prain showers making this way pnew england. pback to the west, this is a next pbig system we'll talking about. pthis area of low pressure pcurrently in california, the otential even for some severe pweather for them. pthat's starts to move eastward pover next couple of days. pmeets that cold air in place. pwe could talking about potential pfor quite a bit of snow across pthe plains. psome higher elevation from pdenver, back to east toward pomaha as well you head into pmidwest, min miss action twin pcities there on into green bay, pmilwaukee and upper peninsula psnowball total could pretty pextreme cause higher terrain and prockies. pthen still picking up a good pamount of snow, maybe more than pa foot in masz as you head up to pthe midwest and an upper midwest pas well. pso, big time snow storm for them pon the south side of it. pthat's where we see that otential for severe weather. pby time it gets to us, still premains to be seen how much the pway of severe weather potential pthere is heavy rain threat at pon into friday morn

pthis messy low brings rain to pnew england. psnow on the backside, but it's ptoo warm for snow. pit's steady rain and gusty wind plate in the day. plook at new york city to boston icking up 1 to 2 inches if you ptravel there. pthis is a real cold stuff, pthough. pchicago is feeling the pinfluences later today as well. pfor today 70 for the afternoon phigh and at 72 now so plus or pminus in the low 70s this pmorning. pyou notice those winds up ptonight. pthrough the overnight 47 feels pcooler than that. pa bit breezy and partial pclearing late and back to work pand school. pmake sure the kids are bundled pup at the bus stop. pcrisp humidity tomorrow. p62 is it for the afternoon high. pon the water today winds are plight right now but up to 15 for p20 knots this afternoon and the pseas are building 4 to 6 feet. pwe have exercise caution for poffshore waters. pbe mindful if you do any pboating. plow tide in 20 minutes at 8:40 pon st. pete pier. phere's the seven-day forecast. pwe go from 70 today to 63 on pwednesday and our next little pimpulse from the gulf moves in pthursday nigh

pso we're talking about the pairports being affected from the pdeep south to the new england parea. pnew york city, washington, pbaltimore, now, the two big pairports in the d.c. area, pthey're reporting major issues pstill on this monday morning. pdulles, they said they cancelled p50% of their flights today palone. preagan national, 15% of their pflights are cancelled. pso if you are heading to the pairport, if you have friends or pfamily that are coming back in pfrom that area, definitely a pcouple of things, one, check pwith your airline before you phead to the airport. pthat way you're not wasting your ptime and get to the airport with lenty of time ahead of you. pthere might be more than one pflight going to a particular parea and it might get super, psoup he were crowded. pallow yourself time. pwe'll be here all morning and phopefully it will stay the same pas far as the red on the big pboard right now. ptampa international holding a pbig job fair today, too. pthey're looking to fill 125 ositions. p65 new shops and restaurants are pcoming to the airport. pabout half will open later

p>> it was just great to see how pnew yorkers come together in a pbeautiful spirit of community. pthis storm dumped snow from the pgulf coast to new england. pat least 30 people were killed pfrom car accidents, heart pattacks from shovelling and pcarbon monoxide poisoning. pground travel is not the only roblem with all of this snow. pnearly 12,000 weekend flights pwere cancelled. p>>russell: wow. psomething to get through. pall right. pjoel, thank you. ptalk again soon. plet's stay on the subject and pstay in washington for a minute pand get to bret who is there. pusually we talk politics or pwhatever may be going on but plet's stick with the weather. pdid you get to work okay this pmorning? p>> not bad. ptook awhile to dig out in my pneighborhood but capitol hill, pthe roads are pretty bad. pmaybe that has to do with pcongress not being in session. pi don't know. psurely. pit was a long weekend. pyou know, essentially locked in pand milk and bread off the pshelves. pwe don't handle things well up phere. p>>russell: i can't imagine. pi'm glad everybody is well. plet's talk a little bit of olitics this morning. pwe've got iowa caucuses upo