Arctic air arrives, multiple wintry chances late week
Lets face it, the term “Polar Vortex” has become overused and oversaturated over the past few years. This time, however, it is certainly applicable: A piece of the polar vortex will be swinging southwards this week through New England, bringing with it extremely cold temperatures and an arctic airmass which is decidedly unusual for this time of year.
We spoke a few weeks ago about how the intrusion of this type of air was likely, due to the presence of a large ridge building from Alaska to the North Pole. The time has finally come, and the airmass over the Northeast US by the end of this week will feature temperatures 20 to 30 degrees below normal averages for this time of year.