robert speta joins us with the details. robert? >> yes, gene. we have been continuing to watch this storm system out in the southern parts of madagascar. we're talking about these rains which just had been pummeling the area and it looks like in the next 72 hours you could be seeing 2 centimeters or month in a few areas here. definitely the risk of flooding, look north, mozambique, northern madagascar, you're getting hit by dangerous floods the last several weeks. this will impact you, definite serious situation to watch here throughout the next several days. in the southern hemisphere it's tropical season at least at this time. take a look at this, into southeastern china, the middle of february you typically don't expect to see tropical storms. we have this one. this is tropical storm sonson. actually center of circulation is well removed from the max amount of rainfall and precipitation here. it's actually out here towards vietnam, all this being blown towards the west due to strong vertical wind shear. further off towards the west, eventuall

robert speta with the forecast. robert, how long will this last? >> well, gene, at least into sunday into monday. temperatures across much of the northern u.s. will get back to normal. for now, we're still seeing cold air come across the dakotas and minnesota and wisconsin, the windchill here is right around minus 30 to minus 35 degrees below zero. any time outside with some exposed skin is going to result in frostbite here. not just windchills, that northwesterly wind running across the lakes here, resulting in some rather heavy lake-effect snow. accompanied by gusty winds and yesterday, we were actually talking about in chicago, erie, pennsylvania, and detroit, michigan, some areas that will see it and that's exactly what happened. i want to show you video coming out of detroit here. on one of the highways, very tragic. a chain reaction resulted in a very large crash there, just outside of the city. that did kill three people, sadly, two of them being children. you can see some of the cars here, just absolutely destroyed. many of the witnesses de

meteorologist robert speta has the forecast. robert? >>>. >> yeah, gene, across much of the u.s., specifically new england and to the northeast here. it's going to be a very rough go. there are several ingredients on the table. it is going to be horrible travel conditions. this is horrible weather here. we have first down here towards the south, this storm system continuing to push off here towards the east. that is going to be pulling in all this warm air, all of this moisture in from the gulf of mexico. meanwhile look off towards the north. this high pressure over portions of new england into quebec, that is just an arctic air mass that has been sitting here, even feeling for this system bringing snowfall into portions of michigan and across the great lakes. while going into friday, this system down here towards the south is going to be working its way off here towards the north. then friday evening that is going to start to interact with the systems in and across portions of quebec and new england. as they come together it's going to

meteorologist robert speta is here with the latest. robert? >> gene, on sunday, we saw some really severe weather across the gulf states. hattiesburg, a tornado ripped through at the intensity of an ef-4. that is some destructive winds. i want to show you some of the destruction in the photos here, coming out of hattiesburg, shot on monday morning due to the tornado that ripped through on sunday night, and at least 100 homes damaged. dozens of people injured as this tornado blew through the area, really some absolutely serious footage coming out of there. now it looks like the severe weather is starting to wind down as far as very destructive tornadoes there is still a threat along the gulf coast, going through the next 24 hours. this storm system developing up and starting to push off toward the east in oklahoma. texas, you will see heavy snowfall. out ahead of it, it will put in the warm air from the gulf of mexico. flash flooding, but along the coastline, damaging winds, hail, and a few isolated tornadoes. extending from portions of tallaha

robert speta is here with the forecast. robert? >> that's right. this is going to be one of the storms for the record books. continuing to push off the coastline here. already into new york. you're starting to see the snow fall. it does look like going into massachusetts, all the airports in and around this area have been closed. over 3,000 flights canceled on friday and even into saturday as well here just due to the two storm systems. you can start to see them on e analysis on saturday. one storm coming in from the west and across the great lakes, this is dropping some heavy snowfall. but at the same time, we have this moisture inflow from a separate low pressure area that started to move in from the south. it is just heavy snowfall. 60 sent meters of snow in and around the boston area. that will be absolutely crippling. actually, into new york city, the mayor has asked people to stay indoors. just call in if you plan on having to go out here to work. all the schools have been closed in and across this area. if you have any flights in and out of

. >>> meteorologist robert speta with me now. so, robert, we've been enjoying some nice weather here in tokyo. will this continue through the weekend? >> well, gene, we have been getting that sunshine, you're right but can't get it forever here and it does look like the rain will be starting to work its way into the picture. already seeing some showers across portions into korea. you saw it throughout the day. it's clearing up. but out ahead of this storm system we're seeing these much, much warmer temperatures. actually very spring like here. you can see that warm air continuing to couple. unfortunately behind it, things are going to be changing. right now starting to see rain showers. that's accompanied by the warm air that's creating snow melt across much of japan but then going into saturday afternoon, things are going to really rapidly cool off but on the west coast that sea snow will set up here and all this changing in the record is reflect into that weekend forecast. your weekend forecast, actually some rain showers on sat

meteorologist robert speta is here with the details. robert? >>> that's right, gene. actually up and down the coastline we've been seeing rain even snowfall further inland. there were 80 kilometer winds as this storm system blew past. on the satellite picture seeing it moving out towards the ocean and behind it fairer conditions especially along japan's east coast. on the west coast, not so much the case because as this pulls off we have that sea effect snow machine working its way in, that northwesterly winds coming in across hokkaido. seeing about 30 to 40 centimeters of snowfall. winds are making things colder. saturday tokyo highs in the single digits. definitely going get cold even towards seoul, high pressure dominating. all that cold air from the north is setting up something and hinting at spring. this weather pattern that really is setting up. one system, high pressure and then another storm system. that's very typical for the spring season and next one will develop out of china, bringing rainfall and eventually work its way off there towards japan by early n

robert speta is here with the forecast there and elsewhere. robert? >> gene, yeah.re going to be seeing significant travel delays in the central u.s., even extending off towards the northeast and southern canada by the end of the week due to this area. that is creating a lingering threat of heavy rain showers throughout the week. that is the actual movement of the storm. near the center of circulation, winds upwards and above 100 kilometers per hour, expecting this to intensify by wednesday when it starts to make land fall as a category 4 cyclone. winds around 160, gusting up to 180 kilometers per hour. in the right front quadrant, you're going to be seeing that risk of storm surge and heavy rains adding up to about three -- 300 to 400 millimeters. that is going to cause flooding in the kimberly coast. this area is very dry. that flash flooding risk is going to continue to linger. the threat of damage and loss of life out here if this does make a direct impact, it's going to be rather significant. definitely a storm system to watch throughout the remainder of the we

robert speta is here. he has details on who's being impacted and the forecast for the rest of the world. robert? >> we're continuing to watch the severe cyclone. cyclone rusty, pushing off toward the south. actually at this time, looks like it's rather stalled out. almost stationary, just toward north, and that is the problem. because it is not moving forward at all, but the winds in the center of the storm, gusting up to 195 kilometers per hour. and that brings the risk of storm surge, high winds, already power outages and dust storms. once we get inland, the continuous and heavy rain. so definitely very severe storm on tap here. making landfall through wednesday evening into thursday. already, the eye wall continues to linger right off the coastline and due to persistence of it, stationary at the moment. we'll see rainfall up and over 500 millimeters in some areas as it continues to creep ever so slowly toward the south. once it moves over shore, it will take off. that will bring widespread rainshowers ac

meteorologist robert speta is here for the forecast for here and elsewhere. robert?yes, gene, especially on friday. you will want an umbrella on friday in japan. it's going to be wet. if it's not raining it will be snowing. it's coming from a storm system moving out of china. this is looking at friday morning, that storm system just to the south really widespread rain showers but even in tokyo going into the noon hours could see a flurry or two inland. nothing accumulating on the ground but goes to show how cold this will be as it does push overhead. higher elevations will see snowfall not just from this system as it pushes by. that snow effect machine will be turning back up. 30 centimeters of snowfall expected around tohoku. if you're a skier you'll be very happy because that will bring fresh powder for you. high pressure dominating northern china. air stagnation a main issue in the beijing. farther towards the south warm air is moving in. hong kong 23 here for your high on your friday. not that warm actually across most of the u.s. and canada here those. we were t

meteorologist robert speta is here with more on the situation on the ground and what's in the forecast. robert? >> yes, gene. we did see all this heavy snowfall. about seven centimeters fell just towards the north of tokyo as this storm system blew overhead. i'll show you some of these photos. this is accumulation on some of the cars. this is quite unusual to see this heavy snow. it's not unheard of, but it is pretty heavy snow for this time of year and we're seeing a lot of people getting out and about even in the tokyo metro area. about one centimeter in western tokyo. plenty to go around. a lot it changed over to rain so most of it did melt off after the storm system pushed off towards the east. plenty of moisture left over. that's going to be fueling the next system pushing through here. it's not expected to move into the tokyo area but it will be moving across the sea of japan and really intensifying up here and bringing an abundant amount of snow and windy weather into hokkaido. you like the snowfall it adds to the festival atmosphere but those gusty winds will be kicking up, cre

robert speta is here with the forecast. robert? >> that's right. anybody who is traveling in and out of the area, it is really just going to be a one hazardous day here on friday going into saturday. already the airports in and out of boston over towards new york these have been almost closed, all flights in and out have been cancelled. over 3,000 flights, several hundred thousand people have been affected by the storm system not to mention the schools have been closed and the governor of massachusetts have asked people to just stay in and stay off the roads as this storm system comes in overhead and due to a few factors. we have the alberta clipper moving across the great lakes. this has brought some heavy snowfall across the great lakes about 30 centimeters enhanced here down here by lake erie. as it pushes to the east we have this other one that brought rough weather in the southeast. that's running up the coast lining. once these two interact with each other it will become a strong storm system. 60 centimeters of snow. quite uncommon for place

meteorologist robert speta is here with the forecast for there and the rest of the world. robert? >> yes, gene. actually we've been seeing this rough weather all week. it's not going to be nearly as bad in the forecast as we saw there in hattiesburg over the week with that tornado but even further we're still seeing a tornado watch actually in southern georgia. there's that risk lingering there but the main threat across much of this area is high winds, even a slight chance of hail as this storm system continues to develop and push off here towards the east. now a little bit further towards the north this is where we'll start to get into the snowfall, talking about around virginia, west virginia and then moving over towards washington, d.c., and even into new york. remember last week we had that very severe blizzard that blew through here. as this continues to push off that very well could add a few more centimeters on top especially up in new england. washington, d.c. you haven't seen any significant snow at all to speak of yet this year so that's something new four. further off

meteorologist robert speta joins wuss this storm and the rest of the world. robert? >> well, we are continuing to watch cyclone rusty here. it has made landfall just to the east of port headland but still continuing to bring these very gusty winds and heavy rapes. i actually want to show you what's going on on the ground here near the coast lines, cyclone rusty strengthened up to a category 4 storm trier prior to make landfall there to the east of port head land. warnings exceed 500 kilometers inland. hardest hit areas will receive 600 millimeters of rain. some areas received significant rainfall, rains linger near the coast lines. you can see here the video, the heavy rain continuing to come down, unfortunately that will extend farther inland, the storm starts to track down there towards the south. now picking up the pace i the good news where it did make landfall, relatively unpopulated, still have a small villages here but the big city you port headland, about 20,000 people, that missed the height of the storm. some minor damage being reported here. now though, it

robert speta with the latest on where and when it will happen. >> that's right. we saw one move away from the tokyo area, now moving off there to the east. we have this next one coming across korea. you can see cloud cover working its way into the picture, and this will be intensifying quite rapidly. thursday morning, you can see it deepening, but the long cold front extending well ahead of this is going to be gaining a lot of energy from the south in the form of very warm air. what this also will be doing is warming up the temperatures quite rapidly. we saw the snowfall coming into tokyo this morning. on thursday, temperatures will be up more like late march into the mid teens. a warmup and fairly gusty winds and even off toward the north, as that storm system continues to intensify, hokkould see winds up to 70 to 75 miles per hour, accompanied by that heavy snowfall, it will create blizzard-like conditions. off toward sapporo, you are watching the ice festival. behind it, we are seeing another cooldown. all the cold air will seep in out of russia, bringing temp

robert speta is here with the effect of the storm so far and the forecast for the rest of the world. robert? >> we have been watching the storm. it already is causing some problems across portions of arkansas, kansas and missouri. actually in arkansas, due to the freezing rain here, a school bus slid off the road, injuring some of the students and not just this, causing these delays and this disruption of traffic, farther towards the west into arizona, we're talking about the pga tour and that got cancelled here because of the heavy snowfall coming down on the green. this is actually the fairway here with the green in the background. absolutely white here. not something you would expect to see into the middle of arizona, desert there in the background. you can see the cacti sticking up. definitely it's not unheard of to see the snow down here but it really is having an effect on the golf tournament there and now all the energy pulling off towards the east. there are also widespread school closings. in kansas and missouri you'll see about 30 centimeters of snow stretching out towards c

meteorologist robert speta with the forecast. how long will this last? >> well, gene, at least into sunday into monday. temperatures across much of the northern u.s. will get back to normal. for now, we're still seeing cold air come across the dakotas and minnesota and wisconsin, the windchill here is right around minus 30 to minus 35 degrees below zero. any time outside with some exposed skin is going to result in frostbite here. not just windchills, that northwesterly wind running across the lakes here, resulting in some rather heavy lake-effect snow. accompanied by gusty winds and yesterday, we were actually talking about in chicago, erie, pennsylvania, and detroit, michigan, some areas that will see it and that's exactly what happened. i want to show you video coming out of detroit here. on one of the highways, very tragic. a chain reaction resulted in a very large crash there, just outside of the city. that did kill three people, sadly, two of them being children. you can see some of the cars here, just absolutely destroyed. many of the witnesses de

meteorologist robert speta is here with the forecast for here and elsewhere. >> yes, gene, especiallyfriday. you will want an umbrella on friday in japan. if you are not getting rained on, it will be snow in the higher elevations. the western shore could see a flurry or two. then off to northern japan where, all the weather is coming from is out of china. we have one storm system out of another. the last one was on wednesday. now the next one is bringing rain showers and even snow farther off to the north. well, that's going to develop up into a full-blown low pressure system first impacting this area going through your thursday and your overnight hours into friday morning. then it's eventually going to work its way off to the east bringing all the wet weather here on your friday. the good news is that by saturday really expect this to clear up. high pressure ridging in behind it to bring fair weather. still the sea effect is going to be impacting the hoku regions. beijing, on the other hand, the high pressure comes at a cost because it's going to be sunny skies, even the light winds,

robert speta has the weather there and across the world. >> all this rough weather flaring up. tornado warnings issued, another threat is some large hail in the portions of georgia, alabama and then over toward the carolinas, very well could see hail about the diameter of two centimeters some, definitely don't want to be caught outside as this storm system continues to spin up, push off here toward the northeast, gradually improving toward the southeast but a little bit farther toward the north across the mid-atlantic states into west virginia. this is where we're going to be seeing some heavy snowfall come in through here. actually in west virginia, about 15 centimeters could be occurring, over toward philadelphia, under winter weather advisories, looks like a flurry or two will be moving in across portions of southern new york here this pushes off, eventually off toward the northeast on your thursday. by thursday morning, that is where you will see the max precipitation. then look at this system coming across north dakota over towards the western great lakes. this is gonna be

meteorologist robert speta is joining us with the forecast. >> yes, gene, we have been watching this for a few days create havoc across portions of madagascar with the rain pushing onshore. farther to the west near mozambique, you are seeing continuous flooding from this storm and moisture from the past several weeks. this is just going to be making the situation that much worse. the winds are now at 148 kilometers per hour, a category 1, weak category 2 equivalent of a hurricane if it was out in the atlantic. but it is starting to push off to the east. there are some towns here or cities along the southwestern portions of madagascar to be at highest risk for storm surge and flooding as it does push overhead. it will gradually weaken after it pushes out farther to the east, but definitely a very serious situation to watch the next several days, and not just here in madagascar but the moisture flow here i was talking about farther to the north, over 100 deaths have been reported here in the last several weeks. so this is something we need to watch here throughout the next several days

meteorologist robert speta joins us with the latest on the situation there and the rest of the world.obert? >> yes, gene. this storm just really has been persistent. currently moving almost stationary as it does continue to drift off towards the west. really it's just going to be continuing to bring just heavy rain showers. but just one second, i'm sorry. just really kind of unable to move it ahead. people in the studio if we can move this ahead. all right that's the u.s. all right. all right. okay. there we go. thank goodness we got this working. start talking about this cyclone as it continues to push off towards the southwest. across the southern portions of madagascar. as it pushes towards the southeast and winds right now about 130 kilometers per hour. storm surge will be a threat here along the southwestern coast. also accompanied by heavy rainfall as it does push overhead. flood is really going to be high risk not just here in madagascar but off towards northern portions of mozambique. not just the southern hemisphere where we have this tropical weather, it's the tropical seaso