a surprise may be the slick roads, all the way down into lower tennessee, northern areas of mississippi, alabama. it s just a clipper, but behind is going to reinforce the cold air. it s going to be in place for a while. things are going to change somewhat. when we see the great lakes freeze over, that shuts off the lake effect snow machine for the year. but even up into ontario, this is widespread. this area of low pressure dropped to a category 2, the wind field was able to expand. so you had wind chill values that were minus 50, minus 60, minus 70. but now comes the dramatic warm-up. on the other side of this warm front, incredible warmth. l.a. had their second warmest christmas, 84 degrees. miami had their coldest at 50. it was warmer in london on christmas day than miami. so the temperatures in the teens are going to start to rebound. buffalo, lows in the 40s. we re already seeing pipes burst in many states, memphis having
that are minus 50, 60, 70 degrees. a little surprise snow, icy roads in southern tennessee, northern mississippi, and alabama, atlanta could see some flurries. not associated with this monitor storm that s going to drop quite a bit. look at ontario, it s more widespread to the north, watertown roads are slushy, a lot of crews on the roads, they will continue to be below freezing for a while. this warm up, phil, is a dividing line. miami had their coldest christmas on record with a high of 50, l.a. had their second warmest at 84. the temperatures are still quite cold but behind this little clipper notice a high of 11 am minnesota, 15 omaha, 22 chicago. look at the dramatic warm up. flash flooding with all of this snowfall, the ice will clog into areas of the sewer drains so we will have urban flooding. you get near 50 degrees in buffalo and your lows are in the 40s, chicago, too, and that comes with rain. so, again, just remember the warm up is coming, it s going to be a massive melt of
deep across the south even single digits. it s warmer, but so cold you ll hardly notice it. wind chill alerts affecting over 100 million people midwest, across the plains. and wind is an issue if snow is on the ground, that snow is over, but there s still ice on the ground and we re not calming down and the slick spots will stay slick. driving is dangerous. the frost and freeze alerts, stretching down to florida and i want to leave you with the graphic. did you have a beach holiday in mind? 51 degrees, the whole country dealing with cold temps, bryan. a lot of coats in florida, 51 degrees, but we don t feel bad for them. thank you, adam klotz. montana has seen temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees this week. that s the coldest in the continental u.s. joining me now live to talk about how the state is dealing with a jaw-dropping cold is
montana governor, thank you for joining us today. i know you have been very busy there in montana. let me start by asking you, what have you seen so far as a result of the severe weather across your state? minus 50 degrees, that just seems inhuman. yeah, anita, thank you for having me on. let me start by saying merry christmas. yeah, merry christmas. merry christmas, it s been a very cold, up to 75 below zero. almost every community in the state haw wind chill factors north of 50 degrees below zero and what we learn in this time is that reliable energy supply is not a flies to have, it s a must-have. it s a matter of public safety and i m just proud of the work that the state has done to keep the power on. we ve been pursuing all of the above energy policy. we saw some of the greatest strains we ve ever seen to our
due to severe weather conditions. powerful winds and arctic air causing flash freezes. that s when temperatures plummet quickly. in cheyenne, wyoming, temps dropping below 0 with windchills as cold as minus 50. in new york, the winds making a dangerous situation worse when a small fire broke out on the staten island ferry. 700 passengers forced to weight in freezing winds to be rescued. governors in half a dozen states declaring states of emergency, pleading with people to hunker down for the holidays. this is not going to be a typical storm. in fact, this could be a life threatening storm. please take it seriously. boy, it is brutal out there. and anytime you see the words bomb cyclone, you probably don t want to fly into it. now, this summer, you ll