Video Shows Terrifying Driving Conditions As Massive Blizzard Hits U.S.

A video taken by a Wyoming state trooper shows a complete whiteout with blustering snow and zero visibility in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as a massive blizzard made landfall in the United States on Wednesday night.

Meteorologists have warned of a frigid arctic blast plunging much of the nation into deadly, subzero temperatures as the cold air descends into the United States from Canada. The arctic blast has made its arrival and is expected to stretch as far south as Texas. In addition to the devastating cold, a massive winter storm is moving east across the nation. Many areas are at risk for dangerous blizzards during peak holiday travel time.

The Weather Channel shared the trooper's video of a blizzard creating zero visibility on Wednesday night in Wyoming. Temperatures had fallen drastically.

"This is what zero visibility and temperatures of minus 18 degrees looks like," the Instagram caption said.

In the video, sheets of snow aggressively blow in front of a Wyoming Highway Patrol cruiser. The video showed any visibility ending at the hood of the driver's car. Past the hood, snow and wind created a total whiteout.

The Weather Channel posted an extended version of the video on its website which showed that an interstate closed because of the dangerous conditions. Troopers responded to hundreds of calls as the blizzard intensified.

The video is an example of how travel could be hindered on Thursday and Friday across much of the Midwest. A long band of snow is expected to move across the region Thursday. Many areas are only expected to see 1 to 3 inches of snow and the precipitation moves out of the region by Friday, but strong winds with gusts up to 35 miles per hour could create more hazard by blowing the snow into deep drifts and causing limited visibility.

The Weather Channel meteorologist Domenica Davis said blowing and drifting snow will be the "major concern" with the storm.

The wind also worsens the cold, leading to "life-threatening" temperatures according to Davis as wind chill in areas like Madison City, Iowa, seeing wind chills of more than minus 30 degrees.

AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter told Newsweek last week that the blizzard could hit a 1,500-mile stretch from Kansas to northwestern Quebec in Canada.

The Midwest is expected to receive the brunt of the storm, which has been touted as a "bomb cyclone" that boasts a pressure drop on par with that of a Category 3 hurricane. All modes of travel will be affected, with as many as two-thirds of the nation's flights expected to be canceled or delayed.

Newsweek reached out to AccuWeather for comment.