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A traffic stop. this weekend's crosscountry repeat will make its way east, dumping more rain in places like topeka, kansas, where black friday shoppers battled the cold temps for big deals. record snow levels were also set from denver to new mexico. and even normally bone-dry death valley couldn't escape the fierce weather. in one day, the desert got three months' worth of rain. john. >> dickerson: jonathan vigliotti in los angeles. joining me now meteorologist jeff berardelli. jeff, the storms made the trip out to thanksgiving pretty bad. what about the trip home? >> i think it's going to pro...

>> all right. if you thought building a snowman this winter was impressive. check this out. one minnesota family built a snow dinosaur, 20 feet long and 20 feet high. his son loves iguanas and prompted him to help build a snowy stegosaurus. only in minnesota, might be able to build more, too. cold temps have seized much of the nation this weekend, a little balmy though here in washington. the great lakes region especially is bracing for heavy snowfall on the way. meteorologist joins us with the latest where you can build one of those giant snow dinosaurs. adam. >> yeah, there have been plenty ...

Quinoa? >> i don't know. >> i'm going to bring some out to you. we have the same recipes for dogs and adults. all wrapped into one. okay, it is really cold out here. anna said it warmed up a bit, but that's not the case. the thermometer says 27. very, very cold. today is another cold day across this area. look at the weather maps with the eyes on the new york city area with the game across the river in jersey on sunday. here is what the models are looking at. 40 degrees. a little bit of a mix of rain and snow. we'll continue to adjust this throughout the next couple of days, but go to today....

Massachusetts. in philadelphia, double digit temperatures and double digit snowfall as much as a foot of snow has fallen and with a high today of about 14 degrees. it ain't going anywhere. we'll show you around the region beginning with cnn meteorologist paud pa indra petersons who is in boston. >> we're talking about this chill here in boston. talk about a city that's been hit hard over the last several weeks. we were here several weeks ago. today they are talking about heavy amounts of snow. boston saw five inches. south of here they are talk about snow drifts that's a good 18 inches high. n...

Morning. >> reporter: take a look at my gear. you may want to try it, chris. let's talk about how crazy it's been the last 24 hours. about 13 inches in philly, record breaking amounts of snow. in jersey, 15 inches of snow. in new york city, 11 inches. and all of this came in just the last 24 hours. throughout the night, blinding snow and bitter cold temps impacting millions. >> all of a sdudden, boom, snow ever where. >> reporter: making it challenging for plows to keep up. at the storm's peek, the white stuff falling at a rate of 2 inches an hour. >> if you have any option not to go out, stay...