i enrolled in a meteorology program. got my certification in meteorology. got my american meteorology seal. and the nwa seal. i landed in san francisco, my dream job. here i am. i think that's what sets our weather team apart. we have veterans. we've been here. we know the area. we know the topography. and for people that are newcomers into this area, forecasting, if you haven't been here, if you don't have the experience behind you, nine times out of ten, you're going to get it wrong. >> only in hurricanes and tropical storms have i seen conditions this bad. >> i began my career in tv news as a news reporter in 1971 in richmond, virginia. >> this is your lean, mean weather machine. ready for a weather forecast round two. let's go. i'm atop mt. washington observatory. we bring you the weather. this part of new zealand. and we are way up in northern sweden about 120 miles north of the arctic circle. >> i have found myself involved in covering virtually every type of weather disaster and extreme weather condition you can imagine. i have been in 14 hurricanes.

our very own jacqui jeras was there to talk about meteorology and science careers. we will be back with a >> the school superintendent is apologizing for not canceling classes today. he says he should have canceled classes. a school bus slid off the road with 20 children on board. the superintendent says he made the wrong call. we are all human. we heard from a lot of parents from a lot of counties that were not delayed or did not close and they said conditions were pretty bad this morning. >> it is one of those things. hopefully, no one has any other issues. the good news is, everything is going away. it will be cloudy and gloomy for the rest of the day. tomorrow when you will wake up, it will be breezy with rain. look at these temperatures. for more, stay with abc 7 news at [dramatic music] ♪ >> hey! [cheers and applause] what's up, baby? how you feeling? yo, what up, dog? what up? what's up, baby? ah, let's go! yeah! [cheers and applause] hello, and welcome to millionaire. this week, we've been giving away more than just cash because it's cruise in and win week.

meteorological society.ar vortex, also called polar cyclone, polar low, large scale, cyclonic circulation centered generally in the polar regions. so there's -- >> there you go. >> there is no, none, zero making up, creating, fictionalizing, hyping of any of this. >> and we just don't hear it very often because it's so rare. >> it's rare this comes down. some have said, we don't know, i've never said that. but the fact is, it's very unusual to come down this far south to be this deep and this long. >> i'm just more impressed you have your college meteorological book. >> i actually do collect antique meteorological texts. but i have held on to this, as well. >> and you keep it in your card catalog? >> no, keep it under my pillow. >> oddly enough. >> polar vortex. >> it's real. >> not made up. >> we all flip to our textbooks throughout the show. >> i don't have any books left over from college. i think i sold them back. >> it paid off, right here. >> it did. >> how cold is it? >> it's so cold -- >> that if you

it's an interesting meteorological term, but it's been there since the beginning of time, an area of low pressure in the north pole, and a piece of energy has been caught up in the polar jet, and it's been pushed southward, as far south as florida, so that's the weird part of it, the rare part of it is the cold air has sunk as far south as the gulf, and florida, but it does happen. it's not like has never happened before. >> well, janice, this is beckel. i don't think it has happened before because i have never heard, and i go back to lincoln. i have never heard of a polar vortex before. >> you also never did the weather before. >> that's true. a serious question, what about florida and the vegetables and fruits? aren't they goes to freeze? >> i mean, sure, if you have temperatures dipping below freezing, which is what is going to happen across central and southern florida. >> bring them indoors. >> the good news is it's a short-lived polar vortex part of energy that is moving into the deep south. the temperatures are going to rebound by wednesday, thursday, and friday, so a quick sh

that's sort of its place in meteorological history, different from the impact meter i showed you at the top of the show. here it is. it doesn't look crazy impressive, but i tell you what. this thing has a lot of upper level energy, spin in the atmosphere, and this will dive south and it will slow down and tap the atlantic ocean for a little more moisture. all the clippers so far have not done that and they've also passed to our north. 50 now in rockville, reston, 48 in germantown, 49 in white oak, still 52 in college park, 54 in waldorf. red alert tuesday, light snow 7 a.m. till noon, probably less than an inch. if you have to do stuff in the morning, you can get there. get off the roads by noon or 1:00. heaviest snow 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., 4 to 6 inches pretty much across the board. in addition, after the snow tapers off and by evening wind chills will be in the single digits. so temperatures are going to fall throughout the day tomorrow. it will be a little deceiving because tomorrow's high will be the midnight temperature tonight. i like this map. this is one of our computer models, snowf

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using the latest meteorological technology ripped straight from youtube, the doppler cup of water 9,000>> it's so cold if you take boiling water and throw it into the sky t turns into snow just like this. >> when you get this boiling hot water and throw it up in the air-- you can see a lot of it just turns right into snow. >> three, two, one. >> and there you have it,. >> this is the post dramatic science experiment in news. (applause) since they brought rich human back to life with a bolt of lightning. (laughter) okay, okay, let me get this concept. water turns into ice but i just don't really understand what it feels like outside. anybody else? >> you know i love my cold weather experiments. i brought a piece of wood with a nail in it. and now my hit enis stuck. and then-- i brought a banana, a frozen banana, i walked outside. just to show, see-- you can actually hammer a nail with the banana. >> stephen: oh, it's cold, it's cold outside. now i understand. by the way, she's hammering the banana, okay. by the way, if you are's going to hammer the banana make sure you're alone because m

gotost meteorologists degrees in meteorology, so they're technically scientist.n local tv or even in network tv, they're close to the only representatives of trained science in television today. i think the issue goes deeper. people see controversy around climate change. they see a huge portion of the country that really, really wants to ignore the science and deny that i'm a change is happening. they are afraid of offending that segment of their audience. i know from my experiments at cnn, they were terrified of driving viewers to fox by talking seriously about climate change. >> and what is the role of the advertisers in all this? of course, you're taking on the oil industry, coal industry. people sometime soon, watch a half-hour of network news in the next few evenings. what you won't see in all likelihood is serious discussion of climate change. what you will see our one or two or three commercials from the oil and coal industry talking about generating jobs and keeping the lights lit and keeping america prosperous and keeping us away from foreign oil. there

still seeing gusting winds up to 140 kilometers per hour, category two sigh klein on the bureau of meteorology scale. it sounds intense but this is the equivalent of a severe tropical storm if this was in the northern hemisphere. you have the cyclone warnings in effect from card well to sand lawrence, townsville, moving just south of you puts you in the right front quadrant. these areas will get not only the highest winds but the heaviest rainfall. pretty significant flooding coming onshore here. definitely that's going to be the main threat out of this through the next 24 to 48 hours as the storm continues to progress. meanwhile, let's talk about the snowfall in the northern hemisphere. completely switching gears here, farther off to the east just north of bucharest, you're looking at one storm falling away that brought heavy snowfall. let's take a look at this video out of romania. this is about 100 kilometers north of bucharest. you've been seeing snowfall about two days ago. one storm blew through and caused two deaths. whiteout conditions as heavy snow closed many schools on wednesday. re

pulled out the bread-o-meter, not much happening south of town, it's like a 1.5 is its place in meteorological history, but in terms of the impact a little different story in terms of getting from point a to b. it has a little higher rating. carmageddon being 10, we'll give it about a 2, maybe a little over a 2. i'd allow extra time in the morning tomorrow. already we're seeing schools with delays. we'll see more going through the evening. there's the snow, pretty good band. i've had some calls, folks out in martinsburg, a couple inches on the ground. wants to plow the snow tomorrow. i said wait because we're going to have another band of snow move in. it will pick up again and the snow is beginning to turn over south of town. so it's pushing the rain a little further south and east but still the best snow north and east of town baltimore, north up toward frederick and west toward warrenton and manassas, still raining southern prince george's county, charles county, st. mary's county. you'll get some snow. it's going to take a while. temps 34 college park, now the criminal cal areas, 31 in whi

this is a long term computer forecasts from the japan meteorological agency and the university of tokyo. he chose dead sea level will rise an average of twenty centimeters around the world by twenty thirty five. to see little round kiva is expected to rise more than twenty centimeters predictions like that have forced dubai's government to take some drastic measures officials are planning to buy land in fiji two thousand km away. he's identified two doesn't have to plot with an asking price of around eight million dollars. the plan is to grow food on the land. but the government does not rule out the idea of using the site for relocating care of us residents who have lost their homes. we see that the project info. total submission and go to law so that will become an even strategy for us. so we need to group and we need the international community to assist us as we prepare for or even to it the kid that he's preparing for the worst case scenario the chinese life. and the siren people know one day beating their homeland me be the only option left. i cannot presume up in hq of our ally c

meteorological authorities warn that in north dakota, the temperature could drop to minus 50 degrees celsius. >>> for more on this we turn to our meteorologist robert speta. robert? >> let's talk about this. severe cold. some of the worst temperatures, as far as cold temperatures, in about 20 years out here. it's not just the cold. we're still looking at some snowfall here. the big snowmaker was this low moving off towards the northeast. but we still have these westerly winds coming in across the lakes, and downwind of that, especially east of the lakes, we're still looking at pretty heavy snowfall out here. blizzard warnings, you have the cold temperatures, high winds, combined with heavy snowfall, are in effect here downwind of lake erie in and around buffalo, before the storm is said and done, you could see about 90 centimeters of snow out there. not to mention that windchill. and all this cold air really is coming in all the way from northern portions of canada. you can see out here in the arctic, that is descending all the way down there into eastern portions of the united state

so has mike, he has doing meteorology for 80 percent of his life. >> do you need me to bail you out of? >> there is no hope. >> soon as i could stand i have been forecasting. 45 to 48 but a drying trend is continuing up in seattle if the game. i will talk about what is happening at home, you can see from the roof camera it is clear and not too much thick haze yet but, still we waiting for the other shoe to drop when the wind chills calm down. temperatures in the low-to-mid 70's today and 12 to 16 degrees warmer-than-average and almost a record high in tahoe at 56 and record high 76 in monterey, and low-to-mid 80's in the santa ana and low-to-mid 70's through the central valley. >> back to berkeley, two lanes are blocked, the to lanes are going to be blocked off until further notice. as the morning commute starts to build you could see more traffic eastbound 80 at the berkeley curve. in danville and northbound 680 to sycamore valley the lanes are blocked until 6:00. we have work being done on the side of the road as you make the curve from pleasant hill to walnut creek the traffic is ea

it's expected to continue to intensify up to a category 1 tropical system on the bureau of meteorology scale if it does make it to that just prior to landfall we'll call it cyclone dillon. right now winds 45 gusting to 85 kilometers per hour expected to intensify. anywhere in the orange next 24 hours you can start to see those gale force winds basically right around townsville in kan as it does continue to come onshore. there's the risk of flooding coming along with this as it does continue to push out across much of queensland. let's look farther towards the north and in the northern hemisphere, january and february, typically not considered tropical season. especially not in the atlantic. but in the western pacific it happens every now and then, and right here see that spin on the satellite picture? this is a tropical depression, expect it to become a tropical storm here sometime on thursday. and it really is going to be bringing some heavy rainfall. gale force winds up and down the philippine coastline by friday. i think the rain is the big problem out of this. it's not going to be

. >> reporter: that's the cry of meteorologically miserable mortals around here who have seen enough snow this winter to last a lifetime. >> i've never seen it and i'm so excited. >> reporter: barbara is not one of them. >> i love it. >> reporter: nope, barbara from brazil had never seen snow before, ever. she's pretty happy about it. >> it's something that we wanted to see. it's magical. it reminds me of christmas. >> reporter: we found a bunch of people like barbara in times square. have you ever seen snow before? >> no. >> no, never. >> no. this is the first time. >> reporter: tourists like eastbounderham from the middle east bowled over by the big blizzard, eating it up, hungry for more frosted flakes. >> it was very -- i was very happy, like a child. >> reporter: the layered up, puffed up and bundled up, no matter they are appreciating the first time experience of a winter wonderland which will ultimately turn into yucky, mucky, slushy slop. is this good? is that fun? but hey, they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. for many mother nature's icy wrath was indeed an unforge

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he told aviation authorities all about it they ruled out meteorological balloons and believe it was likelyction in a nefrom a nearby aircraft. >> big story this morning. you can't even escape the brutal cold down south. a record breaking cold snap. how are you holding up? >> i am doing the best i can. welcome to hot-lanta. current temperature 7 degrees. our record for today, 10 degrees. so we have already broken a record it is getting even colder. that iser main break. about the worst thing that can happen. we have windchills below zero here. this is not normal for us. we are usually much warmer than this. we haven't seen this cold temperatures for years possibly even decades. some people say about back in the 80s. we are doing the best we can. back to you. >> all right, mark. try to stay warm. get back in the satellite truck between your shots. thank you. >>> hot-lanta very cold this morning. >> the feds revving up what might be a new car requirement. it could rely on data that could track your every move. diane macedo joins us with the details. >> federal officials are preparing to decid

the 2013 president of the meteorological society. welcome.quote this open letter that you posted on line. you wrote in part as soon as i saw what was unfolded with kids being stranded in schools. six plus hour commute and other stories, i knew it was coming. i knew it. it being what? the blame on the weather folks? >> i think in the high impact weather events, it's a stressful situation. the weather folks often are in a tough position. i was starting to see things percolating out there in the social media and even among my circle of friends. and the leaders who frankly i think are getting beat up. i think they need information. it's a watershed opportunity to convey the type of information that is obvious and also conveyed to a policy maker and decision maker who may not convey or use information the same way we do. >> in order for us to learn from this so it doesn't happen again. the question has to be answered who dropped the ball. in your best opinion, who did? >> if you read the blog carefully, he was no specific person or agency to blame

okay, it's pretty, it's caused problems, but in meteorological terms, not a great amount. >> no, it didn't look that much. it was a problem that they are not alternatived to dealing with it. in the u.k. we have the same thing, a couple of mild winters and it catches everyone out. if you take atlanta, temperatures out to 12 and two degrees. day time highs. overnight lows of minus nine degrees. now, it's haul from this particular weather front purposing through the carolinas, across georgia through to texas. there's an area of high pressure giving a couple of nights of low temperatures with another weather system to the west, that will be some significant weather in terms of snow. but you can see the blues, and those drifting to the north, over the next couple of days, the air re-establishing itself. it will be a slow process. as we get through to thursday, the law thicking lace, night time lows still subzero. we have an area of snow clearing by the time we get through to the super bowl. by the time we get through, temperatures coming up to 11. we could be looking at temperatures. >> still a

but meteorologies were pushing back saying they did give ample warning. earlier in the day here is what the governor had to say about the response. listen. >> you need to talk to the business leaders in this community. they heard the same predictions we did. we don't have power to tell them to tell their employees not to go to work. we don't have power to tell school systems, don't send your buses on the road, don't send children to school. everybody making judgment calls about the weather made the same judgment calls i did and the city of atlanta did. >> state officials have been doing a lot of soul searching in the wake of this. they have re-evaluated everything that happened. they said they will continue to discuss their response at a news conference just moments ago governor nathan diehl said going forward when there are future storm warnings, the state is going to take the warning very seriously and act aggressively even if it means shutting down roads and taking extreme precaution in a storm that doesn't come. the lesson learned here is they need to

professor alyama is a scientist at the meteorological institute of a japan who has spent his career studyy the spread from influentialing tests. now, he is studying fukushima. >> what people in the united states are wanting to know is soil. >> okay. >> what would you say >> translator: may, april and may about one year after of the accident, 2012. >> the professor calculates that the radiation will slow, sink, and then harmlessly decay over decades as pacific currents turn most of it towards southeast asia and the indian ocean. >> so i can say the people in the western coast are safe. >> because tep co captures most of the contaminated groundwater in a port outside the plant, alyama says few areas outside of fukushima are affected. >> the seafood in the see water is two % of the deck go aheaddation. so, i eat the seafood every day. >> that scary graphic, it's actually an altered nooah map. american officials say there is no contaminated fish in the american food supply. it's reassuring if tep co strategy. i visited tepco in tokyo to find out what they planned to do. >> there are about 700

it's an interesting meteorological term. it's up in the north pole and a piece of energy has been caught up in the polar jet and it's been pushed south ward, as far south as florida. so that's the weird part of it. the rare part of it is this cold air has sunk as far south as the gulf and florida. it does happen. it's not like this has never happened before. >> janice, i don't think it has happened before. in all my years, i go back to lincoln, i've never heard of polar vortex before. >> you also never did the weather before. >> that's true. what about florida and all those vegetables and fruits and stuff? aren't they going to freeze? >> i mean, sure. if you have temperatures dipping below freezing, which is what is going to happen across central and southern floor danchts bring them indoors. >> bring them indoors. the good news is it's short lived polar vortex part of energy that is moving into the deep south. the temperatures will rebound by wednesday, thursday, friday. a quick shot and then we're out of it. >> hi, janice.

. >> meteorological conditions are no go. >> houston "explorer" copy. transport to bay area. do you cop sni >> "explorer, permission to retreat, dr. stone?" >> houston, this is "explorer" copy? we've lost houston. we've lost houston. >> we need to get the hell out of here. don't waste time. man down! man down! "explorer's" been hit. (screaming) dr. stone, detach that arm. listen to my voice! in 30 seconds i won't be able to grab you. detach! i can't see you anymore. do it now! houston, i've lost visual of dr. stone. >> rose: you said that you knew-- you knew-- that the main character had to be a woman. how did you know? >> well, we wanted to make this story since we started talking about the thematics of the story is a character who's given up on life. kind of has lost all of that like force of fertility, of like life giving and through the journey that life will get rekindled so we just knew we wanted to have this female presence. this presence of life. it's a movie where the backdrop is earth and we always saw earth through this force of life. >> and also there was -- it wa

that's the meteorological term we use when these storms strengthen rapidly.ere's the latest snowfall updates. 10 to 14 for philadelphia. some areas have already seen upwards of eight inches north of the philadelphia area. eight to 12 for new york. 10 to 14 for coastal massachusetts. there's your blizzard warning, six to ten for boston. might be getting into a situation where we're now cavitying and -- nowcasting, meaning we're forecasting in the moment because these snow totals are rapidly increasing, and we could get one to two inches an hour. >> i was looking at your long-range forecast there in our app for your weather center. i don't see going above 32 for -- till like june or something. >> the next couple of weeks look like it's going to be cold. we have this arctic plunge that will move east, wind chills below zero overnight tonight and into tomorrow. and then, shepard, behind this another blast of arctic air which is going to rival that whole -- i don't want to see it, the pv word, we saw earlier in january. so, minus 20s are air treasure across the up

>> it's a talker in the meteorological community. i listened to the governor's press conference as well, and i can tell you we've gone back and looked very carefully at the national weather service and their forecasts and ours, and they did issue a winter storm advisory. atlanta was always on the northern edge of this snow, but there was a lot of cold air in place, and always that chance that this could happen. they downgraded that to a winter weather advisory and then ramped it to a winter storm warning overnight. obviously as a lot of people were sleeping. nonetheless, schools stayed in session. people went to work on tuesday. and unfortunately, everyone decided to get on these roads as the stakes started to fall, and we saw the end results, which is devastating. >> i don't know, it just feels like-- >> there was more-- >> go ahead, julie. >> there was warning out there. this is not a surprise that this was a possibility. yes, the forecast changed a little bit, and it appeared for a while according to models that more of this preci

and joining me now is michaelman, professor of meteorology at penn state university. it is january, we should expect cold weather and snow and wind. it does seem like those temperatures especially in boston and chicago and some of the other big cities are colder than usual. what say you? >> well, that's right. this is winter. and somebody asked me the other day, you know, how can we reconcile the fact that we're having cold conditions, record cold in some parts of the country with the fact that there's global warming. we have a technical term and we call it winter. you're going to have cold weather in winter. and the fact is, if you step back, and you look at say the last decade, and you look at all of the locations around the u.s., and you ask how often have we broken all-time records for heat versus cold? we have broken that at twice the rate. and in that, we see the fingerprint, global warm, of a human influence on climate. >> let's take a look going forward, what are you forecasting for the next couple of weeks and for february as well? >> well, what's interesting

. >> the polar vortex actually is not really a new meteorological phenomenon.s just the national attention has been focused on it in the past couple of days. you can think of it as this mass of very cold air that usually resides near the north pole, that usually resides in the arctic and is surrounded by fast upper-level winds. >> ifill: so it usually sits there but what happened? what caused it to move? >> that's what is especially interesting. usually these fast moving upper level winds trap the air up there and keep it there and that's relative good for people down in the continental u.s. because it spares us from some of the brutal cold. but occasional what can happen, the winds weaken and it's like when you have a spinning top, when it's spinning very quickly, it's pretty stable. when it starts to slow down, it meanders and wobbles and what we had was a wobble in the polar vortex that kind of pinched off this large chunk of it and slid it south with the aid of other weather systems and the jet stream that we're more familiar with. >> so at the risk of gett

. >> reporter: the president of the american meteorological society says it's going to take much more than a dance to reverse this, thanks in part to the jet stream. >> so we can get locked into these modes or patterns of how the jet stream is situated and in 2013, high pressure has been the dominant weather feature over the west. that causes really hot and dry conditions. >> reporter: because of this, california is parched. many of their lakes and reservoirs are at 30% and sinking, and the snowpack which is supposed to be a key resource for water is 84% below average. >> that snow is the drinking water for people in los angeles, phoenix and other places later in the year, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist even though i used to work at nasa, to know that there are going to be stresses on water supply. >> reporter: long-term predictions don't spell relief. >> as we move further into the actual summer months, things are only going to get drier. the temperatures will get higher, the humidity will get lower. >> cnn meteorologist jennifer gray has a forecast for us. hi, jen. >> yeah,

i have to say, meteorological nerd note here, i've never seen the 850 millibar temperatures dive so farto the south. it's pretty extraordinary. so how extraordinary is this cold weather for you guys? >> well, jeff, first of all, greetings. it is pretty extraordinary. we have a major blast of cold air. moving in. for starters, it's going do be 60 degrees colder on lombardi avenue than lombard street. kickoff temperatures around 5 degrees below zero. with the wind, we'll be dealing with the wind chills in the teens. fourth quarter, windchills will be down in the 20s below zero. monday, the brutally cold air arrives. high temperatures only forecast to be around 15 degrees below zero. if that colder air moves in maybe 6 to 12 hours sooner on sunday than what i'm forecasting right now, we could be looking at one of the top coldest three games ever played at lambeau field. of course, number one, the ice bowl back in 1967 when the kickoff temperature was 13 degrees below zero and the windchill was almost 50 degrees below zero. >> unreal. cameron, real quick, we're used to piling on sweatshirts

. >> joining me now is michael mann, professor of meteorology at penn state university. also author of "the hockey stick and the climate wars: dispatches from the front line." and michael, you are someone who was targeted for destruction, because you are a climate scientist, by this industry that includes big-money activists, and also just this bizarre, strange underworld of climate trolls, which are the kind of people when drudge links to an article, fill the article with 5,000 comments about what a hoax it was. what was it like to be in their crosshairs? >> well, you know, it isn't what i signed up for when i decided to get a degree in applied math and physics and go on to study climate science. i didn't realize that i would be at the center of a widespread attack, an effort to undermine the credibility of not just me, but my scientific colleagues in a cynical effort to discredit concern for climate change. and so, unfortunately, it's part of the job description, if you're a climate scientist today. >> and it wasn't just in your case that they tried to discredit your r

. >> we dug it out from the meteorology textbooks. it is real. it never sounded bizarre because i learned about it. >> this will be a banned phrase. >> right up there with hash tag and selfie. >> we'll bring you an inspiring story that's featured in a duracell battery. >> i love that story. so excited for that. we do begin this morning, though, with our top story today which is governor chris christie getting hit once again with accusations of using his office to get revenge on political opponents. michael isikoff is joining us with all of this. michael, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. legislative leaders in new jersey who already served christie's office with 20 subpoenas say they may now expand their probe to look at new allegations that held relief money from hurricane sandy when one mayor refused to play ball. chris christie continues his weekend swing through florida this morning while he faces charges back home. >> i remember him telling my sinner circle i can't believe this. i just received a direct threat from the governor of the

. >> ten years of meteorology experience. she started forecasting for her elementary school back in the day. very youthful. we always have a long standing backup, about 6:00, notice it's the fast track lanes moving smoothly. one more refresh on my report, but no metering lights registering, a lighter flow, a backup for the cash lanes right here. the map will show you off the freeway, the arrow pointing in your commute direction zipping down to 60 at university. that's an easy flow to the maze. the san mateo bridge, a stalled vehicle blocks the far left lane on the approach. stay to the lanes on the right if you can. no additional slowing shows up there. an easy drive, a small build off of the castro valley y, speeds look good, 580 with a slowdown out of the altamont pass. no problems for 680 or 84. live look will show you how things shape up in the south bay. northbound 101 at 680 as you travel northbound. the map will show you there is a slow down, it will hit again in about 10 minutes. the rest of the royt routes ara proble

in fact, it only recognizes the names of tropical storms and hurricanes named by the world meteorological association organization. so storm team 4 doesn't nameorm because they're not officially sanctioned by the national weather service. >> there you go. next, the question about fireplace safety after ashes sparked a fire in arlington this week. what is the best way to dispose of ashes after the fire is out? >> okay. the fairfax county fire rescue folks gave us this answer -- they say fireplace ashes do retain enough heat to ignite for several days after a fire. to dispose of ashes, you're supposed to let them cool in the fireplace for about four days, then transfer them to a metal container with a lid. and store that outside, away from your house, and let them fully cool for another few days. the county says garden areas or flower beds are away from the house, are ideal to dump the ashes. and never, ever, ever use a paper bag, cardboard box, or plastic bag for ash storage. leave them in the fireplace for a nice long time or in a metal can. >> a little heat coming off of them. the last q

and for more on how the fire season is actually shaping up, let's get over to meteorology dave warrenyeah, and we are certainly looking at the know pack. no storm are in the forecast. it's a severe drought. the latest drought monitor with the visible satellite picture shows that there are no clouds this white area is the snow in the mountains and that number that comes in, look at this compared to the april 1st average, april 1st is the key dade because that's when everything starts to melt and goes in to the streams and reservoirs, it's 10% southern california here the mountains there, 8% and 4% of the average snow that you have on april 1st. they are taking measurements so it's well below average. and certainly no snow is expected here in the next two weeks at least. there is los angeles, and there is the fire you can see the smoke on the visible satellite picture blowing right over los angeles with those dry santa ana wins, now, the satellite shows this large ring of clouds around southwestern u.s. and that is the high pressure center, that's the flow of the storms going up in to c

the country, smashing records and being described as a highly significant event by the bureau of meteorology northwestern australia is a in temperatures of 50 degrees on thursday. the indian diplomat in the center of [indiscernible] he was arrested last month, accused of the sub fraud and -- accused of visa fraud and paying her maid less than minimum wage. we have more pressure coming on to the reserve bank of india to raise interest rates. policy makers may hold off depending on the inflation numbers later today. what are we looking for? >> there is some good news coming. remember that the indian rupee had been pegged as [indiscernible] as long -- as well as some of its emerging market peers. investors has started pulling currenciesthe five to my trekking cues from the u.s. fed and the repurchase program late in december and early in january. what has happened now come and the current account deficit, about $5.2 billion at a three- year low. on the back of that, confidence seems to be returning into the repeat. -- into the rupee. global currencies have troubled anywhere from 1% to 7%. but t

in the future what can be done to prevent things like this from a meteorological standpoint if anything? >> yeah, well, i think you have to be careful about crying wolf. i think you have to have situational awareness and know when there's a vulnerable population at play whmpt there's a hazardous situation about to unfold. in those situations you do need to be forceful, you do need to speak out. whether the national weather service and the broadcast meteorologists in atlanta were outspoken enough, that's an open question. they would say they were briefing the emergency management officials, they were doing their job, but i think as a weather community overall we have to really think carefully about how we can most effectively reach people in these situations where there's some uncertainty but try to help them make the best decision because you can have a great forecast but that forecast isn't effectively communicated. it has no value essentially. >> jason with the washington post, the weather editor. jason, thank you, folks. we continue to follow the breaking news in italy where once aga

meteorologi meteorologist, jennifer grey, i know you can't drol weather but what does the crystal ball with you because i think it will take a huge snowstorm. they're saying it's going to take something bigger than anything we've seen this season and we have seen some big storm systems push through and it has made those guys tough out there because mother nature has not been kind to the nfl. this winter season has been nothing short of extreme with record freezing temperatures and major snowstorms impacting millions of "american idol" cross the country. and for the nfl players this season, and the fans in the stands, they have not been immune to the elements. >> we saw strong winds. we saw heavy rain. we even saw tornado warnings at one game and then you had all the snowy games in december and the playoff game when you had negative degree windchills. we have seen everything. >> reporter: that tornado warning came during week 11. forcing those inside soldier field to seek shelter. >> wind gusts to 70 miles per hour. the wind and rain was horizontal flying underneath the concourse and ev

it has smashed records and has been described as a highly significant event by the bureau of meteorologyhwestern australia are expecting temperatures of 50 degrees celsius on thursday. of thelaus a has a reach international space station with the arrival of a private enterprise cap so. captured by the station's robot arm after three days blasting from virginia. it is caring equipment and experiments and christmas presents for the astronauts. weathertad late as bad postponed the launch. santa claus always delivers. asianl be back with the financial form to display -- to speak to the ceo. the company raised $20 billion >> it is 730 here in hong kong and 830 in seoul where you're seeing right pictures coming out of the sole financial district there. futures on south korea's cost ospi gaining. we will be watching for that. we're 30 minutes away from the open of trading in south korea. "first up."hing bloomberg.co >> antigovernment deke -- protesters aim to bring the city to a halt. debt, capital and leverage. the latest news on regulating the banks. gold miners rally after the metals rise. g

we have the most recognized experts in meteorology. hasle want sam champion who just joined us.names in the 200 20 meteorologist behind them. they need the strength. like thank you for joining us. kenny. that doesn't for us today. ceo will be aig my guest. atwill share what put him the helm of the largest insurance company. ♪ >> 56 past the hour. that means bloomberg television is on the markets. i am julie hyman. getting you caught up on where the stocks are trading. our rebound from yesterday's decline, but not a big one. the s&p up 3.5 points. the nasdaq leading the gains. we did have retail sales numbers coming in better than estimated. the rebound effect on the worst drop for the s&p 500 yesterday since november. now it is time for futures in focus. looking at natural gas futures. a forecast for falling stock file. the price has risen 20% because of the polar vortex. i want to bring in larry schober the cme.e from when you look at natural gas and you look at the weather that we have had, it is natural the stock piles have been drawn down because it has been so cold. it is w