lonnie quinn is holding it down on the plaza. ty chilly there, as well, lonnie inlts look, betty, it is a little chilly out here but a bit of a warm-up for new york city. got a nice crowd behind me right here. guys, first of all i noticed you've got a swimming sweatshirt on. i actually swam for my college, boston college, near and dear to my heart. what's your name. >> kile. >> and i swim at waugh township. >> take the hood i didn't down for a sec. did you shave your head for swimming. >> yes, i did. >> i shavd mine, too. i have a bad head, none of those michael jordan heads mine is terrible. a storm in the midsection of the country is bringing about big extremes in temperatures at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon the hottest in the country will be elsa, texas at 82. the coldest jamestown, north dakota the warmest temperature of your day one below. san diego sunshine and 70. a beautiful sky overhead. i'll take you to texas next, a few high clouds will push through and up goe to the cold air in north dakota. you've had snow but it dies dow

let's turn to lonnie quinn ready for his close-up outside. >> i tell you, those kids went crazy and anneto. all of a sudden they didn't know where they were going but off to the academy awards. this one right here are dressed for the cold what's your name, hon? >> han in. >> is it really that cold out here. >> yes. >> is this your mom behind you? >> yes. >> mom, you are not wearing the hat or anything -- >> you know what -- listen, you are so stylish. let's talk about weather out there. >> speaking of the cold -- talk about the hot spots and chili temps, no need for the ear muffs in miami, florida today, hitting 78 degrees. you don't need ear muffs but more than that in grenora, north dakota, a portable heater. 10 below zero at one point. the best weather anywhere today will be in new mexico, deming, new mexico, sunshine and 64. but frigid air up in north dakota, high temperatures 0 to 15 but at times will feel like 20 degrees below zero. you, my friends, will be thankful for that hat and scarf. that's a quick look apt the national picture. here's a closer look at the weather for your we

also alive and well this morning our own lonnie quinn. >> they dragged me out of bed. >> yes. >> good morning. we'll talk about a lot of snow for certain portions of the country but first i take you to my weather headlines, the big stories shaping up today, an arctic blast of air in the northern plains. places like min not, north dakota will feel like about 20 degrees below zero at one point today. the southeast you get the sunshine and snow in the midwest. this is this storm system i'm talking, about look at the snow right now stretching from chicago all the way into portions of north carolina. here's how it all breaks down, places like chicago, cincinnati and charleston, it will be for some of you the first big snow of the season, about four to ten inch decides of accumulating snow. higher amounts around chicago, lower amounts around cincinnati and charleston, portions of north carolina but this is a fast-moving storm. a one-day event for everybody shaded in blue, a typical snowstorm moves around 20 miles per hour. this bad boy has track shoes on racing off to the east at around 40