Early Winter Tightens Grip on Much of the Nation
12-31-1969
It is still officially fall, but an early blast of winter is not letting go of its grip on much of the nation.
A cold front is stretching across the eastern Great Lakes, the Ohio Valley, the Tennessee Valley and the eastern Gulf Coast Monday.
The weekend dumped snow across the center of the country, causing dozens of accidents on the highways.
Lake effect snow watches were issued in southeast and upstate New York.
Temperatures dipped below 20 in parts of Wyoming, with wind chills dropping to -37.
