all right, marci, thank you. it feels even colder in the upper midwest because it is even colder. the mercury in duluth hit 21 below 0 yesterday and with the windchill it felt like it was 40 below, yet there was a strange sight on lake superior and that is because the water temperature is so much warmer than the air temperature. and with the snow on the ground and more on the way there is something that you don't want to hear at a hardware story, we're out of salt. the shelves are bare at the local hardware store and because of the storm, they they ordered more but no idea when it will arrive. the local stores are stocked up, though. salt crews will be busy right across the northern third of the country once again. >> yes, another punishing storm could interfere with holiday travelers yet again. let's get the latest from accuweather meteorologist jim dick dickey. good morning. >> good morning, across the country we're seeing snowfall from the great lakes in the ohio valley back on into the plains.