NYC braces for temperatures of just 5F this weekend as the polar vortex temporarily dips south
NYC braces for 5F temperatures this weekend as the polar vortex temporarily dips south – but there’s STILL no snow on the way after a record stretch without the white stuff
- Temperatures drop to near zero on Friday and hold through Saturday
- By Sunday, the extreme cold should give way to temperatures in the mid-40s
- NYC has gone the longest without measurable snowfall on Jan. 30
New York City is preparing for an explosion of freezing temperatures as a polar vortex is expected to move south and consume the city over the weekend.
Temperatures will only reach six degrees on Friday night, around zero on Saturday morning, and maximums around twenty degrees during the day.
Despite the cold, no snow is expected at all this weekend or for the foreseeable future. Just this week, the city broke the record for the longest winter with no measurable snowfall.
Freezing forecasts come just a day after the city experienced spring-like temperatures on Monday, with New Yorkers frolicking without coats in the balmy 50-degree sunshine.
Cold air is predicted to move into New York City over the weekend and temperatures will plummet
The National Weather Service reported that “dangerously cold air” is expected to arrive in NYC, Connecticut and New Jersey on Friday.
It warned that the wind chill on the coast could drop to minus 10 and 20 degrees.
“Part of the tropospheric polar vortex has decided to come and visit us on Friday,” New York Metro Weather tweeted Tuesday. “Some guidelines indicate that temperatures in parts of the NYC subway could dip near 0°F on Saturday morning.”
Relief is coming soon, however, with temperatures set to climb back into the mid-40s by Sunday.
A snowless New York City last week, shortly after the first flurry of the season
NYC broke records yesterday by going through Jan. 30 with no measurable snowfall.
Despite a handful of gusty winds, the city has seen less than a tenth of an inch of snow — the lowest accumulation deemed measurable.
The previous record was set in 1972 when the city remained free of snow until January 29.
The snow drought is expected to continue, with nothing predicted from the clouds for the foreseeable future is some rain expected next week.
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