. >>> in australia, place called lake buffalo. a beautiful day, and look at this boat. witnesses say two teenagers started the boat and the boat caught fire. all they did was start it. look at the person on the jet ski come into the scene to save the day. >> yeah. that's awesome. >> well, the guy was there at the park enjoying the day with his family and said look at all this water, you got a boat on fire. he goes, well, it's obvious. he jumped on his jet ski and put it out. good thing for the teenagers, there were three offduty nurses there to help tend their wounds. one suffered burns and had to be in the hospital for three days, but they were nonlife threatening. another teenager had minor injuries. they still don't know why the boat caught fire. >>> we're giving away a whole bunch of ipad minis in the weeks ahead. get ready for your chance to win. >> monday's buzz word coming up soon. remember, you have to be 18 years or older to enter for your chance to win. >> stand by for monday's buzz word, and good luck, everybody. >>> got a bit of a highlight video you don't w

these streamers from the south side of lake erie, from cleveland all through the new york city throughedway, south of buffaloowards kalamazoo, we've got snow coming off of lake michigan also. as far as the forecast goes what we're looking forward to in the next five days clipper lows. they're coming with one going through west virginia, another one through iowa and another one diving from canada. this will be the pattern from the great lakes for a chance of snow and light snow in the next couple of days. that's a look at your national forecast. now, here's a look at the weather outside your window. >>> so that snow will be coming to an end in west virginia, charleston. four to six fluffy inches of snow. temperatures continue to be the story in the northern plains. no snow for you today, minneapolis, just very cold. weekend forecast coming up. >>> well straight ahead, if you see people wearing the color red today. there's a reason for that. plus, a horrific explosion at mexico's pemex headquarters 25 dead and dozens may be trapped in the rubble. the latest today when "early today" returns in two minutes. >>>

line of that 3 to 6 which is more of the pink. 6 to 12 where you see the magenta color, buffalo, watertown. lake effect. new orleans, 68, really nice weather. let's get the super bowl forecast. it looks brilliant for all of the revelers coming out for the game so even though the game is inside, good stuff there, clear skies too. that's the big picture. let's get a check a little closer to home. >> even though the dakotas and northern minnesota get the coldest place in the united states, look at this. frozen solid, that's grand haven, manager, a beach i frequent quite a bit in the summers and where i grew up but it doesn't look so nice there. when all that water freezes over the pier and in chicago, look at the bottom there, the sand and the no he with that blowing snow. they've had a couple of inches. trying to get back up but still well below their average. that's a look at the weather now. more coming up. >> thanks, ginger. >>> it's being called one of the biggest oscar snubs of the year, ben affleck ignored for his critically appraised film "argo." he won the director's guild award after taki

like a snow machine, going to be picking up -- you heard of lake-effect snow, if you're around buffalold air comes across the lake and there is snow dumped on the land, downwind of the lake. this could do the same thing. this storm will pick up moisture from the atlantic ocean, and that moisture will enhance the storm more and enhance the potential for the humidity or the amount of water in the air and then just dump it as it gets in here, into portland, into places like the upper elevations here of new hampshire, boston, rhode island. i just listened to your interview a guy from pawtucket. i hadn't looked at pawtucket, a crazy little airport out there. 27 inches is the forecast for that guy who said now that his streets are getting covered up, every couple of minutes they go by with the street sweeper, with the plow, and just can't keep up with it at all. 55 to 70-mile-per-hour winds along the shore. 5 to 7 foot storm surge. blizzard warnings still going on for the people there. >> chad, let me jump in. i'm hearing we have ali velshi, he's down the cape, he's in cape cod. ali, what ar

there are some lake effect snow is out to the west around buffalo. here is where the real cold is and we will see a touch of this as we get into the weekend. a around parts of northwest canada, up to 20 below zero. we have seen a few this winter that will be coming our way as we get into the weekend. for tomorrow, by tomorrow afternoon the leading edge of that frigid air begins to move through the legs. along that boundary, a little area of low pressure, so some rain showers. is looking less and less like there will be in the snow to really even talk about. may be a wet coding in some areas. the main thing on saturday and on into sunday will be a mass of some frigid air. will be a cold weekend, but without any big snow for the snow lovers. partly cloudy and chilly, temperatures to more near the freezing mark. any of those wet spots you still see tomorrow morning, treat them as though they are icy. temperatures tomorrow afternoon getting up in a high 40's to low 50's. by late afternoon as the leading edge of the arctic air begins to come our way, the

then heading into sunday, more lake-effect snow. buffalo is getting pummelled. ontario. we're also looking at the chance of a couple of snowflakes falling in the northeast. it shouldn't accumulate that much. cool air works in at the plains. the mild temperatures will be right down in new orleans for the super bowl. temperatures tomorrow in the ee oo only ee>> only a few scattered clouds but one of the clippers is out of the west. it will be coming later in the day. increasing clouds. snow chances >>> of course, you can get the latest forecast at weather.com. and i'm sorry -- this just blows my mind. your biological -- you're biological brother and sister -- >> yeah. >> i flew into new york yesterday. this is our first time meeting each other ever. >> and you're already hugging each other. this is really exciting. >> i love him. >> my gosh. amazing story here on the plaza. erica? >> great. thanks. >>> turning now to one of the most popular singers in the world and her controversial endorsement deal. this week, taylor swift announced a new partnership with diet co

it's reinforcing behind it now and once again the lake streamers are really starting to flow here from buffalohern pennsylvania, southwestern michigan. the snow is flying. hey, snow lovers, ski areas have been passenger the snow. they're --en making the snow. they're getting snow. as you look at futurecast, quiet tonight but tomorrow we start with some sunshine. the clouds will increase during the day. tomorrow night, here comes this -- it's tough to call it a clipper. i'm going to call it a clipper but it's a big spin, big energy in the atmosphere. it's going to race across the region overnight saturday night. by midnight, some snow showers. maybe another coating to an inch or so is the way it looks now into sunday morning. then we'll just see that early flurry with a slightly moderating temperatures by early next week. today windy, 34. probably 32 here in town. a lot of areas won't get out of the 20s. tonight 22. that's d.c. mid-teens north and west. 36 tomorrow with nighttime snow showers or a brief period of light snow. sunday the early flurry but 41, looking better. monday still cool at 4

then heading into sunday, more lake-effect snow. buffalo is getting pummelled. 're also looking at the chance of a couple of snowflakes falling in the northeast. it shouldn't accumulate that much. cool air works in at the plains. the mild temperatures will be right down in new orleans for the super bowl. temperatures . >>> good morning from the nbc bay area weather center this morning. i'm anthony slaughter. temperatures not too bad, near 50 degrees in many location, a little cooler in our north bay and east bay locations. 42 in livermore, 48 in san francisco right now. we have cloudy conditions overhead for the time being and a little bit of fog but by this afternoon we will see plenty of sunshine. 66 in redwood city, 66 as well in napa. today groundhog day have a good one, tomorrow hoping for a win for our 49ers and a little bit of fog as we head towards monday. >>> of course, you can get the latest forecast at weather.com. and i'm sorry -- this just blows my mind. your biological -- you're biological brother and sister -- >> yeah. >> i flew into new york yeste

locally, 12 inches of lake-effect snow between erie and buffalo. christina lauren over here. meteorologist, morning meteorologist from here, nbc bay local area news. so you like this weather, right? >> i like getting to stand next to al roker in san francisco. >> oh, well, there you go. all right. when i say here's what's happening in your neck of the >> good morning. a disturbance moving across this morning with some snow showers. the pressure coming in with more cold >> and that's your latest weather. willie, tamron? >> thanks, al. >>> fresh off the wind of the screen actor guild awards for "argo," ben from his new nbc dr "deception." that is equivalent of winning best picture in those awards. you guys were sturned. >> yeah, we were. it's embarrassing how just happy -- i know i should be cool and like, awards don't mean anything to me. but i was like, yes! i have been smiling like nonstop. and it's great because once you get one of those awards, you can walk up to anybody at the party afterwards. i was going up to daniel day lewis, anybody i wanted to. because, hey, i got a

lakes here. we're going to continue from erie to buffalo just around syracuse, watch for snow.e've also had snow overnight in areas of west virginia. i know we picked up four inches in the charleston area and mountains of north carolina picked up a coating. anyone traveling there, use a little extra caution. then, of course, we're going to deal with more storms over the weekend. we're going to have a couple chances at some snow. we'll have clipper lows diving down from the northern plains through the area around kentucky, the southern ohio valley to the east coast. not today. as we go through your weekend, we'll watch saturday in the northern plains and then by the time we get to sunday, we have snow on the eastern seaboard. it's one, two, three fluffy inches. but for people traveling on saturday and sunday, it could cause roads to get slippery. >> all right. thanks so much, bill. >>> straight ahead, stocks rock for the month of january. will today's jobs report change everything? >>> a horrific explosion in new mexico. 25 dead, dozens wounded and some may still be trapped in t

it's like a lake effect snow event that will come across ontario and hit watertown or come across erie and hit buffalo, but instead of a lake effect, it's a snow effect, and insnow will be pounded right through this area and i'm not kidding, there will be some spots toorment, 36 to 40 inches. right now, we're up to about 15 in some spots, and it's still snowing heavily. >> and we just lost ali's picture, ali is back now. ali is there cowering from this wind. chad, can you tell ali how long it's going to be at this level of storm for him? >> what we're seeing is this giant eight-foot satellite dish and the wind is blowing the dish around, not pointing in one direction. he has wind like this for the next ten hours. >> wow, ten hours. >> ten. >> yikes. all right, chad, we're going to continue to check in with you. ali, as well. stick around. let's head back to rhode island. in that state alone, 87,000 customers are without power tonight so far. it could get worse. poppy harlow joined me from providence, and one of the circles that chad just drew. poppy, it's looking like a white-out behind you. >> it's a

we have this pretty couple of significant lake effect snow bands from buffalo up around niagara fallslipper system moving in, was toward chicago. new across parts of the ohio valley and down to the ten continue valley e. that will bring snow throughout much of the afternoon and evening and across parts of this appalachian area where we might see two or three inches of snow across the higher elevations. everybody else seeing a duster of an inch or so. that snow this afternoon pulls in towards parts of pennsylvania, west virginia. by tonight it moves off the shore. we'll see snow around washington, d.c. and towards new york city and then by tomorrow, watching it for boston. this is tomorrow morning. potentially seeing a strong coastal storm form right there, potentially bringing significant snow towards boston. very windy and snowy along with it. temperature wise, looking like this for everybody across the country, not that bad. a little cooler towards atlanta for your day today. with you but we keep talking about the northern plains and the northeast 'cause that's where all the weather

we do have some snow around the great lakes and into the ohio river valley. buffalo, new york has been seeing endless lake effects snow. we will see that continue through the day today. also off the shores of lake ontario as well. we've got these quick moving systems coming in from the north. that's what's going to produce about 2 to 4 inches of snow across ohio, into portions of pennsylvania and the mountains of west virginia could end up with 3 to 6 inches that will try to move into the northeast tomorrow. but we shouldn't see much more of an inch in areas across the northeast. highs of 33 in boston, 28 in new york city today, 11 in minneapolis with a few flurries and chicago those snowshowers you had earlier this morning should start to wind down by this afternoon. alex? >> here's part of the reason why nooim your corner as opposed to the groundhog's. the accuracy rate for punxatawney phil claims phil has been right 39% of the time since 1887. that is it. >> i thought something was fishy there. so many times it's cloudy, it could be raining, snowing in punxatawney

we have lake-effect snow that really kicks up behind our cold front that moved through the region. areas across buffalosyracuse and western portions of the state of michigan are going to be dealing with several inches of snow as much as 10 inches in some of these areas. we have lake-effect snow warnings in effect. otherwise moisture has over run over texas. we are seeing the showers areas of heavier rain across northern parts of texas across oklahoma city and even snow has already started across the oklahoma panhandle and southern areas in kansas. it won't get going until our storm system in california right now heads eastbound. later on today into tonight and also into your thursday we are seeing significant snowfall accumulation across portions of the central plains nebraska, kansas parts of missouri and iowa are under winter storm warnings. we are talking about a foot of snow across the area. the worst of it tonight and tomorrow morning. the storm quickly heads eastbound by friday morning we are looking at snow across portions of the great lakes yet again. heather and ainsley i want to mention on th

buffalo. in the city, 20 degrees the windchill. boston, 27. the winds howling, temperatures dropping. yes, more snow falling out there, especially around the lakesoday. south of buffalo, that's where it will be focused and into northern maine. good news for the skiers. most of this last storm stayed mostly snow. the slopes are still in good shape. totals today mostly north of syracuse toward the tughill plateau, 94 staying breezy and dry. most of the concern over the next couple of days will be the latest winter storm. moving into the west today, snow overspreading the four corners area. colorado into new mexico, arizona, utah, all picking up significant snow. this really cranks into the day tomorrow. we'll have heavy snow across nebraska, kansas, missouri, into iowa. big area of sleet and freezing rain here across southern missouri and northern arkansas. travel is going to be really rough. for some folks with enough freezing rain, we could be talking power outages for several days. especially in northern arkansas. that's something to watch. and then on friday, the snow moves up toward the great lakes. the icy mix heads toward pittsburgh, and cl

which is more of the pink. 6 to 12 is where you see the magenta color, buffalo, watertown, west michigan going to continue to get that lakeffect. new orleans, 68, really nice weather. let's get the super bowl forecast. it looks brilliant for all of the revelers that are coming out >> it chilly start to your super bowl sunday. the temperatures in the 20's. some of that fund is freezing out there. everybody gets less than an inch. more snow coming. today, temperatures are 35 to 38. about thetatars are same. >> even though the dakotas and northern minnesota often get that coldest place in the united states at least, look at this. frozen solid, that's grand haven, michigan, a beach i frequent quite a bit in the summers and where i grew up but it doesn't look so nice there when all that water freezes over the pier, and in chicago, look at the bottom there, the sand and the snow with that blowing snow. they've had a couple of inches. trying to get back up but still well below their average. that's a look at the weather now. more coming up. >> thanks, ginger. >>> it's being called one of the biggest oscar snubs of the year, ben

buffalo. 16, pittsburgh and detroit. as the cold air pushes over the relatively warmer lakes, big time lake-effect snows off lake erie, ontariobands. rob, sunny, back to you. >> thank you so much, jim. >>> now something very special to us. so we will get right to it. our own robin roberts is back on the gulf coast, for the first time since her bone marrow transplant. >> she rocked the gray hat yesterday. arriving in new orleans with "gma's" josh elliott and sam champion, there to greet robin were students from southeastern louisiana university. along with members of a bone marrow donor program. you can catch more excitement on robin's trip home later this morning on "good morning america." even doing a little second line, new orleans style. that second line is about. i know her spirits are high. >> she looks terrific. she is in such good spirits. she looks healthy as well. >> two-time cancer survivor at 52 years old. amazing how she boupsed back. a fun story to check out. fun piece to see her in the gulf coast on "gma." should be good. praying for you, robin. happy to see you back on your feet for sure. >>> coming up next, th

locally 12 inches of lake-effect snow between erie and buffalo. over here.. hi. you like this weather, right? >> i like get to stand next to al roker. >> wow. there you go. when i say here's what's happening in your neck of the woods, boom. >> good morning. here we've got the cloud race on in the wake of the pre-dawn snow. clouds are racing through. winds up there at the cloud level blowing about 60 miles an hour down at the surface. we have had gusts up to 30 miles an hour. and the windchill at reagan national, 16. that's what it feels like with the air temperature at 30 degrees now. later today, only in the mid 30s. wind still whippinging in out of the north and west. cloudy over the weekend. might get more light snow perhaps late saturday into sunday. still cold into >> and that's your latest weather. willie, tamron? >> thanks, al. >>> fresh off the wind of the screen actor guild awards for "argo," ben from his new nbc dr "deception." that is equivalent of winning best picture in those awards. you guys were sturned. >> yeah, we were. it's embarrassing how

locally, 12 inches of lake-effect snow between erie and buffalo. christina lauren over here.er, right? >> i like getting to stand next to al roker in san francisco. >> oh, well, there you go. all right. >> see al and christina out there this morning. guess what? she's looking at a fantastic forecast. nothing but sunshine outside right now. our temperatures he about in the 60s, near 70 today. look at these numbers just after lunch time. you should see highs near 70 around morgan hill. even san francisco looking good. we'll see those numbers climbing up mid to upper 60s this afternoon. next week a few clouds after the super bowl weekend. that will lead up to a chance of seeing some rain by thursday of next week >> and that's your latest weather. willie, tamron? >> thanks, al. >>> fresh off the wind of the screen actor guild awards for "argo," ben from his new nbc dr "deception." that is equivalent of winning best picture in those awards. you guys were sturned. >> yeah, we were. it's embarrassing how just happy -- i know i should be cool and like, awards don't mean anything to m

currently we are seeing some snow from buffalo on down there the throughway to syracuse and mountains of pennsylvania. and still the snow is coming down across the great lakesegion, as well. it will continue to pile up six inches or more in some locations and what will happen this weekend is an area of low pressure develops and thinking with this one, though, there's more warm air involved and for new york and philadelphia, mainly a rain event for you. boston, this could be a significant snow, especially north and west of the city. especially here in to southern new hampshire and parts of massachusetts. we are talking about at least half a foot of snowfall. boston, this is the third weekend in a row of dealing with not only snow but wind, as well. tomorrow night, really cranking especially inland areas albany, new york, to montpelier, vermont, and new hampshire looking at a lot of snow and that wind is blowing it and drifting it around and then as we head toward sunday we could see some rain mixing in for boston. and if that happens, that will hold down whatever accumulations we can expect to see. so for boston, right now, officially we are going 1 to 3 inc

lake-effect snow. one of my favorite things to talk about it. northern ohio, 15 inches of snow including chardon, ohio, it was kind of spotty, though, that's how it's going to be today. buffalo, 6 to 10 inches. watertown, also. snowmaker has given chicago some snow this morning. parts of west virginia is going to pick up some snow. northeast, by tomorrow, a couple of inches. knew shanuisance than a e snows. it feels like 12 in chicago. 8, indianapolis. 22, nashville. look at this picture, though, you want to get warm, you go out west. l.a. is 75. a quick look at the super bowl forecast. 65 right around game-time good morning, wasngton forecaster dave zahren here. super bowl t to the weweekend temperatures in the teens. washington ere in calm so n ds are ind chill. 10-15 degreeses they were yesterday ight snow possiblfous. west wint weather only 32.s, , today light sns this afternoon. >> couple of really beautiful skies sent to me on twitter. it looks like a cottonelle commercial. like toilet paper in the sky. i got describe them somehow. very pretty with that full moon in place. >> thank you, punxsutawney ginger. >>> now to our "good morning america" countdown to the super b

lake-effect snow. one of my favorite things to talk about it. northern ohio, 15 inches of snow including chardon, ohio, it was kind of spotty, though, that's how it's going to be today. buffalo, 6 to 10 inches. watertown, also. snowmaker has given chicago some snow this morning. parts of west virginia is going to pick up some snow. northeast, by tomorrow, a couple of inches. knew shanuisance than a e snows. it feels like 12 in chicago. 8, indianapolis. 22, nashville. look at this picture, though, you want to get warm, you go out west. l.a. is 75. a quick look at the super bowl forecast. 65 right around game-time start and 10:00, 53. that's the big picture. >> couple of really beautiful skies sent to me on twitter. it looks like a cottonelle commercial. like toilet paper in the sky. i got describe them somehow. very pretty with that full moon in place. >> thank you, punxsutawney ginger. >>> now to our "good morning america" countdown to the super bowl. for the players, it's very serious business and a threat of a major concussion always hangs over the action. abc's jim avila has this exclusive look at this new cutting-edge technology that could save lives. >> reporter: at spo

lakes. got a clipper system, one of two, pushing through. snow from milwaukee into buffalo upstate new york. the system will move quickly. dump about three to six inches of snow over the next 24 to 48 hours. it will also have a secondary system back behind that. so we are looking generally at one to three inches, widespread area of three to six. in the traditional lake effect areas and erie, jamestown and upstate new york, six to nine inches of snow, as mauch as a foot. >>> beautiful sunrise under way. good morning, i'm tom kierein. live view from the nbc 4 hd city camera. now 7:17. the sun has been up for six minutes. sunrise at 7:11. 27 at reagan national with a northwest breeze and the dew point 10. late tonight after inkreezing clouds this afternoon between 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. >> and that's your latest weather. willie? >> al, thanks very much. to texas, search for the motive of a u.s. navy s.e.a.l. another iraq war veteran is charged in that case. lester holt has the latest on the investigation. lester, good morning. >> willie, good morning. i get to meet and spend t

buffalo, you're getting hit by this next mover. three to six inches of snow. and six to ten, once you get in the snowbelt around those lakes.n snow system moving in. heavy rain, big, mountain snow, moves into the deserts. by the time we get into thursday, we have a line of what will be cold, wet weather above it and severe storms to the south. this is a big player across the country. we need to follow it every step of the way. today, nice and sunny and >> all that weather was brought to you by burger king. we'll look at america's weather in the next half hour. >> okay, sam. >>> and coming up,y michelle obama revealing what was really behind those bangs. see the secret handshake right there. she said it was her mid life crisis. >>> and a victoria's secret unsensored. revealing how she feels about her looks. her message, creating shock waves right now. >>> wednesday, robin day. we have a lot of messages coming from all over the place. here's one from espn's stuart scott. >> robin roberts, you inspire me every, single day. you know i understand the fight. you're my hero. i got love for you. welcome back. ♪ i'm on top of the wo