People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, a meteorologist says.

People in the U.S., Europe and Asia experience the polar vortex's intense cold when it escapes the North Pole and plunges southward.

According to the National Weather Service, a polar vortex will impact most of the country this weekend, here is what you need to know.

A blast of Arctic air is set to cover much of the United States with temperatures below freezing starting on Friday and into next week, impacting millions of Americans in nearly all of the contiguous states.

However, a deep freeze, thanks to the polar vortex dipping down from Siberia, is about to bring even harsher arctic blast to nearly 300 million Americans starting this weekend. Maps show where and when the cold front will arrive.