rafael miranda is on the plaza for that. >> good morning, guys. we're dealing with beautiful weather in the northeast, but we do have a few trouble spots, especially the pacific northwest. a lot of rain heading into the pacific northwest, places like seattle and portland unfortunately dealing with a flood threat throughout this weekend. several storms moving on shore. heavy rain along the coast. heavy snow in the cascades. anywhere from two to three inches of rain possible, even higher amounts there. look at those snow totals. over two feet possible in the higher elevations of the cascades over the next 48 hours. for the rest of the country, it's a beautiful weekend. temperatures well above average. 77 in los angeles. look at the midwest. no sign of cold in chicago. 46 degrees. and we're looking at >> good saturday morning, everyone, 39 in boston, frosty start, mid 20s to lower 30s, mainly clear skies, more sunshine and clouds throughout the afternoon. milder afternoon, winds light. temperatures, low to mid 50s. tomorrow 55 to near 60 , mild monda

. >> let's bring in rafael miranda, in for dylan this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, guys. great to have a great forecast to present to you as well. no sign of cold. i d d't think you guys are missing it, right? weekends. >> across much of the country as well, it's a mild pattern we're locked into. rel a a sign of an el nino year. above average temperatures will continue throughout the day today. and we're talking well above average for all the big cities from the miest right towards the northeast. 54egrees in new york city today. we broke a record in marquette yesterday. 37 in fargo. may seem a little chilly, but you should be in the 20s this time of year, so that is a big difference. well above average for your sunday as well. it just goes on and on. 40s and 50s. even flirting with 60 as you head to charleston and lots of sunshine as well. great start to the we'll start off our saturday above normal. a weak cold front system tracks in. highs today football game in indianapolis are looking at a cloudy, dreary day. dense fog is ac

let's bring in meteorologist rafael miranda. >> we are tracking another round of severe weather this evening. in fact, tornado warnings around the dallas-ft. worth area this evening. this tornado watch in effect through 8:00 central time. we've seen numerous tornado reports throughout the evening. we'll continue to see that throughout tonight. now even into tomorrow this is your sunday. another severe threat. 22 million people at risk for strong to severe thunderstorms. isolated tornados a possibility including houston and new orleans. now this is going to be a massive storm for days. you can see it tracking snow to the west, ice to the north, and tons of heavy rain off to the east. a flood threat significant over the next few days. to the west in the colder part of the storm, a blizzard warning in effect from eastern new mexico into texas. places like roswell, amarillo. we could see record we could see the most snow we've ever seen in new mexico. over a foot of snow as we head throughout the rest of the weekend. lots of folks trying to get around, getting home from the holidays. and

rafael miranda will have your forecast in a few minutes. there has been another deadly officer-involved shooting. it happened saturday near los angeles. two sheriffs deputies confronted a man apparently carrying a gun. they fired 33 shots at him. video taken by a bystander is raising questions about whether the response is excessive. we should warn you, the images are disturbing. >> reporter: tense moments in los angeles as deputies opened fire on a man with a gun. this cell phone video is extremely graphic. we paused it here. but as the shooting continues the man identified as 28-year-old nicholas robertson falls and tries to crawl away. as deputies continue to fire 33 shots in less than 25 seconds. it's unclear how many of those bullets struck robertson. >> put your guns down. >> protests over thet shooing as friends and family of the father of three took to the streets in outrage. >> he's crawling on his knees. he was crawling on his knees. they kept shooting. why? >> reporter: the los angeles sheriffs department quick to them their side

. >> let's check in with storm team 4 rafael miranda. raphael? >> snow and sleet just over an inch in greenville. bridgeport, cold spring under half an inch. a trace, by the way, in central park but our first trace of the season so far. storm tracker, right now our storm is pulling away and leaving us with a little bit of drizzle, but that is about it. we are drying out very nicely. we do have concern and that is the p sibility of black ice. we have a little elting right now, temperatures bovr freeze freeze above freezing, but we're not above freezing by very much. to watch out for another round of slick weather. otherwise in the 40s in central park, so we're not worried about freezing conditions in the city. drying out, temperatures in the upper 30s, a chilly, nice december night. we'll have a look at that forecast. over to you. >>> as you know, the weather has had a much bigger impact around the country, and travelers are feeling it. hundreds of flights are delayed or canceled in one of the busiest weeks of the year. we'll have an update from l

. >> rafael miranda, you have the answer. >> i do have the answers. we are dealing with that threat for light winter precipitation and also a lot of heavy rain and very strong winds along the coast. that is going to be a messy commute for us tomorrow. let's look at our weather headlines. wintry weather coming for many of us overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. that icy mix north and west that we're concerned with. for the rest of us, a soaker of a tuesday morning commute. definitely want to have the umbrellas handy if you can hold on to them. we'll explain in just a moment. futuretracker at 8:00 tonight. the light, wintry precip breaking out and even in the city around 10:00, 11:00 and sleet, maybe freezing rain and rain off to the south and light snow moving into the hudson valley and quick coating in duchess counties. to see that change over, thankfully, to plain rain in the city and that's overnight while you were sleeping and look north and west of town westchester county and rockland county from 2:00, 4:00 and still that wintry mix and as you

we're going to start with storm team 4s rafael miranda joining us with the forecast. >> just incredible. i know already seeing 66 degrees this morning and just getting started. you can see we do have patchy fog out there, watch out for that, temperatures in the low 60s right now, plenty of cloudiness throughout the day. it's not going to be bright and sunny but warm for sure. tours hovering in the 60s throughout the day, maybe a few showers by the end of the day, especially south of new york city, down the jersey shore you have the best chance of seeing some rain. today's record high temperature 66 degrees. we will talk about some potential snow on the way, i know, it's a lot to handle. right now lauren is here with a look at your commute. >> we do have one problem out there on the roads, we will head over to the bronx, we are on the major deagan now just two lanes are closed, this is between exit there is an accident

let's bring in rafael miranda.e're talking about a warmer christmas in boston than phoenix. warmer in new york than los angeles. so things are flip-flopped here, due to the el nino, with the jet stream bubbling up. these are the christmas eve forecast temperatures. 73 in new york city. record warm from new york down to the southeast. storminess there as well. cold is out west, in the rockies, it will stay there christmas eve into christmas day. a cooldown for your friday, instead of the 70s, 60s in new york city, probably not going to be record, but d.c., 67 degrees. obviously this means no snow for the major cities and we're expecting hundreds of records to fall, starting out on christmas eve. boston, the old record, 61, we're going for 67 this year. portland, right down through philadelphia, smashing those records. now christmas day, again, a cooldown. so the 70s replaced by 60s, but still we're expecting to break records from portland, boston, new york city probably not. philadelphia will be close. to the atlant

rafael miranda with the wacky weather for us. >> warmer in new york than los angeles as we head intoout west. we have had over 3 feet of snow and still snowing. storm track continues. you can see that jet stream bringing the storms into the west. beneficial rain for california, as well. heavy, heavy mountain snows and the jet stream to the high. record high probable as we head into the holiday. this is christmas eve. here's the record highs. d.c. 66 in 1982. this is what we're forecasting this christmas eve. 78 degrees. >> whoa! >> you know, breaking a record, it is significant. smashing it by 12 degrees, it's almost unheard of, thomas. so that's incredibly warm there in d.c. and boston also obliterating for christmas eve and then heading into friday, christmas day, still hot across the southeast and cooler in new york city close to a record and i think breaking it for christmas and look at orlando, charlotte, atlanta. 78 degrees on your christmas day. now, it's not all about the warmth and severe for tomorrow. a severe weather outbreak possible across the tennessee valley. busy trav

. >> good morning, i'm harry smith here with kristen we will kerr and rafael miranda from our station here in new york, wnbc. erika and dillon have the day off today. christmas good for everybody. >> yes. was santa good to everyone? >> my a family is in chicago, my husband and kids, so i flew back last night with all the gifts. they opened them so quickly i wonder if they will notice that mommy took them all home. >> will they notice that i'm gone? >> merry day after. >> we will get to all of these stories in just a moment. let's get to the top story today, a christmas day nightmare the south, rafael, i know you have the latest here. >> in morning residents arm birmingham, alabama are assessing the damage after a tornado touched down on friday evening, their holiday turning into horror. the twister came out of nowhere. residents saw the funnel cloud from afar one minute and the next, at their door step. >> when they say take cover, take cover. >> several homes were destroyed. some people even had to be rescued from under the wreckage. >> wires being down. if there is no danger, move o

i want to bring in rafael miranda with more on the dangerous storms across this country and talking about heavy snow in parts of this country, as well. >> that's right. wintry aspect of the storm, still have the severe weather going on and also snow in chicago and video of that earlier today. snow in the windy city and bad travel day across the midwest. there you go. the snow in chicago changed over. a dusting, a coating in many spots. take a look at the live radar in chicago. 35 degrees. we are getting that wintry mix to rain and west and north to wisconsin, ice and slippery conditions and northern wisconsin and you can see over a foot of snow in some spots. and there's the rain and the severe weather across the southeast and the flood threat of a dynamic storm, lots of going on and the watch until 6:00. this is now extended for the florida panhandle, panama city, no tornadoes yet but we have had wind damage with the storms moving in and the severe threat lingers tonight. the flood threat, massive from st. louis, to nashville, atlanta. all flood watches and warnings this evening and here

rafael miranda has the very latest. >> residents saw the funlt cloud from afar one minute and the nexttep. >> take cover, take cover. >> several homes were destroyed. >> tore the whole wall down in the back. >> some had to be rescued from underneath in the reck cadge. >> instead of sitting at christmas dinner, people found themselves hopelessly searching for anything that could be saved. >> come on. >> 10,000 customers lost power as if that wasn't bad enough, residents throughout the state have been dealing with more than a half foot of driving rain, and damaged homes. the first responders attaching ropes to them to pull them out of the raging floodwaters. even birmingham's mai your came out to help them direct traffic friday night. the same twister was spotted southeast of birmingham in vangsz and tus cloos can where it spawned more damage. a deadly outbreak of twisters i in:tennessee and alabama. >> we're trying to go through the mangled mess of trees and it's just disaster. >> reporter: a disaster this week for people who lost all that they owned. >> what's really important is your

berkeley and highway 12, miranda looking at rain and richmond, 580, back through san rafael. a few light showers. you see more offshore and even redwood city, milbrae, san carlos, you can see showers it through about 1:00. oakland, we have the game but a chance there. the best activity north of 80 of the you see davis getting impacted. sacramento expects less than a half-inch of rain in the system. and it's cloudy right now, rain, snow mix a couple inches expected. it will provide breezy winds, scattered light rain, and for those of you toward mountain view, menlo park, probably nothing at all. 52 san jose right now. 57 half moon bay. with the south winds and cloudy skies, we are mild. emeryville numbers are the coolest. and even santa rosa with the fog 49. 50 napa, 52 delta, and the breezy winds from our sutro tower camera. the forecast highlights, scattered showers today. partly cloudy and mild tomorrow and tuesday. more rain arrives on thursday. could be better than a half-inch. into next weekend, as well. a high surf advisory from 10:00 tonight to tuesday morning with ver