A fast-moving cold front is pushing south out of Canada, sending colder air across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, according to FOX Weather. More than 40 million people are expected to feel this 'winter flashback,' with temperatures running 10 to 20 degrees below average through midweek.
Kennedy predicts hot and dry conditions from the west will shift eastward later this week, allowing for a noticeable warm-up and shift towards spring-like conditions.
New York City is bracing for rain, thunderstorms and high winds on Monday. The roughest stretch is expected between 6pm Monday and 2am Tuesday, when heavier downpours, organized thunderstorms and powerful wind gusts could make the evening commute and overnight hours particularly messy. A Wind Advisory is also in effect from 2pm Monday through 4am Tuesday, with sustained winds between 15 and 22 mph and gusts that could reach up to 55 mph.
If a 10-pound sphere of ice about 10 centimeters in diameter were to fall, he said, "very quickly" - in about three seconds - "it would reach a terminal velocity of close to 50 or 60 mph." "You're talking about being potentially hit by something 10 pounds going 50 miles an hour. Uh, not pleasant."
As we navigate the ebb and flow of New York City's February weather, it is essential to stay informed about the changing patterns and potential disruptions. The National Weather Service has issued detailed forecasts across the boroughs, with cloudy skies and rain likely to be the prevailing theme as we move through the week. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island are all bracing for a mix of showers and potential snow as temperatures hover around the low 40s.
This past week in New York City, fifteen inches of snow fell and more than twenty-two hundred snowplows pushed it away. Twelve thousand miles of sidewalk were shovelled. Two hundred and nine million pounds of salt were spread, and, after it got really bad, two hundred thousand gallons of calcium chloride, a chemical ice melt, were deployed. Sometimes the work you do leaves its mark; sometimes it doesn't.
CITYWIDE - NEW YORK CITY RESIDENTS are about to experience another weekend of killing cold, according to the National Weather Service, which has issued an Extreme Cold Watch starting at 6 p.m. Saturday and extending to 1 p.m. Sunday. An Arctic air mass combined with strong northwest winds may produce dangerous wind chills as low as 15 degrees below zero from late Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning.
