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national lead
November 18th, 2014
06:39 PM ET
Arctic air pours over the Great Lakes, creating Thunder Snow
Meteorologist Chad Myers explains Thunder Snow... and how long we can expect the extreme weather to stick around.
national lead
November 13th, 2014
05:32 PM ET
What's behind the bitter cold pummeling U.S.?
(CNN) – Denver, Colorado, hit 13 below zero Thursday, beating a 100-year-old record by 9 degrees.
From Minneapolis, to Chicago, to New York City, and all the way down to Charlotte, temperatures will drop tonight.
A so-called Omega Block, basically a block in the jet stream that is causing all of this cold air to come down from Alaska, is behind the biting cold.
CNN's Chad Myers reports.
