Following waves of arctic cold and snow, more typical of January, a few days of springlike weather are on the way for the South, Midwest and Northeast starting this weekend.
Temperatures more typical of late December and January, including record-breaking cold, swept across three-quarters of the nation during the past week.
For regions of Texas and the Southeast, the first frost and in some places the first hard freeze of the season occurred as the frigid air plunged into the region.
As the arctic air surged eastward across the Great Lakes, lake-effect snow accumulated to a depth of several feet, shut down travel and stranded thousands.
Relief from the cold is on the way for some of the regions hit hard by winter's early debut.
However, the warmth will be short-lived in places like Minneapolis and areas of the western Great Lakes as the back edge of the departing system will drag cold air in behind it, changing showers over to snow during the day on Monday.
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