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Millions of christmas travelers, these storms systems could not come at a worse time. >> accu-weather meteorologist jim dickey tracking it all. dealing with a mess across the northeast into the midwest today. frontal boundary strung out. cold air to the north drawn to the south. many spots in the 40s and 50s ahead of the system. we'll see snow in northern new england, an area of ice in between. that stretches back across the lakes. that gets going into the weekend, though. looking for disruptive snow from the lakes back on into the plains. severe weather in the deep south. john, diana, back ...

>> all right. the commute could be hazardous this morning from chicago to the east coast. freezing rain advisories are posted. >> then there is the meltdown. accu-weather meteorologist justin povick has an update. good morning, justin. well, thankfully the bulk of the ice storm winding down. conditions will dramatically improve over the next couple of hours here on this monday morning. that's good news for the morning rush hour. still some valleys dealing with freezing rain. that's going to be along senate 81. i think 95 is in good shape throughout the remainder of the day. could see travel ...

Happen a lot but it is dangerous. >> reporter: staying warm means piling on the layers. >> i've got this coat and then a sweater and long-sleeve shirt and thermal underwear under that. >> reporter: denver tied a chilly record at minus 15 degrees. at tom's urban restaurant. >> this is our walk-in cooler this is 35, 38 degrees. it's actually warmer in the freezer. >> two degrees. >> that is 17 degrees warmer than outside. >> this is where we warm up. >> reporter: and now criminals are taking advantage of the cold looking for puffers. what's a puffer? it is a car that an owner leaves running unat...

Marathon officials say it will go on as planned unless conditions are deemed unsafe. >> thank you. in oklahoma city, conditions are so dangerous people are urged to stay home today unless it is absolutely necessary to go outside. our coverage is continuing at accu-weather with meteorologist jim dickey has dire predictions. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. we continue to deal with extreme cold here in the midwest, northern plains and rockies. these are early morning temperatures, not windchill values. minus four minneapolis. minus 15 pierre, minus 12 in denver. last night d...

Three to six inches of snow from oklahoma city to st. louis. snow begins tonight and lasts through friday and also looking for significant ice including little rock, dallas especially the morning commute on friday will be dangerous. also widespread power outages. john and diana, back to you. accu-weather also saying it has never ever gotten this cold in central valley parts of california where so much citrus is growing and it's going to dip below zero again in fresno and las vegas. have you ever heard of las vegas getting that cold? >> that is horrible. not so cold that it will potentially k...