William Zito, a recently fired weather scientist, has stolen Russian research, which pinpoints the exact time and location of a deadly meteor attack. If the powers that be do not attempt to evacuate nearby cities, the debris and ash from the meteor strikes will send Earth into a lengthy species killing deep freeze known as an Impact Winter. Zito, along with his daughter, Haley, find themselves on the run from angry Russian scientists as well as the Artemis Meteor System.