northeastern georgia looks like this. 47 in cornelia. 50's and chilly temperatures running a few degrees below average. tomorrow, it's going to be a nice, mild afternoon. enjoy it while you can because it is going to get much colder as we go through the weekend. there is that northwest breeze in asheville. the winds will continue to die down and humidity levels are extremely low. mid 40's along the grand strand in myrtle beach. a little piece of energy moving through with a clipper reducing one to three inches of snow. you could see more than that as the dry air sweeps across the road and pushes the snow downstream. a little rain moving through the florida keys. high pressure for us all the way out into the plains states. this system is going to push down and might bring us some interesting weather this week. this will give us some rain as we go into friday. it might be cold enough to see snow showers across the area. zero right now at international falls, minnesota. almost a zonal pipe flow aloft, so it will be a nice warm-up that it's not going to last very long. clear skies tonight. 2

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a few 40's. 45 in cornelia. everybody else in the 50's. 50 in dakoa. chilly temperatures. in northeast wind driving the chilly weather all the way into northeastern georgia. 45 in robert litan. 45 in spartanburg. the winds northeast are not very strong in greenville. humidity levels extremely high that is why the fog and visible forms might. there is that wedge all the way back into columbia. 52 on myrtle beach. 567 in charleston. -- 56 in charleston. 53 in atlanta. we are watching this storm system including the houston area. we are talking snow on the back edge into iowa, minnesota, and the northern plains. arctic air is going to sweeping behind this and make it much colder. already 17 in montana, 22 in denver. kansas city at 46 degrees. 33 in atlanta. 78 in miami. phoenix, 54 degrees with partly cloudy skies. you saw our live shot with brad covering the clemson tigers. another forecast coming up for you at 5:30. cloudy skies, patches of drizzle and fog. overnight low 41. properties in the mountains. we start off with cloudy skies, way to a likelihood of rain, especially

in between, at the freezing mark in toccoa, 33 in livonia and carnesville, 30 in clarksville and cornelia. cold temperatures, 15-20 degrees below average. strong winds across certain areas, the breezy conditions making it feel like six degrees in hendersonville. wind chill of four in boone. 14 in franklin, wind chill of 19 in gainesville, 28 the windchill in abbeville and laurens. very cold temperatures outside. these are the actual temperatures. 45 in columbia, mid 40's along the grand strand, 35 in atlanta. cold arctic high pressure in the lake effect snows will continue downwind from lake erie. here is lake ontario. some places could see whiteouts, 2-3 inches per hour overnight through tomorrow morning as the high over chicago starts to shift east. a cold start to tomorrow. here comes the clipper, a storm system out here. a fast-moving piece of energy headed eastbound towards us will bring moisture with it. high pressure locked in on top of us. this is 6:00 tomorrow evening. as the high slowly moves southeast, here comes the snow and rain-snow. the rain-snow line is around memphis. thi

crews had to battle harsh conditions along with the flames at this house fire at east 79 th andre cornelia this morning slick conditions in addition to the reason temperatures . e it is always tough for those firefighters in these conditions . it's going to be another cold night but that's not all. >> looks like that we could see some more snowcover here's melissa mack with the first forecast..re >> filters tonight will be . from the south and west reasoning . southwest orientation allows the temperature to rise instead of falling, . snowfall will be clipper system . but if clark scattered light then tomorrow mainly about the clouds, not as cold and if you breaks in sunshine . the trace lineage possible tonight for most of his .he with a burst in the snowbelt could be up to 2 inches by midmorningul and then will be done in day . tomorrow looking at mid- 30s . the temperature will go back up if we go down, and then your next chances of snow coming up ton. >> has been a busy day east of town as the snowbelt digs out from well over half a foot of snow fall . >> some areas sought between six -

toccoa, 30's in the mountains of north georgia. 37 in gillard, 38 in clayton and clarksville, 39 in cornelia, 42 in livonia, 44 in hartwell, 47 in bowman. carnesville, 43. 48 in elberton. 38 in laurens, 38 in greenville, 37 and spartanburg. rutherfordton, 35. upper 20's to low 30's in the mountains of north carolina. 23 in boone. with strong winds out of the north-northwest at 10-20 miles per hour and gusty, that is giving us a windchill. it feels like 10 degrees in boone, 18 the wind chill in asheville, 16 the wind chill in hendersonville. at the freezing mark in toccoa. windchill of 33 in anderson and laurens, 29 in greenville. the wind will stay strong and gusty in the mountains, but die down in the upstate through this evening. as the winds shift out of the north, it will come down across the french wrought river. the wind will stay up in greenville county through most of tonight. off. 39 in raleigh. afternoon. flurries to the north right now. the great lakes. a storm system out west in california and the desert will affect us towards the end of the week. michigan. that is cold. the upst

elberton, 56 in dillard, 55 in clarksville and cornelia, 56 in toccoa, 54 in livonia and carnesville. cool temperatures, but not as cold as recent days. this thursday has been nice. 42 degrees in boone right now, pretty chilly. the further north you go, 42 in raleigh, 45 in greensboro. 60 in columbia and augusta. upper 50's in atlanta. on the beaches, 52 in wilmington, but the further south you go into the south carolina coast and the georgia coast, you warm into the low 60's in charleston and hilton head. tracking the tropics, hurricane season is supposed and in november. this is the east coast. an impressive looking storm system here. it is huge. these are showers and gale force especialal nor stand -- north and northeast of the system. this is bermuda. they are getting hammered right now. they have south winds sustained at 22 miles per hour with gusts over 30. overnight, they are getting rain showers and thunderstorms around the area. bermuda will experience powerful winds. this is not tropical, it does not have a name, it is not subtropical. over the next 3-4 days, going through t

both ended up with between six and 7.5 inches of snow mixed with fleet. 50 in clarksville and cornelia, 52 in carnesville and livonia. 60 in elberton. temperatures above the freezing mark across the area except for higher elevations, 52 in charlotte, 46 in greensboro, 57 in atlanta and macon and florence.the beaches, 54 along the grand strand in myrtle beach, 52 in itself will be pushing into thet lakes, which will take a swath of snow and move it for wisconsin in the upper peninsula of michigan, eventually into canada. the front. down as it approaches us. a low will develop south of louisiana during the night tomorrow night. some of the rain could mix with or change into wet snow in the mountains of north carolina, especially the higher elevations closer to the tennessee that would be late tomorrow night and wednesday morning. we will watch that closely. this is nothing close to what we dealt with this past weekend. 33 in denver, 39 in billings, montana. 70 in new orleans, 70 in miami. tonight, high cloudiness from time to time, chilly. low 35. upper 20's to low 30's in the mountains

is. 30's in the north georgia mountains and raven county -- raybun county. 47 and clarksville and cornelia. 57 in elberton. the cold air is coming in from the northwest. 52 in atlanta, 51 in chattanooga. the low is moving up into canada. there is the cold front. lots of energy. this is a band nigel was talking about their northeastern ohio that could see 1-3 inches of snow. enhanced by the great lakes, some areas could see 5-10 inches of snow. you get a lake effect snow. downwind from lake michigan, same story. they could see good snow showers with the cold arctic air of the great lakes. it downstream. unsettled weather to the west with rain, snow from the mountains in the cascades, here comes the rain moving into northwestern california. a few showers down here, mainly offshore but miami saw showers off and on during the day today. that cool them off. 65 in miami, 62 in orlando. cool temperatures for the people 60 in new orleans. starting to look like january across the country. negative six in international falls, minnesota. that is the actual temperature, not the windchill. nine degrees

sunshine from time to time late in the day. 49 in clarksville and cornelia and carnesville, 40 nine in livonia, 50 in hartwell, 51 in toccoa, 52 in bowman, 53 in elberton. chilly the further north east you go. milder the further southwest to go. pretty chilly across the entire south. 51 atlanta, 54 in chattanooga, 46 in wilmington and myrtle beach along the grand strand. here is the cold front. it wl race southeast, and it of north caroline line late night and early tomorrow morning. ahead of it and along it and behind it, snow showers and flurries will continue. they will be scattered. the best chance will be in the northern mountains of north carolina. a dusting to an interview possible, especially along the west-facing slopes of the mountains of north carolina along the tennessee line. a blast of arctic air behind it, 17 in northern minnesota, 19 in michigan. 35 in chicago, off and on snow showers there. the snow showers will move into cleveland, pittsburgh, and into the westerner carolina mountains late tonight. cloudy, then clearing skies late. overnight low 34 in -- in the mounta

joining us now aalexandra, cornelia and zachary. inç politically, steeped in that stuff. two of you go to iowa state. let me start with you, zachary. you are leaning towards hillary. what are the big issues you've been paying attention to. >> i guess, because this is my first presidential election, when i was looking at the candidates, one of the biggest things for me is their experience, what have they done to prepare them for this role as president? for me, i believe that, you know, hillary clinton has had so much experience being first lady, secretary of state, senator, all those things. i followed her a lot when she was secretary of state. and i think that was one of the biggest draws for me, just seeing everything that she has done to help establish so many great relations with other countries. for me, that's definitely one of the biggest things. >> cornelia, you say you like the idea of having a strong woman like hillary in the race but you're not leaning towards her. you're leaning towards bernie. why is that? >> well, i fir

one of whom, florence cornelia page was dorothy's mother. were graduates of hampton institute. her father was a good friend of booker t. washington. they had three children, their youngest and dorothy. it was natural after the family's long historical connection to boston that dorothy would get out of the cumberland street colored school and go someplace where she could be educated. she did not go to boston latin. she went to boston girls school. she was an amazing scholar there. from there she went on to simmons college. when dorothy lived in boston she lived with the remnants of the ruffin family at 62 west cedar street. girls highating from in 1915 she went to simmons college and graduated from tufts medical school with honors in 1924. simmons audience members this will excite you. puts hersimmons she toe into the civil rights waters. student, shed writes the most amazing essay against lynching. so amazing and made the local newspapers. colored girl at simmons writes on lynching. it was written during world war i. she was a sophomore. she asked in this essay how america coul

one of whom, florence cornelia page, was dorothy's mother. her parents, dorothy and benjamin, were graduates of hampton institute. her father was a good friend of booker t. washington. they had three children, their youngest being dorothy. it was natural after the family's long historical connection to boston that dorothy would get out of the cumberland street colored school and go someplace where she could be educated. she did not go to boston latin. she went to boston girls school. i think they are different institutions. she was an amazing scholar. from there, she went on to simmons college. when dorothy lived in boston she lived with the remnants of the ruffin family at 62 west cedar street. the house still stands. after graduating from girls high in 1915, she went to simmons college and graduated from tufts medical school with honors in 1924. now, simmons audience members, this will excite you. while at simmons, she puts her toe into the civil rights waters. while she is an 18-year-old student, she writes the most amazing essay against l