complete game in less than two hours time now for the weather and let's go to meteorologist michelle grossmanlooking out there >> we continue to track those storms we've been tracking since yesterday. we have that strong cold front moving through and sparking the chance for severe weather. on the backside we're seeing blizzard conditions in april this is what it looks like a on radar lit up we've been watching this for hours and seen storm after storm. we don't have an active tornado warning right now that's the good news. we do have a severe thunderstorm watch, a long line of that stretching from really the great lakes into portions of of the southern plains, and we do have a tornado watch. that's where you see the pink box that will continue for the next several hours as we head all throughout this wednesday, really heavy rainfall, too, where you see the brighter colors, especially the reds, oranges and yellows. 62 million americans under risk for severe storms today. we could see a few strong tornados ef-2 or greater, also really large hail. baseball sized hail and winds gusting up to 60 m

. >>> time now for the weather with meteorologist michelle grossman who's here. ou knew that this morning you need the coat in many spots. we have 59 million americans waking up to some sort of freeze alert wrchlt it's pink, it's a freeze alert this is 19 or so states. so many of us feeling the cold this morning we're going to feel it throughout most of this workweek current temperatures below freezing in so many spots. 29 degrees in minneapolis. 30s in kansas city, omaha, davenport, st. louis and even cold in state college 1 degree above freezing. penn state, that's where i went. bringing down the cold air, we're going to keep it in place for most of the workweek and we're going to keep the temperatures to below average. where does that put us by the end of the day st. louis, 6 degrees below normal 6 degrees in dc. we were so spoiled by 70s and 80s in so many spots tomorrow that stays in place 50 in chicago and 65 in memphis. and as we go throughout the rest of the country where we're looking at showers, even snow showers in portions of the great lakes. >> michel

. >>> all right, time now for the weather and for that let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman for there? >> hi there, sam, great to see you. a very soggy start for many of us especially to the south and southeast we're looking at heavy rain it's that same cold front we've been watching for days so we do have flood watches and flash flood warnings that means flooding is happening right now where it's imminent. we're going to see this happening all throughout the day. we're seeing showers and storms along it where you're seeing the lightening that's where we're seeing the thunderstorm so it's pulling the moisture off the gulf we're seeing the brighter colors of reds, orange and yellow and bringing those showers and storms along that frontal boundary it'll move off to the east as we go throughout tomorrow back to you, sam >> all right, michelle grossman, thank you so much for that appreciate it. >>> and still ahead, hundreds of russian journalists and activists are demanding the release of wall street journal reporter evan gerschkovich we'll be joined by one of his colleagues next on

. >>> time now for the weather let's check in with michelle grossman how are you doing? winds, not bad. cloud cover, pretty good too mostly cloudy to cloudy skies. that's good news for the runners. the sun is not beating down. but we're looking at a chance for showers. you can see the spin over the upper midwest and upper great lakes. we're looking at snow in the portions of the upper great lakes. we had feet of snow over the weekend. we could have an additional 12 feet in some spots and then on that warmer side, we're looking at rain. where you see the brighter colors, you're seeing heavier rain that's why we could see showers in boston. we're looking at rain in portions of florida. they received over 25 inches of rain last wednesday into thursday we're looking at heavy rain once again today. so any of these showers an storms could drop heavy amounts of rain. likely it would be in miami. but still seeing heavy rain this morning. those are the brighter colors. also looking at lightning. we're going to see that this morning and once again into this evening. this is what's

. >>> time now for the weather, and let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman for the forecast howng at more storms. nocturnal storms, nighttime storms we have millions under winter alerts, fire alerts, weather alerts a busy weather week. you see the white and blue the winter alerts are in the blue and the fire in the reddish color. it's continuing over the rockies, bringing snow again, measuring feet of snow into the rockies and eventually into the northern plains we're going to see blizzard-like conditions the western third of the country stays snowy, gusty winds at 60 miles an hour at times, especially in the northwest. it ee going to up the fire danger severe storms stretching from texas to ohio. so unfortunately the same places that got the severe weather this weekend, we'll see it once again tomorrow the winds will be gusting. then by wednesday, strong storms targeting. we'll see lingering snow in the northern plains. i do want to show you this this will be a big story tomorrow 34 million at risk for a few strong tornadoes you could see ef-2 or greater. you could see some hai

now let's get your monday forecast with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. michelle, good morning to you. >> good morning to you both. so good to see you and we are starting out this week much quieter than we have the past couple of weeks that's good news we do have wet weather forecast in the west. we have an onshore flow in addition to a front bringing more moisture in we're going to see windy conditions too along the coast could see winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour as we go throughout tomorrow, we're looking at the snow stretching east into the northern rockies, scattered rain lingering into the middle of the week it's going to be a little wet for a few days also looking at quite a bit of rain, especially in washington and oregon you can see along the coast up to 4 inches is possible. where you see the brighter colors of reds, oranges, yellow, that's where we're seeing the heaviest rain falling. we're going warm it up that's going melt some of the snow out there this is going to be a big story over the next several months e excessive runoff elko, up i

damaging winds jose >> emilie ikeda in wynne, arkansas i want to bring in nbc meteorologist michelle grossmantalk about about what could be another deadly storm system on the way there, michelle >> hi there, jose. i wish i could bring better news but we're watching another powerful system as early as tomorrow where we'll see the chance for very strong tornadoes. as emilie mentioned, in the same spot we saw over the weekend we have a cold side, a winter side where we're looking at blizzard-like conditions over the next couple days 7 million people impacted by winter weather 38 million people impacted by wind alerts. that's going to increase the fire danger in the southwest the wind is gusty, the ground is very dry on the warm side, a chance for more severe storms this is what it looks like on radar. out to the west where you see the blue, that's the storm take shape. we have rain, storms in portions of the gulf coast and into southeast. that's a separate system but still bringing strong thunderstorms this morning we have the threat for tornadoes there as we go throughout the afternoon hours. s

. >> it's been ten years now >>> let's get to your forecast with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman good morning, michelle hope you had a good weekend. >> good morning to you both. i had great weekend. it went way too fast, as always. and hope you guys did too. speaking of boston, showers, maybe thunderstorms as we go throughout this monday it's all due to an area of low pressure that is spinning over the upper midwest, the upper great lakes. and it's bringing snow to portions of the upper great lakes and upper midwest. we could see an additional 8 inches in some spots still winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings, even blizzard warnings. that's where you see the purple there. we could see winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour. this is what it looks like on radar. all the flu bleu is the snow falling. heavy blues and reds, rain falling. that's going to linger throughout the day and also tomorrow sort of just spinning over the area so we'll see some wet snow ovei upper midwest. the upper great lakes setting the stage for snow just 36 in green bay all right. it's monday alread

time now for the weather and let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman for the forecast >> we're looking day weather wise, a potentially dangerous day weather wise because we're looking at a possible severe outbreak once again. we have all sorts of alerts this morning and a big spring storm, and we have winter weather on the backside of this spring storm, and 7 million americans waking up to those alerts. and that's going to increase the fire danger especially in the southwest. and we have a stationary front sort of draped over the great lakes bringing the heavy rain this morning notice that blue on the map, that is where the snow is falling and we're talking blizzard conditions in april, as we go throughout this tuesday, especially this afternoon we're also talking about on the warm side a severe storm outbreak with that we're looking at the chance for tornados. some could be very strong, long tracking 42 million people at risk for severe storms as we go through this afternoon, and the overnight hours -- i do want to note the overnight hours because when you have nocturnetual tornados o

nbc's maggie vespa is live from chicago, and nbc meteorologist michelle grossman joins me what's the know about this likely tornado in missouri? >> yeah, lindsey, that video as you just showed is absolutely stunning we just got that into our newsroom the tornado that we were talking about going through early this morning, one of several lines of storms you can see that damage and destruction in a really rural part of the state. that's about two hours south of the st. louis, and it's missouri highway patrol that is now telling us about those, again, multiple injuries and fatalities on the ground. our affiliate also on the ground in the last hour, interviews from people in and among that destruction. let's take a listen. >> it was a lot of cracking, loud wind, and then we were outside looking at it, and then them two told me, my fiancee told me to run inside so we ran inside, ran in the bathtub, and it was in a matter of seconds, and then it just hit, and it was just awful >> so again, this is in glen allen, missouri, just a couple of hours south of st. louis. we're also seeing reports

. >>> let's turn now to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman with your monday forecast. hey, michelle. >> hey, guys great to see you good news. relatively quiet this week we're not expecting any widespread tornado outbreaks like we've seen the last few weeks. wet weather in the pacific northwest. today wet weather in florida also in the central and southern plains but we're not expecting once again widespread tornadoes or strong, strong storms. this is what it look likes in the pacific northwest. you see these brighter colors. we have an onshore flow of moisture also a front that is bringing rain higher elevation snow as well that's in the blue some mixed precipitation so especially along the coast in washington also in oregon we're going see the winds really gusty too. up to 50 miles per hour. then as we go throughout tomorrow, we're looking at snow stretching into the northern rockies. we're also looking at scattered rain lingering into the middle of the week. this is not just today it's over the next several days. up to 4 inches of rain in spoke some spots. portland, e

last week of april now and millions of us are facing cold temperatures today nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is here track that go cold front for us. michelle, good morning. >> good morning to you both. yeah, you need the coat this morning, it is cold in a lot of places we will be cold today throughout most of this workweek so this morning 57 million americans waking up to freeze alerts, whether it's a frost advisory, that's in the light pink, a freeze watch is in the purple, freeze warning that is in the dark pink. we are looking at temperatures below freezing in some spots, davenport just 39 degrees in st. louis, 37 in springfield, 37 louisville, 40 degrees this morning in cleveland it's due to this area of high pressure bringing down this cold canadian air that will stay in place anchor there throughout most of the workweek we will see temperatures 10, 20 degrees below what is typical for this time ofa frnt bringing storms to parts of florida today. >> all right it's monday, again, we will take a look at that week ahead in just a bit. >> thank you, michelle. >>> after the break a disneyla

. >> monica, thank you >>> temperatures are taking a bit of a dip today nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking that cold front for us hey, michelle, good morning. >> great to see you. it's chilly this morning temperatures below freezing in many spots, and by this afternoon is going to feel more like march as opposed to late april. this morning waking up to 53 million americans under some sort of freeze alert weather it's a freeze watch or warning the freeze warning is the dark pink we'll see temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below what is typical for this time of year. but look at these numbers this morning. below freezing in davenport in the 40s in st. louis paducah 37 indianapolis also below freezing, 31 it's 38 degrees right now in louisville and it's chilly too throughout portions of the midatlantic, the northeast. 35 right now in state college. as we go throughout the day, we're going to be chilly you see that flow here from canada that's bringing down the cooler air. cincinnati 55. that's 14 degrees below normal and just 74 in portions of the south where they're supposed to be in

nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the cold front. we've been up and down all spring, michelle good morning >> we have good morning to you both we are cold today. we're in it the 80s for so many. we're going to feel more like march as opposed to late april 58 million americans waking up to a freeze alert whether it's a frost advisory or freeze watch a freeze warning in the hot pink temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below average for this time of year and we could set a few low records. currently looking at temperatures in the 30s and 40s in so many spots below freezing in indianapolis. st. louis just 41. 47 in springfield. 40 degrees in charleston and just three degrees above freezing it's all due to this big dome of high pressure bringing down that cold, canadian air that's why we're going see below average temperatures highs 10 to 25 degrees below what is typical this time of year what does that put us? the 50s in cincinnati. just 50 degrees in minneapolis today. 11 degrees below nort oklahoma . also looking at showers and storms in flor

nbc's maggie vespa is live from hard-hit glenallen, missouri also with us, nbc meteorologist michelle grossman are the next steps for people there >> reporter: it feels like we've been saying this so much in different communities across the country. the devastation here in glenallen is absolutely gutting. it takes your breath away. in a painful twist of fate, we're standing on what was the foundation -- it's still the foundation but not much else of the glenallen fire department. this is basically now just completely destroyed it's now a concrete slab with just pieces of the building and litter basically at this point, just kind of scattered around it we have a ladder here. we have firefighter uniforms here in the background we're told firefighters were racing here in the wake of the tornado to get their equipment and help victims when the tornado destroyed this building after destroying several homes you can see efforts to get power restored here in glenallen are ongoing, crews have been speeding all around town trying to get power poles back up, trying to get power turned back on for everybo

. >>> we begin with some april showers this month nbc meteorologist michelle grossman has the latest for us hey, michelle, good morning. >> hey there, guys great to see you really busy start to the month of april once again, we're watching another powerful spring storm system it's going to bring blizzard-like conditions really gusty winds that's going to increase the fire danger, especially in the southwest. and watching the chance for severe weather later tomorrow. so look at the alert across the country. winter weather alert, 7 million people fire alerts, 11 million people will be impacted and wind alert, 39 million people we're watching the storm system moves across the country once again, developing over the rockies today. the western third of the country stays snowy. it stays windiment we're going see some rain in spots we're going to be measuring the snow feed. tomod 90s. 92 in san angelo 93 in san antonio and 89 in houston. all right, guys, we're looking at another storm system that is going to bring lots of impacts across the country that's coming up. >> that is important, esp

michelle grossman is tracking a new storm system good morning >> good morning to you both. so good to see you we're tracking a powerful storm system it's bringing april snow showers and quite a bit of snow. we saw that all weekend long it's continuing over the upper midwest, the upper great lakes as well. we could see an additional 8 inches of snow we do winter alerts. we even had blizzard warning we do a winter weather advisories where you see the white there. on radar, you can see the snow is falling that's where you see the blue. you see the spin of the area of low pressure kind of sitting over that area and then we're also looking at rain on the warmer side of this system through portions of the northeast into parts of midatlantic. we should clear it out in the midatlantic throughout the day the northeast, we could see some lingering rain and spots of heavier rain where you see the brighter colors. april snow showers, that area of low pressure spinning over the great lakes, bringing that heavy, wet snow. and really strong winds. we could see winds gusting up to 50 miles

. >>> time to get a check of your monday forecast with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. good morning >> good morning to you both. we are tracking april snowshowers also some rain showers, we had snow over the weekend in parts of the upper midwest, the upper great lakes, that is continuing today along with gusty winds winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour, we alerts, even blizzard warnings where you see the purple there so radar showing us that the snow continues to fall, that's where you see the blue, we have mixed precipitation that's the purple and the pink and heavy rain falling in parts of the mid-atlantic, also the northeast, that's where you're seeing brighter colors we will see that rain lingering in parts of the northeast as we go throughout this monday. this is what it looks like, an area of low pressure spinning over the great lakes, it will bring heavy wet snow and strong winds will continue. tomorrow it's going to move slowly off to the north and east, we will see rain mixing with w snoetpper midwest, upper great lakes, temperatures only in the 30s, 36 in gre

. >>> after a busy weekend let's get to your monday forecast with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman good morning. >> good morning to you both. weather is not that busy to start off the week, we haven't been able to say that in quite a few weeks. a few spots will see wet weather today, the first spot being the pacific northwest, we have an on-shore flow, a front moving through bringing the chance for bringing higher elevation snow, we could see quite a bit of rain in some spots. the winds will be gusty up to 50 miles per hour locally up to 4 inches of rain in washington, also through oregon, especially where you see brighter colors of reds, oranges and yellows. that's one spot. another spot is through the central and southern plains, we have a weak boundary moving through that will spark the chance for storms, some could be stronger to severe throughout the afternoon especially with daytime heating. we will watch that closely the third spot in florida, a frontal boundary is draped there, too, looking for the chance of some rain locally 3 inches or greater. that's something we're watc

all of their games by four or more runs >>> time now for the weather let's go to meteorologist michelle grossmand morning, ali so good to see you 34 million people impacted by freeze alerts. we have frost advisories that's the lighter pink. the darker pink is your fwreez warnings like philadelphia, dc the temperatures rebounding really nicely this afternoon not this morning we're looking at 30s in pittsburgh, altoona. 32 degrees right at the freezing mark inially city. new york city, you're looking at 43 we're going to be in the 60s this afternoon with lots of sunshine a beautiful afternoon in the northeast and mid-atlantic look at this widespread warmup we're talking 90s. 97 in tucson 15 degrees above normal. 89 in las vegas. that warmth extends to portions of the ohio valley tomorrow, the same the warmary air will stay in pl. 70s, near 80 in chicago. 19 degrees above average that's one of the big weather stories of today we're seeing cool in the southeast. we have a boundary draping across southern florida that will bring in showers. the central plains, southern plains, we have a weak frontal

the saudi backed break away league >>> time now for the weather and let's go to meteorologist michelle grossmanecast i know, michelle, folks looking for the weather forecast in agusta >> in augusta not looking good we have showers in the forecast today, tomorrow, saturday, and sunday sunday is a little rainier than others so a little less than ideal, and all through the cold front we've been watching for the past few days. the good news the tornado severe risk has died down, but we're still looking at a flooding risk 7 million americans under a flood alert. where you see the green that is flood watch. flash flood warning in red flash flood warning means it's imminent we'll see them throughout the day and next several days because the front is sinking to the staff and started to stall there, park itself in the south there. right now you can see heavy rain falling, those are the brighter colors, the reds, oranges, and yellows. and even seeing some lightening along this front as well we'll see some showers along this front as we go through thursday also risk of flash flooding in addition to the ge

kirsch, i thank you so much as he was just mentioning, a second wave is coming meteorologist michelle grossmantracking it all what areas are you watching closely this morning >> this morning we're watching the south. we're watching the gulf coast. that's a whole different system that we're watching today. we had tornado warnings earlier today. we're seeing strong storms still. that will continue into tonight. then we're watching another powerful storm system. it's getting its act together in the west over the rockies bringing some snow lots of people, millions of americans under winter weather alerts 7 million people impacted, 38 million will be impacted by wind alerts we're going to see winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour, on the cold side you can find the snow with that wind, we're going to see blizzard conditions in the dakotas, into portions of minnesota as well. on the warm side, we're looking at the chance for severe storms once again unfortunately, we are stuck on repeat there the storms i was talking about earlier where you're seeing the yellows, the reds, the oranges, and portions o