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Frigid temperatures generated by what one meteorologist labeled a “polar vortex” took hold across a wide swath of the Midwest and Northeast on Saturday, as the regions dug out from a deadly snow storm and braced for another blast of dangerous winter weather.
The frigid air is coming from the North Pole and — due to a jet stream — will be intense and mobile, Ryan Maue, a meteorologist for Weather Bell, told The Associated Press. Forecasters said record lows could be eclipsed.
“All the ingredients are there for a near-record or historic cold outbreak,” Maue said. “If you’re under 40, you’ve not seen this stuff before.”
Because of the winds, “It may feel as cold as negative 50 to negative 60 on Sunday night over sections of the north-central states,” the National Weather Service said. In those conditions, frostbite can set in on exposed skin within five minutes, forecasters warned.
The High Plains region was already feeling the chill Saturday, with North Dakota at minus-6 in the afternoon and temperatures in the negative 20s expected overnight.
While temperatures in the Northeast were expected to rise by the end of the weekend, New York and New England were frigid Saturday morning. Saturday started off with wind chills in the negative 20s, but temperatures were expected to climb back into the 40s on Sunday and then finish the roller coaster in the low teens on Monday.