here's lonnie quinn with our first check of the weather. >> good morning. i got to tell you we'll start off taking a look at the sat right and radar image. satellite image shows you where the clouds are and radar shows you where the rain is. brighter the color the heavier the rain. cold front moving through the central portion of our country. southern plains, northern plains. rough day. right now making its move through the kansas city area. here's what you should plan on. you'll catch a lot of rain, one to three inches from des moines down to norman, oklahoma into dallas. there's a possibility for large hail, isolated tornado. we're in that time of air where air masses are clashing. the rainfall is a definite for you. large hail, the isolated tornadoes, that would be a classification of severe weather and national weather service saying it's a slight chance for your day today. be on alert, possibility of something churning up out there but the rainfall plan on it. that's a quick look at a portion of the country. here's a closer look at your weather for the

time now for another check of the weather with lonnie quinn. fair to give pop quizzes that i know. >> pop quiz? this is an infield fly. takes place on the infield. let's talk about the sunshine state because sunshine state not so sunshiny today. showers and storms kicking in for you. also snow in this portion of cbs "this morning" sponsored byes of the eastern rockies. higher elevations up to a foot of snow. this line of rain as a cold front separating warm air from cold air. back side of that front has cold air and freeze alerts for columbia, wichita. dropping out of the 20s and 30s tonight. cold out there. that cold air has you thinking fall foliage trips. peak foliage for northern new england and areas around the western great lakes. get out check out some pretty colors, guys. that's a quick look at the national picture. hre you go with a closer look now at your weather for the weekend. >>> have a great day, everybody. rebecca, over to you. >> two brothers separated by war are back together. their emotional reunion has taken the internet by

"cbs this morning saturday" meteorologist lonnie quinn is tracking the storm. >> sandy is one of the strormest storms new york city and tri-state area has ever dealt with. in fact, a record-setter in terms of minimum central pressure. it was a storm that brought huge surges in terms of tidal surges to our area. what is a storm surge? that's water that gets pushed onshore by strong winds. we set records across the board. water went where water should not go around new york city and tri-state area. engineer icy shore devastated. by the late of day we'll see some damage done out there. where is the storm right now? pushed inland and will make the trek deeper into new england before it makes another hard turn to the north. that's been a telltale sign of this storm. it just goes wherever it pleases. most of the time, very gradual turns, a storm will make in our atmosphere. this has been turning on a dime. it's very hard to forecast something like this because it's behaving so erratically. central pennsylvania, curve and go into upstate new york late wednesday into thursday. giving minimal

time to head over to lonnie quinn for another check of the weather. >> good morning.torm out there and extra hurricane season. this is hurricane sandy. keep in mind we already had tony out there. only two names left. then we go back to the greek alphabet only done once before. we have a cold front that's stalled in the ohio valley. we also have a low pressure system up here. around the pacific northwest. and take a look at this. we're going see some snow for halloween. it will be about three to five inches anywhere from washington into montana. wyoming you'll pick up a little bit. higher elevations 5,000 to 6,000 feet. snow nonetheless. here's a closer look at your weather for the weekend. >> this national weather report sponsored by sponsorsed by nicodermcq. ten weeks and you're free. >> guys look what sandy does west virginia, portions of the state pick up ten to 14 inches of snow. anthony over to you. >> it's been 50 years since she died at the age of 36 but marilyn monroe's shimmering star power does not diminish. this young staff photographer for "look" magazine

. >> first over to lonnie quinn with our final check of the weather. >> quick question.. >> hundreds. >> here's the deal. today it is national information overload day. all about reducing the emails that we send and receive because look at this. the average person gets much less than rebeck character 93 a day. that occupies over two hours of a worker's day. you can reduce it by 10% that would free up about half an hour of everybody's time. let's get to the national picture. weather wise this is what we see out there. any green you see on this map i have no major problems out there. i got some wet weather, the pacific northwest. some great lakes interior new england. nothing is severe on this map. i will say if you're talking about new england and maybe portions around the midwest, great lakes you want to make it a movie day because it will be a great one with rainfall and not the prettiest of days. make the best of it. that's a quick look at the national picture and emails. here's a closer look at your weather for the weekend. >>> all right. everybody. 83 and sunny in ok