The polar vortex is coming back across large swaths of the Lower 48 this weekend and through next week.
“Bitterly cold Arctic air will pour into the central U.S. next week, bringing record-breaking low temps, dangerous wind chills (30-50 below zero), and possible heavy snow from the Plains to the Northeast,” NWS Weather Prediction Center wrote on X.
For everyone hoping for the first signs of spring, meteorologist Ryan Maue squashed those hopes—at least for now—with his post on X: “Don’t even bother next week. It’s going to be too cold to go outside. A week-long Polar Vortex event will crush your soul.”