A Pacific storm rolling in will bring high winds, chances for rain and mountain snow, and a major drop in temperatures!

Before Santa made his rounds in the Valley, let's hope he first de-iced his sleigh and reindeer.

 MINNEAPOLIS - Temperatures crashed to Arctic levels Tuesday as a severe cold wave rolled across the upper Midwest on the heels of yet another snowstorm, closing schools and making most people think twice before going outside.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Successive waves of wintry weather gripped much of the country Saturday, frustrating holiday travelers from coast to coast and keeping the lights off for thousands of people who lost power after ice storms just days ago.

Cover the plants, crank up the heat and apply lip balm. Cold, dry weather is here. Following a brush with freezing temperatures on Wednesday, thermometers in the Valley will be recording even lower readings over the next two days.

Matthew Pace doesn’t seem to notice his love of contradictions. He mounted cutting-edge technology on his fully restored 1969 Volkswagen bus. He loves rushing water — and the desert. But he knows how to make it work for him, and for Gold Canyon.

Matthew Pace doesn’t seem to notice his love of contradictions. He mounted cutting-edge technology on his fully restored 1969 Volkswagen bus. He loves rushing water — and the desert. But he knows how to make it work for him, and for Gold Canyon.

Freezing temperatures hit northern Florida on Monday morning, readings dropped below zero across West Virginia and snow made mountain highways treacherous as the first big cold wave of the season swept southward.

MONTPELIER, Vt. - The cold wave that stunned the nation's midsection expanded into the Northeast on Wednesday with subzero temperatures and biting wind that kept even some winter sports fans at home.

CHICAGO - Christmas Day was the second morning Tom and Kristina Waltz and their two daughters awoke at O'Hare International Airport, after days of flight delays and cancellations that marred their holiday travel plans.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Frigid temperatures, blasting wind and more snow than some places normally see in a year left parts of the Midwest and South paralyzed Thursday, and transformed a section of highway in southern Indiana into a parking lot.

 The weather outside was frightful from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Ore., on Monday, with last-minute holiday shoppers shivering and stranded travelers hoping for the best as Christmas rapidly approached.

SEDONA — You needn't be a desert rat to fall instantly in love with the rugged, red-rock monoliths that define this enchanting city of artists in northern Arizona's Upper Sonoran Desert. Nor do you have to be a New Ager, although if you believe in the mystical power of vortexes -- there are 15 of these swirling centers of energy within 10 miles of downtown -- you'll fit right into this hot spot for every imaginable spiritual and metaphysical activity.

Perhaps the most interesting personality on either team is Ohio State receiver Anthony Gonzalez, a philosophy major who earlier this week said college athletes were the most exploited group of people in the United States.