indra petersons has it next. welcome back to "early start." romans. 30 minutes past the hour. bermjohn berman has the morning. >>> the militant islamic group releasing a video showing peter kassig's body after a beheading. president obama denounced the killing as quote as an act of pure evil. his parents are scheduled to speak to reporters later this afternoon. joining us from london with more on this is cnn's atika shubert. atika, the man on the video talking speaking with the familiar english accent. we have heard this man on videos before. there are similarities here, but differences. >> reporter: there are striking differences. in previous videos, we have seen the hostages in orange jumpsuit and spouting isis propaganda. this time, we never see peter kassig speak. you don't see him alive at all. only his body. standing over him is the man known in the british press as jihadi john. the masked militant with the accent that delivers that propaganda speech. it is not only peter kassig who is killed in the video, but in the preceding 15 minutes

that is the message indra petersons willi be delivering.tay with us. >>> happening now, mexico looking more and more like a war zone. protesters clashing with police torching a government building. the violence in response to the mystery around the apparent massacre of dozens of students. rafael romo on the ground for us. what's the latest rafael. >> reporter: good morning, john. many of the american viewers are familiar with the mexican beach resort of acapulco. to give you an idea, the road connecting acapulco with mexican city was blocked by protesters. some were two other major roads in this part of the country. meanwhile, intense and chaotic protests are happening in the guerro state. 43 students are missing from the state. the government says it has circumstantial evidence and testimony that these students were executed by a gang and this happened at a river. the parents of the students are refusing to believe the side of the event and they will continue to protest and demand justice until they see confirmation that their children are

. >> let's get right to meteorologist indra petersons keeping track of all this. >> bad timing. the message is if you can get out now do so. everything changes in the next 24 hours, all things to the slow making its way up the coastline i'm pausing it at noon tomorrow, pretty much your last chance to get out before the rain shifts into snow and it all has to do with the placement of the low for the forecast, keep in mind by thanksgiving already kicking out of here, the biggest travel day of the year for boston, new york, philly, even d.c. on the border of the rain or snow line. what does that mean a tiny shift in the forecast completely changes how much rain or snow you have. the first model heavy amounts of snowfall. you barely get this over just offshore changes everything, more of a wintry mix and lighter amounts of snowfall. looking at all the models the best we can give you on the higher end, new york city, four to eight inches of snowfall but look at places western massachusetts almost a foot of snowfall, same thing as you go in through new england. we'll be carefully moni

indra petersons -- we sent her out for a test.as an early start on your forecast. >> we're talking about temperatures in the 30s right now with the windchill and winds gusting at 20 miles an hour, it feels like the 20s. we are expected to get colder as the day goes on. the cold arctic air is making its way in. let's take a look at the starting point. we're talking about temperatures around the freezing mark in through the northeast. even down in the south. places are below freezing this morning. we throw in the windchill and we are talking about temperatures below zero. now yesterday, everyone talking about the rain. it was record rainfall that we saw in many places like rhode island and connecticut and new jersey and central park. we saw 1.5 inches of rain. that system made its way out. the cold pool of air down to the south is making its way over the great lakes. it will continue to rush over the great lakes and we will see more lake-effect snow. possibly a foot of snow expected right over the lakes today. one side of the equati

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let's get to meteorologist indra petersons. storm bringing us more. >> great shot behind jen. you see the wind picking up behind her. the snow is so light because it is so cold, any amount of wind can bring visibility down to zero. it blows the snow around. if it is not falling out of the sky, but more will be falling again today. another band of lake-effect snow to produce another 2 feet of snow in the exact same hardest hit areas. what are we looking at? buffalo. you see yesterday they started to get a breather from the lake-effect snow. it tapered off throughout the day. light snow from the cold front. now the long line over the lakes again. another band is now under way. here is what is going on. you have the warm temperature of the lake and cold air above it. they want to flip. cold air wants to sink. you have the instability and the winds over the lakes produce the instability and converge all of the snowfall toward the end of the lake. another way to look at it is the direction of the lake or wind. the wind going across

indra petersons. end to fall or early start to winter. >>> early start to winter in a big way. a lot of people think we have a storm. this is what we are talking about. hardly. a low still cruising up the eastern seaboard but not before dumping about a foot of snow in northern maine. take a look at the temperatures. enjoy them. they are not here to stay. notice how mild it is across the country. now we have to talk about what is changing. remember, what you know about super storm sandy. a strong hurricane. remnants combined with another cold system. we have a super typhoon, a massive typhoon off the coast of japan. it is extra tropical, but combined with the polar jet stream to the north. to the bering sea and aleutian islands. we have 50-foot waves. it will impact all of us. take a piece of rope and you see the ripple wave continue down the country with the jet stream. the cold air will impact us by next week. that cold air down in through the southeast bringing temperatures a good 20 degrees below a

it looks like one round after the next. >>> indra petersons, thanks so much -- i think. must be horrible to share such news. indra, thanks. >>> today there are major fears that a deadly synagogue attack in jerusalem could trigger an all out religious war between jews and muslims. four rabbis, three of them u.s. citizens, were viciously killed while praying at a jerusalem synagogue. seven other worshippers were wounded. israeli police say two palestinians armed with a gun and meet cleavers are to blame for the massacre. both were killed by police. this morning, officials are ramping up security in jerusalem as worshippers try to return to everyday life. today, early morning prayers at the scene of a horrific terror attack inside this west jerusalem synagogue. mourners watch in grief as the victims' bodies are carried outside and lied to rest. four rabbis killed, three of them americans with dual citi n citizenship. a police officer was critically wounded during the attack and later died in hospital. back in the u.s., a vigil in boston. >>ly always remember moshe for his mo

let's get to indra petersons live at laguardia airport in new york.re watching this like moment by moment. >> reporter: literally moment by moment. you can see the board here behind me. and this is probably the best the going to be all day. notice all arrivals and departures right now laguardia on time. we know it's not expected to stay that way. in fact, many flights are already cancelled ahead of the storm that we know is moving in. 30 million of us in the northeast are going to be threatened by winter weather today. let's take a look at the snow totals here. all the major cities. the major airport hubs, philadelphia, boston, d.c., new york city. all looking for a huge change in the weather pattern really in just the next few hours. the totals in the big cities themselves. boston new york city, about 3 to 6 inches. they're not the heaviest total. you go farther inland, you're talking 8 feet of snow. same thing in northern new england. other places 6 to 10 inches of snowfall. so a lot expected to change today. literally hour by hour. right now, we're

indra petersons has an early start on the forecast. indra, it was so cold last week and now this warming going on. >> exactly. they cannot catch a break in that area. buffalo's forecast and you talk about warming. temperatures near 60 degrees. still rain showers in the forecast. even all of this shifts as early as tomorrow. the cold front bringing us the rain. we will bring in a chance for highs in the 30s and a chance of flurries by tomorrow. the story will be snow from there on out. we are switching from one pattern to the next right back in through buffalo. we are all feeling it in the northeast. you can see where the frontal system is right now with heavy rain through the northeast. it is making its way offshore. look for that rain to continue throughout the day. on the back side, you actually notice we are talking about snow. that is in the midwest. wisconsin and marquette with 4 to 7 inches there. michigan with 4 to 5 inches of snow falling. we talked about the temperatures. the big change and frontal boundaries there. it is a col

indra petersons has the look at the weather.e told us it was coming. >> it was a halloween weekend. we are not talking about a trace here and there. some totals. almost 2 feet of snow. as far south as tennessee. snow flurries in south carolina. winds were howling out there. 40 to 70 mile per hour in massachusetts. what are we left with? frost and freeze warnings not just the northeast, but south. we are dealing with the chilly temperatures. take a look for yourself. nashville above freezing in the 30s. 40s out to new york city and d.c. this morning. everyone wants to know what is going on. that system exited out of the area. warmer air is moving in. it will feel a lot better quickly. as soon as it comes in, it will also disappear. some rain today. midwest down to the south. keep in mind heavy rain in oklahoma and texas. as the same system once that warm temperature makes its way in it will back off. easy to see day by day see the cold air retreat. look what happens behind the cold front. here comes the chill. by the way, we are

indra petersons is here to hopefully warm things up. >> not a good day to travel. it's not warming up to answer that. look at delays we're talking about. hour and a half delays. new york city, philadelphia, d.c., definitely a lot of trouble on the way. it's actually only the beginning. we have this huge storm that brings about a winter threat for 30 million of us. it's one side of the equation. i want to look at this first. the low makes it's way offshore. we'll see a dusting of snow several is inches into the ohio valley northeast. we have a bigger problem, the cold arctic air going over the lakes. that cold air is way cooler than the lake water, right? what do you have? it's lake-effect snow. this is a severe event, several inches per hour could be seen by the time we're all said and done. going to be talking about feet of snow. this is a huge concern over the next several days. keep in mind, it's one side. down to the southeast now, we have a severe weather threat. in fact, tornado watches are currently out there. tornado warnings already seen this morning. seve

i want to get to indra petersons for more on this extreme weather. really something. 50 people rescued from their roofs. >> we are fearing there could be more people that will be dealing with roofs collapsing due to the weight of the snow. one way to look at this is i put the satellite and radar image right next to each other from the first incident and second of lake-effect snow. the heavy snowfall fell in the identical location. that is what we are dealing with this morning. so many people dealing with 7 feet of snow. i wanted to take the middle ground and show you the concern. if you are talking about a 2,000 square foot home. you are talking about 50,000 pounds sitting on your roof. the question is some of you are dealing with seven feet of snow. imagine what they had to deal with. another threat on the way. temperatures are expected to go up. instead of snow, the threat of flooding and rain. look at the temperatures. if you are in new york city, from 30s to 50s by sunday. skipping ahead to monday, 67 degrees in new york city. what does this mean

indra petersons, these numbers are unreal. >> they're unbelievable, because it's so cold.rd jennifer tell us that ratio 15 to 1. the reason you have sage strong ratio there is because the air is that cold. we're talking about records being set here. this could be an emic snowstorm. most snow in 24 hours anywhere in the united states. that was 76 inches in colorado. they could already be breaking those records with totals like these. keep in mind, this is only the first wave of the storm. what is going on? that water much warmer and the crazy arctic air over it. with that, all the snow piling up at the end of the lake. keep in mind, it's about location, location. buffalo just on the northern tier here. luke at places just south of them they're seeing a huge difference as far as totals. right in buffalo, 3.9 inches. three niles the southeast. that's a big difference. 42 inches of snow. so that's a big change we keep talking about. yes, the snow will start to die down today but another wave of cold air is expected again right over the lake. with that, more snowfall, in additi

i want to get to meteorologist indra petersons. she is tracking the storm for us. she brings us the latest. more snow is coming. >> everybody talks about the clean-up efforts. we have round two that has started to get underway. another two feet of snow is possible in the same locations that was hit the hardest. they started to get a breather in the afternoon. some of this was light snow that went on this afternoon. you see that long line of snow. that same set up is right back into place. a lot of people want to know what is exactly lake-effect snow. how does this happen? it is such cold air high in the sky. you look at the contrast with the warm water over the lakes. it allows the instability to occur. you have the winds across the lake and all that snow will pile up right at the end of the lake. wind direction. that is key. the more fetch you have across the lake, the more snow you have. unfortunately, that is the reason some places are looking at 67 inches of snow. just a few miles away, only 3 inches. this is the problem. they continue to get the perfect set up

indra petersons has details for you. kansas? >> one resident said they were sitting in a reclining chair and it actually moved eight inches. i would say that is a pretty good jolt they felt out there. it was one of the biggest earthquakes they've seen in that region in a long time. it was a good 4.8 size earthquake, the epicenter 32 miles southwest-southwest of wichita. you may be saying what does this feel like? a lot of people said violent shaking at first but then calmed down. it was felt as far as texas. definitely had the wide range. the biggest thing to talk about, kansas, do they feel earthquakes like this? was it out of the blue? not necessarily. they've had aftershocks, still experiencing 3.0. the big water cooler one is this huge upswing in earthquakes in that region since about fall of 2013. take a look, just the last 90 days, talking about 155 quakes, 90 of those in kansas in 2014. this is a new trend. a lot of people are saying does this have anything to do with oil and gas exploration. where this epicenter was was

cnn's indra petersons is out in the cold tracking it all for us. you're a brave woman, indra. >> reporter: another frigid night for millions as bitter cold arctic air grips nearly the entire country. temperatures shattering records across the midwest, with some parts in the single digits. in northern texas on monday, temps dropped to 9 degrees. that's the lowest on that date since 1959. a nationwide deep freeze has 50% of the u.s. now covered with snow, crippling some parts of the midwest. in cincinnati, parents and volunteers of a high school football team were shoveling 400 tons of the white stuff off their turf. >> it will be an ice pack. so if we don't get it off today, they're probably not going to be able to practice on the turf all week. >> reporter: and in louisville, kentucky, almost 2,000 tons of salt covered the streets, after their first major snowfall dropped nearly 5 inches, closing area schools on monday. >> my employer is, we're on a three-hour delay. >> reporter: adding to the misery, up north, lake-effect snow is now pummeling mich

so let's get the latest from meteorologist indra petersons. hit us!it's literally, carol, a race against the clock. we have just a few hours left, we're supposed to expect to see that rain transition over to a wintry mix. what we'll see is that board drastically change. we have seen a couple of delays, the majority 15 or 0-minute delays. i think everyone can handle that but about the next hour and a half or so, literally the amount of time we have left they're expected to see delays from three to six-hour delays. it has to do with the temperature. the system is making its way closer. this morning temperatures were in the 50s. now the temperature is dropping into the 30s right now, once we see the temperatures go near that freezing mark, everything shifts over. these major hubs, d.c., boston, new york city, philadelphia, all looking for a chance for snowfall. 30 million people in the northeast are looking for winter weather to affect the biggest travel day of the entire year. one piece of good news. the actual major cities themselves only looking, so b

indra petersons, our meteorologist is here. we've got everything planned, extra turkey, extra chair, you might have to prepare for the weather, too. >> the weather hinders plans, it's a deja vu of last year, major hubs in the northeast can once again be affected by a storm. take a look, if you can go out today, go now. it will all change as low makes its way up the coastline. i'm showing you noon tomorrow. it's one of those, you're saying i have a chance moments, rain has not switched over to snow just yet aleast accord together latest models, once you get past the afternoon that's when everything shifts, by thursday it's out of here. it's the biggest travel day of the year. that is going to be affected. to make matters worse, look at the major cities, new york philadelphia, d.c., boston, that's the line between rain and snow, tiny shift in the forecast changes everything. such a difficult forecast. here's one of the models along the coastline, heavy amounts of snow in through the major mott poll tan cities. you shift it barely

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. >>> indra petersons has an early start on your election day forecast. wants to know where it will be dry and where it is easiest to get outside today. the southeast is looking at warmer temperatures. seeing milder temperatures in the middle of the country. nothing that cold today. here is where the showers are today across the middle of the country across the ohio valley to texas. and for election day in the pacific northwest, showers for some light rain and snowshowers in the higher elevations as the next system makes its way through. one of the things that will be tricky out there for you today will be the remnants of vance. all of the tropical moisture in the south today. each day it will spread farther. heavy rain will make its way into the ohio valley tomorrow. all that rain makes its way into the northeast. a rainy start for the middle of the country. >>> thank you. let's look at what is coming up on "new day." alisyn has the latest. >> we will pivot. we will talk elections. let's get to the voting. the mid terms are minutes away from beginning. w

let's get out to meteorologist indra petersons. >> a mess, i'm betting. >> she's smiling. is a good sign. how is it looking, indra? >> i'm going to continue to smile as long as i look behind me and i see that the board says on time, on time. arrived. this is the story for now. we know this is going to be changing. and quickly. it's not only a race against the clock, hour by hour, because right now it is raining in towards the northeast. but that is going to be switching as the temperatures expected to cool by the hour. just a few hours away. this is all going to change. 30 million people today in the northeast have winter weather advisories. so we know, everything is going to be switching. let's talk about who's going to be affected. major airport hubs, d.c., new york city. philly, boston, all of these hubs today are going to be seeing that rain quickly shift over to snow in just a few hours. as far as the timing, okay if you're out towards new york city, like a couple of hours expected to see the temperatures drop into the 30s. about 10 or 11:00 a.m. if you're farther nort

cnn meteorologist indra peterson joins me with the latest. it is too early for this. >> it's literally the last thing people want to talk about. in minnesota, minneapolis, nine inches for the entire month normally. today they could exceed that with over awe a foot of snow. temperatures expected to be below freeze aing today and ent week. add the wind chill, feels like teens. winds ripping out there 25 miles per hour. let's look at the maps now. we're going to show you what they're expecting. here comes one of the biggest first snowfalls of the season. double digits in minnesota and in through wisconsin. what everyone seems to be talking about is going to be the cold air. right now it's not really here just yet for most of you. look at purple. that's all you have to see. watch it dive south and spread east. here comes the cold air day by day. some places are seeing a temperature drop 30 to 40 degrees from just yesterday. places like bismark 50 degrees drop in two days. today, the first story is going to be the snow. we have the snow today. wat

indra petersons joining me to talk a little bit more about this.ook at wisconsin, is wisconsin going to get hit? >> we'll give you a live shot. green bay seeing flurries coming down. wisconsin and minnesota saw over a foot of snow already where typically that's what they see in an entire month they saw that in a couple of days. everyone talks about what does this have to do with the typhoon? we'll show you. we have the huge typhoon nuri, a super typhoon off the coast of japan. the remnants made their way into the bering sber the bering sea and interacted with the jet stream, became this monster storm and whipped the jet stream like this so that ripple effect brought the jet diving way down to the south and that's the reason we're talking about winter so early, this bitter cold is washing in many places yesterday as that high pressure dome moved down to the south, some places like wyoming and colorado saw a 40-degree temperature drop in two hours, so today the question is where are you on the map? if you're east of the cold front you're happy. you'r

indra petersons joins us now. why, why, why?king about a huge arctic blast coming our way. what does it have to do with eye foon nuri off the coast of japan. why does it bring us in the united states this cold, arctic air. everything you know about sandy, you had the extra tropical moisture once the remnants were out there it combined with another winter system. that's what's going on right now, if you go all the way to the bering sea you have remnants of super typhoon nuri combining with the polar jet. the cold air produced this monster system talking about the pressure dropping more than 24 millibars in 24 hours where you get the weather lingo name and more important than that bringing cold air. you think about a rope and go like this, the energy going down the line, that ripple effect and that's what's going to bring that cold air down to the south, that jet stream is going to dive down there, bring us this chilly air. so what we're dealing with right now, this isn't the story, guys. this is typical for this time of year. ano

cnn meteorologist indra peterson is joining me now. so a lot of people are wondering why so cold so early. >> that's the big question. why so early? especially when we look at these pictures from wisconsin. you're talking about some places seeing over a foot of snow in minnesota and wisconsin. that's the amount they see in the entire month, not what they see from one storm. now, green bay right now only is expected to see about a couple of inches but still even they don't typically see that for another couple weeks. so what does it have to do with it? it these do with -- remember supertyphoon nuri? what does nuri have to do with what is going on in wintertime? you're talking about a tropical cyclone, right? well, the remnants of tropical storm nuri intersected with the cold front so in the bearing sea there's a huge monster storm and it brings a ripple effect to the jet stream so there you go, we go forward in time, the jet stream drives down to the south, all that air typically trapped over there in canada, that is diving down with it

. >>> let's get over to meteorologist indra petersons keeping track of the latest forecast for us. it's officially winter. >> people are shoveling snow behind you. >> we're talking about buffalo, you can see off of the lake, talking about lake-effect snow. they're hardly the only ones dealing with it. several inches did fall around the region. keep in mind we're going to be talking about that around boston today. take a look at the satellite. you can see the wave making its way through. boston could actually see about an inch of snow today. it looks like new york city just south of there, they were hoping for the first flurries, you get another shot as soon as monday. a couple of systems out there. first thing to note -- it's cold, right? we know all the way to the pacific northwest, we have a threat for icing today. but we're talking about 30s even into the northeast. so 30s out there as well and down to the south, right now dallas is only 29 degrees. with the chill it's been here for sometime. here's the problem -- there are two domes of high pressure expected. so the second one

indra petersons is keeping track of it for us. >> soon or here. depending on where you are. look at the footage from minneapolis. snowing. temperatures are in the 20s. they feel like the windchill in the teens this morning. guess what? they are looking for about a foot of snow in northern portions of the twin cities. wisconsin, you are talking about a foot and a half of snow. it is coming. take a look at the purple and blue. the easy way to look at the weather model. watch the cold air dive in. going down to the south. this is the story as we go through the week. today, everyone is talking about the snow. that is not the story as we go throughout the week. we will watch the low lift out of here. the snow makes it way through canada. the tail end of the cold front brings all the dry air in day by day. let's look. a lot of you are saying it is not that cold yet. that satis that's because it is not. beautiful in new york city in the 60s. you have to get behind the cold front. bismarck dropping 50 degrees. in the last 48 hours, chicago at the 40s and then 30s. thursday, looking

let's bring in meteorologist indra petersons.ong are they going to have to deal with this and how bad could it get for them? >> it's not just historic for buffalo, it's historic for the entire country. look at the totals, where you typically get an inch of rain, the air is so cold you're multiplying it by 15-20. that's how many inches of snow you're seeing for the equivalent of one inch of rain. look at the huge fetch of the wen winds across the entire fetch of the lake. four to five inches per hour and what a difference location makes, notice buffalo, north of the region, you're talking about some places just a few miles away, three miles away at the airport in buffalo, 3.9 inches, this is the reason so many people are getting trapped, they're not aware that just down the line they could be seeing feet of snow well above their heads, not just out towards buffalo. record lows, yesterday in all 50 states somewhere we saw a temperature below freezing. again today, we could potentially see the exact same thing. just keep in mind the

. >>> let's talk about weather, meteorologist jennifer gray is in for indra petersons. keeping track of the forecast. interesting we saw a lot of power outages in maine due to the heavy, heavy snow causing some problems there. a little bitter forecast for folks this weekend? >> getting better by the weekend. in fact a warming trend expected for the weekend, if you can believe it. cold air still in place across much of the east. even though most of the snow is pushing out. we're going to see a little bit of lake-effect snow for the next day, but otherwise going to see quiet conditions across portions of the east. south, very quiet, warmer temperatures starting to usher in, that's going to impact the mid-atlantic, the northeast. we do have a cold front on its way by the end of sunday. and that's going to affect areas to the north. so those areas will still remain cold. the northern plains, but the south, the east, will stay a little bit warmer in the days ahead. so cold air for today in place in the north. sunny in the rockies, we do have rain and some snow in the pacific

i'm sure you can feel it let's go over to indra petersons to tell us more about it. >> you may have seen the video. you're talking about over a foot of snow in places like minnesota, even out towards wisconsin. look at all this. so early in the season. many places seeing the amount of snowfall they typically see for the entire month of november in just one storm. so yes, snow still out there. but not going to be the story as the low is exiting out of the upper midwest. just keep in mind if you're in the east side, right here on the map, this is where you want to be. you're behind the warm front. temperatures are still warming for you today. good news if you're heading out to the malls in d.c. for the veterans concert, temperatures near 70 there for your high. now behind it, that's where the cold air is going to be dropping in and quickly. just look at the spread across the country. talking about 81 degrees out towards florida. and single digits, once you take a look out towards montana. look at the drop alone almost 40 degrees. even in places like oklahoma city, so far down to the south

let's get over to meteorologist indra petersons to explain why some of buffalo was spared and others an historic event, some residents in the suburbs of buffalo seeing the amount of snowfall they would see in the entire year, all of that faug from this one snow event. you could be in a suburb of buffalo and have sunshine, clear skies above your head and a few miles away, they could literally be pounded with snow. snowfall rates of four to five inches per hour. look at the totals, a seven-mile difference between a place that saw three inches of one and one that saw over 60 inches, so everyone is saying what is going on? well lake-effect snow. we know that but the reason it's happening is actually because the lakes have not frozen yet. keep in mind the water temperature right over lake erie, about 45 degrees. about 40, 50 degrees, the air temperature in the 20s. a huge temperature difference, the cold air wants to sink. the warm air wants to rise. so they flip-flop right? pulls the moisture out of the lake, you get the snow all of that being carried to the end of the lake by the wind.

. >>> let's get to meteorologist jennifer gray, in for indra petersons, keeping track of the latest forecast, which we understand will be cold. >> yes, very cold. we've had a lot of snow in the northern plains and the midwest, a lot of that snow is going to stay on the ground for the next week or so. as temperatures not expected to get above freezing for quite some time. denver right now you are at 2 degrees. we are nine degrees below zero in cheyenne, and we're a degree below zero in billings. when you factor in the wind chill. temperatures feeling like 15 degrees below normal in denver. 14 below zero in billings, feeling like chicago is feeling like 20 degrees this morning. and kansas city, at 7. these temperatures are going to stay in place. we are 40 to 50 degrees below normal. denver, your high temperature today only 5 degrees. that's 49 degrees below normal. 17 degrees below normal in minneapolis as we go through the next couple of days. the chilly air is going to head to the east and southeast. st. louis, your high temperature tomorrow, 35. and then new york, we go do 50 degrees to 45

they're expected in just about every state so let's get to meteorologist indra petersons, we have cast her out into the cold in central park with only a sweater and we have done this because she said she was excited about winter and now she will feel the pain. >> she looks excited. >> this is is me acclimating. i can't go full blizzard gear this early in the season. ky not. it's not even officially winter yet. but it kind of feels that way, right? we're talking about temperatures in the 30s. wind gusts in central park, about 29 miles per hour. we throw in the wind chill. currently it's about 21 degrees, that's what it feels like. but here's the thing, in the entire u.s. today, all 50 states, somewhere currently below freezing. another frigid night for millions as britter cold arctic air grips nearly the entire country. temperatures shattering records across the midwest with some parts in the single digits, in northern texas monday, temperatures dropped to 9 degrees, the lowest on that date since 1959. a nationwide deep freeze has 50% of the u.s. now covered with snow. crippling some pa

. >> let's get over to meteorologist indra petersons keeping track of the forecast. you were right, it has turned cold. >> i'm sure like when is it going 0 get here, right, i can't wait? well today if you're in the northeast, the cold air has finally made it. we're talking about a good 20-degree temperature drop affected today, new york city's highs in the 40s. it cools off even further as the cool air continues to linger. not to say the cold air is gone from the upper midwest or the plains. monroe, 8 below and denver had a record high because it was so cold yesterday of just 6 degrees, you factor in the wind chill and it feels like 32 below. that bite is here, it's strong and it's expected to last. places even in the south are talking about temperatures 30 degrees below average. into the northeast today, not as bad, only about ten, 15 below average for us. but a low is developing so we're going to see some rain and even some snowshowers into new england. the big thing you need to know, is it going to last? yes, we're going to be talking about the cold air lingering.

. >>> let's get over to meteorologist indra petersons. keeping track of the latest forecast.earing about a typhoon, now it's going to come this way. what does this mean? >> a lot of people know by now it's going to be freezing, literally next week. but what they don't understand is how does this have anything to do with it? this was supertyphoon nori off the coast of japan, it had winds of 180-mile-per-hour. let's start one by one. let's start by what you know about superstorm sandy. you had remnants of a hurricane, combined with another winter storm. that's what we're going to be dealing with. already out there in the bering sea, you have the remnants of the super typhoon combining with the polar jet stream. they're talking about 50-foot waves, all of the activity heading to the aelutian islands. think about the jet stream, it's like a rope. if you go like this you get the ripple effect. so the jet stream will eventually curve way down and all of this cold arctic air that's been hanging up towards canada is going to make its way down into the southeast. so let's talk about t

. >>> let's go to meteorologist indra petersons, who is keeping track of the weight of all the snow,s crazy. >> one cubic foot, that he was 62 pounds, right. so let's say you have only four feet on your house, about 2,000 square feet, that's 50,000 pounds of snow on your roof. many residents in the area are waking up with seven feet of snow on their roofs this morning. so that's one problem. here comes the next threat, temperatures, they are climbing. in fact by monday in new york city, a 40-degree temperature jump, we're expecting temperatures near 70 degrees. same problem towards buffalo. 30-degree jump up to 61 degrees. so temperaturewise alone, you have the threat for all the snow to melt. but even rain will be on the way. what happens first? high pressure is there today, it will start to cut off the effect of lake-effect snow. but as it moves over, all of that moisture makes its way into chicago. lake-effect snow and freezing rain will be the concern out towards chicago. severe weather in through the southeast for saturday and sunday. there goes the squall line. what does it mea