91.5 Chapel Hill 88.9 Manteo 90.9 Rocky Mount 91.1 Welcome 91.9 Fayetteville 90.5 Buxton 94.1 Lumberton 99.9 Southern Pines 89.9 Chadbourn

Really Cool Video: 'Shroud Of Cold Air Descends On The U.S.'

It's been really cold across much of the nation this week, and the winter weather's expected to continue through the weekend across much of the Midwest and East.

But right now, we just want to pass along this video from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which shows how the cold air spread from last Saturday (Jan. 19) through Thursday. See if you agree with Discovery.com that it's mesmerizing.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
Mark Memmott is NPR's supervising senior editor for Standards & Practices. In that role, he's a resource for NPR's journalists – helping them raise the right questions as they do their work and uphold the organization's standards.
More Stories
  1. FAA is investigating Boeing for apparent missed inspections on 787 Dreamliner
  2. Here are the winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes
  3. Plants can communicate and respond to touch. Does that mean they're intelligent?
  4. Madonna draws 1.6 million fans to Brazilian beach
  5. A Gaza cease-fire deal hangs in the balance, as Israel begins striking eastern Rafah