Mid winter like day _ 020518

Good afternoon, Sunday was Ipchun, the beginning of spring, according to East Asian Calendars... so we expect mother nature to be a bit generous but what we saw were the readings plunging to mid-winter like conditions with heavy snow in Gwangju, Jeju and the easternmost islands of Dokdo and Ullengdo.

And it will remain freezing all day today as well, Seoul will only rise to minus 6 degrees Celsius, Daegu and Gwangju will make it to minus 1 degree.

This cold snap will be with us until Wednesday but it's more likely that we'll see temperatures below the seasonal averages even into the Lunar New Year holiday.

As for the weather outlook in PyeongChang, cold and sunny weather conditions will be featured for the time being. If you remember, many of us were worried that weather conditions in Pyeongchang wouldn't be cold or snowy enough, because we did have several relatively mild winters... but that isn't going to be the case for the Olympics.

With that, let's take a look at the international weather for viewers around the world.

While wintry weather conditions are in full swing across much of the nation, most of North Korea will have colder highs like the South.

As for the rest of Asia, Beijing will also have icy cold temperatures under sunny skies so dress warmly.

Meanwhile, some flights in and out of Manila were canceled due to bad weather on Sunday, so check your schedules beforehand.

Heading to North America, this year's Super Bowl in Minnesota was the coldest yet with temperatures nearing minus 20 degrees Celsius.

As for South America, Bogota and Rio de Janeiro will be rainy along with cooler highs.

Taking you to Europe,.. the snowfall in Moscow over the weekend was the heaviest on record, while a cold front brought wind and snow to Spain and heavy snowfall led to traffic chaos in several provinces.

Lastly to Africa, major cities on the continent will be under mostly sunny skies.