let's get right to meteorologist wyatt eberhart and justin berk with the latest on this latest winter wallop. >> we've basically gone from forecast mode, more to storm tracking mode. this is already moving into maryland as we speak. you can see some very heavy bands pushing into the immediate baltimore area. we have sleet through much of the eastern half of the state. extending now through the delmarva peninsula. on maryland's most powerful doppler radar now you can see, if you look closely, baltimore getting into some, at least moderate snow now. i'll have to check the objections at the top of the -- observations at the top of the hour, but looks like more sleet down in the easton area and back to cambridge to the south and east. that is why we think accumulations could be a bit less. nonetheless a winter storm warning up for the entire state. baltimore, ocean city, all the way west past hagerstown, frederick and beyond. it will be a snowy situation. we think we'll now push to the number one winter of all time for snow here since records have been kept in the baltimore area. unbeliev

justin berk has the reason for that line. >> i know you like to have fun with this. just add some levity. i've got the farm are's almanac. for baltimore for february 5th, showers and warm. it's true. right there in print. anyway, they called for a heavy storm so i don't want to leave them in the cold. this will be an historic storm for a couple of reasons. will it be the biggest storm of all time? that's up for debate. this could be the biggest storm ever with one foot. and we'll throw others throughout the morning. once it begins, it could get heavy pretty fast and you don't want to get stuck with it as it rolls in across the area and there is a four-hour time frame to cross through central maryland. how much we get on average 12 to 24. some places will be affected by how long the sleet sticks around.. the red shaded areas are blizzard warnings with 35 mile- per-hour sustained winds for at least a three-hour time frame. we'll have near blizzard storms in baltimore. there is the storm. heavy rain, severe weather along the deep south. tremendous amount of tropical ene

here he is, justin berk. >> we've got maryland's most powerful doppler radar on the screen. to show you our sweep. wanted to highlight one thing we can do here is change the filter. i wanted to eliminate some of those false echoes. we could actually bring this down a little bit and show you what's happening in virginia. it looks like stuff in southern maryland, but if i actually bring down the filter, we can eliminate those false echoes. it looks like it's coming down on the regional radars. the real stuff is back in virginia, lynchburg, roanoke down into north carolina and west virginia. that's the stuff behind this line that will move through the area. that's why i'm calling 10:00 to 2:00 to start. a line of severe weather is pushing through the florida panhandle right now. that is one sign of the tremendous amount of tropic at moisture and heat. so we have to deal with that and that's converging with a fading jet stream across the region. the northern southern branches coming together. we'll mix in some of that heat, which means it translates to sleet. that will waste a f

. >>> fist we check in with justin berk. >> do you have all of your supplies? big storm on the way. snow and sleet mixed in, which will make it even worse. temperatures just borderline below freezing 41. we are dry and hour as way from it beginning. right now, 5:06. let's go to the mta to see what they have going on. here's mark jones. >> you'll find a cancellation out there on the m.a.r.c. train system. the trains and lines are operating and operating on time. light rail metro subway looking good and out there on the buses, just a heavy volume on the 20, 23 and 5 bus lines. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. it's monday, some people will stick with their old way of getting vitamins and minerals. others will try total raisin bran. with 100% of the daily value of 11 essential vitamins and minerals and the luscious taste of plump, juicy raisins and crunchy whole grain flakes. ... ... guess it's all about what kind of crunch you like. how are you getting 100%? visit totalcereal.com and get a coupon. >>> there is a tremendous amount of information to get through. we'll talk about

. >> you just assumed i'd not have pop >>> meteorologist justin berk, it's going to be huge. >> can you say that again? >> huge. >> yeah, this is a big storm. there's a couple of ways to overhype it. there have been so many numbers thrown out in terms of snowfall. i know sometimes in the fray it can get mixed up who said what. this is what we're saying from the storm center. the snow will begin between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. we cover a wide range of central maryland. not everybody gets the first start flakes at the same exact time. so we're trying to cover the entire viewing area. so if you live northeast, it will start earlier. if you live past howard county it may be a different time. so once it starts it gets heavy fast so don't get stuck out there. the snow map's coming up later on, but i still believe there will be sleet. i've been saying this all the way through. you get that sleet. that's not fun, but that also wastes quite a few hours of potential snowflakes and that's why the potential could be cut down. winter storm warning statewide that is a blizzard warning in delaware an

>> where does this come from, meteorologist justin berk?'s a group of forecasters online who throw out a number and this one has run wild across the internet. i've been in touch with some of them. this will not be an all snow event. we should change the title line to snow, sleet, snow. that will impact how much we get. the potential here, i really think the moisture cop tent will be 2 feet of snow. when does it begin? between 10:00 this morning and 2:00 in the afternoon. the thing about this type of stomple, it's really not a slow transition. it gets heavy fast. so please be careful. don't want you to get caught in this. once it begins, within an hour or two, it gets heavy. basically a winter storm warning for everybody. new jersey has

. >> justin berk. >> on the desk, couple of piers of gloves.scraper, this is the one -- couple of pairs of gloves. this is the final determination of how much snow we get. we will have ice and sleet mixed in and that can seal a few hours of accumulated snowfall. begins by 2:00 p.m. ç for most of us. once it comes in, it gets heavy pretty fast. how much we get is subject to so many different variables. how fast it moves and it cranks up tomorrow morning and how much sleet we wind up mixing in. on average, 12 to 24. potential for more, especially west where it is all snow and that sleet factor is something we have to consider. just maryland's most powerful and i will show you this in a moment. this stuff is reaching south of hagerstown and maryland, and we put the regular radars in picture, it looks like it is coming through here. highlight where it is. and back to the southwest and mixing in warmer air and we begin to get flurries. and few at lunchtime and picks up in a hurry and mixes in with sleet. and it could be a big ice problem and in ter

. >>> "good morning, maryland," i'm meteorologist justin berk. yes, it's show time. got ourselves a winter storm warning throughout the entire state. cloudy this morning, expecting it to begin at 10:00 a.m. southwest to 2:00 p.m. up toward harford, cecil county and parts of the eastern shore. within the first couple of hours it gets heavy in a hurry. we mix in sleet, 34 degrees then dropping into the 20s. the heavy snow with waking up with a foot of snow on the ground and heavy snow tomorrow. all of america's weather in the next half hour. >>> now, to robin, who is in new orleans. the envy of us all. dry, sunny, 59 today, robin. >> yes. a little chillier right now than when i got here. driving in a rainstorm. nothing can damper the spirits of who dat nation. we are in jackson square, the heart of the french quarter. and i've got the super fans that are around me. and this is really about two quarterbacks. peyton manning, the reigning mvp quarterback. and drew brees, in the crescent city. let's meet them both. peyton manning may play for the indianapolis colts. but he