Time to bundle, Big Apple.
A polar vortex moving across the eastern half of the United States is set to bring shockingly cold temps to New York City — along with a potential snowstorm.
“We’re expecting high temperatures in the New York City area to be falling as we get into the start of 2025,” Fox Forecast Center Meteorologist Christopher Tate told The Post.
“By the time we get into next week, we may not be escaping the 30s,” Tate said, later adding, “It’s going to be chilly, for sure.”
While it’s still too early to tell exactly what the polar vortex has in store for New York City, there is potential for a storm to develop in the first half of next week.
“Any storm track that changes, even just 50 miles to the north of the South, will have a significant impact on whether we get snow, ice or rain in the metro. It’s a very fine line that we have to walk to get a bona fide snow storm here in New York City,” Tate said.
Current projections predict the polar vortex will last at least through the first week of January, with temperatures evening out by the second week of the month.
“The Climate Prediction Center at NOAA is still forecasting a likelier chance of below average temperatures for pretty much everybody east of the Mississippi through mid January,” Tate said.
Based on long-range data, January has the potential to be the coldest across the US since 2014, forecasters told The Post on Monday.
Temperatures are expected to begin dropping from the Rocky Mountains to the East Coast around Thursday, but the real plunge will set in sometime between seven and 14 days from now.
The system will bring wind chills across the Midwest dipping below zero and cold temperatures down to 20 degrees below average in some places, and freezing conditions setting in as far south as the Gulf Coast and even into Florida — though it is still too early to forecast exact temperatures.
While most polar vortexes are unpredictable, this upcoming system will likely push persistent cold air into the region through January, with relief finally coming in February.
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