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Forecasters have placed New York City, Long Island, and parts of New Jersey under a freeze watch as unseasonably bone-chilling temperatures are expected to blanket the East Coast early this week .

A freeze watch will be in effect in the Big Apple late Monday night into Tuesday morning, with temperatures expected to fall to around 30 degrees Fareinheit, NYC Emergency Management posted on X.

The watch will extend into Nassau and Suffolk County, as well as portions of southern Connecticut and northeastern New Jersey, according to a National Weather Service advisory.

The below-freezing temperatures come as a powerful polar vortex is expected to sweep across the eastern half of the country.

The weather system will push arctic air from Canada into the Empire State starting on

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