we have meteorologist robert speta. robert?> well, gene, over much of the beijing area, northeast china we've been seeing this high pressure in place and it has been acting as a cap keeping the pollutants in the air across much of the region. the high pressure will transport down here towards the south and the winds will shift from the west to the east. what happens is as that does so it will be transporting along much of northeastern china and all those pollutants and aerosols into korea and across japan. even into japan you've been seeing some of this. across western japan as well. so definitely want to watch this. anybody with respiratory issues you need to keep a close eye. stay indoors if possible. also it's going to be continuing to linger throughout your day on thursday and friday then another weather system will be pulling through. that's not only going to bring rain showers but shift these winds from the south and on tokyo on saturday it will be affecting here. more weather in 20 minutes. >>> okay. thanks being rocket.

meteorologist robert speta is here with more. robert. >> reporter: well, gene, at least in tokyo you're right very cold here. the good news things are just too dry for any cloud cover really to develop here across much of the continent. where you'll be seeing that snow is off here towards the west, about 70 centimeters is expected going through saturday as the sea effect snow machine pulls in that cold air from the northwest running across the warm waters in the sea of japan and that moisture has to go somewhere and it dumps on the west coast. that's what we've been seeing. tokyo maybe by tuesday going into wednesday there will be a system developing up. we'll watch that. there's a risk of some light snow by then. but for now out here towards the west high pressure is dominating. bringing very dry conditions. cold temperatures as it continues to push further down there towards the south. you'll be seeing temperatures dropping as far south as the philippines. as it does so, remember this has a clock wise rotation. towards hong kon

meteorologist robert speta is here with more. robert. >> reporter: well, gene, at least in tokyo you're right very cold here. the good news things are just too dry for any cloud cover really to develop here across much of the continent. where you'll be seeing that snow is off here towards the west, about 70 centimeters is expected going through saturday as the sea effect snow machine pulls in that cold air from the northwest running across the warm waters in the sea of japan and that moisture has to go somewhere and it dumps on the west coast. that's what we've been seeing. tokyo maybe by tuesday going into wednesday there will be a system developing up. we'll watch that. there's a risk of some light snow by then. but for now out here towards the west high pressure is dominating. bringing very dry conditions. cold temperatures as it continues to push further down there towards the south. you'll be seeing temperatures dropping as far south as the philippines. as it does so, remember this has a clock wise rotation. towards hong kon

robert speta is here with the latest. robert? >>> yes, gene. actually, we have this cutoff low continuing to spin over okaido right now. it is bringing gusty winds, whiteout conditions already being seen across okaido. that sea effect snow continues to spin up. i want to show you video coming out of okaido showing you what it looks like on the ground. a different picture than what you see on the satellite. whiteout conditions. all the cars slowing down on the road. visibility is greatly reduced throughout the day to day. this is out of hokaido on friday morning. just shows you how heavy the snow is. needless to say, many officials are asking people to stay indoors across okaido and china. the storm continues to kick up here. all of the lines close together, indicating northwesterly wind, piling up along the west coast of the japanese mountains here. you will see in some areas nearly a meter of snowfall from friday into saturday evening. especially down toward the south near negara, much of the region, seeing very heavy snow. good news toward to

robert speta is here with more. robert? >> yes, indeed. we're seeing high pressure push in from the west. it will be ushering in much calmer weather and warmer temperatures. it pulls off toward the east. tapering off much to the east. snow filled flurries, but also pulling in the warm air from the south. also heavy moisture pulling in across portions of indochina and rainshowers picking up in the afternoon and evening hours. but the same thing, that high pressure creating stagnant air in northeastern china. why we're seeing the pollution or the high pollution density in air around beijing and smog. if you have respiratory issues, stay inside if you can. high pressure remains in place and it looks like for the remainder of the workweek, it will remain in place. not much of the weather systems kicking up through the air. temperatures expecting to warm up. high of 16. tokyo, 12 for the high on wednesday. the problem with this, higher elevations as temperatures continue to wrap up. we saw heavy snowfall for the weekend. and there is a risk of

." >>> meteorologist robert speta is here to tell us who will be affected by the latest cold snap in eastern asia. robert? >> well, gene, it's exactly that happening across much of eastern asia. it's a cold snap, which means it is getting really cold really quickly. down to minus 32 degrees and show you what's coming out of hoek do. some of first ice flow seen by thursday morning. this is actually 31 days earlier than last year. and the ninth earliest observation since that started in 1959. now, it does look like it will continue to move down here but the good news, talking about strong northerly winds and breaks up the ice flow. really make it easier for any shipping traffic to go through but more is on the way. further down towards the south, nagano, you have been seeing heavy snowfall last several days. one report out of the region, 50 centimeters. upwards of 70 centimeters accumulating in next 24 hours. this is ski country and you enjoy the powder when it comes down but anybody not traveling in to the mountains for that is going to be really hazardous situation. further out here

. >>> robert speta is here with our weather. >> looks like the rainfall from that area of weather that has been bringing all sorts of flooding across eastern australia is starting to move down to the east. rainfall is starting to dissipate. still seeing the remnants of that rough weather. i want to show you a video out of queensland where you have the town of mooloolaba in queensland. it looks like snow but it was sea foam brought on shore by that rough weather. it covered the beaches and trees, up to three meters. many people taking the opportunity to play it in but also some photos of this weather phenomenon as it continued to push on shore here over the past several -- 24 hours, actually. let's take a look where this area's going now. the good news, well towards the southeast of australia. unfortunately, just absurd amount of rainfall fell across quee queensland to south wales. there's still that risk of continued flooding, especially near coastal cities, even though that rain has stopped. so, definitely still want to watch that. also let's take a look across eastern asia here into

meteorologist robert speta is here with the forecast on when it will dissipate and the weather for theof the world. robert? will dissipate and the weather >> well, gene, across much of the area, actually pollution is starting to slowly go down. the level there in beijing, gone from hazardous down to extreme. both of those words sound absolutely horrible. a slight improvement. expect improvement to persist going into the weekend. reason is, we have the winds starting to pick up from the west toward the east and another storm system will work its way through by the end of the week. but all with this, those aerosols will transport across korea and into japan. not nearly as bad as what you are going to be seeing here in japan and northeast china. but people with respiratory issues, could be affecting you. and going through thursday evening into friday, the sunset, you go outside, and see there will be an orange to a reddish tint. something to look out for, that's actually those aerosols in the air. but the next weather system as it starts to approach from the west, bringing rainshowers, pi

robert speta is here with the latest. robert? >>> yes, gene. actually, we have this cutoff low continuing to spin over okaido right now. it is bringing gusty winds, whiteout conditions already being seen across okaido. that sea effect snow continues to spin up. i want to show you video coming out of okaido showing you what it looks like on the ground. a different picture than what you see on the satellite. whiteout conditions. all the cars slowing down on the road. visibility is greatly reduced throughout the day to day. this is out of hokaido on friday morning. just shows you how heavy the snow is. needless to say, many officials are asking people to stay indoors across okaido and china. the storm continues to kick up here. all of the lines close together, indicating northwesterly wind, piling up along the west coast of the japanese mountains here. you will see in some areas nearly a meter of snowfall from friday into saturday evening. especially down toward the south near negara, much of the region, seeing very heavy snow. good news toward to

meteorologist robert speta is here with the latest. robert? >> well, gene, all this rough weather really due to this low pressure area that's now cruise ago cross the sea of japan, starting pushing off hokkaido. what's setting up is this sea effect snow machine. it's bringing absolutely windy conditions, creating those blizzard white out conditions. that's why we're seeing road closures and then the very heavy snowfall continuing to set up here. up to 100 centimeters. a meter of snow expected across portions of hokkaido into the south. it's really going to be coming down here. definitely if you have any travel plans out across much of the sea of japan side of the country here, it does look like it's going to be rather dangerous even those waves kicking up, five to seven meters high. good news in tokyo and down around kyoto and osaka the mountains will act as a barrier keeping the snow off towards the west. as we pull back the picture much of china remaining dry. into the philippines also still seeing a persistent area of thunderstorms. this is

." >>> meteorologist robert speta is here to tell us who will be affected by the latest cold snap in eastern asia. robert? >> well, gene, it's exactly that happening across much of eastern asia. it's a cold snap, which means it is getting really cold really quickly. we have the siberian high coming out of russia here, and it is not just affecting eastern china but much of the region, even out there towards japan. we are seeing the snow showers push across here. the sea of japan creating the sea effect. 20 to 40 centimeters expected here throughout the next 24 hours. but also some very gusty winds transporting that air towards the south. actually, i want to show you a clear indication of how strong this wind is that's coming in out of the north here bringing all that cold air. this is what we call an onvortices. this spins up kind of like a paddle through water. you can see all the swirls. what that is telling us is there are strong winds and now it is continuing to push as far south as okinawa here and already winds kicking up in okinawa upwards of 40 to 50 kilometers an hour. someti

. >>> the weather is next with meteorologist robert speta. robert? >> well, here in japan we're watching snowfall actually over the weekend. storm system pushed overhead. now you can see that cloud cover towards the east. behind it, still lingering flurries are going to continue to persist. you're still seeing snow about 20 centimeters of accumulation can be expected. wednesday going into thursday, really just suppressing any of the increased precipitation. fog and haze in china. that is going to bring temperatures down into the philippines. cooler there through the overnight hours. it's all going to come around. really a pattern much as that high does push down, it will be wrapping around the warm air. remember that clockwise flow around the high pressures. that's going to start to bring temperatures back up in eastern china. shanghai, 13 for your high on tuesday. that's going to be going up to 17, actually, by thursday. even down around the province, you're going to see temperatures in 20s. tokyo getting back into the double digits. starting to see

meteorologist robert speta is here tus know if it will warm up or stay cold. robert?> well, gene, it looks like things will remain rather chilly across much of japan, even toward china. high pressure from siberia is bringing in very chilly temperatures. ahead of it, a weak disturbance pushes across the western portion of the philippines towards hokkaido and northern hanchu. 20 to 40 centimeters of snow as this continues to push overhead. also, see the low pressure pushing off toward the east? high pressure from the north, bringing all of the cold temperatures with it, but a gradient will be setting up here. that will bring very gusty winds. upward of 70 kilometers at times across the sea of japan side of japan, but also through the east china sea, even the southern japanese islands, you will experience very gusty winds. if you have any vacation plans out in mid-january, think it will be nice and warm there in okinawa? actually, things will be rather chilly and very windy going out through the next several days. and down through the philippines, temperatures dip to the

meteorologist robert speta is here. robert? >> they're suffering the severe drought and fire weather in australia, to the west, take a look at this.trong cyclone. the past 24 hours, this has shown rapid intensification. that is showing how strong this storm system is. pushing down toward the south. rain at the category 4 intensity from the bureau of meteorology and good news, the core of destructive winds is remaining offshore. 260 kilometer wind gusts, likely won't see that push onshore. still, outer rain bands will bring gale force winds near the coastlines and a light storm surge as this passes by and the heavy rains, one that comes down, falls on the desert soil across the area that will be rushing right into the rivers and causing the risk of flash flooding. watch this one for the next several days. continues to push off toward the south. northern hemisphere, we have been watching stationary boundary starting to develop into southern china and this is also interacting with the high pressure from the north. part of the sibe

meteorologist robert speta is here. robert? >> they're suffering the severe drought and fire weather in australia, to the west, take a look at this. a very strong cyclone. the past 24 hours, this has shown rapid intensification. that is showing how strong this storm system is. pushing down toward the south. rain at the category 4 intensity from the bureau of meteorology and good news, the core of destructive winds is remaining offshore. 260 kilometer wind gusts, likely won't see that push onshore. still, outer rain bands will bring gale force winds near the coastlines and a light storm surge as this passes by and the heavy rains, one that comes down, falls on the desert soil across the area that will be rushing right into the rivers and causing the risk of flash flooding. watch this one for the next several days. continues to push off toward the south. northern hemisphere, we have been watching stationary boundary starting to develop into southern china and this is also interacting with the high pressure from the north. part of

meteorologist robert speta is here with more. robert? >> well, yes, gene, out there towards the west here across portions of western onshu and hokkaido we are seeing a cold front coming in to bring absolute rough weather. actually, thunderstorm activity will be flaring up here with frequent lightning. hail could even be mixed into this. about 100-plus gusty winds continuing to push onshore here. but as the front pushes to the east, these blinds continue to come in from the northwest. that's going to set up the sea snow effect snow machine again. here we talk about the snow effect snow machine, but we are diving into what brings the heavy snow into west honshu. dry weather comes out of siberia. as it goes over the sea of japan, it creates clouds larger and larger. once it hits the mountains, it squeezes it out like a sponge. that's why across much of the western portions of japan, talking up into the mountains, we see absolutely staggering amounts of snowfall. but then as you look over there toward the east, they all dry out into the east

robert speta is here with more. robert? >> yeah, across much of the weekend, actually tokyo is staying rather dry. hail could even be mixed into this. about 100-plus gusty winds continuing to push onshore here. but as the front pushes to the east, these blinds continue to come in from the northwest. that's going to set up the sea effect snow machine again. here we talk about the snow effect snow machine, but we are diving into what brings the heavy snow into west honshu. dry air comes in out of siberia. as it goes over the sea of japan, it picks up this cloud cover, it creates clouds larger and larger. once it hits the mountains, it squeezes it out like a sponge. that's why across much of the western portions of japan, talking up into the mountains, we see absolutely staggering amounts of snowfall. but then as you look over there toward the east, they all dry out into the eastern portions, and that's why into tokyo, they don't get a fair share of all the snow out there towards the west. and the same setup is what's happenin

meteorologist robert speta is here with more on that. robert?> yes, we have actually been watching this for several days now and it does look like this is just going to continue to linger. first i want to show you a video out of southern australia of some of the wildfires. this is in the town of cruma where one was very dangerous. the firefighters were out there on wednesday to start the firefight because temperatures went down slightly in this region, but unfortunately it is still very dry. then going into the weekend we are still going to be seeing these temperatures rise back up. so it doesn't look like too much of a break across much of this area as you can see on the satellite picture. just clear skies, so really unneeded here, but australia is not just looking at the severe drought. take a look at this. this is now severe tropical cyclone norelle continuing to push down to the south with winds near 140, gusting up to 195 kilometers per hour. if you are in the areas colored in, definitely need to start making preparations for this storm bec

meteorologist robert set speta is here with the forecast for there and the rest of the world. >> a lot of the storms that caused that damage and two deaths is now pushing off the east coast. so all the tornado watches affecting the area are finally starting to calm down. we are seeing heavy snow across portions of canada there, especially out in quebec to new brunswick as the storm pushes off into that direction. the wind could gust up to 100 kilometers per hour creating blizzard conditions, but behind it tranquil weather setting up for most of the u.s. and canada. there's one place that is the exception. we have the lake-effect snow that's going to be starting to set up here as those northwesterly winds continue to flow down here towards the south running over these warm lakes. places like detroit, chicago, erie and over to buffalo, you're going to be seeing up to 30 centimeters of snowfall in the localized heavy bands. definitely want to continue to watch this. it looks like it will continue to linger throughout the remainder of the workweek and extending into the weekend. as far as