some snow on the north west side in arkin and north west louisiana. that air that's coming down is cold. we have a tornado watch that goes to our west. we are not under a watch. farther to the north, that pink area, those are all winter weather advisories as well as winter storm warnings. washington, d.c. this is how it will play out. farther to the west, we'll watch this track of low pressure. across the state, that will bring showers and thunderstorms before noon tomorrow. this is where it starts to mess up later on saturday up into the northeast. locally the possibility of seeing some lightning but mostly rain, wind, and the outside chance at seeing some tornadoes as well. we're always on guard for any severe weather warning. we'll pass them on to you. you can always download our app as well. a slight risk of severe weather. the south. northern chances have a better chance of seeing more intense weather. we'll talk more about this later on. >> thank you, steve. we'll see you in 15 with your complete weather report. download our free news channel 8 a

snow is falling into north west louisiana and northeast texas. on the leading edge we are starting to see blues and pink indicating precipitation is getting into an area conducive we will see more and more on the forward edge over the course of the next several hours. let's take a look at the projection on the radar and various freezing lines. at 4 am, it's north and west of raleigh. evaporation begins to cool the air. it comes south which is cooling due to evaporation. by 7 am, this would imply the triangle area is all snow coming down quite hard at times. this line will come back toward the north through the morning. to sleet and freezing rain by mid to late morning. this area would be prime for sleet and freezing rain which continues to be the case through the day. we will see both blind moving northward -- lines moving northward. in terms of eventual snowfall amounts to expect to see, this is the best estimate. the gray area indicates-4 inches. 4 -8 west of raleigh. increasing and sickening clouds and likelihood of smell in the possibly sleet

which right now is stirring up tornado warnings down here in louisiana and mississippi. tennessee, kentucky, west virginia, virginia, north carolina. charlotte could get three inches of snow plus some freezing rain. that's going to shut them down. how about washington, d.c.? a blizzard warning out for 20 inches of snow and 50-mile-per- hour winds beginning tomorrow afternoon. wow. through saturday. tonight for us let's enjoy some quiet. 16, mostly cloudy degrees. any flurries should gradually fade away. tomorrow, 2, cloudy skies. 15 tonight for akron-canton. cold tomorrow with a mainly cloudy sky, staying dry. saturday 28. that's not bad. clouds. 36 on sunday. look at this. 41 monday. we're going to get another low pressure system traveling up going to be on the warm side for the first half. so we are going to see some rain on tuesday, temperatures staying above freezing monday night. tuesday. the front should come by early afternoon, and of course that will bring in some much colder air tuesday afternoon and change any rain over to scattered snow showers. now, tuesday you could see a couple of inches of snowfall during t

rain over portions of marathon and key west all of these showers will push towards the northeast and eventually lift towds the north. right now just south of louisiana, southwest of louisiana and basically that will head towards the east. currently high pressure will provide for that northeast breeze. we do have that system provided for some snowfall over portions of the great lakes. another system that moved in from the west coast headed in towards the rockies and montana. it's a big change compared to what we saw the last few days. it will be dreary by the afternoon. we're expecting those showers and storms start to increase by the later half of the day. tomorrow morning we'll be talking about showers and storms for the morning commute. attached to that low that's going to move over northern florida is a cold front. this will clear south florida by torrow afternoon around 5:00 or 6:00. we have to talk about some tropical storm alex, that's right, the first named storm of the can you believe it? it has gone down in history. the winds now at 70 miles per hour ass this is going to head towards the acores. definitely a concern for shipping. as you can

louisiana. that's on the west side of the state for the central portion. to the north of that now, the cold air rushes in behind the low. quite a band of snow is developing. that same area of snowfall that impacts the eastern seaboard over the weekend. the modeling shows the line coming in by late morning tomorrow. then the low lifts to the north. it's in progress, and a band of heavy snowfall. the snow cover has been lacking over the eastern third of the country. the current snow cover, covering a lot of territory and real estate to the west. we'll see a lot of white in dc and north to the new england states i do believe by late sunday. this map be will be a little bit more comfortable. windy weather and colder weather. and turning wetter tomorrow. highs of 74. rain chance at 60%. dry saturday. blustery, and highs in the mid-60s. and lows on sunday back to the mid-to-upper 30s. >> gina: happy thursday, sky fox is over a crash on i-4 westbound. west of saxon. causing significant backup in the area. use caution if you are out taking i-4 into town from volusia. we have a

north and west. that's really about it. not much in the way of rain. we could see a couple of showers and if you look down around louisiana this is where we have to go to see our next weather system. it's going to become a much larger weather system. it's going to move into parts of the midwest and northeast and that's going to bring us the heavy rain to start off your sunday. right now, this is the future weather. for tonight, 32 degrees in the poconos. we could see very light snow, maybe freezing rain or drizzle in that area. otherwise, the rest of the area is cloudy for most of your saturday. saturday afternoon, highs around 50 degrees and cloudy. then the rain moves in very late, overnight into early sunday. this sunday, 8:00 in the morning. temperatures much warmer, around 60 degrees with heavy rain. and then we go towards noon, mid-60s, possibly. a lot of that rain tapers off. through the afternoon, we'll see improvement and we could have a couple of showers and then by monday we're back into the 30s for a daytime high. big change from sunday to monday. don't put away the winter jacket for too long here. 34 degrees

north. big picture shows a storm out west and the front trying to move along. it will. eventually i want you to see what's going on. look at the thunderstorms coming into louisiana. that will be a quick mover to the south and east. if we had cold air being blocked and draining down from eastern canada, we'd be in trouble, but that's not the case. we'll be talking about rain in the forecast here when we get to that timeframe. a good amount of sunshine tomorrow. 30 and 40s by the middle of the day. more clouds through the afternoon. we should stop at 50. probably be low 50s central and south jersey as we head into tomorrow. there goes the front to the north. the sun gives in to clouds. there's the rain, a quick shot, as the storm moves along. the sun should appear saturday afternoon. we'll be in the upper 40s at that point. this front starts to transition to colder weather and another front will sweep along that may bring snow showers sunday night. it will be frigid monday and tuesday. clouds tonight. call it chilly. 35 in the city. 20s to 30 in the suburbs. just close to where we're at now. the temperature does come up to 50 tomorrow as morning sunshine will give

west. it's going to get over the rockies and by thursday, it's over louisiana. taps moisture from the gulf of mexico. it moves north into colder air, here is one of the possible tracks. hits the atlantic on saturday morning. intensifying with heavy snow, i think the heaviest snow looks to be baltimore, d.c., back through the carolinas. could see over a foot of snow there, but it's early in the game, david. boston and new york still in play. >> the tracks can always shift. rob, thanks. >>> we turn now to michigan, and to the battle over lead in the water in the city of flint. and how long authorities knew about it. tonight, that state's governor will address the people of michigan, already conceding he has, quote, lost some of the public's trust. it's estimated nearly 9,000 abc's alex perez is in flint again tonight. >> reporter: today, protesters demonstrating outside the governor of michigan's home, and now, attorneys take filing a class action lawsuit against and state officials. >> they were silent. they sat on it. >> reporter: at least 500 flint class action so far, including melissa mays, who blames sooner. >>

north of new york city. but it's not a healthy part of the storm. a little bit of activity out of it. the healthier storm out west, rolled through los angeles with flooding rains. louisiana, a tough looking sunday. 3:00 in the morning, this is that first round of moisture i showed you where we could have frozen precipitation out there north of the city and sure, snowflakes mixed in. a lot of folks will be right at the cusp of freezing, maybe a little bit below. it's not going to be that brutally cold air that we had to start off the week. that's 3:00 saturday. sunday will get more active, not cold enough for anything frozen, but look at this, it blows up over the area. that's a lot of rain with us here at 11:00 a.m. and by the second half of the day, it's out of here. the first part of your day sunday, a wet and wild one out here. how much rain and snow? snow, not a lot. the first system comes through, maybe 0.2 around monticello, everybody else picking up a shower but the grains as we go into sunday. right now looking at a half inch to an inch and half for folks. see those red flashes? that could be 2 inches or more. if you get some of the setting up over your neighborh

north. inland temperatures in the wauchula. here is the satellite and radar. can you see across the southern portion of the state back to the west. and filling in. and the threat across louisiana today, tomorrow, shifts to the panhandle. notice the nature coast in the risk zone. we will be watching that closely now as we head into the day tomorrow. and the threat with the weather winds. with any of the storms out there. cannot rule out a tornado and maybe some locally heavy rain up. clouds increase. stormy weather arrives. that front pushes to the east. there is the blizzard. 30 possible across the mid-atlantic. the weekend, much colder temperatures in the 50s. clouds. warmer than the last couple of nights. strong to severe. the 7-day forecast. mid50s. saturday as well. overall a raw day. 56 on sunday. more sun. back into the 60s. the next front arrives midweek next week. temperatures near 70. >> chip. >> you know the mess was deeper. he jonathan drouin skipped the syracuse game. he does not want to play for the lightning period. and now it is a move that will back fire, steve yzerman is not one to feel forced to do anything. he is a franchise first guy he will wait no matter

louisiana, this is what we call the primary low. the initial low into the tennessee valley and starts to bump in the cold air in virginia and west virginia and north carolina and the low weakens as it transferred the energy to the coastal storm and becomes the nor'easter and hits the warmer water, it explodes the system and rapidly deepening and it's so large we get clipped to the north and it's so big, you talk about a clip you are dealing with a lot of snowfall. future tracker 6 saturday afternoon, the size of the storm is the winds at the coast, 64 miles per hour for most of the southern new jersey and delaware saturday afternoon causing coastal flooding and beach erosion and maybe even power outages, when we look at future tracker 6 snowfall amounts, the most snow is going to fall in virginia, west virginia and the d.c.-baltimore region, even though we are not in the jackpot area of two feet, we are getting a decent amount of snow around here. cecily tynan will have the exact amounts coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >>> folks around here are already getting prepared for what could be a long wintry weekend, the owner of rj equipment

louisiana. the wraparound from this getting into west virginia and even ohio. the coastline but generally speaking it is all snow now that it's moved north of north carolina and it's intensifying as it rolls up the jersey shoreline. winds are going to be very, very intense today. at 4:00 that's when the worst of it will be from d.c. and philly, baltimore up to new york city going to be a hairy, hairy afternoon in the big apple and along long island, winds will be strongest and snow begins to taper off overnight from the southwest to the northeast. but by then the snow totals will be epic looking now at 1 to maybe 20 inches in new york city. 15 to 20 inches in new york city, just south of that in central new jersey could easily see two feet, philadelphia could see 18 to 24 inches and two feet southwest. capital. it continues to come down. >> had you not pointed out the white house in the background, we may not have spotted it. so snowy. we'll check in later and new york city also taking a direct >> ron and sara braving the elements out on the street ss usually bustling on a saturday morning but now a wintry ghost town. how are you doing o

severe weather already this morning across louisiana, but heads off the coast and could see two feet especially west of d.c. and north towards philadelphia. likely over a foot there and it's going to be blowing and drifting and flooding along the coast will be intense. another storm comes into san francisco tonight, nice in denver and warming up finally in florida. >>> all right, george, lara, jesse, if you need a little salt for your eggs this morning, we have it here. >> you are ready. >> we got wolfgang puck here so use that salt and incorporate it into a great dish. time for "pop news" and a lot of headlines. lena dunham is making headlines saying she's saying no to saying yes. dunham writing for linkedin for years she was a chronic people pleaser convinced that saying yes was the key to being liked but when she started saying things like she was too busy, she was too tired and that she hates laser tag she was surprised by how well people responded to her honesty. i think she's actually lying because no one dislikes laser tag. it is important, you've got to be able to say no sometimes. >> it's very freeing. >> pe

louisiana. some snow and that's going to race toward us by tomorrow at this time. here's a look at our watches that winter storm watch in effect to the north and west from i name corridordjacent suburbs in pa, new jersey and delaware. a blizzard watch in effect and we're talking about heavy snow accumulations. not much has changed. snow begins from south to north friday evening between 8:00 p.m. and places like wilmington, dover in south jersey to 11:00 p.m. in philadelphia and its suburbs. we're talking about a possible lull as well. the snow is not going to stop but late saturday morning into early saturday afternoon it could lighten up a little bit and then when the storm pulls away on the back side, it will be heavy again. the snow will end from west to east. the poconos and our suburbs toward the shore sunday morning between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. so a long duration snowfall and those snow oles fall rates could be an inch, 2-inches an hour at time. not the whole time. here's look at our snow estimates three to 6-inches in the poconos. a sharp cut off with some dry air to the north. six to 12 in the lehigh valley and extreme northern and western suburbs a swath o

severe weather already this morning across louisiana, but this thing strengthens as it heads off the coast and feet especially west of d.c. and north towards philadelphia. likely over a foot there and it's going to be blowing and drifting and flooding along the coast will be intense. another storm comescisco tonight, nice in denver and warming up finally in florida. 're mainly dodging the winter storm. we have snowfall in the forecast today. it's minimal, but it's showing up as you can see on the radar. we have moderate pockets in and ar. be careful, brecksville. we're seeing an increase in snow and that is on the light cold, 11 in cleveland; 18, ashtabula. , 10, coshockton; 6, mansfield and 7 for ashland. h today, mid- 20s with the lake affect snow fading fast. have a great thursday. >>> all right, george, lara, eed a little salt for your eggs this morning, we have it here. >> you are ready. >> we got wolfgang puck here so i'm sure you could find a way to use that salt andinto a great dish. time for "pop news" and a lot of headlines. lena dunham is making headlines saying she's saying no to sayingng for linkedin for years she was

severe weather already this morning across louisiana, but this thing strengthens as it heads off the coast and could see two feet especially west of d.c. and north towards philadelphia. likely over a foot there and it's going to be blowing and drifting and flooding along the coast will be intense. another storm comes into san francisco tonight, nice in denver and warming up finally in florida. >>> good morning. we have a lot of sunshine across the metro area. and that's going to continue through the day. mountains seeing a little bit of snow, but that lets up in the afternoon. upper 20s and lower 30s and we will warm up in the upper 30s and 40s. still pretty mild for this time of year. it's goi >>> all right, george, lara, jesse, if you need a little salt for your eggs this morning, we have it here. >> you are ready. >> we got wolfgang puck here so i'm sure you could find a way to use that salt and incorporate it into a great dish. time for "pop news" and a lot of headlines. lena dunham is making headlines saying she's saying no to saying yes. dunham writing for linkedin for years she was a clonic people pleaser convinced that saying yes was the

severe weather already this morning across louisiana, but this thing strengthens as it heads off the coast and could see two feet especially west of d.c. and north towards philadelphia. likely over a foot there and it's going to be blowing and drifting and flooding along the coast will be intense. another storm comes into san francisco tonight, nice in denver and warming up finally in florida. after a chilly start, a beautiful, mild afternoon up to 74 but the daytime high today. not as cool as morning lows will drop into the mid-50s. five-day forecast, the we can always in view. 74 tomorrow but the good chance of showers and storms. wet friday leading to a very cold weekend ahead. for more local news and weather the latest on the forecast, join us on >>> all right, george, lara, jesse, if you need a little salt for your eggs this morning, we have it here. >> you are ready. >> we got wolfgang puck here so i'm sure you could find a way to use that salt and incorporate it into a great dish. time for "pop news" and a lot of headlines. lena dunham is making headlines saying she's saying no to saying yes. dunham writing for linkedin for years she was

severe weather already this morning acrososs louisiana, but this thing strengthens as it heads off the coast and could see two feet especially west of d.c.c. and north towards philadelphia. likely or a foot there and it's going to be blowing a drifting and flooding along the coast will be intense. another storm comes into san francisco tonight, nice in denver and wming up finally in florida.through from the south and southeast. we have some fog and cloud cover out there. later this evening, some light snow will pass tough. tomorrow will be cold under a mix of sun and clouds as high preressure buds in for a day. the weekend will be windy and warmer as high temperatures finally make it back into the 30s. the snow forecast model l shows a dusting to 1/2 inch of snow - this will be a minor event. today's forecast calls for ouds and a high of 27. the low is 10. tomorrow's high is 20. jesse, if you need a little salt have it here. >> youre ready. >> we got wolfgang puckere so i'mm sure y could find a way to usthat salt and incorporate it into a great dish. headlines. lena dunham is making headlines saying she's saying no to saying yes. dunham writing for

severe weather already this morning across louisiana, but this thing strengthens as it heads off the coast and could see two feet especially west of d.c. and north towards likely over a foot there and it's going to be blowing and drifting and flooding along the coast will be intense. another storm comes into san francisco tonight, nice in denver and warming up finally in florida. the more they were tracking a storm system that you've been hearing alot about no doubt this is the big ones going to come in and really pretty heavy snow over western virginia north carolina up to northern virginia and the northeast this is a significant system coming through our local impacts its gonna be a wide range will see a mix to rain and maybe back to snow on the end of the saying on to get things >>> all right, george, lara, jesse, if you need a little salt have it here. >> you are ready. >> we got wolfgang puck here so i'm sure you could find a way to use that salt and incorporate it into a great dish. headlines. lena dunham is making headlines saying she's saying no to saying yes. dunham writing for linkedin for years she was a clonic people pleaser convince

severe weather already this morning across louisiana, but this thing strengthens as it heads off the coast and could see two feet especially west of d.c. and north towards philadelphia. likely over a foot there and it's going to be blowing and drifting and flooding along the coast will be intense. another storm comes into san francisco tonight, nice in denver and warming up finally in florida.plan on a typical january day with chilly temps into the 20s and more clouds than sun. there may be light fog in some areas, primarily this morning. a dusting of snow is possible tonight as a weak system drifts across iowa, but the nor'easter out towards the coast should gobble most of the moisture - if not all of it. plan on quiet conditions this weekend with highs approaching 30 on saturday with widespread 30s likely for your sunday. clouds will be increasing as early as >>> all right, george, lara, jesse, if you need a little salt for your eggs this morning, we have it here. >> you are ready. >> we got wolfgang puck here so i'm sure you could find a way to use that salt and incorporate it into a great dish. time for "pop news" and a lot of headlines. len

severe weather already this morning across louisiana, but this thing strengthens as it heads off the coast and could see two feet e eecially west of d.c. and north towards philadelphia. likely over a foot thehe and it's going to be blowing and drifting and flooding along the coast will b intense. another storm comes into san francisco tonight, nice in denver and warming up fina >> thanks. we are seeing a beautiful start on this thursday. temperatures mid 60's, waking up warmer. we are seeing mix of sun and clouds, plenty of sunshine breaking through mid and high level clouds and fair-weataer clouds. 50's inland, might need a light sweatir or jacket, pembroke pines, hialeah. we are taking them off this afternoon, highs mid 70's. it will be warmrm and dry. rain returns tomorrow with a cold front moving into spd. then it will really drop > all right, george, lara, for your eggs this morning, we have it here. >> you are ready. >> we got wolfgang puck here so i'm sure you could find a way t t use that salt and incorporate it into a great dish. time for "pop news" and a lot of headnes. lena dunham is making headlines saying she's saying no to saying y

severe weather already this morning across louisiana, but this thing strengthens as it heads off the coast and could see two feet especially west of d.c. and northing to be blowing and drifting and flooding along the coast will be intense. another storm comes into san francisco tonight, nice in denver and warming up finally in florida. >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco machine. this is the forecast. off to a colorful start with limited fog. we will be mostly cloudy with mild highs and the next storm is on deck tomorrow and saturday and several days before the storm to end the month. here are the highs, anywhere from 62 to 66 degrees, from san francisco to san jose and rain is coming in tomorrow morning, and we will have waves of showers all the way through saturday. >>> all right, george, lara, jesse, if you need a little salt for your eggs this morning, we have it here. >> you are ready. >> we got wolfgang puck here so i'm sure you could find a way to use that salt and incorporate it into a great dish. time for "pop news" and a lot of headlines. lena dunham is making headlines saying she's saying no to saying yes. dunham writing fo

severe weather already this morning across louisiana, but this thing strengthens as it heads off the coast and could see two feet especially west of d.c. and northnd it's going to be blowing and drifting and flooding along the coast will be intense. another storm comes into san francisco tonight, nice in denver and warming up finally in saturday. 18-24" likely in the metro with low w visibility and strong winds. the snow is over by sunday morning with warmer melting temperatures next week. melt off sme of the snow on the roads today. tonight fair skies 24. tomorrow: blizzard watch. snow devleops in the >>> all right, george, lara, jesse, if you need a little salt for your eggs this morning, we have it here. >> you are ready. >> we got wolfgang puck here so i'm sure you could find a way to use that salt and incorporate it into a great dish. time for "pop news" and a lot of headlines. lena dunham is making headlines saying she's saying no to saying yes. dunham writing for linkedin for years she was a clonic people pleaser convinced that saying yes was the key to being liked but when she started saying things like she was too busy, she was too tire