sayaka mori joins us now with world weather. >> tokyo is seeing another dry day with seasonal temperatures with a high of 10 degrees expected today. things are going to change as a new system is coming in from the west. we have an area of rain over southern china. that will be intensifying and head towards the east like the one we saw yesterday. inland snow isikely across much of japan and also coastal rain showers. rain is also pounding western japan as well. out towards the west and dry km conditions. to the north the philippines will be scattered with thunderstorms. temperatures are looking like this. seasonally high in bangkok. 21 in hong kong with rain showers still warming up to 5 degrees. quite seasonal temperatures and tokyo at 10 degrees. that's about two degrees cler than today. around north america conditions are looking up in the deep south. the drier conditions are on the cars for you but the low pressure system is moving along the eastern seaboard producing rain and snow showers. by thursday your valentine's day conditions will be improved. unfortunately, couples in the flori

we get the details on that and more from meteorologist sayaka mori. >> hi there.or winter storm has caused heavy snow showers and blizzard conditions for the central parts of the u.s. you can see the clouds indicating a strong system. i want to show you this video. a werf winter storm in the midwest left at least three people dead. heavy snow, ice, and winds threatened the region. people in oklahoma, texas, and parts of kansas were still digging snow from the storm last week, but heavy snow blanketed the zone again because of the weight of the snow. several roofs collapsed. blizzard conditions closed highways and forced about 450 flight cancellations. the storm ripped through kansas city and cut power to some 80,000 households. now the winter storm is affecting the northeastern quadrant of the u.s. with xwloeg snow and heavy coastal rain. the eastern great lakes region, you're going to be seeing the heavier snow with up to 50 centimeter likely in the next 24 hours. eastern canada and the new england states will be in the path of the storm on wednesday. now, the as

sayaka mori joins us now with world weather. >> good morning, catherine. skies will persist in tokyo throughout the day. the expected high is 10 degrees. so quite seasonal. nice conditions for couples to go outside on valentine's day today. but things are going to change on friday as a system is approaching from the west. right now we have an area of rain over southern china as well as taiwan. this one will then head toward the east while developing like the one we saw on wednesday yesterday. if you remember, we saw some sleet in metro tokyo. snow showers in inland locations. but that could happen once again on friday. so again, metro tokyo will see snow showers on friday. meanwhile, snow -- rain -- excuse me. dry conditions for the korean peninsula as well as northern china. dry weather can also be pounds in the indo-china peninsula with the exception on the east coast. scattered showers for the philippines. and temperatures are scorching hot in bangkok at 36 degrees. 21 for hong kong. tokyo at 10 degrees. so a couple of degrees cooler than yesterday. ver

meteorologist sayaka mori gives us the latest in world weather. >> hi there.some sleet in metro tokyo, but that had stopped as a low pressure zone pulled away from the country. so the sun has come up. plenty of sunshine for us. meanwhile, on the northwestern side of the country it's a different story. stronger winds and heavy snow showers are ongoing because of sea effect snow but that should be also tapering off by the dusk today. out toward the west looking dry for much of the korean peninsula. northern china toward mongolia. but because of ample moisture flowing in from the south china sea rain is occurring in the southern parts of china including shanghai as well as hong kong. scattered showers for the philippines. but dry for much of the indo-china peninsula. temperatures will be rising to 34 degrees in bangkok, 18 degrees in hong kong. a couple of degrees higher than yesterday. 11 degrees for us and 2 degrees in seoul on wednesday. all right. in north america severe weather is still erupting across the deep south, particularly in the southern areas. the