and a kangaroo with a pouch. >>> first mike bettes is with us outside. the weather. >> good morning out here. we've got faithful out here. enjoy the lid. that's out here. we've got the faithful out here. enj enjoying it. >> let's see what's happening with the weather today. nor a lot of you, it's the snow, happening across the ohio valley to the east and mountains of east tennessee and western north carolina. that pesky front coming through for some of you, even mountains of west virginia, a foot of snow, light accumulations in new york city. it gets cold through the weekend across much of the country including the south. you want showers and snow, go to the four corners and rain returns to the pacific northwest. that is a look at your forecast across the country. now, a look at your local weather. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist, chuck bell, off to a coldy wet start for your weekend. 30s around washington and upper 30s around southern maryland and hagerstown to cumberland, they will get a lot of snow. we already had a half-inch to 2 inches in norther

and a kangaroo with a pouch. >>> first mike bettes is with us outside. the weather. >> good morning out here. we've got faithful out here. enjoy the lid. that's a nice warm lid. >> have you been expecting the snow? >> quite cold. we've been expecting it since 5:00 this morning. >> you've got to go inside and get some hot chocolate. for a lot of you, it's the cold. it's happening across the ohio valley right into the east, right down into mountains of east tennessee and western north carolina. it's is that pesky front coming on through, even in the mountains of west virginia. we're talking a foot of snow. light accumulations for you including here in new york city. it gets cold as we go through the weekend across mump of the country, including the south. if you want showers, snow, >> the early morning picture over the city, light snow, haze, a little fog on the eastern shore. some snow showers. our highs will be in the upper 30's to near 40. >>> ant don't forget, away from your tv you can always check the forecast at weather.com. now here's amy. >> mike,

we're going to go to the weather cham's mike bettes here in studio with us for a change.or you is going to be fine, but it feels like winter in a lot of places. whether you look at some of the numbers, they're impressive. hasn't felt like winter so far this year, but it's 3 in minneapolis right now, a very chilly 12 in chicago, just 9 in kansas city, and 30s for you in the northeast. now, we've got snow to go along with it. little slushy in detroit where you had four inches this morning, snow bands off of lake michigan where at some point we had snowfall rates of five inches an hour incredible. another foot of snow could come in the mountains west virginia. most of us in the northeast you're going to end up seeing just wet roadways, maybe a dusting on the grassy surfaces. cleveland you could be a big winner, especially the eastern suburbs with the laichke-effect snow. the resorts in west virginia looking great, pittsburgh almost on the back end of the snow for you right now. through state college and central p.a. and philadelphia and trenton you're clearing out. newark an