National Weather Service

The winter storm will bring "a large swath of heavy snow from the West Coast to the Northeast" this week, the National Weather Service says.

The term forecasters are using to describe the overall weather pattern is "anomalous" — for its unusual cold and warmth. In California, it could be the coldest storm in years.

The U.S. military started tracking more airborne objects it calls "low speed clutter" after shooting down the Chinese balloon. The National Weather Service says it launches about 184 balloons a day.

California braced for more stormy weather as rain began to sweep into the northern part the state and the San Francisco Bay area, raising the potential for road flooding, rising rivers and mudslides.

National Weather Service forecasters say an arctic air mass will move into central North Carolina over the holiday weekend with the potential to drop temperatures into the

Regions across the U.S. are expected to get record low temperatures, wind chills and heavy snow, which could make for dangerous conditions for travel and simply being outside.

The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, and happens when the Northern Hemisphere is pointing away from the sun.

The nightly temperature reached 71 degrees Fahrenheit, one of only three nights in the city's climate record where the nighttime temperature rose above 70 degrees.

More unseasonably warm temperatures are in store for the Triad this week.

Two children, their father and their grandmother were killed when a tornado hit the grandparents' home that didn't have a basement.