that here in denver we had a high of about 52 degrees, so not extremely extreme here in colorado at least. and they did apologize for these delays, but again, alison, that is cold comfort for the hundreds if not thousands of americans who are stranded all across the nation and on daboll to get home, alison? truly cold comfort, lucy, thank you very much for being there for us. so, also southwest says it is going to help stranded customers, but we will see about that. let s also find out when this frigid weather ends. let s get to meteorologist tom seder in the weather center. tom? alison, even though the snow is winding down somewhat, we still have this multi faceted storm. the cold is still with us. and it is absolutely brutal. when chills are still in the single digits in buffalo. well below zero, minneapolis, des moines. but we ve now got other problems coming. that is a massive warm-up. as fast as temperatures fell and throws everything, they are gonna warm up and thaw. that is
than to nashville, tennessee. southwest issue an apology statement pointing to what they described as extreme winter weather. although i should point out that here in denver we had a high of abeg all across the nation and on daboll to get home, alison? truly cold comfort, lucy, thank you very much for being there for us. so, also southwest says it is going to help stranded customers, but we will see about that. let s also find out when this frigid weather ends. let s get to meteorologist tom seder in the weather center. tom? alison, even though the snow is winding down somewhat, we still have this multi faceted storm. the cold is still with us. and it is absolutely brutal. when chills are still in the single digits in buffalo. well below zero, minneapolis, des moines. but we ve now got other problems coming.
the airlines. they re nowhere to be found. i actually got hung up on multiple times. the problem is that southwest, they don t give any answer. they don t answer the phone. reporter: and southwest has issued a statement saying that the storm, quote, forced daily changes to our flight schedule at a volume and magnitude that still has the tools our teams used to recover the airline operating at capacity. they have apologized for these delays, but this is cold comfort for passengers who probably were delayed from their initial travel, getting home to family, and now have to deal with this after the holidays. awful situation, indeed. lucy cavanaugh in denver for us, thank you very much. let s go to the cnn weather center. our meteorologist tom seder is joining us. what is the forecast for the country still feeling this awful deep freeze? i don t think most of the country is grasping what is
well, looks like and feels like winter is here. more than 200 million people across the lower 48 will feel temperatures drop sharply this week to freezing or just below. thermostats will read 10 to 20 degrees below normal coast to coast. let s bring in meteorologist tom seder in the weather center. and freeze warnings and watches have been issued from the deep south to the northeast and you can definitely feel the chill in the air. pull up the parkas. it s a shock to the system, really. fredricka, last week, three consecutive days we were shattering records. from the mid-70s to the 80s in the northern plains and mid-atlantic. we re not used to this. over 100 high temperature records were broken last week. this cold front off the east coast is what brought an end to all that. sent from canada with love, of course, coldest air of the season. notice the temperature change. d.c., down 22 degrees from
hurricane ian at this hour. 15 million people are under the warnings in southwestern florida. the state is making its final preparations for the dangerous storms tonight and standing by for an update again, more information coming from officials there. you saw the governor giving a press conference and as well as the other officials who are monitoring their information. to meteorologist are tracking the storms for us, tom, seders in the senior weather center, derek madam, is in bradenton, florida. good evening to both gentlemen. tom, i want to speak with you first in new storm forecast is just coming out. what is the latest on hurricane ian? the latest advisory tells us this. this is a major hurricane. we know that. it is going to expand into its size. in the last advisory we had now have a center 110 miles southwest of naples. it begins to move at ten miles an hour, it s been moving at the speed all day long. even yesterday, it was a much stronger in cuba. they ve had massive floodi