- The Arctic blast isbringing snow, freezing rain,

and record low temperaturesfrom Texas to Maine,

making this large swath of our nation

feel a lot more like the middle of January

than the middle of November.

More than a month before the fall season

even officially ends,millions of Americans

like Chicago resident Steve O'Brien

already feeling the powerful Arctic blast

are asking, it's winter already?

O'Brien had to use anengine cover this morning

to scrape the whitestuff off his windshield.

- There are certainly moregraceful methods out there

but this was just thehardest, straightest thing

I had on me so I'm like allright, it'll get the trick done.

- [George] Up to half a foot of snow fell

across the Chicago areaMonday turning into ice

as temperatures plunged by nightfall.

- It's quite invigorating,to say the least.

You get a little nature facial.

- [Man] All companies, wehave an emergency alert,

an emergency alert.

- [George] The weather led to problems

at Chicago's airports, including a plane

sliding off a runway at O'Hare.

- When we first hit theground, I didn't feel

the plane wasn't actually stopping.

It kept on going, itwas sliding on the ice.

- Fortunately no one was hurt.

More than 1000 flights had to be canceled

due to the weather.

Winter storm Caleb is expected to barrel

through the east coastand deep south today

with much of the areaseeing lows in the 20s,

then through parts of Floridaand the northern gulf coast

by Wednesday with lows in the 30s.

And when all is said and done,

the National Weather Service says

more than 400 cold recordtemperatures will be shattered

by the end of the week.

George Thomas, CBN News.