Freezing temps to linger into Monday before Northeast catches a break
Friday’s snowfall will be gone in a flurry as the Northeast gears up to thaw out following a brutal arctic blast that brought snow and dangerous cold.
The wind chill on Sunday in the Big Apple will make it feel like the temp is in the teens, with gusty winds continuing to ice over the weekend.
But the mercury will nearly double by Monday, according to meteorologists, thawing out the region and melting what powder remains.
“If we can just make it through this weekend, next week we’ll be flipping the script essentially,” Fox Weather meteorologist Cody Braud told The Post.
Temperatures will reach 40 on Monday and gradually tick up throughout the week, nearing 50 by Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
Weather patterns from the north that delivered an icy arctic blast and ended a 700-day snowless streak for the Metro area are moving out and warmer weather and rain from the South will move in.
The NWS forecast calls for above-average temperatures across most of the country.
Chances of light to moderate rainfall are likely in NYC from Tuesday night through the end of the week and will wash away any traces of salt and snow coating the ground.
“This whole scenery is going to be changing very soon,” said Braud.
City officials warned that the sub-freezing temperatures that will remain until Monday bring the threat of patchy ice for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers.
Heavier-than-forecast snow dropped a few inches on NYC, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., on Friday, following two weeks of storms that blasted the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Plains, South, and Northeast.
The winter weather caused at least 55 deaths across the country, mostly related to hypothermia and accidents on the road.
