we are going to see some improvements. today is really the last cold day and then we should start to maybe even get up to freezing here in minneapolis by the time we get to friday. >> this is katie tur reporting from new york standing on lake ontario. look at how cold it is. you can see those freezing waves crashing over the lake wall or sea wall if you will. over here you can see just how frozen they've all become. waves crashing over freezing instantly over there. up to the north of us, it's bad. lake-effect snow 50 miles north of us in watertown and in adams dumping two inches an hour up there. should continue throughout the day. they can't even measure how much snow they've gotten because there's just too much wind. 50-mile-an-hour winds up there that have been blowing everything around. back out here in oswego, not too bad right now. windy and chilly. better than it was yesterday. >> all right. thank you both. the lodge frigid might maynight