Bitter cold pattern lines up with snow cover

Check out the current surface map - dominated by cold high pressure straight out of Canada.

Look at how that translates to temperatures - the 10 pm eastern/7pm pacific temps follow....

Look at the forecast - record cold from Phoenix over to Houston.  Bitter cold temps cover most of the nation's center.

Look at the reach of single digit and sub-zero temps - just amazing!!!

Now look at the US snow cover - it lines up well with the footprint of very cold temperatures!

The outlook calls for more cold and snow for much of the nation now through Valentine's Day!