Thousands of flights cancelled as Northeast braces for Polar Vortex 2

Snow will start falling Tuesday morning as the Polar Vortex descends on the Northeast once again, dumping up to a foot of snow on parts of the tri-state area, crippling afternoon traffic and creating chaos at local airports.

"The heaviest snow from the storm is likely to fall on central New Jersey and Long Island, where local amounts could approach 1 foot. Near-blizzard conditions may develop on part of Long Island and along the central New Jersey coast Tuesday evening," meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said on AccuWeather.com Tuesday.

New York City can expect 4 to 8 inches, he added.

And it's going to be cold, with temperatures dropping from the 20s during the day to the low teens overnight – with wind chills below zero likely as the frigid blast of arctic air clamps down hard on the region.

Nearly 2,300 flights have already been cancelled nationally, with 150 at LaGuardia, 145 at Newark and 102 at Kennedy as of 8 a.m. Air travelers should call their carriers ahead of time to check the status of their flights.

Metro-North also warned that service could be suspended or reduced during the afternoon rush.

"Be prepared for any service changes we make based on winter weather conditions," the railroad said in an advisory. "Suspending service ensures trains do not get stuck along the right-of-way, leaving you stranded, and making our recovery efforts extremely challenging."

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Temperatures in NYC fell to just below 5 degrees, making it the coldest day in 118 years

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Daryl Daugherty clears the sidewalk in front of his home Monday in Carmel, Ind., as temperatures dropped to lower than -10.

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A Crestwood motorist tries to get his car moving along Watson Road in St. Louis as heavy snow falls on Sunday.

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Lee Tuttle, 66, takes a break from blowing snow off of his driveway in Flint, Mich. Sunday.

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Cars drive on Interstate 44 in Fenton, Mo. Snow-covered roads and high winds created dangerous driving conditions from Missouri to Delaware on Sunday.

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A NOAA satellite image taken Monday, shows a storm cutting up the East Coast.

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A car is left abandoned in St. Louis. The St. Louis area has been hit with 10.6 inches of snow in six hours and bitter cold of up to -40 degrees.

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A plane skidded off a runway after landing at Kennedy Airport. No injuries were reported.

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A blanket of fog covers Lake Michigan along the Chicago shoreline as temperatures dove below zero and wind chills were expected to reach 40 to 50 below zero.

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John Brower has snow in his eye lashes after running to work in the frigid -20 weather in Minneapolis.

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City officials issued a snow alert beginning at 9 a.m., with crews readying salt spreaders and plows to prepare for the second major storm of the winter.

Many schools in suburban New York, New Jersey and Connecticut planned to close early so kids could get home safely.

It will be the second storm on Mayor de Blasio's watch.

"The first one was so exciting, we thought we'd try another," the mayor joked Monday, before vowing to be "very personally involved in the preparations."

"We're preparing with the idea in mind it could be like the one from two weeks ago," he said.

The federal government says its offices in the Washington area will be closed Tuesday because of the storm.

It will be colder on Wednesday, with a high of just 18 and temps again bottoming out at 5 overnight. They won't climb above freezing until Saturday.

The mayor said the city was prepared.

"We have activated all of our emergency-preparation systems. Office of Emergency Management is preparing now to be fully operational by morning. We'll be having all of the agencies coordinating again," he said.

The American Meteorological Society defines the "polar vortex" as a "planetary-scale cyclonic circulation, centered generally in the polar regions, extending from the middle troposphere to the stratosphere."

What's happening this week is that the vortex is extending further south from the North Pole than usual, bringing frigid arctic air down across Canada to the US.

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