cnn's karen mcginnis, she drew the short straw today, she's outside. oh, karen. winter is still eight weeks away? >> it is, and we had a brief period of fall around here, but we have quickly jumped into what feels like winter temperatures and much of the eastern seaboard saying an early frost, freeze advisories. let's go ahead and show you some 17 states now reporting frost and freeze advisories and up and down the eastern seaboard all the way from philadelphia to richmond into charlotte, into columbia, south carolina, montgomery, alabama. well in the forecast, there's an area of low pressure that's sweeping across the great lakes on the backside of that, more cold air blowing in, so minnesota, dakotas, it will be brisk, temperatures very cold, but along the eastern seaboard you will see the sunshine, but those temperatures not going to be warming up terribly much. the temperatures that we're seeing overnight or early this morning may not be record-setting temperatures, but they are exceptionally early. boston, reporting 38 degrees right now. philadelphia, 39. in

let's get to karen mcginnis keeping track of the latest forecast. how is it locking today, karen? >> we are watching it closely along the eastern seaboard, kate, chris, good morning to you. our temperatures will pretty much remain above normal. be you the rainfall is desperately needed across the northeast. you are running about half of what you totally would for the total month of october. it will take a frontal system before you start to see that. high pressure dominates right now. as we go through tomorrow, those temperatures back up into the 70s. we think two next weather systems will knock those temperatures down. new york is 53. washington, d.c. 58. you would think it would be hotter pittsburgh reporting 62 degrees right now. there is a system that will produce significant snowfall, from billings, montana to the saltess mountain, front range of the rockies, the snowfall in those higher peaks as much as 12 inches, but a windy day expected across colorado. those temperatures only going to be in the 50s, so if you are headed to the west along that interstate 25, watch out. it c

karen mcginnis said all of these extreme weather systems are tied together. karen. >> we did say in congress weather systems affecting united states from the heat and santa ana winds across southern california that did produce hot temperatures in the northeast. in the ohio river valley this is what key saw up and over six inches of rainfall. what happens as we move forward. looks like the rain moves out. we saw the area of northern pressure. back side of this. 70-mile-an-hour winds, white outconditions ahead of it. some tornadoes reported. ef 4 reported there. as we look into the future. that area sweeps into southern canada. the remnants of karen getting graun up along the frontal system. showers and thunderstorms cooling off. high pressure dominates. >> even in southern california. we'll start to see the first round of fall rainfall. temperatures cooler. >> denver, 77, memphis. 70. don. >> you saw the sparking video that went viral. a biker group surround the a suv. we've got a live report for you next. ♪ don't you ♪ don't you wanna, wanna ♪ don't you

karen mcginnis is in for indra petersons. how's it looking everywhere? >> the deep freeze, a continuation of that over the next several days, we see very little in the way of moderation, even by the weekend. take, for instance, cleveland, the temperatures should be typically around 60 degrees this time of year. only in the 40s now. 40s in chicago. a little bit of snow, a couple of days ago. by saturday, it should be 50 degrees but even then the temperatures close to 10 degrees below where it should be for this time of year. and new york city, temperatures running a good 10 to 15 degrees below normal there as well. bessemer, michigan, in the past 24 hours we saw 6 inches of snowfall. lesser amounts wrapped around the great lakes. we have an area of low pressure moving through the great lakes. that kicks up the wind. some of the wind may gust as high as 40 miles an hour later on today. cleveland, 14 degrees below normal. new york city, only 54 degrees for this afternoon but with the brisk wind, it's going to make it feel a whole lot colder we'll be back wi

our meteorologist karen mcginnis tells us. >>> let's go to orange county, california. a man there is facing terrorism charges this morning. a federal grand jury indicted wynn on one count of attempting to provide material support for al qaeda. the fbi says he was arrested while boarding a bus in mexico. the indictment did not spell any specifics of his alleged criminal activity. >>> three bikers have been indicted in connection with the violent clash involving the suv driver in new york. you'll remember the video. this is craig wright, religion nal chance, and then robert sim, and all of that, accused of attacking lien in front of his wife and child. four others have been arrested, including one new york police officer, riding with that group. >> and now, we are going to go back and talk more about tropical cyclone phailin. falling trees reportedly have killed seven people. this potentially catastrophic tropical cyclone is bearing down on northeast india right now, expected to make landfall at 12:00 eastern time. indian official, they've been forcing people to get out.

. >>> how about a check of the weather, karen mcginnis in for indra petersons. thanks for joining us. >> thanks so much, chris, good morning to you and kate and michaela. we do have an area of low pressure that's going to create some problems across the northeast. that with the cold air that's in place. those are the weather headlines with the big chill that's occurred this week. temperatures had been fairly mild, a little bit of a fall, but it looks like we're headed into what seems to be a prewinter forecast as this area of low pressure begins to pull away, that starts to alleviate some of the rainfall and drizzle and low visibility in places like new york city and boston. can't rule that out, going in later this afternoon and evening. the temperatures, 5 to 10 degrees below where they should be for this time of year. new york city, temperatures should be running into the 60s but we'll only expect 50s coming up for this afternoon. chicago should be in the 60s but only in the 40s, not just for today but going into tomorrow. we have lake-effect snow in places li

. >>> let's bring in meteorologist karen mcginnis, break it down how bad could the storm be? >> it could be devastating. and the comparisons are being made between this tropical cyclone and what happened back in 1999, a very similar scenario. where a very large system. if you look at the entire bay of bengal. this system engulfs the entire bay of bengal. they're saying it is near a category 4 hurricane-like winds. they use different measurements there. but potentially across this region as it makes its way towards the northwest, we could see millions of people affected. it's low-lying area, very humble buildings here, so easily flooded, especially with the storm surge. as i mentioned, it's just about ready to make landfall, once it does, it could be downgraded to possibly a category 2 or the equivalent of that. but that's going to bring the storm surge along the rivers and potentially flood out areas well inland before it becomes downgraded to a tropical depression. >> thank you for staying on top of that. >>> the weather in the southeast is been really good this week. some s