you'll see snow, you'll see ice, maybe a slushy, sleety kind of mix. that's all going to be heading right up into the northeast. so yet another round of snow coming to you in parts of new england. anywhere from northern pennsylvania up into new england. you're looking at about another 15 centimeters additional snowfall friday into saturday. more snow coming down the rockies. this will be coupled with strong gusts up to about 145 kilometers an hour. that makes for dangerous driving, certainly and whiteout conditions. be aware of th

as well scattered showers will continue its pattern. 31 in manila today. 13 in hong kong. 10 for chongqingd then 5 in beijing. we're looking at double digits for tokyo today. a little bit milder than yesterday. now, for north america we are looking at winds still continuing to impact the mid-atlantic states and up in toward eastern canada. this system is heading out. so the snow is going to just last a little bit longer tonight before pulling away. but those strong winds could last a little while longer. out west two things are looking pretty stormy from british columbia all the way to northern california. there's going to be coastal rain in upper elevations, snow with some heavier precipitation possible for parts of oregon and in towards northern california. that snow also for canada spreads all the way across the central slice of canada as well. so looking at widespread snow over the next day or so. 4 degrees in winnipeg is your high today. we've got 18 expected in denver and 6 for chicago. minus 3 in toronto. and just at 0 for new york. and finally, here a look at europe, where it's goi

in terms of temperature, pretty nice really. 14 degrees in chongqing today. 13 in shanghai. 13 degrees with sunny spells in -- tokyo's going to be 11 degrees today. now, we head into north america. it's been pretty stormy and wintry across the midwest for the past several days in the u.s. since saturday, in fact, we've had about 48 centimeters of snow falling in minnesota, getting a good deal of snow elsewhere as well. and the same snowstorm is still with us, affecting the southern great lakes, bringing as much as 15 centimeters of snow. so watch out for icy roads if you are going to be out and about into your tuesday morning. now, out toward the west we have a high pressure system that's keeping things dry. but this area of rain and snow is going to be descending south, bringing significant snow across the northern rockies in the next couple of days. for los angeles things drying out quite nicely here, but it is going to be quite chilly. 16 degrees for a daytime high. and then out toward the east as well. dramatic drop in the temperature here. 2 degrees in washington, d.c.

here is a look at highs for thursday. 7 in beijing. 13 expected in chongqing, 19 for hong kong. 22 in taipei and 12 degrees for tokyo. a bit of a warmer day in store for you here. as for north america, things are settling down quite nicely across the united states following that major snowstorm. that is here heading out in to the atlantic. it shouldn't be lingering too much longer, but still, there's a chance of some heavy snowfall amounts impacting new england states as well as eastern end of the great lakes area. do watch out if you are in the area. travel conditions are not going to be good again tonight. in the south looking at a few showers showing up across the gulf coast states. a lot of that will be rain with thundershowers. but over towards parts of texas, we could be seeing snowflakes falling rather than rain. temperatures are quite low here. houston's high on thursday will be only 2 degrees. pretty chilly for you here. atlanta coming in at 7. we've got 2 expected in denver and minus 12 for chicago. some very chilly air following all of that snow, and it is going to be prett