rachael ferguson is here with that and the rest of the weather. rachael? >> you're absolutely right, we could see the first snowfall in tokyo on saturday. good news for those of you living near the sea of japan. behind me looking very dry. but there's plenty of frigid air in place. that is bringing temperatures down. in sewing, your forecast high on saturday is going to be minus two with a low of about minus 11 into beijing. one degree for the high. north korea is also suffering under this frigid cold. it's not all bad news, though. we have some advantages. we go to the city of harvin to show you some of those advantages. what a beautiful sight here. this is the ice festival, takes place in january every year, lasts a whole lot. since 1963, tourists have been coming here to look at 2,000 ice sculptures, and the highlight is a crystal palace, the world's tallest ice sculpture. people in charge of the event making provisions for children and adults to enjoy theme park style rides, including ice biking and bumper cars. and japan also has its own ice festival

rachael ferguson is here with that and the rest of the weather. ra rachael? >> you're absolutely right, we could see the first snowfall in tokyo on saturday. good news for those of you living near the sea of japan. behind me looking very dry. that very heavy snow will be settling down. good news for those of you living there. behind me, looking very dry, in fact. but there's plenty of frigid air in place. that is bringing temperatures down. in seoul, your forecast high on saturday is going to be minus two with a low of about minus 11 into beijing. one degree for the high. north korea is also suffering under this frigid cold. it's not all bad news, though. we have some advantages. we go to the city of harvin to show you some of those advantages. what a beautiful sight here. this is the ice festival, takes place in january every year, lasts the whole of the month. since 1963, tourists have been coming here to look at 2,000 ice sculptures, and the highlight is a crystal palace, the world's tallest ice sculpture. people in charge of the event making provisions fo

rachael ferguson is here with that. >>> hi. there there is going to be widespread snow across the country. the intercontinent could see 10 to 20 sent meters. in tokyo, we're likely to see flurries of the white stuff tuesday morning when it should turn over to rain, sleet, and then clear up into tuesday night and wednesday. winds are gusting up to 90 kilometers an hour. it's a fairly significant storm. up toward northern parts of china and mongolia, high and dry here. no problems. and to the south, rain rather than snow. warming trend through parts of southern china at the moment. hong kong and taipei up to 41 degrees forecast for your tuesday. into the americas we go. quite dry across much of the continent. we are finding some extreme cold descending across the upper midwest and into much of central and eastern canada. take a look at what we have here. lake-effect snow that could get up to 20 centimeters, parts of northern michigan. you could see 30 centimeters, windchill will be the big concern. high temperatures in places lik